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Rebels and Runaways: Slave Resistance in Nineteenth-Century Florida

by Larry Eugene Rivers

Rebels and Runaways: Slave Resistance in Nineteenth-Century Florida Larry Eugene Rivers 9780252036910 Nonfiction University of Illinois Press University of Illinois Press This gripping study examines ...

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Sistergirls.Com

by Earl Sewell, William Fredrick Cooper, Michael Pressley, Rique Johnson, Destin Soul, V. Anthony Rivers, William Cooper, and V. Rivers

Sistergirls.Com Earl Sewell, William Fredrick Cooper, Michael Pressley, Rique Johnson, Destin Soul, V. Anthony Rivers, William Cooper, and V. Rivers 9781593090043 Fiction Strebor Books Simon & Schuste...

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Model Home

by Rivers Solomon

Model Home Rivers Solomon 9780374607135 Fiction MCD Macmillan Publishers Welcome to Rivers Solomon’s dark and wondrous Model Home, a new kind of haunted-house novel. The three Maxwell siblings keep...

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Sorrowland

by Rivers Solomon

Sorrowland Rivers Solomon 9780374266776 Fiction MCD Macmillan Publishers A triumphant, genre-bending breakout novel from one of the boldest new voices in contemporary fiction Vern—seven months pregna...

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Men of the House: A B-Boy Blues Novel

by James Earl Hardy

Men of the House: A B-Boy Blues Novel James Earl Hardy 9781719937900 Fiction Independently Published Independently Published Things are definitely "jood" (better than good) for 15-year-old Raheim Erro...

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The African Americans: Many Rivers To Cross

by Henry Louis Gates, Jr.

The African Americans: Many Rivers To Cross Henry Louis Gates, Jr. 9781401935153 Nonfiction SmileyBooks Penguin Random House The African Americans: Many Rivers to Cross is the companion book to the si...

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Slavery in Florida: Territorial Days to Emancipation

by Larry Eugene Rivers

Slavery in Florida: Territorial Days to Emancipation Larry Eugene Rivers 9780813033815 Nonfiction University Press of Florida University Press of Florida Winner of:• The Black Caucus of the Amer...

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The Negro Speaks Of Rivers

by Langston Hughes

The Negro Speaks Of Rivers Langston Hughes 9780786818679 Fiction Hyperion Books Hachette Book Group Langston Hughes has long been acknowledged as the voice, and his poem, The Negro Speaks of Rivers, t...

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Bridging the Rivers of Difference: A Proclamation of Unity in Resistance

by Catherine Meeks

Bridging the Rivers of Difference: A Proclamation of Unity in Resistance Catherine Meeks 9781640659674 Nonfiction Morehouse Publishing Church Publishing A call for unity in the face of the growing deh...

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The Jezebel

by Dylan Allen

The Jezebel Dylan Allen 9781968707972 Fiction Blue Box Press Blue Box Press And what fate has brought together, no man—or scandal—can separate. After years of playing the trophy, puppet, perfection...

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Survivor’s Guilt: Essays on Race and American Identity

by Artress Bethany White

Survivor’s Guilt: Essays on Race and American Identity Artress Bethany White 9780898233926 Nonfiction New Rivers Press New Rivers Press Literary Nonfiction. African & African American Studies. "Artres...

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Priestess of NKu

by Milton J. Davis

Priestess of NKu Milton J. Davis 9780980084290 Fiction MVmedia MVmedia Part of the Ki Khanga universe When the Bindamu invaded her homeland, First Hunter Nandi of the Chuiku (Leopard Clan) was chosen...

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The Deep

by Rivers Solomon

The Deep Rivers Solomon 9781534439863 Fiction Saga Press Simon & Schuster, Inc. The water-breathing descendants of African slave women tossed overboard have built their own underwater society—and must...

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An Unkindness of Ghosts

by Rivers Solomon

An Unkindness of Ghosts Rivers Solomon 9781617755880 Fiction Akashic Books Akashic Books Odd-mannered, obsessive, withdrawn, Aster has little to offer folks in the way of rebuttal when they call her o...

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Body Of Innocence (Consumed In The Light)

by David Rivera

Body Of Innocence (Consumed In The Light) David Rivera 9780615577449 Fiction David Rivera Jr. David Rivera Jr. In the eagerly anticipated sequel to Playing in the Dark, Detective Chemah Rivers comes f...

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The Varieties of Women’s Experiences: Portraits of Southern Women in the Post–Civil War Century

by Larry Eugene Rivers

The Varieties of Women’s Experiences: Portraits of Southern Women in the Post–Civil War Century Larry Eugene Rivers 9780813034126 Nonfiction University Press of Florida University Press of Florida "Th...

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All The Rage: The Boondocks Past And Present

by Aaron McGruder

All The Rage: The Boondocks Past And Present Aaron McGruder 9780307352668 Nonfiction Three Rivers Press Three Rivers Press Here are the latest, greatest, and last of the daily and Sunday strips; banne...

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Love Is Never Painless: Three Novellas

by Zane

Love Is Never Painless: Three Novellas Zane 9781416543701 Fiction Atria Books Simon & Schuster, Inc. Three prolific authors bring truth to the title of this heart-wrenching book, Love Is Never Painles...

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Voices in the Mirror: An Autobiography

by Gordon Parks

Voices in the Mirror: An Autobiography Gordon Parks 9780767922128 Nonfiction Three Rivers Press Three Rivers Press Alone after his mother’s death, homeless in a Minnesota winter, young Gordon struggle...

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Public Enemy #2: An All-New Boondocks Collection

by Aaron McGruder

Public Enemy #2: An All-New Boondocks Collection Aaron McGruder 9781400082582 Fiction Three Rivers Press Three Rivers Press Here’s the next big collection of Aaron McGruder’s The Boondocks, the most s...

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Concrete Jungle

by A. J. Rivers, Anthony Wyhte, and Shannon Holmes

Concrete Jungle A. J. Rivers, Anthony Wyhte, and Shannon Holmes 9780976911203 Fiction Jackson Press Corporation Jackson Press Corporation Short Stories Where, There Are No rules!! With a diverse group...

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A Right to Be Hostile: The Boondocks Treasury

by Aaron McGruder

A Right to Be Hostile: The Boondocks Treasury Aaron McGruder 9781400048571 Fiction Three Rivers Press Three Rivers Press Here’s the first big book of The Boondocks, more than four years and 800 strips...

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Who’s Gonna Take the Weight: Manhood, Race, and Power in America

by Kevin Powell

Who’s Gonna Take the Weight: Manhood, Race, and Power in America Kevin Powell 9780609810446 Nonfiction Three Rivers Press Three Rivers Press “A mighty wind of fresh air. His pitiless self-examination...

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Life And Def: Sex, Drugs, Money, + God

by Russell Simmons

Life And Def: Sex, Drugs, Money, + God Russell Simmons 9780609807156 Nonfiction Three Rivers Press Three Rivers Press Russell Simmons, the original and eternal hip-hop mogul, is one of the most innova...

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Laborers in the Vineyard of the Lord: The Beginnings of the AME Church in Florida, 1865-1895

by Larry Eugene Rivers

Laborers in the Vineyard of the Lord: The Beginnings of the AME Church in Florida, 1865-1895 Larry Eugene Rivers 9780813018904 Nonfiction University Press of Florida University Press of Florida "Labor...

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Spirit Dive: An African-American’s Journey to Uncover a Sunken Slave Ship’s Past (Pbk)

by Michael H. Cottman

Spirit Dive: An African-American’s Journey to Uncover a Sunken Slave Ship’s Past (Pbk) Michael H. Cottman 9780609805527 Nonfiction Three Rivers Press Three Rivers Press When prize-winning journalist a...

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Best Seat in the House: A Basketball Memoir

by Spike Lee

Best Seat in the House: A Basketball Memoir Spike Lee 9780609801918 Fiction Three Rivers Press Three Rivers Press Best Seat in the House, Spike Lee’s evocative and compelling basketball memoir, interw...

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1001 Things Everyone Should Know About African American History

by Jeffrey C. Stewart

1001 Things Everyone Should Know About African American History Jeffrey C. Stewart 9780385485760 Nonfiction Three Rivers Press Three Rivers Press Where can one go to get a comprehensive and entertaini...

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The Family of Black America

by Michael H. Cottman

The Family of Black America Michael H. Cottman 9780517888223 Nonfiction Three Rivers Press Three Rivers Press Collects photographs by noted Black photographers which trace the history of the Black Ame...

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Family of Black America 6c.Counter

by Michael H. Cottman

Family of Black America 6c.Counter Michael H. Cottman 9780517888421 Nonfiction Three Rivers Press Three Rivers Press

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Million Man March

by Michael H. Cottman

Million Man March Michael H. Cottman 9780517887639 Nonfiction Three Rivers Press Three Rivers Press

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Bring The Noise: A Guide to Rap Music and Hip-Hop Culture

by Havelock Nelson and Michael A. Gonzales

Bring The Noise: A Guide to Rap Music and Hip-Hop Culture Havelock Nelson and Michael A. Gonzales 9780517583050 Nonfiction Three Rivers Press Three Rivers Press A guide to rap and hip-hop music examin...

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The Daredevil

by Dylan Allen

The Daredevil Dylan Allen 9798903270453 Fiction Blue Box Press Blue Box Press From Wall Street Journal and USA Today bestselling author Dylan Allen comes a new story in her Rivers Wilde series… “I ...

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The Mastermind

by Dylan Allen

The Mastermind Dylan Allen 9798903270477 Fiction Blue Box Press Blue Box Press From Wall Street Journal and USA Today bestselling author Dylan Allen comes a new story in her Rivers Wilde series… He...

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The Wild Card

by Dylan Allen

The Wild Card Dylan Allen 9798903270491 Fiction Blue Box Press Blue Box Press Wall Street Journal bestselling author Dylan Allen continues the Rivers Wilde series with a neighbors-to-lovers second-cha...

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Worse than a Lie: A Beau Lee Cooper Novel

by Ben Crump

Worse than a Lie: A Beau Lee Cooper Novel Ben Crump 9780593875704 Fiction Bantam Penguin Random House In this gripping thriller, truth and justice are called into question when a Black man is gunned d...

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The Legacy

by Dylan Allen

The Legacy Dylan Allen 9781968707958 Fiction Blue Box Press Blue Box Press He holds the keys to a kingdom. But he covets the keys to her heart. Heir to a multibillion-dollar business empire, Hayes...

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Melodies of the Weary Blues: Classic Poems Illustrated for Young People

by Langston Hughes

Melodies of the Weary Blues: Classic Poems Illustrated for Young People Langston Hughes 9780063327054 Fiction HarperCollins HarperCollins A gorgeously illustrated centennial of Langston Hughes’ first ...

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Black Cherokee

by Antonio Michael Downing

Black Cherokee Antonio Michael Downing 9781668066102 Fiction Simon & Schuster Simon & Schuster, Inc. Betty meets Queenie in this courageous coming-of-age story about a Black girl fighting for recognit...

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Blues in Stereo: The Early Works of Langston Hughes

by Langston Hughes

Blues in Stereo: The Early Works of Langston Hughes Langston Hughes 9781538768914 Poetry Legacy Lit Hachette Book Group Publishers Weekly’s Top Ten Fall 2024 Poetry Books From Harlem Renaissance po...

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Lost Ark Dreaming

by Suyi Davies Okungbowa

Lost Ark Dreaming Suyi Davies Okungbowa 9781250890757 Fiction Tordotcom Macmillan Publishers “Suyi Davies Okungbowa is a scholar of place and a master of worlds―his grasp of how we are shaped by t...

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My Hair Is Like the Sun

by St. Clair Detrick-Jules

My Hair Is Like the Sun St. Clair Detrick-Jules 9781797221793 Fiction Chronicle Books Chronicle Books AS SEEN ON THE TODAY SHOW! A 2023 Good Housekeeping Kids Book Award Winner A 2023 Chicago Public...

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Fadya and the Song of the River

by Laura Nsafou

Fadya and the Song of the River Laura Nsafou 9781849768245 Fiction Tate Publishing Tate Publishing & Enterprises, LLC A vibrantly illustrated tale celebrating creativity and serving your community Bet...

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I’m So (Not) Over You

by Kosoko Jackson

I’m So (Not) Over You Kosoko Jackson 9780593334447 Fiction Berkley Books Penguin Random House One of… Essence’s New Books We Can’t Wait To Read In 2022 Oprah Daily’s Most Anticipated Romance Novels of...

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Manufacturing Hate: How Africa Was Demonized in Western Media

by Milton Allimadi

Manufacturing Hate: How Africa Was Demonized in Western Media Milton Allimadi 9781792466472 Nonfiction Kendall Hunt Publishing Kendall Hunt Publishing Manufacturing Hate: How Africa Was Demonized in W...

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The Library of the Dead

by T. L. Huchu

The Library of the Dead T. L. Huchu 9781250767769 Fiction Tor Books Macmillan Publishers Now a USA TODAY bestseller! Winner of the Ilube Nommo Award 2022 for Best Novel "An absolute delight … kept m...

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Dawn & The Return Of Madame Hot Temper: Black Camelot’s #2

by Darius Myers

Dawn & The Return Of Madame Hot Temper: Black Camelot’s #2 Darius Myers 9781087906645 Fiction Fero Scitus Fero Scitus Black Camelot’s Dawn is the sequel to The Publisher’s Dilemma and the second novel...

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Dawn & The Return Of Madame Hot Temper (paperback): Black Camelot’s #2

by Darius Myers

Dawn & The Return Of Madame Hot Temper (paperback): Black Camelot’s #2 Darius Myers 9781638483960 Fiction Fero Scitus Fero Scitus Black Camelot’s Dawn is the sequel to The Publisher’s Dilemma and the ...

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Black Leopard, Red Wolf

by Marlon James

Black Leopard, Red Wolf Marlon James 9780735220171 Fiction Riverhead Books Penguin Random House "A fantasy world as well-realized as anything Tolkien made." —Neil Gaiman The epic novel, an African Gam...

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The World in Flames: A Black Boyhood in a White Supremacist Doomsday Cult

by Jerald Walker

The World in Flames: A Black Boyhood in a White Supremacist Doomsday Cult Jerald Walker 9780807036082 Nonfiction Beacon Press Beacon Press A memoir of growing up with blind, African-American parents i...

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The Practice Wife

by Marissa Monteilh

The Practice Wife Marissa Monteilh 9780970414175 Fiction 4D Publishing 4D Publishing A Practice Wife is defined as; a woman who a man dates right before he settles down with someone else, and Misha Lo...

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Lizzie & McKenzie’s Fabulous Adventures: Mayhem in Madrid

by Dina C. Tate

Lizzie & McKenzie’s Fabulous Adventures: Mayhem in Madrid Dina C. Tate 9781535604185 Fiction Global Girl’s Squad Global Girl’s Squad Imagine if all the little girls of the world looked alike. If the S...

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Lazaretto: A Novel

by Diane McKinney-Whetstone

Lazaretto: A Novel Diane McKinney-Whetstone 9780062126962 Fiction Harper HarperCollins Diane McKinney-Whetstone’s nationally bestselling novel, Tumbling, immersed us into Philadelphia’s black communit...

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Melting the Blues

by Tracy Chiles McGhee

Melting the Blues Tracy Chiles McGhee 9780997135442 Fiction Gold Fern Press Gold Fern Press Winner of the 2016 Fauset Book Award in the Category of First Fiction Set in Arkansas in 1957, the comple...

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The Heritage Keeper

by Jacqueline Leigh

The Heritage Keeper Jacqueline Leigh 9781523309467 Nonfiction CreateSpace On-Demand Publishing LLC It is the 1830s, and Fima and her mother are rice traders on the West Coast of Africa in the Sherbro ...

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Counternarratives

by John Keene

Counternarratives John Keene 9780811224345 Fiction New Directions Publishing New Directions Publishing Conjuring slavery and witchcraft, and with bewitching powers all its own, Counternarratives conti...

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The Weary Blues

by Langston Hughes

The Weary Blues Langston Hughes 9780385352970 Poetry Knopf Doubleday Publishing Group Penguin Random House LANGSTON HUGHES was born in Joplin, Missouri, in 1902. After graduation from high school, he ...

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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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Duplicitous: A Marvin Tanner Novel (Volume 1)

by Bernard Alexander McNealy

Duplicitous: A Marvin Tanner Novel (Volume 1) Bernard Alexander McNealy 9781500945831 Fiction CreateSpace On-Demand Publishing LLC Meet Los Angeles based mediator Marvin Tanner. By every measure, Tann...

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Perfect Timing

by Brenda Jackson

Perfect Timing Brenda Jackson 9780758241887 Fiction Kensington Kensington Publishing Corp. Maxine Chandler and Mya Rivers were once the best of friends, sisters by choice. But distance and a series of...

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Husbands, Incorporated, Book One in the Husbands, Inc. Trilogy (Book One)

by Elizabeth Atkins

Husbands, Incorporated, Book One in the Husbands, Inc. Trilogy (Book One) Elizabeth Atkins 9780982141526 Fiction Sea Kingdom International Sea Kingdom International Husbands, Incorporated - Book One i...

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Poetry for Young People: Langston Hughes

by Langston Hughes

Poetry for Young People: Langston Hughes Langston Hughes 9781454903284 Poetry Sterling Children’s Books Sterling Publishing Co., Inc A fresh design and appealing new cover enliven this award-winning c...

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Congo: Spirit of Darkness (Volume 1)

by Mayi Ngwala and Allain Ngwala

Congo: Spirit of Darkness (Volume 1) Mayi Ngwala and Allain Ngwala 9780984666300 Fiction Genet Press Genet Press NAACP Image Awards nominated for Outstanding Literary Work. On the smooth, cool rock L...

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Delilah

by Shelia M. Goss

Delilah Shelia M. Goss 9781601628855 Fiction Urban Christian Kensington Publishing Corp. Behind every successful man is a good woman. The downfall of a good man is a woman up to no good. Thirty-year-o...

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Sistergirls.com

by Earl Sewell, William Fredrick Cooper, Michael Pressley, Rique Johnson, and Destin Soul

Sistergirls.com Earl Sewell, William Fredrick Cooper, Michael Pressley, Rique Johnson, and Destin Soul 9781593091910 Fiction Strebor Books Simon & Schuster, Inc. In the spirit of Blackgentelmen.com co...

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Love Is Never Painless: Three Novellas

by Zane

Love Is Never Painless: Three Novellas Zane 9780743498623 Fiction Atria Books Simon & Schuster, Inc. Love Is Never Painless Truer words have never been spoken. This heart-wrenching collection of nov...

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If Beale Street Could Talk

by James Baldwin

If Beale Street Could Talk James Baldwin 9780307275936 Fiction Penguin Books Penguin Random House In this honest and stunning novel, Baldwin has given America a moving story of love in the face of inj...

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Sojourner’s Dream: A Novel

by Angeline Bandon-Bibum

Sojourner’s Dream: A Novel Angeline Bandon-Bibum 9780977758609 Fiction Bandon Press, Inc. Bandon Press, Inc. Sojourner Brown, a shy graduate student, meets and falls in love with Joseph Kalisa. Joseph...

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A House Is Not a Home: A B-Boy Blues Novel

by James Earl Hardy

A House Is Not a Home: A B-Boy Blues Novel James Earl Hardy 9780060936600 Fiction Amistad HarperCollins In this final chapter in James Earl Hardy’s groundbreaking B-Boy Blues series, Mitchell "Little ...

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A Little Bit Of Honey: The Quest For A Soul Mate

by Anasa Maat

A Little Bit Of Honey: The Quest For A Soul Mate Anasa Maat 9780975471906 Nonfiction Nutany Publishing Nutany Publishing Aliyah Neal, African-American, successful, intelligent, and beautiful; tired of...

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Daughter: A Novel

by asha bandele

Daughter: A Novel asha bandele 9780743211840 Fiction Scribner Book Company Simon & Schuster, Inc. The gifted author of the acclaimed memoir The Prisoner’s Wife delivers a deeply penetrating work — an...

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Love the One You’re With (B-Boy Blues, Book 5)

by James Earl Hardy

Love the One You’re With (B-Boy Blues, Book 5) James Earl Hardy 9780060512392 Fiction Amistad HarperCollins Do men and monogamy mix? It’s not a question Mitchell "Little Bit" Crawford gave much though...

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The Green Belt Movement: Sharing The Approach And The Experience

by Wangari Maathai

The Green Belt Movement: Sharing The Approach And The Experience Wangari Maathai 9781590560402 Nonfiction Lantern Books Lantern Books Wangari Muta Maathai was born in Nyeri, Kenya in 1940. In 1960, sh...

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The Day Eazy-E Died (A B-Boy Blues Novel #4)

by James Earl Hardy

The Day Eazy-E Died (A B-Boy Blues Novel #4) James Earl Hardy 9781555837600 Fiction Alyson Books Alyson Books "Hardy, a masterful and gifted storyteller, has written a very important work for our time...

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The New Urban Leaders

by Joyce A. Ladner

The New Urban Leaders Joyce A. Ladner 9780815733676 Nonfiction Brookings Institution Press The Brookings Institution Some of today’s best urban leaders don’t work for the government—they can be found ...

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Two Cities: A Love Story

by John Edgar Wideman

Two Cities: A Love Story John Edgar Wideman 9780618001859 Fiction Mariner Books Houghton Mifflin Harcourt A redemptive, healing novel, Two Cities brings to brilliant culmination the themes John Edgar ...

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The Crisis Reader: Stories, Poetry, and Essays from the N.A.A.C.P. Crisis Magazine

by Sondra Kathryn Wilson

The Crisis Reader: Stories, Poetry, and Essays from the N.A.A.C.P. Crisis Magazine Sondra Kathryn Wilson 9780756905583 Fiction Perfection Learning Perfection Learning After its start in 1910, The Cri...

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The Collected Poems Of Langston Hughes

by Langston Hughes

The Collected Poems Of Langston Hughes Langston Hughes 9780679764083 Poetry Vintage Penguin Random House "The ultimate book for both the dabbler and serious scholar—. [Hughes] is sumptuous and sharp, ...

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Missing in Action and Presumed Dead: Poems

by Rashidah Ismaili

Missing in Action and Presumed Dead: Poems Rashidah Ismaili 9780865432970 Poetry Africa World Press Africa World Press & The Red Sea Press "In these brilliant poems, human life intersects with th...

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Selected Poems of Langston Hughes: A Classic Collection of Poems by a Master of American Verse

by Langston Hughes

Selected Poems of Langston Hughes: A Classic Collection of Poems by a Master of American Verse Langston Hughes 9780679728184 Poetry Vintage Penguin Random House Langston Hughes electrified readers and...

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Flying

by Donald Crews

Flying Donald Crews 9780688092351 Nonfiction Greenwillow Books HarperCollins Fly with Donald Crews over highways and rivers, over cities and mountains, across the country. Put your chair in the uprigh...

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Crisis In Black Sexual Politics

by Nathan Hare and Julia Hare

Crisis In Black Sexual Politics Nathan Hare and Julia Hare 9780961308629 Fiction Black Think Tank Black Think Tank Nathan Hare said, " "There is one thing that must endure across rivers and oceans of ...

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Golden Names for an African People

by Nia Damali

Golden Names for an African People Nia Damali 9780945708018 Nonfiction Blackwood Press Blackwood Press Robbing peoples and countries of their rightful names was one of the cruel games that colonizers ...

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Story of the Negro

by Arna Bontemps

Story of the Negro Arna Bontemps 9780394916903 Fiction Knopf Penguin Random House The first African-American authored book to receive a Newbery Honor.The non-fiction book starts with a history dating...

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