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Author
Publisher
Knopf
Pub. Date
2000, c1993
Physical Desc
215 p. ; 20 cm.
Language
English
Description
NATIONAL BESTSELLER • A PARADE BEST BOOK OF ALL TIME • From the acclaimed Nobel Prize winner—a powerful examination of our obsession with beauty and conformity that asks questions about race, class, and gender with characteristic subtlety and grace.
In Morrison’s acclaimed first novel, Pecola Breedlove—an 11-year-old Black girl in an America whose love for its blond, blue-eyed...
In Morrison’s acclaimed first novel, Pecola Breedlove—an 11-year-old Black girl in an America whose love for its blond, blue-eyed...
2) Sounder
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Language
English
Description
A young Negro boy learns the pain of humiliation and anger when his father is given an unjust jail sentence for stealing a ham from a white man. Learning to read and to discover that things do not die but become part of other things brings the youngster new hope.
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English
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Having run up large debts, a Kentucky farmer named Arthur Shelby faces the prospect of losing everything he owns. Though he and his wife, Emily Shelby, have a kindhearted and affectionate relationship with their slaves, Shelby decides to raise money by selling two of his slaves to Mr. Haley, a coarse slave trader. The slaves in question are Uncle Tom, a middle-aged man with a wife and children on the farm, and Harry, the young son of Mrs. Shelby’s...
Author
Publisher
Lucent Press
Pub. Date
[2020]
Physical Desc
1 online resource (104 pages) : illustrations (some color).
Language
English
Description
Examines the history of African Americans in the military, such as those who fought in the Revolutionary War, the Civil War, and modern wars such as the Vietnam War and the Persian Gulf War. Discusses the racism they encountered, and veterans' and military officers' fights for equal treatment and recognition. Includes photographs, a timeline, primary source materials, and an index.
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Series
Hate u give volume 1
Language
English
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After witnessing her friend's death at the hands of a police officer, Starr Carter's life is complicated when the police and a local drug lord try to intimidate her in an effort to learn what happened the night Kahlil died.
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English
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Giselle Doran is a daddy's girl-a sexy eighteen-year-old siren who's all about the Benjamins. Her father is a king in the drug distribution game, and she views him as the perfect man-the type of man she wants to marry. When she meets Shawn, she thinks she's found the one, but when she becomes his wife and things start to spiral out of control, she learns that being hood royalty doesn't come without a price. Mimi Gordon is not attracted to drug dealers-or...
9) Tar Beach
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Language
English
Description
A young girl dreams of flying above her Harlem home, claiming all she sees for herself and her family. Based on the author's quilt painting of the same name.
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English
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The classic account of moving from slavery to freedom, by the celebrated African-American educator and university founder.
Booker T. Washington believed that every man and woman deserved a chance, regardless of their skin color. This classic work of literature, originally published in 1901, relays the story of a man born into slavery who, once freed, pursued education and racial equality. This new edition of Booker T. Washington's autobiography features...
12) The through
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English
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In The Through, Adrian and her partner Ben navigate the strange and dangerous magic of a black ghost town, Okahika, that exists somewhere between Tuscaloosa, Alabama, and the other-world of flying slave ships and mothers back from the dead. This narrative interrogates blackness in the New South, including the ways in which it is haunted and revisited by the old. It also engages with love and trauma, exploring how we keep ourselves hidden and allow...
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English
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The first book to explore the historical role and residual impact of the Green Book, a travel guide for black motorists. Published from 1936 to 1966, the Green Book was hailed as the "black travel guide to America." At that time, it was very dangerous and difficult for African-Americans to travel because black travelers couldn't eat, sleep, or buy gas at most white-owned businesses. The Green Book listed hotels, restaurants, gas stations, and other...
Author
Publisher
Calkins Creek, an imprint of Highlights
Pub. Date
[2016]
Physical Desc
239 pages : illustrations ; 27 cm
Language
English
Description
This book provides the chance for young readers to learn about the death-defying attempts of black Americans to gain the inalienable rights promised in the Declaration of Independence.
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Series
Maya and the rising dark volume 1
Language
English
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"A twelve-year-old girl discovers her father is the keeper of the gateway between our world and The Dark, and when he goes missing she'll need to unlock her own powers and fight a horde of spooky creatures set on starting a war"--
19) The undefeated
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Language
English
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Description
"The Newbery Award-winning author of The Crossover pens an ode to black American triumph and tribulation, with art from a two-time Caldecott Honoree"--
20) Amazing Grace
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Language
English
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Description
Although a classmate says that she cannot play Peter Pan in the school play because she is black, Grace discovers that she can do anything she sets her mind to do.
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