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Jim Crow’s Last Stand: Nonunanimous Criminal Jury Verdicts in Louisiana

by Thomas Aiello

Jim Crow’s Last Stand: Nonunanimous Criminal Jury Verdicts in Louisiana Thomas Aiello 9780807158999 Nonfiction LSU Press Louisiana State University Press The last remnant of the racist Redeemer agenda...

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Jim Crow’s Last Stand (Paperback): Nonunanimous Criminal Jury Verdicts in Louisiana

by Thomas Aiello

Jim Crow’s Last Stand (Paperback): Nonunanimous Criminal Jury Verdicts in Louisiana Thomas Aiello 9780807172377 Nonfiction LSU Press Louisiana State University Press A remnant of the racist post-Recon...

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Bayou Classic: The Grambling-Southern Football Rivalry

by Thomas Aiello

Bayou Classic: The Grambling-Southern Football Rivalry Thomas Aiello 9780807136973 Nonfiction LSU Press Louisiana State University Press The annual clash in New Orleans between the Grambling State Uni...

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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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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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The Last Days of Louisiana Red: A Novel

by Ishmael Reed

The Last Days of Louisiana Red: A Novel Ishmael Reed 9781564782366 Fiction Dalkey Archive Press Dalkey Archive Press When Papa LaBas (private eye, noonday HooDoo, and hero of Reed’s Mumbo Jumbo) comes...

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The Vintner’s Tale: Adaptation of Shakespeare’s The Winter’s Tale

by Claudia Alexander

The Vintner’s Tale: Adaptation of Shakespeare’s The Winter’s Tale Claudia Alexander 9781937781149 Fiction Red Phoenix Books Red Phoenix Books It is 1892. Queen Victoria is on the English throne. But t...

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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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Congo Square: African Roots in New Orleans

by Freddi Williams Evans

Congo Square: African Roots in New Orleans Freddi Williams Evans 9781935754039 Nonfiction University of Louisiana at Lafayette University of Louisiana at Lafayette Congo Square: African Roots in New O...

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Standing at the Scratch Line

by Guy Johnson

Standing at the Scratch Line Guy Johnson 9780375501586 Fiction Random House Penguin Random House Raised in the steamy bayous of New Orleans in the early 1900s, LeRoi "King" Tremain, caught u...

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African American History in the United States of America (Volume Two): A Blueprint for Monetizing Reparations

by Tony Rose

African American History in the United States of America (Volume Two): A Blueprint for Monetizing Reparations Tony Rose 9798990717404 Nonfiction Amber Communications Group Amber Communications Group T...

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For the Love of You (The Lawsons of Louisiana)

by Donna Hill

For the Love of You (The Lawsons of Louisiana) Donna Hill 9780373864577 Fiction Harlequin Kimani Harlequin Enterprises Limited He has never found the right woman…until now Craig Lawson is the hottest ...

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Queen Sugar

by Natalie Baszile

Queen Sugar Natalie Baszile 9780670026135 Fiction Knopf Penguin Random House A mother-daughter story of reinvention—about an African American woman who unexpectedly inherits a sugarcane farm in Louisi...

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The Great Deluge: Hurricane Katrina, New Orleans, and the Mississippi Gulf Coast

by Douglas Brinkley

The Great Deluge: Hurricane Katrina, New Orleans, and the Mississippi Gulf Coast Douglas Brinkley 9780061124235 Nonfiction William Morrow HarperCollins In the span of five violent hours on August 29, ...

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People of Color in Louisiana

by Alice Dunbar-Nelson

People of Color in Louisiana Alice Dunbar-Nelson 9781979797627 Nonfiction CreateSpace On-Demand Publishing LLC Alice Dunbar Nelson was a social activist and reformer, journalist and poet. She was one ...

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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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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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Blackphobia - Bluephobia: Police Race and Rage in America

by D.T. Pollard

Blackphobia - Bluephobia: Police Race and Rage in America D.T. Pollard B01IWCVILM Fiction Book Express Book Express There is a crisis in the United States that exploded during the summer of 2016. Leve...

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All Souls: Essential Poems

by Brenda Marie Osbey

All Souls: Essential Poems Brenda Marie Osbey 9780807162002 Poetry LSU Press Louisiana State University Press All Souls: Essential Poems brings together work that reflects the interweaving of histor...

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Stolen into Slavery: The True Story of Solomon Northup, Free Black Man

by Judith Bloom Fradin and Dennis Brindell Fradin

Stolen into Slavery: The True Story of Solomon Northup, Free Black Man Judith Bloom Fradin and Dennis Brindell Fradin 9781426309373 Nonfiction National Geographic Children’s Books National Geographic ...

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No Words for the Dead: A Cole Moneye Hip-Hop Mystery

by Marcus Kareem

No Words for the Dead: A Cole Moneye Hip-Hop Mystery Marcus Kareem 9798905537899 Fiction In the Stream Publishing In the Stream Publishing No Words for the Dead is the second installment in the COLE M...

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Mama Ruby

by Mary Monroe

Mama Ruby Mary Monroe 9781496739179 Fiction Dafina Kensington Publishing Corp. The new edition of a modern classic by New York Times bestselling and award-winning author Mary Monroe! An enduring ta...

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King and the Dragonflies

by Kacen Callender

King and the Dragonflies Kacen Callender 9781338129335 Fiction Scholastic Press Scholastic Inc. In a small but turbulent Louisiana town, one boy’s grief takes him beyond the bayous of his backyard, to...

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When I’m with You (The Lawsons of Louisiana)

by Donna Hill

When I’m with You (The Lawsons of Louisiana) Donna Hill 9781335216700 Fiction Harlequin Kimani Romance Harlequin Enterprises Limited The bad-boy heir to the Lawson dynasty has found love!Until his pas...

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The Fortune Teller (Louisiana Heritage)

by Victor Séjour

The Fortune Teller (Louisiana Heritage) Victor Séjour 9780988962750 Fiction Second Line Press Second Line Press The Fortune-Teller

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Severed: A Novel

by VL Towler

Severed: A Novel VL Towler 9780996877213 Fiction Inimitable Press Inimitable Press Listen to an Interview of VL Towler Interviewed on Portsmouth Community Radio: WSCA 106.1 FM, Hosted by Kathy Pohlm...

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The Way You Love Me (Lawsons of Louisiana)

by Donna Hill

The Way You Love Me (Lawsons of Louisiana) Donna Hill 9781410475589 Fiction Thorndike Press Thorndike Press "Making a case for love… " Struggling law student Bailey Sinclair is working two jobs to mak...

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In the Place of Justice: A Story of Punishment and Deliverance

by Wilbert Rideau

In the Place of Justice: A Story of Punishment and Deliverance Wilbert Rideau 9780307264817 Nonfiction Knopf Penguin Random House From Wilbert Rideau, the award-winning journalist who spent forty-four...

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Walking Through Mirrors

by Brian Keith Jackson

Walking Through Mirrors Brian Keith Jackson 9780671568948 Fiction Washington Square Press Simon & Schuster, Inc. In his breathtaking debut, The View From Here, Brian Keith Jackson took us inside the h...

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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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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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The Guide Signs: Book One and Book Two

by Jay Wright

The Guide Signs: Book One and Book Two Jay Wright 9780807132647 Poetry LSU Press Louisiana State University Press In The Guide Signs, acclaimed poet Jay Wright closes a movement he opened with his fir...

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A Sitting in St. James

by Rita Williams-Garcia

A Sitting in St. James Rita Williams-Garcia 9780062367297 Fiction Quill Tree Books HarperCollins Winner of the Boston Globe/Horn Book Award!Monumental. —Booklist (starred review)A marathon masterpiece...

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The Jailhouse Lawyer

by Calvin Duncan and Sophie Cull

The Jailhouse Lawyer Calvin Duncan and Sophie Cull 9780593834329 Nonfiction Penguin Books Penguin Random House A USA Today Bestseller! Named a Best Book of the Year by The New York Public Library ...

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Madam C. J. Walker Builds a Business

by Denene Millner

Madam C. J. Walker Builds a Business Denene Millner 9781953424006 Fiction Rebel Girls Rebel Girls From the world of Good Night Stories for Rebel Girls comes a story based on the life of Madam C.J. Wal...

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Black-Eyed Peas and Hoghead Cheese: A Story of Food, Family, and Freedom

by Glenda Armand

Black-Eyed Peas and Hoghead Cheese: A Story of Food, Family, and Freedom Glenda Armand 9780593486146 Fiction Crown Books for Young Readers Penguin Random House A little girl helping her grandmother pr...

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Lies Across America: What Our Historic Sites Get Wrong

by James W. Loewen

Lies Across America: What Our Historic Sites Get Wrong James W. Loewen 9781620975060 Nonfiction The New Press The New Press A fully updated and revised edition of the book USA Today called "jim-dandy ...

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Seven Spools of Thread: A Kwanzaa Story

by Angela S. Medearis

Seven Spools of Thread: A Kwanzaa Story Angela S. Medearis 9780807573167 Fiction Albert Whitman & Company Albert Whitman & Company Oppenheim Toy Portfolio Platinum Award 2001 Notable Social Stu...

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The Suppression of the African Slave Trade, 1638-1870 (Revised)

by W.E.B. Du Bois

The Suppression of the African Slave Trade, 1638-1870 (Revised) W.E.B. Du Bois 9780807101490 Nonfiction LSU Press Louisiana State University Press First published in 1896, The Suppression of the Afric...

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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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Ernest J. Gaines Four Novels: The Autobiography of Miss Jane Pittman / In My Father’s House / A Gathering of Old Men / A Lesson Before Dying

by Ernest J. Gaines

Ernest J. Gaines Four Novels: The Autobiography of Miss Jane Pittman / In My Father’s House / A Gathering of Old Men / A Lesson Before Dying Ernest J. Gaines 9781598537901 Fiction Library of America L...

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Let Us Descend (paperback)

by Jesmyn Ward

Let Us Descend (paperback) Jesmyn Ward 9781982104504 Fiction Scribner Book Company Simon & Schuster, Inc. Oprah’s Book Club Pick - Instant New York Times Bestseller - Named one of the best books of 20...

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Stones: Poems

by Kevin Young

Stones: Poems Kevin Young 9781524711153 Poetry Knopf Publishing Group Penguin Random House A book of loss, looking back, and what binds us to life, by a towering poetic talent, called “one of the poet...

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Let Us Descend

by Jesmyn Ward

Let Us Descend Jesmyn Ward 9781982104498 Fiction Scribner Book Company Simon & Schuster, Inc. From Jesmyn Ward—the two-time National Book Award winner, youngest winner of the Library of Congress Prize...

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This Is the Fire: What I Say to My Friends About Racism

by Don Lemon

This Is the Fire: What I Say to My Friends About Racism Don Lemon 9780316257671 Nonfiction Back Bay Books Hachette Book Group In this “vital book for these times” (Kirkus Reviews), Don Lemon brings hi...

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Nobody’s Magic

by Destiny O. Birdsong

Nobody’s Magic Destiny O. Birdsong 9781538721391 Fiction Grand Central Publishing Hachette Book Group A Best Book of February by Washington Post · Nylon · BookRiot In this glittering ...

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She Persisted: Ruby Bridges

by Kekla Magoon

She Persisted: Ruby Bridges Kekla Magoon 9780593115862 Nonfiction Philomel Books Penguin Random House Inspired by the #1 New York Times bestseller She Persisted by Chelsea Clinton and Alexandra Boiger...

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African Goddess Initiation: Sacred Rituals for Self-Love, Prosperity, and Joy

by Abiola Abrams

African Goddess Initiation: Sacred Rituals for Self-Love, Prosperity, and Joy Abiola Abrams 9781401962944 Nonfiction Hay House Penguin Random House A sacred feminine initiation of self-love and soul c...

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How the Word Is Passed: A Reckoning with the History of Slavery Across America

by Clint Smith

How the Word Is Passed: A Reckoning with the History of Slavery Across America Clint Smith 9780316492935 Nonfiction Little, Brown and Company Hachette Book Group "We need this book." —Ibram X. Kendi, ...

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Solitary

by Albert Woodfox

Solitary Albert Woodfox 9780802148308 Nonfiction Grove Press Grove Atlantic, Inc. LONGLISTED FOR THE NATIONAL BOOK AWARD IN NONFICTIONSolitary is the unforgettable life story of a man who served more ...

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Oriana: The Fire Breathing Series, Book 2

by J.D. Mason

Oriana: The Fire Breathing Series, Book 2 J.D. Mason 9781733825771 Fiction Spirit in the Dark Publishing Spirit in the Dark Publishing, LLC Rafa Abioye’s wildest dreams have finally come true. The you...

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Approaching the Fields: Poems

by Chanda Feldman

Approaching the Fields: Poems Chanda Feldman 9780807168295 Poetry LSU Press Louisiana State University Press In a cadence reminiscent of old gospel rhythms rising from deeper reflections on the evolut...

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The Gilda Stories (Anniversary, Expanded)

by Jewelle Gomez

The Gilda Stories (Anniversary, Expanded) Jewelle Gomez 9780872866744 Fiction City Lights Publishers City Lights Publishers The Gilda Stories is groundbreaking not just for the wild lives it portrays,...

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Flygirl

by Sherri L. Smith

Flygirl Sherri L. Smith 9780142417256 Fiction Penguin Books Penguin Random House Praise For Flygirl The Washington Post Best Kids’ Books of the Year ALA Best Books for Young Adults California Book ...

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Descending From The Clouds: A Memoir of Combat in the 505 Parachute Infantry Regiment, 82d Airborne Division

by Spencer Wurst and Gayle Wurst

Descending From The Clouds: A Memoir of Combat in the 505 Parachute Infantry Regiment, 82d Airborne Division Spencer Wurst and Gayle Wurst 9781932033311 Fiction Casemate Publishers and Book Distributo...

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Time’s Unfading Garden: Anne Spencer’s Life and Poetry

by Anne Spencer

Time’s Unfading Garden: Anne Spencer’s Life and Poetry Anne Spencer 9780807102947 Poetry LSU Press Louisiana State University Press Time’s Unfading Garden: Anne Spencer’s Life and Poetry is a comprehe...

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Kin: A Novel

by Tayari Jones

Kin: A Novel Tayari Jones 9780525659181 Fiction Knopf Publishing Group Penguin Random House Join Our Book Discussion on Zoom ● June 28, 2026 ● 2 p.m. EDT A magnificent new novel from the best...

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Suder

by Percival Everett

Suder Percival Everett 9798217008469 Fiction Vintage Penguin Random House Now with a brilliant new package, this reissue of Suder by Percival Everett—New York Times bestselling author and winner of th...

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Amity

by Nathan Harris

Amity Nathan Harris 9780316456241 Fiction Little, Brown and Company Hachette Book Group From the New York Times bestselling author of The Sweetness of Water comes a gripping story about a brother and ...

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A Season for Fishin’: A Fish Fry Tradition

by Pamela Courtney

A Season for Fishin’: A Fish Fry Tradition Pamela Courtney 9780374390907 Fiction Farrar, Straus and Giroux Books for Younger Readers Macmillan Publishers A Season for Fishin’ is a joyous debut picture...

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Soulful Struttin’

by Julia Pierre Hammond

Soulful Struttin’ Julia Pierre Hammond 9798885545259 Fiction Free Spirit Publishing Teacher Created Materials A father and daughter’s afternoon of cleaning becomes a celebration of the music, food, an...

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I Once Was Lost: My Search for God in America

by Don Lemon

I Once Was Lost: My Search for God in America Don Lemon 9780316567695 Nonfiction Little, Brown and Company Hachette Book Group In a deeply personal follow-up to his #1 bestseller This is the Fire: Wha...

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Your Plantation Prom Is Not Okay

by Kelly McWilliams

Your Plantation Prom Is Not Okay Kelly McWilliams 9780316449939 Fiction Little, Brown Books for Young Readers Hachette Book Group A sharp-witted, timely novel that explores cancel culture, anger, and ...

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Nobody’s Magic (Paperback)

by Destiny O. Birdsong

Nobody’s Magic (Paperback) Destiny O. Birdsong 9781538721407 Fiction Grand Central Publishing Hachette Book Group In this glittering triptych novel, Suzette, Maple and Agnes, three Black women with al...

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Mardi Gras Indians

by Nikesha Elise Williams

Mardi Gras Indians Nikesha Elise Williams 9780807179123 Nonfiction LSU Press Louisiana State University Press Mardi Gras Indians explores how sacred and secular expressions of Carnival throughout the ...

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In Search of Liberty: African American Internationalism in the Nineteenth-Century Atlantic World

by Ronald Angelo Johnson and Ousmane K. Power-Greene

In Search of Liberty: African American Internationalism in the Nineteenth-Century Atlantic World Ronald Angelo Johnson and Ousmane K. Power-Greene 9780820360089 Nonfiction University of Georgia Press ...

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Clandestine: The Times and Secret Life of Mariah Otey Reddick

by William “Damani” Keene and Carole “Ife” Keene

Clandestine: The Times and Secret Life of Mariah Otey Reddick William “Damani” Keene and Carole “Ife” Keene 9798650138310 Fiction Independently Published Independently Published Have Black lives ever ...

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Wandering in Strange Lands: A Daughter of the Great Migration Reclaims Her Roots

by Morgan Jerkins

Wandering in Strange Lands: A Daughter of the Great Migration Reclaims Her Roots Morgan Jerkins 9780062873040 Nonfiction Harper HarperCollins Named one of the most anticipated books of the year by ELL...

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Condition Red: Essays, Interviews, and Commentaries (Poets on Poetry)

by Yusef Komunyakaa

Condition Red: Essays, Interviews, and Commentaries (Poets on Poetry) Yusef Komunyakaa 9780472073443 Poetry University of Michigan Press University of Michigan Press Condition Red collects writing by ...

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Freedom in Congo Square

by Carole Boston Weatherford

Freedom in Congo Square Carole Boston Weatherford 9781499801033 Nonfiction Little Bee Books Simon & Schuster, Inc. This poetic, nonfiction story about a little-known piece of African American histor...

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Secrets Uncovered

by Shelia M. Goss

Secrets Uncovered Shelia M. Goss 9781619229662 Fiction Samhain Publishing Samhain Publishing A hot one-night stand could lead to a once-in-a-lifetime chance at love. Women in Hollywood, Book 3 As th...

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The Speech: The Story Behind Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.’S Dream

by Gary Younge

The Speech: The Story Behind Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.’S Dream Gary Younge 9781608463220 Nonfiction Haymarket Books Haymarket Books MARTIN LUTHER KING JR. DELIVERED his powerful “I Have a Dream” spe...

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The Problem of Democracy in the Age of Slavery: Garrisonian Abolitionists & Transatlantic Reform

by W. Caleb McDaniel

The Problem of Democracy in the Age of Slavery: Garrisonian Abolitionists & Transatlantic Reform W. Caleb McDaniel 9780807150184 Nonfiction LSU Press Louisiana State University Press Winner of the Mer...

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Shaq Uncut: My Story

by Shaquille O’Neal

Shaq Uncut: My Story Shaquille O’Neal 9781455504404 Nonfiction Grand Central Publishing Hachette Book Group Superman. Diesel. The Big Aristotle. Shaq Fu. The Big Daddy. The Big Shaqtus. Wilt Chamberne...

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The Secrets Of Newberry

by Victor McGlothin

The Secrets Of Newberry Victor McGlothin 9780446178136 Fiction Grand Central Publishing Hachette Book Group Two lifelong friends are about to discover the hard side of life in The Big Easy after a hei...

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The Year Before the Flood: A Story of New Orleans

by Ned Sublette

The Year Before the Flood: A Story of New Orleans Ned Sublette 9781556528248 Nonfiction Chicago Review Press Chicago Review Press With a style the Los Angeles Times calls as "vivid and fast-moving as ...

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Native Guard: Poems

by Natasha Trethewey

Native Guard: Poems Natasha Trethewey 9780618604630 Poetry Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Growing up in the Deep South, Natasha Trethewey was never told that in her hometown of Gu...

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Walking on Water: Black American Lives at the Turn of the Twenty-First Century

by Randall Kenan

Walking on Water: Black American Lives at the Turn of the Twenty-First Century Randall Kenan 9780679737889 Nonfiction Vintage Penguin Random House "A meaningful panoramic view of what it means to be h...

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Tumult and Silence at Second Creek: An Inquiry Into a Civil War Slave Conspiracy

by Winthrop D. Jordan

Tumult and Silence at Second Creek: An Inquiry Into a Civil War Slave Conspiracy Winthrop D. Jordan 9780807120392 Nonfiction LSU Press Louisiana State University Press In the tension-filled months of ...

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Girl at the Window: Poems

by Pinkie Gordon Lane

Girl at the Window: Poems Pinkie Gordon Lane 9780807117149 Poetry LSU Press Louisiana State University Press Book by Lane, Pinkie Gordon

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A Southern Odyssey: Travelers in the Antebellum North (Revised)

by John Hope Franklin

A Southern Odyssey: Travelers in the Antebellum North (Revised) John Hope Franklin 9780807103517 Nonfiction LSU Press Louisiana State University Press Frederick Law Olmsted, the northerner who wrote c...

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Black and White: The Way I See It

by Richard Williams

Black and White: The Way I See It Richard Williams 9781476704210 Nonfiction Atria Books Simon & Schuster, Inc. The fascinating, revealing, and in-depth memoir of Richard Williams, a self-made business...

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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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The Boley Rodeo: Poems, 2008-2026

by Marilyn Nelson

The Boley Rodeo: Poems, 2008-2026 Marilyn Nelson 9780807187265 Poetry LSU Press Louisiana State University Press Powerful, beautiful, and often deceptively simple, the poetry of Marilyn Nelson takes a...

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The Chief: The Story of the Boston Celtics’ Most Enigmatic Icon

by Robert Parish

The Chief: The Story of the Boston Celtics’ Most Enigmatic Icon Robert Parish 9781637279618 Nonfiction Triumph Books (IL) Triumph Books A memoir of basketball, dedication, and longevity from Boston Ce...

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I Don’t Wish You Well

by Jumata Emill

I Don’t Wish You Well Jumata Emill 9780593811023 Fiction Delacorte Press Penguin Random House A teen investigative podcaster decides to dig into the truth behind a grisly murder spree that rocked his ...

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Recipes from the American South

by Michael W. Twitty

Recipes from the American South Michael W. Twitty 9781837290871 Nonfiction Phaidon Press Phaidon Press ‘A sweeping love letter to the region that shaped America’s palate.’ –Eric Adjepong A home coo...

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