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I’m Black When I’m Singing, I’m Blue When I Ain’t And Other Plays

by Sonia Sanchez

I’m Black When I’m Singing, I’m Blue When I Ain’t And Other Plays Sonia Sanchez 9780822347781 Nonfiction Duke University Press Books Duke University Press Books "Sonia Sanchez remains one of the ...

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Sonia Sanchez Collected Poems

by Sonia Sanchez

Sonia Sanchez Collected Poems Sonia Sanchez 9780807026526 Poetry Beacon Press Beacon Press Winner Gish Prize for Lifetime Achievement A representative collection of the life work of the much-honore...

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Homegirls and Handgrenades

by Sonia Sanchez

Homegirls and Handgrenades Sonia Sanchez 9781893996809 Poetry White Pine Press White Pine Press “Only a poet with an innocent heart can exorcise so much pain with so much beauty.”—Isabel AllendeA repr...

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Wounded in the House of A Friend (Bluestreak)

by Sonia Sanchez

Wounded in the House of A Friend (Bluestreak) Sonia Sanchez 9780807068274 Poetry Beacon Press Beacon Press Renowned African-American poet Sonia Sanchez explores the pain, self-doubt, and anger that em...

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Like the Singing Coming off the Drums

by Sonia Sanchez

Like the Singing Coming off the Drums Sonia Sanchez 9780807068427 Poetry Beacon Press Beacon Press In the movie "lovejones", in "Vibe" magazine, and on rapper D-Knowledge’s CD, Sonia Sanchez’s love po...

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Homegirls and Handgrenades: Poems

by Sonia Sanchez

Homegirls and Handgrenades: Poems Sonia Sanchez 9781560251439 Poetry Thunder’s Mouth Press Thunder’s Mouth Press In a style that is hers alone, Sonia Sanchez brings politics and poetry together as she...

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Resisting Arrest poems to stretch the sky

by Mark Doty, Martin Espada, Joy Harjo, Marilyn Nelson, Ishmael Reed, Sonia Sanchez, Yusef Komunyakaa, Afaa Michael Weaver, and Rita Dove

Resisting Arrest poems to stretch the sky Mark Doty, Martin Espada, Joy Harjo, Marilyn Nelson, Ishmael Reed, Sonia Sanchez, Yusef Komunyakaa, Afaa Michael Weaver, and Rita Dove 9780936481098 Poetry Ja...

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SOS—Calling All Black People: A Black Arts Movement Reader

by John H. Bracey Jr., Sonia Sanchez, and James Smethurst

SOS—Calling All Black People: A Black Arts Movement Reader John H. Bracey Jr., Sonia Sanchez, and James Smethurst 9781625340313 Fiction University of Massachusetts Press University of Massachusetts Pr...

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In Daddy’s Arms I am Tall

by Folami Abiade, Dinah Johnson, Carole Boston Weatherford, Dakari Hru, Michael Burgess, E. Ethelbert Miller, Lenard D. Moore, David Anderson, Angela Johnson, Sonia Sanchez, and Davida Adedjouma

In Daddy’s Arms I am Tall Folami Abiade, Dinah Johnson, Carole Boston Weatherford, Dakari Hru, Michael Burgess, E. Ethelbert Miller, Lenard D. Moore, David Anderson, Angela Johnson, Sonia Sanchez, and...

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Shake Loose My Skin: New and Selected Poems (Bluestreak)

by Sonia Sanchez

Shake Loose My Skin: New and Selected Poems (Bluestreak) Sonia Sanchez 9780807068533 Poetry Beacon Press Beacon Press An extraordinary retrospective covering over thirty years of work, Shake Loose My ...

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Like the Singing Coming off the Drums: Love Poems (Bluestreak)

by Sonia Sanchez

Like the Singing Coming off the Drums: Love Poems (Bluestreak) Sonia Sanchez 9780807068434 Poetry Beacon Press Beacon Press Like the Singing Coming off the Drums is a dazzling exploration of the intim...

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Freedom Knows My Name

by Kelly Harris-DeBerry

Freedom Knows My Name Kelly Harris-DeBerry 9781883275297 Poetry Xavier Review Press Xavier Review Press Introduction by Kalamu ya Salaam “Freedom Knows My Name is electric. Kelly mixes brilliant ...

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Sonia Sotomayor: A Judge Grows in the Bronx / La juez que crecio en el Bronx (Spanish and English Edition)

by Jonah Winter

Sonia Sotomayor: A Judge Grows in the Bronx / La juez que crecio en el Bronx (Spanish and English Edition) Jonah Winter 9781442403031 Nonfiction Atheneum Books for Young Readers Simon & Schuster, Inc....

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I’ve Been a Woman: New and Selected Poems

by Sonia Sanchez

I’ve Been a Woman: New and Selected Poems Sonia Sanchez 9780883781128 Poetry Third World Press Third World Press The author of several books of poetry, Sanchez’ I’ve Been A Woman is the dynamic trans...

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Brilliant Flame! Amiri Baraka: Poems, Plays, Politics for the People

by Haki Madhubuti, Michael Simanga, Sonia Sanchez, and Woodie King

Brilliant Flame! Amiri Baraka: Poems, Plays, Politics for the People Haki Madhubuti, Michael Simanga, Sonia Sanchez, and Woodie King 9780883783559 Poetry Third World Press Third World Press Brilliant ...

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Black Girl, Call Home

by Jasmine Mans

Black Girl, Call Home Jasmine Mans 9780593197141 Poetry Berkley Books Penguin Random House From spoken word poet Jasmine Mans comes an unforgettable poetry collection about race, feminism, and queer i...

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Surprised Queenhood in the New Black Sun: The Life & Legacy of Gwendolyn Brooks

by Angela Jackson

Surprised Queenhood in the New Black Sun: The Life & Legacy of Gwendolyn Brooks Angela Jackson 9780807025048 Poetry Beacon Press Beacon Press Pulitzer-Prize winning poet Gwendolyn Brooks is one of the...

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I Am Sonia Sotomayor

by Brad Meltzer

I Am Sonia Sotomayor Brad Meltzer 9780735228733 Nonfiction Dial Books Penguin Random House Sonia Sotomayor, the first Latina Supreme Court Justice, is the subject of the sixteenth picture book in the ...

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Morning Haiku

by Sonia Sanchez

Morning Haiku Sonia Sanchez 9780807001318 Poetry Beacon Press Beacon Press From a leading writer of the Black Arts Movement, poems of commemoration and loss for readers of all ages  A collection of h...

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Does Your House Have Lions ?

by Sonia Sanchez

Does Your House Have Lions ? Sonia Sanchez 9780807068311 Poetry Beacon Press Beacon Press Nominated for the 1998 National Book Critics Circle Award for PoetryRecommended Reading from EmergeAn epic poe...

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We a BaddDDD People.

by Sonia Sanchez

We a BaddDDD People. Sonia Sanchez 9780910296274 Poetry Broadside Press Broadside Press  

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Home Coming

by Sonia Sanchez

Home Coming Sonia Sanchez 9780910296052 Poetry Broadside Press Broadside Press

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Amanda Gorman

by Maria Isabel Sánchez Vegara

Amanda Gorman Maria Isabel Sánchez Vegara 9780711270718 Nonfiction Frances Lincoln Children’s Books The Quarto Group In this book from the critically acclaimed, multimillion-copy best-selling Little P...

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Continuum: New And Selected Poems, Revised Edition

by Mari Evans

Continuum: New And Selected Poems, Revised Edition Mari Evans 9781933491165 Poetry Sankofa Books Just Us Books, Inc. Evans paints an intimate portrait of the Black experience in the more than 10...

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I Kick Ass at Work!: The Strategy Journal for Career Professionals

by Sonia Alleyne

I Kick Ass at Work!: The Strategy Journal for Career Professionals Sonia Alleyne 9781732700215 Nonfiction Hunter Publishing Group Hunter Publishing Group I Kick Ass at Work! is designed to refocus att...

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All I Want For Christmas

by Joyce A. Brown, Princess F.L. Gooden, Terri Ann Johnson, Sonia Johnston, Patricia Woodside, Cryssy Dee, Candy Jackson, and others

All I Want For Christmas Joyce A. Brown, Princess F.L. Gooden, Terri Ann Johnson, Sonia Johnston, Patricia Woodside, Cryssy Dee, Candy Jackson, and others 9781944359379 Fiction Brown Girls Books Brown...

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The Sister Accord: 51 Ways to Love Your Sister

by Sonia Jackson Myles

The Sister Accord: 51 Ways to Love Your Sister Sonia Jackson Myles 9780615530079 Nonfiction Sister Accord Sister Accord Our world needs a resolution…Of Love….Our world needs a revolution…Of Love…Our w...

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By Any Means Necessary: Malcolm X: Real, Not Reinvented

by Herb Boyd

By Any Means Necessary: Malcolm X: Real, Not Reinvented Herb Boyd 9780883783368 Nonfiction Third World Press Third World Press Compiled as a response to Manning Marable’s controversial new biogra...

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Catch The Fire!!: A Cross-Generational Anthology of Contemporary African American Poetry

by D-Knowledge

Catch The Fire!!: A Cross-Generational Anthology of Contemporary African American Poetry D-Knowledge 9781573226547 Poetry Riverhead Books Penguin Random House African-American poetry is an ever-growin...

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Vanessa Nakate

by Maria Isabel Sánchez Vegara

Vanessa Nakate Maria Isabel Sánchez Vegara 9780711285453 Nonfiction Frances Lincoln Children’s Books The Quarto Group In this book from the critically acclaimed, multimillion-copy best-selling Little ...

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Amanda Gorman: Poet and Activist

by L’Oreal Thompson Payton

Amanda Gorman: Poet and Activist L’Oreal Thompson Payton 9780593815144 Nonfiction Random House Books for Young Readers Penguin Random House Learn all about Amanda Gorman, the youngest inaugural poet i...

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Brief Evidence of Heaven: Poems from the Life of Anna Murray Douglass

by M. Nzadi Keita

Brief Evidence of Heaven: Poems from the Life of Anna Murray Douglass M. Nzadi Keita 9780990867777 Poetry Whirlwind Press Whirlwind Press Poetry. African American Studies. Women’s Studies. BRIEF EV...

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Soulscript: A Collection Of Classic African American Poetry (Harlem Moon Classics)

by June Jordan

Soulscript: A Collection Of Classic African American Poetry (Harlem Moon Classics) June Jordan 9780767918466 Poetry Knopf Penguin Random House Black poets from the early twentieth century and onward c...

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Stardust Tracks on a Road

by DuEwa M. Frazier

Stardust Tracks on a Road DuEwa M. Frazier 9780971905221 Poetry Lit Noire Publishing Lit Noire Publishing Stardust Tracks is a classic literary offering, from a young writer with an old, traveling sou...

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Martin Luther King Jr.: My First Martin Luther King Jr.

by Maria Isabel Sánchez Vegara

Martin Luther King Jr.: My First Martin Luther King Jr. Maria Isabel Sánchez Vegara 9780711266544 Nonfiction Frances Lincoln Children’s Books The Quarto Group Learn about the incredible life of Martin...

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Martin Luther King Jr.

by Maria Isabel Sánchez Vegara

Martin Luther King Jr. Maria Isabel Sánchez Vegara 9780711245679 Nonfiction Frances Lincoln Children’s Books The Quarto Group Little Martin grew up in Atlanta to a long line of preachers: his dad was ...

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Josephine Baker (Little People, Big Dreams)

by Maria Isabel Sánchez Vegara

Josephine Baker (Little People, Big Dreams) Maria Isabel Sánchez Vegara 9781786032287 Nonfiction Frances Lincoln Children’s Books The Quarto Group New in the Little People, Big Dreams series, discover...

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Born Among Mirrors: Poems

by Rachel Eliza Griffiths

Born Among Mirrors: Poems Rachel Eliza Griffiths 9781324105626 Poetry W. W. Norton & Company W. W. Norton & Company, Inc. A stunning new volume from a poet who insists that light and joy can be gather...

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African Voices Hip Hop At 50

by Kevin Powell

African Voices Hip Hop At 50 Kevin Powell av-hiphopat50 Fiction African Voices African Voices Magazine A special digital issue of African Voices celebrating the 50th Anniversary of Hip Hop guest edite...

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Soul Culture: Black Poets, Books, and Questions That Grew Me Up

by Remica Bingham-Risher

Soul Culture: Black Poets, Books, and Questions That Grew Me Up Remica Bingham-Risher 9780807015926 Poetry Beacon Press Beacon Press Examines firsthand the lives of legendary Black writers who made a ...

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Honeyfish

by Lauren K. Alleyne

Honeyfish Lauren K. Alleyne 9781936970599 Poetry New Issues Poetry & Prose New Issues Poetry & Prose "These poems love. Prophesize. Return us to our beginnings. To days that we want to remember. Or fo...

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The Ringing Ear: Black Poets Lean South (Cave Canem Anthology)

by Nikky Finney

The Ringing Ear: Black Poets Lean South (Cave Canem Anthology) Nikky Finney 9780820329260 Poetry University of Georgia Press University of Georgia Press The South: to render all that it means to an Af...

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Fertile Ground: Memories & Visions

by Kysha N. Brown and Kalamu ya Salaam

Fertile Ground: Memories & Visions Kysha N. Brown and Kalamu ya Salaam 9780965385404 Fiction Runagate Multimedia Runagate Multimedia Read Why Fertile Ground is Such an Important Work Fertile Ground...

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Every Shut Eye Ain’t Asleep: An Anthology of Poetry by African Americans Since 1945

by Michael S. Harper

Every Shut Eye Ain’t Asleep: An Anthology of Poetry by African Americans Since 1945 Michael S. Harper 9780316347105 Poetry Back Bay Books Hachette Book Group Every Shut Eye Ain't Asleep is a rich ...

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Heroism in the New Black Poetry: Introductions and Interviews

by D. H. Melhem

Heroism in the New Black Poetry: Introductions and Interviews D. H. Melhem 9780813108070 Poetry University Press of Kentucky University Press of Kentucky D.H. Melhem’s clear introductions and frank in...

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Well, That Escalated Quickly: Memoirs and Mistakes of an Accidental Activist

by Franchesca Ramsey

Well, That Escalated Quickly: Memoirs and Mistakes of an Accidental Activist Franchesca Ramsey 9781538761038 Nonfiction Grand Central Publishing Hachette Book Group In this sharp, funny, and timely co...

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A Snap Shot-Landmarking Community Cultural Arts Organizations Nationally: The Impact of Public Policy on Community Arts Funding

by Sonia Manjon and Marta Moreno Vega

A Snap Shot-Landmarking Community Cultural Arts Organizations Nationally: The Impact of Public Policy on Community Arts Funding Sonia Manjon and Marta Moreno Vega 9781494474225 Nonfiction CreateSpace ...

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The Promise of Language: A Memoir

by Keith Gilyard

The Promise of Language: A Memoir Keith Gilyard 9780814351949 Nonfiction Wayne State University Press Wayne State University Press Recounting a life—and language—by an esteemed scholar of African Amer...

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Black Women Writers at Work

by Claudia Tate

Black Women Writers at Work Claudia Tate 9781642598407 Nonfiction Haymarket Books Haymarket Books “Black women writers and critics are acting on the old adage that one must speak for oneself if one wi...

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Black Fire This Time

by Kim McMillon

Black Fire This Time Kim McMillon 9781737987673 Fiction Aqueduct Press Aqueduct Press An anthology that explores all facets of the Black Arts Movement. Edited by Dr. Kim McMillon and Kofi Antwi. Forew...

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I Remember Death by Its Proximity to What I Love

by Mahogany L. Browne

I Remember Death by Its Proximity to What I Love Mahogany L. Browne 9781642595703 Poetry Haymarket Books Haymarket Books Mahogany L. Browne’s evocative book-length poem explores the impacts of the pri...

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Ancestors

by Alexis Pauline Gumbs

Ancestors Alexis Pauline Gumbs 9781946511553 Nonfiction Boston Review Boston Review Some of today’s most imaginative writers consider what it means to be made and fashioned by others. It is rare no...

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Not Our President: New directions from the Pushed Out, The Others and the Clear Majority in Trump’s Stolen America

by Haki Madhubuti and Lasana D. Kazembe

Not Our President: New directions from the Pushed Out, The Others and the Clear Majority in Trump’s Stolen America Haki Madhubuti and Lasana D. Kazembe 9780883783726 Nonfiction Third World Press Third...

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F.B. Eyes: How J. Edgar Hoover’s Ghostreaders Framed African American Literature

by William J. Maxwell

F.B. Eyes: How J. Edgar Hoover’s Ghostreaders Framed African American Literature William J. Maxwell 9780691130200 Nonfiction Princeton University Press Princeton University Press Few institutions ...

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Into Africa, Being Black: New and Selected Poems

by Fred Lee Hord

Into Africa, Being Black: New and Selected Poems Fred Lee Hord 9780883783498 Poetry Third World Press Third World Press This precious volume of new and selected poems justly widens Dr. Hord’s space am...

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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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Journey To The Woman I’ve Come To Love: Affirmations From Women Who Have Fallen In Love--With Themselves (Volume 1)

by Miki Turner

Journey To The Woman I’ve Come To Love: Affirmations From Women Who Have Fallen In Love--With Themselves (Volume 1) Miki Turner 9781478259497 Nonfiction CreateSpace On-Demand Publishing LLC Miki Turne...

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Renegade Poetics: Black Aesthetics and Formal Innovation in African American Poetry

by Evie Shockley

Renegade Poetics: Black Aesthetics and Formal Innovation in African American Poetry Evie Shockley 9781609380588 Nonfiction University of Iowa Press University of Iowa Press Beginning with a deceptivel...

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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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Poetry from the Masters: The Black Arts Movement

by Useni Eugene Perkins

Poetry from the Masters: The Black Arts Movement Useni Eugene Perkins 9781933491134 Nonfiction Just Us Books Just Us Books, Inc. The Black Arts Movement spanned less than two decades, but left an unde...

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Dudley Randall, Broadside Press, And The Black Arts Movement In Detroit, 1960-1995

by Julius E. Thompson

Dudley Randall, Broadside Press, And The Black Arts Movement In Detroit, 1960-1995 Julius E. Thompson 9780786422647 Fiction McFarland McFarland In 1965 Dudley F. Randall founded the Broadside Press, a...

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“After Mecca”: Women Poets and the Black Arts Movement

by Cheryl Clarke

“After Mecca”: Women Poets and the Black Arts Movement Cheryl Clarke 9780813534053 Poetry Rutgers University Press Rutgers University Press The politics and music of the sixties and early seventies ha...

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African American Writers: Portraits and Visions

by Lynda Koolish

African American Writers: Portraits and Visions Lynda Koolish 9781578062584 Nonfiction University Press of Mississippi University Press of Mississippi Ai   Will Alexander   Robe...

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Ebony Illusions, a choreopoem

by Reina Diosa

Ebony Illusions, a choreopoem Reina Diosa 9780967108209 Poetry Black Alchemist Press Black Alchemist Press Ebony Illusions is a cross genre peice, blending the elements of drama and poetry. It tells ...

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Flat-Footed Truths: Telling Black Women’s Lives

by Patricia Bell-Scott

Flat-Footed Truths: Telling Black Women’s Lives Patricia Bell-Scott 9780805046298 Nonfiction Holt Paperbacks Macmillan Publishers Patricia Bell-Scott, an accomplished editor, has assembled another imp...

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Sisterfire: Black Womanist Fiction and Poetry

by Charlotte Watson Sherman

Sisterfire: Black Womanist Fiction and Poetry Charlotte Watson Sherman 9780060553517 Nonfiction Harper Perennial HarperCollins A powerful collection of original and recent stories and poems by some of...

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Black Poetry

by Dudley Randall

Black Poetry Dudley Randall B001U2YPZ8 Poetry Broadside Press Broadside Press A Supplement to Anthologies Which Exclude Black Poets Poems from Arna Bontemps, Gwendolyn Brooks, Countee Cullen, Rober...

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Oprah Winfrey: Little People, BIG DREAMS

by Maria Isabel Sánchez Vegara

Oprah Winfrey: Little People, BIG DREAMS Maria Isabel Sánchez Vegara 9781836007500 Nonfiction Frances Lincoln Children’s Books The Quarto Group “[This] addition to the Little People, BIG DREAMS ch...

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Wilma Rudolph (Little People, BIG DREAMS)

by Maria Isabel Sánchez Vegara

Wilma Rudolph (Little People, BIG DREAMS) Maria Isabel Sánchez Vegara 9781786037510 Nonfiction Frances Lincoln Children’s Books The Quarto Group New in the critically acclaimed Little People, BIG DREA...

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Muhammad Ali (Little People, BIG DREAMS)

by Maria Isabel Sánchez Vegara

Muhammad Ali (Little People, BIG DREAMS) Maria Isabel Sánchez Vegara 9781786033314 Nonfiction Frances Lincoln Children’s Books The Quarto Group New in the Little People, BIG DREAMS series, discover th...

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Odd One Out

by Nic Stone

Odd One Out Nic Stone 9781101939536 Fiction Crown Books for Young Readers Penguin Random House From the New York Times bestselling author of Dear Martin comes this illuminating exploration of old frie...

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Harriet Tubman (Little People, Big Dreams)

by Maria Isabel Sánchez Vegara

Harriet Tubman (Little People, Big Dreams) Maria Isabel Sánchez Vegara 9781786032270 Nonfiction Frances Lincoln Children’s Books The Quarto Group New in the Little People, Big Dreams series, discover ...

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Ella Fitzgerald (Little People, Big Dreams)

by Maria Isabel Sánchez Vegara

Ella Fitzgerald (Little People, Big Dreams) Maria Isabel Sánchez Vegara 9781786030870 Nonfiction Frances Lincoln Children’s Books The Quarto Group Meet Ella Fitzgerald, one of the most influential jaz...

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Mama, I’m In Love With A Thug

by Mercy B.

Mama, I’m In Love With A Thug Mercy B. 9781514870938 Fiction CreateSpace On-Demand Publishing LLC Since high school, Kamey Avery had been intrigued by the handsome, and charismatic Dayton Sanchez—also...

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The Blue Clerk: Ars Poetica in 59 Versos

by Dionne Brand

The Blue Clerk: Ars Poetica in 59 Versos Dionne Brand 9781478000068 Poetry Duke University Press Books Duke University Press Books On a lonely wharf a clerk in an ink-blue coat inspects bales and bale...

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Encounters with James Baldwin: Celebrating 100 Years

by Kadija Sesay and Cheryl Robson

Encounters with James Baldwin: Celebrating 100 Years Kadija Sesay and Cheryl Robson 9781913641412 Nonfiction Aurora Metro Books Aurora Metro Publications Encounters with James Baldwin celebrates the c...

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We Want Our Bodies Back

by jessica Care moore

We Want Our Bodies Back jessica Care moore 9780062955289 Poetry Amistad HarperCollins “We Want Our Bodies Back is a lyric encyclopedia, a psalm book, a conflagration of fire and fierce black joy. And ...

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One Dead Activist

by Tony Lindsay

One Dead Activist Tony Lindsay 9781599970363 Fiction Penknife Press Penknife Press The murder mystery, One Dead Activist tosses the reader into the aftermath of police shootings. Wilson Norton, an eff...

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Richard B. Moore: Bibliophile, Activist Son of Barbados

by Joyce Moore Turner

Richard B. Moore: Bibliophile, Activist Son of Barbados Joyce Moore Turner 9781574781489 Nonfiction Black Classic Press Black Classic Press Barbados celebrated its 50th Anniversary of Independence No...

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Livin’ the Blues: Memoirs of a Black Journalist and Poet

by Frank Marshall Davis

Livin’ the Blues: Memoirs of a Black Journalist and Poet Frank Marshall Davis 9780299135041 Nonfiction University of New Orleans Press University of New Orleans Press Frank Marshall Davis was a promin...

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Heav’nly Tidings From the Afric Muse: The Grace and Genius of Phillis Wheatley Poet Laureate of the American Revolution

by Richard Kigel

Heav’nly Tidings From the Afric Muse: The Grace and Genius of Phillis Wheatley Poet Laureate of the American Revolution Richard Kigel 9781557789280 Nonfiction Paragon House Paragon House Foreword by N...

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Eros Muse: Poems & Essays

by Opal Palmer Adisa

Eros Muse: Poems & Essays Opal Palmer Adisa 9781592213986 Poetry Africa World Press Africa World Press & The Red Sea Press Eros Muse examines the love affair between the poet and her muse. Personifyi...

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Warrior Poet: A Biography of Audre Lorde

by Alexis De Veaux

Warrior Poet: A Biography of Audre Lorde Alexis De Veaux 9780393019544 Poetry W. W. Norton & Company W. W. Norton & Company, Inc. Audre Lorde (1934-1992) was the author of The Cancer Journals, and an ...

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My Brown Boy

by Leslé Honoré

My Brown Boy Leslé Honoré 9780316314145 Fiction Little, Brown Books for Young Readers Hachette Book Group An affirming picture book that celebrates the brilliance and power of brown and Black boys to ...

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Maya Angelou: A Little Golden Book Biography

by Anne Wynter

Maya Angelou: A Little Golden Book Biography Anne Wynter 9780593648377 Nonfiction Golden Books Penguin Random House Help your little one dream big with a Little Golden Book biography about writer, poe...

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What the Road Said

by Cleo Wade

What the Road Said Cleo Wade 9781250269492 Fiction Feiwel & Friends Macmillan Publishers What the Road Said is the New York Times-bestselling comforting and uplifting picture book from bestselling poe...

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Rise!: From Caged Bird to Poet of the People, Maya Angelou

by Bethany Hegedus

Rise!: From Caged Bird to Poet of the People, Maya Angelou Bethany Hegedus 9781620145876 Nonfiction Lee & Low Books Lee & Low Books NCSS Septima Clark Book Award Elementary Level Winner In celebrat...

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YellowBlack: The First Twenty-One Years of a Poet’s Life

by Haki Madhubuti

YellowBlack: The First Twenty-One Years of a Poet’s Life Haki Madhubuti 9780883782613 Poetry Third World Press Third World Press Powerful prose, poetry, and jazz riffs chronicle the first 21 years of ...

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Somethin’ Proper: The Life And Times Of A North American African Poet

by Marvin X

Somethin’ Proper: The Life And Times Of A North American African Poet Marvin X 9780964967212 Nonfiction Black Bird Press Black Bird Press autobiography of Black Arts Movement activist/poet

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Ida B. Wells and the Untold Truth of a Country

by Lesa Cline-Ransome

Ida B. Wells and the Untold Truth of a Country Lesa Cline-Ransome 9780823456239 Nonfiction Holiday House Holiday House In 1862, Ida B. Wells was born into slavery. Today, her legacy lives on as a trai...

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Jessica Huntley’s Pan-African Life: The Decolonizing Work of a Radical Black Activist

by Claudia Tomlinson

Jessica Huntley’s Pan-African Life: The Decolonizing Work of a Radical Black Activist Claudia Tomlinson 9781501394553 Nonfiction Bloomsbury Academic Bloomsbury Publishing A powerful biography that pre...

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The Essential Dick Gregory

by Dick Gregory

The Essential Dick Gregory Dick Gregory 9780062879202 Nonfiction Amistad HarperCollins A soulful, generation-defining collection of thought-provoking, agitating, and liberating works from Dick Gregory...

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Maya Angelou: Writer and Activist

by Del Sandeen

Maya Angelou: Writer and Activist Del Sandeen 9781978514836 Nonfiction Enslow Publishing Enslow Publishing LLC Maya Angelou was a writer, dancer, activist, and actress, and the recipient of numerous a...

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You Can’t Be Neutral on a Moving Train: A Personal History

by Howard Zinn

You Can’t Be Neutral on a Moving Train: A Personal History Howard Zinn 9780807043844 Nonfiction Beacon Press Beacon Press If you’re both overcome and angered by the atrocities of our time, this will i...

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From Head Shops to Whole Foods: The Rise and Fall of Activist Entrepreneurs

by Joshua Clark Davis

From Head Shops to Whole Foods: The Rise and Fall of Activist Entrepreneurs Joshua Clark Davis 9780231543088 Nonfiction Columbia University Press Columbia University Press In the 1960s and ’70s, a div...

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A is for Activist

by Innosanto Nagara

A is for Activist Innosanto Nagara 9781609805395 Nonfiction Triangle Square Seven Stories Press “Reading it is almost like reading Howard Zinn’s A People’s History of the United States, but for two-ye...

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Red Bird Sings: The Story of Zitkala-Sa, Native American Author, Musician, and Activist

by Q. L. Pearce and Gina Capaldi

Red Bird Sings: The Story of Zitkala-Sa, Native American Author, Musician, and Activist Q. L. Pearce and Gina Capaldi 9780761352570 Nonfiction Millbrook Press Lerner Publishing Group ”I remember the d...

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Dream a Dress, Dream a Poem: Dressmaker and Poet, Myra Viola Wilds (a Picture Book)

by Nancy Johnson James

Dream a Dress, Dream a Poem: Dressmaker and Poet, Myra Viola Wilds (a Picture Book) Nancy Johnson James 9781951836535 Nonfiction Abrams Books for Young Readers Abrams A poetic picture book biography a...

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Dance We Do: A Poet Explores Black Dance

by Ntozake Shange

Dance We Do: A Poet Explores Black Dance Ntozake Shange 9780807091876 Nonfiction Beacon Press Beacon Press In her first posthumous work, the revered poet crafts a personal history of Black dance and c...

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Who Put This Song On?

by Morgan Parker

Who Put This Song On? Morgan Parker 9780525707516 Fiction Delacorte Press Penguin Random House Unflinchingly irreverent, laugh-out-loud funny, and heartbreakingly honest. —Elizabeth Acevedo, National ...

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