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Real hoodwives of Detroit volume 1
Language
English
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Description
Detroit is home to many scholars, rappers, athletes, and concerned citizens, but the streets belong to those in the underworld--addicts, dealers, and the women who help run the show from behind the scenes: The Real Hoodwives of Detroit! No, you won't see these ladies on any television show, but you will see them make appearances in court for their man's hearing, or at the county jail on visiting day. You might even catch them riding shotgun, with...
Language
English
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Description
A 'choral history' of African Americans covering 400 years of history in the voices of 80 writers, edited by the bestselling, National Book Award-winning historian Ibram X. Kendi and Keisha N. Blain. Last year marked the four hundredth anniversary of the first African presence in the Americas--and also launched the Four Hundred Souls project, spearheaded by Ibram X. Kendi, director of the Antiracism Institute of American University, and Keisha Blain,...
43) Ruby: a novel
Author
Language
English
Description
"Ephram Jenkins has never forgotten the beautiful girl with the long braids running through the piney woods of Liberty, their small East Texas town. Young Ruby, "the kind of pretty it hurt to look at," is already quite damaged, but Ephram is forcibly drawn to her. As soon as she becomes a young woman and has any power of her own, Ruby flees suffocating Liberty for the bright pull of 1950s New York City. Years later, when a funeral forces her to return...
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Language
English
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Description
"The problem of the twentieth century is the problem of the color line," writes Du Bois. First published in 1903, this collection of fifteen essays dared to describe the racism which prevailed at that time in America--and to demand an end to it. Du Bois' writing draws on his early experiences, from teaching in the hills of Tennessee, to the death of his infant son, to his historic break with the conciliatory position of Booker T. Washington. Du Bois...
Publisher
Houghton Mifflin Harcourt
Pub. Date
[2019]
Language
English
Description
"A dynamic and hip collective biography that presents 44 of America's greatest movers and shakers from Frederick Douglass to Aretha Franklin to Barack Obama, written by ESPN's TheUndefeated.com and illustrated with dazzling portraits by Rob Ball."
Author
Publisher
Quill Tree Books
Pub. Date
[2022]
Edition
First edition
Language
English
Description
"In her most famous spoken-word poem, author of the Pura Belpre-winning novel-in-verse The Poet X Elizabeth Acevedo embraces all the complexities of Black hair and Afro-Latinidad--the history, pain, pride, and powerful love of that inheritance. Paired with full-color illustrations by artist Andrea Pippins in a format that will appeal to fans of Mahogany L. Browne's Black Girl Magic or Jason Reynolds's For Everyone, this poem can now be read in a vibrant...
48) My first Kwanzaa
Author
Publisher
H. Holt
Pub. Date
c2003
Edition
1st ed.
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 2.8 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Description
A girl describes how she and her family celebrate the seven days of Kwanzaa.
49) Writings
Author
Publisher
Distributed to the trade in the U.S. and Canada by Viking Press
Pub. Date
c1986
Language
English
50) Black magic
Author
Publisher
Henry Holt and Co
Pub. Date
2010
Edition
1st ed.
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 2.8 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Author
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 5.5 - AR Pts: 5
Language
English
Formats
Description
Lorraine Hansberry's award-winning drama about the hopes and aspirations of a struggling, working-class family living on the South Side of Chicago connected profoundly with the psyche of black America-and changed American theater forever. The play's title comes from a line in Langston Hughes's poem "Harlem," which warns that a dream deferred might "dry upke a raisin in the sun."
Author
Publisher
Visible Ink Press
Pub. Date
[2014]
Language
English
Description
"Walking readers through a rich but often overlooked part of American history, this compendium addresses the people, times, and events that influenced and changed African American history. An overview of major biographical figures and history-making events is followed by a deeper look at the development in the arts, entertainment, business, civil rights, music, government, journalism, religion, science, sports, and more. Mimicking the a broad range...
54) Rust in the root
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Language
English
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Description
It is 1937, and Laura Ann Langston lives in an America divided--between those who work the mystical arts and those who do not. Ever since the Great Rust, a catastrophic event that blighted the arcane force called the Dynamism and threw America into disarray, the country has been rebuilding for a better future. And everyone knows the future is industry and technology--otherwise known as Mechomancy--not the traditional mystical arts. Laura disagrees....
55) Idlewild
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Series
Language
English
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Description
When the death of her father compels her return to a beloved childhood home after a long absence, Desiree navigates dysfunctional sibling hostility while reconnecting with the man who broke her heart years earlier.
Author
Series
Shady sisters trilogy volume 2
Language
English
Formats
Description
'She's smart, gorgeous, and mysterious. For business executive Nathan Carver, a man with everything, Jessica Bolton is the first woman he can't simply charm, buy, or seduce. And even before Jessica gets a taste of his luxurious lifestyle and irresistible moves, she's determined to eliminate the competition and become this handsome bachelor's one and only. But Jessica's deceptive allure is just the beginning. With every move, every tantalizing lie,...
57) Beloved: a novel
Author
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 6 - AR Pts: 15
Language
English
Description
Sethe, an escaped slave living in post-Civil War Ohio with her daughter and mother-in-law, is haunted persistently by the ghost of the dead baby girl whom she sacrificed.
59) Squad goals
Author
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4.8 - AR Pts: 8
Language
English
Formats
Description
Twelve-year-old Magic Pointdexter comes from a long line of cheerleaders, but to follow in their footsteps, Magic must survive summer camp Planet Pom Poms, audition for a spot on the HoneyBee cheer squad, and steer clear of swoon-worthy Dallas Chase.
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