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Hammer and Hoe: Alabama Communists during the Great Depression (Twenty-Fifth Anniversary)

by Robin D. G. Kelley

Hammer and Hoe: Alabama Communists during the Great Depression (Twenty-Fifth Anniversary) Robin D. G. Kelley 9781469625485 Nonfiction University of North Carolina Press University of North Carolina Pr...

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Blessings and Disasters: A Story of Alabama

by Alexis Okeowo

Blessings and Disasters: A Story of Alabama Alexis Okeowo 9781250206220 Nonfiction Henry Holt & Company Macmillan Publishers From a New Yorker staff writer and PEN Award winner, a blend of memoir, his...

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Gone Crazy in Alabama

by Rita Williams-Garcia

Gone Crazy in Alabama Rita Williams-Garcia 9780062215871 Fiction Amistad HarperCollins Coretta Scott King Award Winner and AALBC.com bestselling author Rita Williams-Garcia tells the story of the Gait...

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So Much Things to Say: 100 Poets from the First Ten Years of the Calabash International Literary Festival

by Kwame Dawes

So Much Things to Say: 100 Poets from the First Ten Years of the Calabash International Literary Festival Kwame Dawes 9781936070077 Poetry Akashic Books Akashic Books Contributors include: Robert Pins...

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Dreams of Africa in Alabama: The Slave Ship Clotilda and the Story of the Last Africans Brought to America

by Sylviane A. Diouf

Dreams of Africa in Alabama: The Slave Ship Clotilda and the Story of the Last Africans Brought to America Sylviane A. Diouf 9780195311044 Nonfiction Oxford University Press Oxford University Press In...

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Seeds of Freedom: The Peaceful Integration of Huntsville, Alabama

by Hester Bass

Seeds of Freedom: The Peaceful Integration of Huntsville, Alabama Hester Bass 9780763669195 Nonfiction Candlewick Press Candlewick Press Explore a little-known story of the civil rights movement, in w...

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The Man from Scottsboro: Clarence Norris and the Infamous 1931 Alabama Rape Trial, in His Own Words (Revised)

by Kwando M. Kinshasa

The Man from Scottsboro: Clarence Norris and the Infamous 1931 Alabama Rape Trial, in His Own Words (Revised) Kwando M. Kinshasa 9780786415380 Nonfiction McFarland McFarland In March 1931, Clarenc...

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Festival of Colors

by Surishtha Sehgal and Kabir Sehgal

Festival of Colors Surishtha Sehgal and Kabir Sehgal 9781481420495 Fiction Beach Lane Books Simon & Schuster, Inc. Learn all about Holi, the Indian Festival of Colors, in this lush picture book from b...

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Gaither Sisters Trilogy Box Set: One Crazy Summer, P.S. Be Eleven, Gone Crazy in Alabama

by Rita Williams-Garcia

Gaither Sisters Trilogy Box Set: One Crazy Summer, P.S. Be Eleven, Gone Crazy in Alabama Rita Williams-Garcia 9780062889652 Fiction Quill Tree Books HarperCollins All three books in the Coretta Scott ...

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This Is Not a Border: Reportage & Reflection from the Palestine Festival of Literature

by Ahdaf Soueif and Omar Robert Hamilton

This Is Not a Border: Reportage & Reflection from the Palestine Festival of Literature Ahdaf Soueif and Omar Robert Hamilton 9781632868848 Fiction Bloomsbury USA Bloomsbury Publishing Writers from Ali...

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Troubled Waters: A River’s Journey Toward Justice

by Carole Boston Weatherford

Troubled Waters: A River’s Journey Toward Justice Carole Boston Weatherford 9781681198187 Nonfiction Bloomsbury Publishing PLC Bloomsbury Publishing From Young People’s Poet Laureate Carole Boston Wea...

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John Lewis: A Life

by David Greenberg

John Lewis: A Life David Greenberg 9781982142995 Nonfiction Simon & Schuster Simon & Schuster, Inc. A comprehensive, authoritative biography of Civil Rights icon John Lewis, “the conscience of the Con...

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The Gift of Southern Cooking: Recipes and Revelations from Two Great American Cooks: A Cookbook

by Edna Lewis

The Gift of Southern Cooking: Recipes and Revelations from Two Great American Cooks: A Cookbook Edna Lewis 9780375400353 Nonfiction Knopf Publishing Group Penguin Random House Edna Lewis—acclaimed aut...

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Reflections from Zora!: Celebrating 25 Years of the Zora Neale Hurston Festival of the Arts and Humanities

by Maya Angelou, Alice Walker, N. Y. Nathiri, and others

Reflections from Zora!: Celebrating 25 Years of the Zora Neale Hurston Festival of the Arts and Humanities Maya Angelou, Alice Walker, N. Y. Nathiri, and others 9781886104686 Nonfiction Florida Histor...

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Rise to the Sun

by Leah Johnson

Rise to the Sun Leah Johnson 9781338662238 Fiction Scholastic Press Scholastic Inc. From the author of You Should See Me in a Crown, Leah Johnson delivers a stunning novel about being brave enough to ...

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March Book One

by John Lewis and Andrew Aydin

March Book One John Lewis and Andrew Aydin 9781603093002 Nonfiction Top Shelf Productions Top Shelf Productions Congressman John Lewis is an American icon, one of the key figures of the civil rights m...

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Accused!: The Trials of the Scottsboro Boys: Lies, Prejudice, and the Fourteenth Amendment

by Larry Dane Brimner

Accused!: The Trials of the Scottsboro Boys: Lies, Prejudice, and the Fourteenth Amendment Larry Dane Brimner 9781629797755 Nonfiction Calkins Creek Boyds Mills Press An ALSC Notable Children’s Book *...

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Finding Marshalls: A Genealogy Trip with a Black and White Twist

by Kathy Lynne Marshall

Finding Marshalls: A Genealogy Trip with a Black and White Twist Kathy Lynne Marshall 9781737573302 Nonfiction Kanika Marshall Art & Books Kanika Marshall Art & Books Have you ever wanted to journey a...

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Viral Xgressions (Whiskey House Trilogy, Book 2)

by Marc Lacy

Viral Xgressions (Whiskey House Trilogy, Book 2) Marc Lacy 9780974971278 Fiction AVO Publishing AVO Publishing, LLC Viral Xgressions: Tainted Souls, Hacked Spirits, Wretched Deals, and Flatlines (Whis...

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Ghost of Ace Honeycutt (Whiskey House Trilogy, Book 3)

by Marc Lacy

Ghost of Ace Honeycutt (Whiskey House Trilogy, Book 3) Marc Lacy 9780990795308 Fiction AVO Publishing AVO Publishing, LLC First there was Curse of the Whiskey House, then there was Viral Xgressions, a...

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Rhythm For Sale

by Grant Harper Reid

Rhythm For Sale Grant Harper Reid 9780615678283 Fiction Dr. Grant Harper Reid Dr. Grant Harper Reid Rhythm For Sale is a Bona-Fide FIVE STAR book. This CLASSICAL/MASTER EDITION is the account of Harle...

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The Unsettled

by Ayana Mathis

The Unsettled Ayana Mathis 9780525519935 Fiction Knopf Publishing Group Penguin Random House From the best-selling author of The Twelve Tribes of Hattie, a searing multi-generational novel—set in the ...

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African Town

by Irene Latham and Charles Waters

African Town Irene Latham and Charles Waters 9780593322888 Fiction G.P. Putnam’s Sons Books for Young Readers Penguin Random House Chronicling the story of the last Africans brought illegally to Ameri...

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Exploring Civil Rights: The Movement 1963 (Library Edition)

by Angela Shanté

Exploring Civil Rights: The Movement 1963 (Library Edition) Angela Shanté 9781338769807 Nonfiction C. Press/F. Watts Trade C. Press/F. Watts Trade Key events of the Civil Rights Movement will be broug...

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Civil Rights, Yesterday & Today

by Herb Boyd and Todd Steven Burroughs

Civil Rights, Yesterday & Today Herb Boyd and Todd Steven Burroughs 9781450810302 Fiction West Side Publishing West Side Publishing Civil Rights, Yesterday & Today explores the story of the Afri...

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Remembering Scottsboro: The Legacy of an Infamous Trial

by James A. Miller

Remembering Scottsboro: The Legacy of an Infamous Trial James A. Miller 9780691140476 Fiction Princeton University Press Princeton University Press In 1931, nine black youths were charged with raping ...

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Sins of Survivors: A Carter Brothers Novel

by Blair Underwood and Joe McClean

Sins of Survivors: A Carter Brothers Novel Blair Underwood and Joe McClean 9780063316782 Fiction Amistad HarperCollins Harlem Shuffle meets The Godfather in this fierce and dazzling crime family saga ...

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Time’s Undoing

by Cheryl A. Head

Time’s Undoing Cheryl A. Head 9780593471845 Fiction Dutton Books Penguin Random House A searing and tender novel about a young Black journalist’s search for answers in the unsolved murder of her great...

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The Survivors of the Clotilda: The Lost Stories of the Last Captives of the American Slave Trade

by Hannah Durkin

The Survivors of the Clotilda: The Lost Stories of the Last Captives of the American Slave Trade Hannah Durkin 9780063072992 Nonfiction Amistad HarperCollins Joining the ranks of Rebecca Skloot’s The ...

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Empty Vows

by Mary Monroe

Empty Vows Mary Monroe 9781496732620 Fiction Dafina Kensington Publishing Corp. In this scandalous follow-up to the Depression-era saga Mrs. Wiggins, the New York Times bestselling and award-winning a...

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Take My Hand

by Dolen Perkins-Valdez

Take My Hand Dolen Perkins-Valdez 9780593337691 Fiction Berkley Books Penguin Random House A searing and compassionate new novel about a young Black nurse’s shocking discovery and the burning quest fo...

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Empty Vows: A Riveting Depression Era Historical Novel

by Mary Monroe

Empty Vows: A Riveting Depression Era Historical Novel Mary Monroe 9781496732613 Fiction Dafina Kensington Publishing Corp. In this gripping follow-up to the Depression-era saga Mrs. Wiggins, the New ...

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midnight & indigo Issue 3: Celebrating Black women writers

by Ianna A. Small

midnight & indigo Issue 3: Celebrating Black women writers Ianna A. Small 9781732891746 Fiction Midnight & Indigo Midnight & Indigo Publishing midnight & indigo is a literary journal dedicated to shor...

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The 5th Little Girl: Soul Survivor of the 16th Street Baptist Church Bombing

by Tracy Snipe with Sarah Collins Rudolph

The 5th Little Girl: Soul Survivor of the 16th Street Baptist Church Bombing Tracy Snipe with Sarah Collins Rudolph 9781569025413 Nonfiction Africa World Press Africa World Press & The Red Sea Press O...

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His Truth Is Marching on: John Lewis and the Power of Hope

by Jon Meacham

His Truth Is Marching on: John Lewis and the Power of Hope Jon Meacham 9781984855022 Nonfiction Random House Penguin Random House An intimate and revealing portrait of civil rights icon and longtime U...

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Claudette Colvin Refuses to Move: Courageous Kid of the Civil Rights Movement

by Ebony Joy Wilkins

Claudette Colvin Refuses to Move: Courageous Kid of the Civil Rights Movement Ebony Joy Wilkins 9781496688033 Nonfiction Capstone Press Capstone Press It’s March 2, 1955, and an ordinary 15-year-old g...

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Across the Way

by Mary Monroe

Across the Way Mary Monroe 9781496716170 Fiction Dafina Kensington Publishing Corp. Neighborhood tensions reach a breaking point in the finale of New York Times bestselling author Mary Monroe’s captiv...

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Finding Langston

by Lesa Cline-Ransome

Finding Langston Lesa Cline-Ransome 9780823439607 Fiction Holiday House Holiday House In a debut historical novel about the Great Migration a boy discovers Chicago’s postwar South Side and the poetry ...

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The Castle Cross the Magnet Carter

by Kia Corthron

The Castle Cross the Magnet Carter Kia Corthron 9781609808075 Fiction Seven Stories Press Seven Stories Press Winner of the Center for Fiction’s 2016 First Novel Prize The hotly anticipated first n...

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Stitchin’ and Pullin’: A Gee’s Bend Quilt

by Patricia C. Mckissack

Stitchin’ and Pullin’: A Gee’s Bend Quilt Patricia C. Mckissack 9780399549502 Fiction Dragonfly Books Dragonfly Books This collection of poems that tell the story of the quilt-making community in Gee’...

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This Nonviolent Stuff’ll Get You Killed: How Guns Made the Civil Rights Movement Possible

by Charles E. Cobb, Jr.

This Nonviolent Stuff’ll Get You Killed: How Guns Made the Civil Rights Movement Possible Charles E. Cobb, Jr. 9780822361237 Nonfiction Basic Books Perseus Books Visiting Martin Luther King Jr. at the...

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Driving The King: A Novel

by Ravi Howard

Driving The King: A Novel Ravi Howard 9780060529611 Fiction Harper HarperCollins A daring and brilliant novel that explores race and class in 1950s America, witnessed through the experiences of Nat Ki...

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After War Times: An African American Childhood in Reconstruction-Era Florida

by T. Thomas Fortune

After War Times: An African American Childhood in Reconstruction-Era Florida T. Thomas Fortune 9780817318369 Nonfiction University Alabama Press University Alabama Pressv Twenty-three autobiographical...

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Because They Marched: The People’s Campaign for Voting Rights That Changed America

by Russell Freedman

Because They Marched: The People’s Campaign for Voting Rights That Changed America Russell Freedman 9780823429219 Nonfiction Holiday House Holiday House For the 50th anniversary of the march for votin...

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A Civil War

by Corinda Pitts Marsh

A Civil War Corinda Pitts Marsh 9781480181441 Fiction Creation Publishing Group Creation Publishing Group Southern stories step gently into our minds, and A Civil War starts out gently enough, but whe...

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Caramelle: There’s No Place Like Home

by Stephanie Renee Bell

Caramelle: There’s No Place Like Home Stephanie Renee Bell 9781475264388 Nonfiction CreateSpace On-Demand Publishing LLC The beginning of the Caramelle trilogy. 150 years in the life of a family. Gene...

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The Cracks Between What We Are and What We Are Supposed to Be: Essays and Interviews (First Edition, First)

by Harryette Mullen

The Cracks Between What We Are and What We Are Supposed to Be: Essays and Interviews (First Edition, First) Harryette Mullen 9780817357139 Nonfiction University Alabama Press University Alabama Pressv...

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It Jes’ Happened: When Bill Traylor Started to Draw

by Don Tate

It Jes’ Happened: When Bill Traylor Started to Draw Don Tate 9781600602603 Nonfiction Lee & Low Books Lee & Low Books Growing up as an enslaved boy on an Alabama cotton farm, Bill Traylor worked all...

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The Kings of Casino Park: Black Baseball in the Lost Season of 1932

by Thomas Aiello

The Kings of Casino Park: Black Baseball in the Lost Season of 1932 Thomas Aiello 9780817317423 Nonfiction University Alabama Press University Alabama Pressv In the 1930s, Monroe, Louisiana, was a tow...

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Twice As Good: Condoleezza Rice and Her Path to Power

by Marcus Mabry

Twice As Good: Condoleezza Rice and Her Path to Power Marcus Mabry 9781594863622 Nonfiction Modern Times Modern Times Perhaps no American leader is better known and less understood than Secretary of S...

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John Lewis in the Lead: A Story of the Civil Rights Movement

by Kathleen Benson

John Lewis in the Lead: A Story of the Civil Rights Movement Kathleen Benson 9781584302506 Nonfiction Lee & Low Books Lee & Low Books How does an Alabama sharecropper’s son grow up to help change his ...

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A Woman’s Worth: A Novel

by Tracy Price-Thompson

A Woman’s Worth: A Novel Tracy Price-Thompson 9780375757785 Fiction One World/Ballantine Penguin Random House Embracing the shattered pieces of the soul and championing the resilient nature of the hea...

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Before Brown: Civil Rights and White Backlash in the Modern South

by Glenn Feldman and Patricia Sullivan

Before Brown: Civil Rights and White Backlash in the Modern South Glenn Feldman and Patricia Sullivan 9780817351342 Fiction University Alabama Press University Alabama Pressv Before Brown details the ...

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A Woman’s Worth: A Novel (Strivers Row)

by Tracy Price-Thompson

A Woman’s Worth: A Novel (Strivers Row) Tracy Price-Thompson 9780375506505 Fiction One World/Ballantine Penguin Random House Embracing the shattered pieces of the soul and championing the resilient na...

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You May Plow Here - the Narrative of Sara Brooks

by Sara Brooks

You May Plow Here - the Narrative of Sara Brooks Sara Brooks 9780393022575 Nonfiction W. W. Norton & Company W. W. Norton & Company, Inc. “A wonderful book―funny, sad, packed with action and...

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King Penguin

by Jesse Byrd

King Penguin Jesse Byrd 9780692909256 Fiction Jesse B. Creative Jesse B. Creative PARIS BOOK FESTIVAL Top 3 Book of the Year!LOS ANGELES BOOK FESTIVAL: Top 10 Book of the Year!"Reminiscent of Watershi...

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Innocent Crook

by d. E. Rogers

Innocent Crook d. E. Rogers 9780970880895 Fiction REGI Books REGI Books When one is born into a family of crime, can he rise above and become someone? Are we forever bound by what life has dealt us or...

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Santa’s Holiday Mix-Up

by Renita Bryant

Santa’s Holiday Mix-Up Renita Bryant 9781957092928 Fiction Mynd Matters Publishing Mynd Matters Publishing Santa and his sleigh are loaded up with gifts and headed to spread holiday cheer with nothing...

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Esi the Brave (Who Was Not Afraid of Anything)

by Bernard Mensah

Esi the Brave (Who Was Not Afraid of Anything) Bernard Mensah 9780593406410 Fiction Dial Books Penguin Random House A bold and bright picture book about being brave when you’re scared in a new, overwh...

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Acoustic Rooster’s Barnyard Boogie Starring Indigo Blume

by Kwame Alexander

Acoustic Rooster’s Barnyard Boogie Starring Indigo Blume Kwame Alexander 9781534111141 Fiction Clarion Books HarperCollins On the eve of singing at a community festival, a bout of stage fright threa...

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Ruth and the Green Book

by Calvin Alexander Ramsey

Ruth and the Green Book Calvin Alexander Ramsey 9780761352556 Fiction Carolrhoda Books Lerner Publishing Group About This Book Ruth was so excited to take a trip in her family’s new car! In the early ...

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Madame Sosostris and the Festival for the Brokenhearted

by Ben Okri

Madame Sosostris and the Festival for the Brokenhearted Ben Okri 9781635425284 Fiction Other Press (NY) Other Press In this modern fable with the impish magic of A Midsummer Night’s Dream, a masked ba...

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Dance Quadrille and Play Quelbe

by Opal Palmer Adisa

Dance Quadrille and Play Quelbe Opal Palmer Adisa 9781733829946 Fiction CAS CAS Books The annual Quadrille and Quelbe Festival is finally here and Jasmine and Justin are excited to be dancing and play...

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Motswana: Africa, Dream Again

by Donald Molosi

Motswana: Africa, Dream Again Donald Molosi 9780996577052 Fiction The Mantle The Mantle Drama. African & African American Studies. History & Politics. MOTSWANA: AFRICA, DREAM AGAIN is the story of Bot...

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The Festival of Wild Orchid

by Ann-Margaret Lim

The Festival of Wild Orchid Ann-Margaret Lim 9781845232016 Poetry Peepal Tree Press Peepal Tree Press Alert to all the contradictions of contemporary Jamaica, these lyric and delicate poems find fresh...

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The Festival Of San Joaquin (Macmillan Caribbean Writers)

by Zee Edgell

The Festival Of San Joaquin (Macmillan Caribbean Writers) Zee Edgell 9780230029910 Fiction Macmillan Caribbean Macmillan Publishers Marina, cleared of a murder charge for taking the life of her brutal...

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Carnival: A Novel

by Robert Antoni

Carnival: A Novel Robert Antoni 9780802170057 Fiction Black Cat Grove Atlantic, Inc. Robert Antoni has established himself as one of the most innovative voices to emerge from the Caribbean and the Ame...

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Kwanzaa!: Africa Lives in a New World Festival

by Sule Greg C. Wilson

Kwanzaa!: Africa Lives in a New World Festival Sule Greg C. Wilson 9780823918577 Nonfiction Rosen Publishing Rosen Publishing Discusses the history, observance, and significance of the African America...

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Action: The Nuyorican Poets Cafe Theater Festival

by Miguel Algarin

Action: The Nuyorican Poets Cafe Theater Festival Miguel Algarin 9781417719655 Poetry San Val San Val From New York’s hottest showcase for new poets, playwrights, and performers comes a dynamic collec...

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The Darker Face of the Earth: Completely Revised Second Edition

by Rita Dove

The Darker Face of the Earth: Completely Revised Second Edition Rita Dove 9781885266194 Poetry Story Line Press Red Hen Press The Darker Face of the Earth, the first full-length play by Pulitzer Prize...

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Mighty Macy

by Kwame Alexander

Mighty Macy Kwame Alexander 9780316442169 Fiction Little, Brown Books for Young Readers Hachette Book Group A young girl finds her voice—and discovers the power of speaking up for herself and her comm...

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Rosa Parks: A Little Golden Book Biography

by Shasta Clinch

Rosa Parks: A Little Golden Book Biography Shasta Clinch 9780593904442 Nonfiction Golden Books Penguin Random House Discover the courageous life of Rosa Parks with this historical Little Golden Book, ...

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Democracy: Stories from the Long Road to Freedom

by Condoleezza Rice

Democracy: Stories from the Long Road to Freedom Condoleezza Rice 9781455540181 Nonfiction Twelve Hachette Book Group NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLERFrom the former secretary of state and bestselling author...

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The Book of Hov: A Tribute to Jay-Z

by Jay-Z

The Book of Hov: A Tribute to Jay-Z Jay-Z 9781649804259 Nonfiction Assouline Publishing Assouline Publishing The Classic Edition of The Book of HOV, weighing nearly 5 punds, is presented in JAY-Z blue...

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Other Revival: Poems & Reckonings

by Salaam Green

Other Revival: Poems & Reckonings Salaam Green 9798990220874 Poetry Pulley Press Clyde Hill Publishing “The Other Revival is about restoring what history has overlooked. In a time when public memory i...

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Fighting with Love: The Legacy of John Lewis

by Lesa Cline-Ransome

Fighting with Love: The Legacy of John Lewis Lesa Cline-Ransome 9781534496620 Nonfiction Paula Wiseman Books Simon & Schuster, Inc. A Kirkus Reviews Best Picture Book of the Year The “informative, ...

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The Story of Rosa Parks

by Patricia A. Pingry

The Story of Rosa Parks Patricia A. Pingry 9781546034438 Nonfiction Worthy Kids Hachette Book Group Teach little learners about Rosa Parks’ brave stand for civil rights with this 200-word board book. ...

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The Story of Helen Keller: A Biography Book for New Readers

by Christine Platt

The Story of Helen Keller: A Biography Book for New Readers Christine Platt 9781646111077 Nonfiction Rockridge Press Callisto Publishing Help kids ages 6 to 9 discover the life of Helen Keller—a story...

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Granddaddy

by Cavis Adams

Granddaddy Cavis Adams 9780998249315 Fiction MANA MANA This work is an excellent book for any literature course, especially for a fiction course, introductory course to literature, and African-Ame...

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Curse of the Whiskey House (Whiskey House Trilogy Book 1)

by Marc Lacy

Curse of the Whiskey House (Whiskey House Trilogy Book 1) Marc Lacy 9780974971261 Fiction AVO Publishing AVO Publishing, LLC Curse of the Whiskey House: When Life is the Principle and Death is the Pra...

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Citizens Creek: A Novel

by Lalita Tademy

Citizens Creek: A Novel Lalita Tademy 9781476753034 Fiction Atria Books Simon & Schuster, Inc. Winner BCALA Literary Fiction Book Award “Lalita Tademy has done it again—Citizen’s Creek is a de...

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You Never Heard of Willie Mays?!

by Jonah Winter

You Never Heard of Willie Mays?! Jonah Winter 9780375868443 Nonfiction Schwartz & Wade Random House Children's Books Many believe baseball great Willie Mays to be the best player that ever lived. He h...

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Black & White: The Confrontation between Reverend Fred L. Shuttlesworth and Eugene “Bull” Connor

by Larry Dane Brimner

Black & White: The Confrontation between Reverend Fred L. Shuttlesworth and Eugene “Bull” Connor Larry Dane Brimner 9781590787663 Nonfiction Calkins Creek Boyds Mills Press In the nineteen fifties and...

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Handfuls of Purpose: Helping our Daughters Seize and Embrace their Destinies

by Zebedee King

Handfuls of Purpose: Helping our Daughters Seize and Embrace their Destinies Zebedee King 9781450056298 Nonfiction Xlibris Author Solutions Nowadays, the shelves are overrun with books that endeavor t...

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Dancing Naked on the Floor

by Kwame Alexander

Dancing Naked on the Floor Kwame Alexander 9780975440230 Poetry Writers Lair Writers Lair Poet phenom Kwame Alexander grabs his pen again to carve words into the emotional heart of the human spirit. ...

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Be the Light: How She Became Angela Davis

by Daria Peoples

Be the Light: How She Became Angela Davis Daria Peoples 9780063206786 Nonfiction Greenwillow Books HarperCollins The life of civil rights icon Angela Davis is illuminated in an extraordinary picture b...

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Claudette Colvin: I Want Freedom Now!

by Claudette Colvin and Phillip Hoose

Claudette Colvin: I Want Freedom Now! Claudette Colvin and Phillip Hoose 9780374389734 Nonfiction Farrar, Straus and Giroux Books for Younger Readers Macmillan Publishers Civil rights icon Claudette C...

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How Far to the Promised Land: One Black Family’s Story of Hope and Survival in the American South

by Esau McCaulley

How Far to the Promised Land: One Black Family’s Story of Hope and Survival in the American South Esau McCaulley 9780593241080 Nonfiction Convergent Books Penguin Random House From the New York Times ...

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Birmingham, 1963

by Carole Boston Weatherford

Birmingham, 1963 Carole Boston Weatherford 9781662660030 Nonfiction Wordsong Boyds Mills Press A poetic tribute to the victims of the racially motivated church bombing that served as a seminal event i...

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The Bomber Mafia: A Dream, a Temptation, and the Longest Night of the Second World War

by Malcolm Gladwell

The Bomber Mafia: A Dream, a Temptation, and the Longest Night of the Second World War Malcolm Gladwell 9780316296618 Nonfiction Little, Brown and Company Hachette Book Group An exploration of how tec...

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There’s No Pace Like My Own Home

by Florenza Denise Lee

There’s No Pace Like My Own Home Florenza Denise Lee 9781941328187 Fiction Words to Ponder Publishing Company Words to Ponder Publishing Company Life isn’t fair. We learn this as early as kindergarten...

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The Story of Civil Rights Hero John Lewis the Story of Civil Rights Hero John Lewis

by Kathleen Benson

The Story of Civil Rights Hero John Lewis the Story of Civil Rights Hero John Lewis Kathleen Benson 9781620148549 Nonfiction Lee & Low Books Lee & Low Books This new entry in the innovative “Story” li...

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Pies from Nowhere: How Georgia Gilmore Sustained the Montgomery Bus Boycott

by Dee Romito

Pies from Nowhere: How Georgia Gilmore Sustained the Montgomery Bus Boycott Dee Romito 9781499807202 Nonfiction Little Bee Books Simon & Schuster, Inc. This stunning picture book looks into the life o...

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Unseen: Unpublished Black History from the New York Times Photo Archives

by Dana Canedy, Darcy Eveleigh, Damien Cave, and Rachel L. Swarns

Unseen: Unpublished Black History from the New York Times Photo Archives Dana Canedy, Darcy Eveleigh, Damien Cave, and Rachel L. Swarns 9780316552967 Nonfiction Black Dog & Leventhal Hachette Book Gro...

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The Cooking Gene: A Journey Through African American Culinary History in the Old South

by Michael W. Twitty

The Cooking Gene: A Journey Through African American Culinary History in the Old South Michael W. Twitty 9780062379290 Nonfiction Amistad HarperCollins 2018 James Beard Foundation Book of the Year - 2...

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Ordinary Light: A Memoir

by Tracy K. Smith

Ordinary Light: A Memoir Tracy K. Smith 9780307962669 Nonfiction Knopf Penguin Random House National Book Award Finalist From the dazzlingly original Pulitzer Prize-winning poet hailed for her “extrao...

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Claudette Colvin: Twice Toward Justice

by Phillip Hoose

Claudette Colvin: Twice Toward Justice Phillip Hoose 9780374302368 Nonfiction Farrar, Straus and Giroux Macmillan Publishers ”It’s my constitutional right!” screamed Claudette Colvin as she was dragge...

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1,000 Places to See Before You Die: The World as You’ve Never Seen It Before

by Patricia Schultz

1,000 Places to See Before You Die: The World as You’ve Never Seen It Before Patricia Schultz 9781579657888 Nonfiction Workman Publishing Workman Publishing Deluxe EditionNamed a Best Gift Book/Best T...

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Judge Stone

by Viola Davis and James Patterson

Judge Stone Viola Davis and James Patterson 9780316579834 Fiction Little, Brown and Company Hachette Book Group #1 New York Times Bestseller! Academy Award–winning actress Viola Davis and the world...

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Where the Wildflowers Grow

by Terah Shelton Harris

Where the Wildflowers Grow Terah Shelton Harris 9781464229220 Fiction Sourcebooks Landmark Sourcebooks Named a Most Anticipated Book of the Year by Goodreads, Essence, Sunset Magazine, SheReads, BookB...

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