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Fearless and Free: A Memoir

by Josephine Baker

Fearless and Free: A Memoir Josephine Baker 9780593853696 Nonfiction Tiny Reparations Books Penguin Random House “A gorgeous, captivating gem of a memoir…Josephine Baker’s as enthralling on the page a...

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Agent Josephine: American Beauty, French Hero, British Spy

by Damien Lewis

Agent Josephine: American Beauty, French Hero, British Spy Damien Lewis 9781541700666 Nonfiction PublicAffairs Hachette Book Group The New Yorker, Best Books of 2022 Booklist, Best Books of 2022 S...

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Jazz Age Josephine: Dancer, singer—who’s that, who? Why, that’s MISS Josephine Baker, to you!

by Jonah Winter

Jazz Age Josephine: Dancer, singer—who’s that, who? Why, that’s MISS Josephine Baker, to you! Jonah Winter 9781416961239 Nonfiction Atheneum Books for Young Readers Simon & Schuster, Inc. A picture bo...

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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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Josephine: The Dazzling Life Of Josephine Baker

by Patricia Hruby Powell

Josephine: The Dazzling Life Of Josephine Baker Patricia Hruby Powell 9781452103143 Nonfiction Chronicle Books Chronicle Books Coretta Scott King Book Award, Illustrator, Honor In exuberant verse a...

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Josephine Baker

Josephine Baker 0000000116279884 Josephine Baker (June 3, 1906 – April 12, 1975) was a Broadway performer, dancer, and singer who headlined across Europe, and the first Black woman to star in ...

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Josephine Baker and Katherine Dunham: Dances in Literature and Cinema

by Hannah Durkin

Josephine Baker and Katherine Dunham: Dances in Literature and Cinema Hannah Durkin 9780252084454 Nonfiction University of Illinois Press University of Illinois Press Josephine Baker and Katherine...

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Patricia Hruby Powell

Patricia Hruby Powell 0000000045698001 Patricia Hruby Powell, former dancer and now acclaimed children's author, is known for her books such as “Josephine: The Dazzling Life of Josephine Baker”, whic...

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Josephine Baker

by Alan Schroeder and Nathan Huggins

Josephine Baker Alan Schroeder and Nathan Huggins 9780791011164 Nonfiction Chelsea House Publications Chelsea House Publications Biography of the black American singer and dancer who achieved fame in ...

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Trailblazers, Black Women Who Helped Make America Great, 1: American Firsts/American Icons, Volume 1

by Gabrielle David

Trailblazers, Black Women Who Helped Make America Great, 1: American Firsts/American Icons, Volume 1 Gabrielle David 9781940939797 Nonfiction 2Leaf Press 2Leaf Press Since slavery, Black women have st...

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How Bright the Path Grows: The Untold Story of the Women Who Made the March on Washington

by Marcia Chatelain

How Bright the Path Grows: The Untold Story of the Women Who Made the March on Washington Marcia Chatelain 9780553387254 Nonfiction Pantheon Books Penguin Random House From the Pulitzer Prize-winning ...

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A Black Queer History of the United States

by C. Riley Snorton and Darius Bost

A Black Queer History of the United States C. Riley Snorton and Darius Bost 9780807008553 Nonfiction Beacon Press Beacon Press The first-ever Black history to center queer voices, this landmark study ...

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I Always Knew: A Memoir

by Barbara Chase-Riboud

I Always Knew: A Memoir Barbara Chase-Riboud 9780691234274 Nonfiction Princeton University Press Princeton University Press The extraordinary life story of the celebrated artist and writer, as told th...

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The World of the Harlem Renaissance: A Jigsaw Puzzle

by Noa Denmon

The World of the Harlem Renaissance: A Jigsaw Puzzle Noa Denmon 9781913947057 Nonfiction Laurence King Hachette UK Limited 1000-PIECE PUZZLE: Piece together the rich and flourishing world of early 20t...

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Black Ephemera: The Crisis and Challenge of the Musical Archive

by Mark Anthony Neal

Black Ephemera: The Crisis and Challenge of the Musical Archive Mark Anthony Neal 9781479806881 Nonfiction New York University Press New York University Press A framework for understanding the deep ar...

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Carefree Black Girls: A Celebration of Black Women in Popular Culture

by Zeba Blay

Carefree Black Girls: A Celebration of Black Women in Popular Culture Zeba Blay 9781250231567 Nonfiction St. Martin’s Griffin Macmillan Publishers One of Kirkus Review’s Best Books About Being Black i...

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A Little Devil in America: Notes in Praise of Black Performance

by Hanif Abdurraqib

A Little Devil in America: Notes in Praise of Black Performance Hanif Abdurraqib 9781984801197 Nonfiction Random House Penguin Random House A stirring meditation on Black performance in America from t...

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Flying Free: How Bessie Coleman’s Dreams Took Flight

by Karyn Parsons

Flying Free: How Bessie Coleman’s Dreams Took Flight Karyn Parsons 9780316457194 Nonfiction Little, Brown Books for Young Readers Hachette Book Group Based on Karyn Parson’s critically acclaimed Sweet...

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How to Slay: Inspiration from the Queens and Kings of Black Style

by Constance White

How to Slay: Inspiration from the Queens and Kings of Black Style Constance White 9780847861385 Nonfiction Rizzoli International Publications Rizzoli International Publications An inspirational journe...

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Harlem Renaissance Party

by Faith Ringgold

Harlem Renaissance Party Faith Ringgold 9780060579111 Fiction HarperCollins HarperCollins Caldecott Honor artist Faith Ringgold takes readers on an unforgettable journey through the Harlem Renaissance...

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Black Girl in Paris

by Shay Youngblood

Black Girl in Paris Shay Youngblood 9781481824903 Fiction CreateSpace On-Demand Publishing LLC Black Girl in Paris wends its way around the mythology or Paris as a city that has called out to African-...

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Let It Shine: Stories of Black Women Freedom Fighters

by Andrea Davis Pinkney

Let It Shine: Stories of Black Women Freedom Fighters Andrea Davis Pinkney 9780547906041 Nonfiction Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Rosa Parks refused to give up her seat on a bus ...

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Teenie Harris, Photographer: Image, Memory, History

by Cheryl Finley, Laurence A. Glasco, and Joe W. Trotter

Teenie Harris, Photographer: Image, Memory, History Cheryl Finley, Laurence A. Glasco, and Joe W. Trotter 9780822944140 Nonfiction University of Pittsburgh Press University of Pittsburgh Press Publish...

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Harlem Renaissance Lives: From the African American National Biography

by Henry Louis Gates, Jr. and Evelyn Brooks Higginbotham

Harlem Renaissance Lives: From the African American National Biography Henry Louis Gates, Jr. and Evelyn Brooks Higginbotham 9780195387957 Nonfiction Oxford University Press Oxford University Press Th...

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Never Been A Time: The 1917 Race Riot That Sparked The Civil Rights Movement

by Harper Barnes

Never Been A Time: The 1917 Race Riot That Sparked The Civil Rights Movement Harper Barnes 9780802715753 Nonfiction Candlewick Press Candlewick Press The dramatic and first popular account of one of t...

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Brown Sugar: Over 100 Years of America’s Black Female Superstars (New and Updated Edition)

by Donald Bogle

Brown Sugar: Over 100 Years of America’s Black Female Superstars (New and Updated Edition) Donald Bogle 9780826416759 Nonfiction Bloomsbury Academic Bloomsbury Publishing With a wink or a nod, a shake...

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The Third World of Theory (Clarendon Lectures in English Literature)

by Henry Louis Gates, Jr.

The Third World of Theory (Clarendon Lectures in English Literature) Henry Louis Gates, Jr. 9780198123842 Nonfiction Oxford University Press Oxford University Press The Third World of Theory, original...

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Witnessing and Testifying

by Rosetta E. Ross

Witnessing and Testifying Rosetta E. Ross 9780800636036 Nonfiction Fortress Press 1517 Media After a chapter exploring black women’s religious context and presenting early examples of this work by wom...

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Respecting the Soul: Daily Reflections for Black Lesbians and Gays

by Keith Boykin

Respecting the Soul: Daily Reflections for Black Lesbians and Gays Keith Boykin 9780380800216 Fiction Avon Books (P) HarperCollins DAILY AFFIRMATIONS FOR SPIRITUAL RENEWAL, EMPOWERMENT, FUFILLMENT AND...

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Ragtime Tumpie

by Alan Schroeder

Ragtime Tumpie Alan Schroeder 9780316775045 Fiction Harcourt School Publishers Harcourt School Publishers One of the most colorful periods in American history is vividly brought to life in this stirri...

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Marsha Hunt

Marsha Hunt 0000000117741647 Marsha Hunt, born 1946, is a British-based actress, singer, and novelist, best known for her role in the rock musical 'Hair'. She has written autobiographies and novels, ...

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