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Author
Publisher
Park Row Books
Pub. Date
[2023]
Physical Desc
267 pages ; 24 cm
Language
English
Description
"Having conversations about race is uncomfortable. But for progress between individuals (and our communities) to happen, we need to be able to speak openly and honestly. Podcast hosts of The Kinswomen Yseult and Hannah use their own friendship and experiences from different racial backgrounds to offer guidance on navigating these layered conversations. In Real Friends Talk About Race, the duo share their two perspectives on the ways in which culture,...
1423) Angels flight
Author
Series
Shannon saga volume 2
Publisher
Bethany House Publishers
Pub. Date
[2001]
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 4.7 - AR Pts: 13
Physical Desc
381 pages ; 21 cm.
Language
English
Description
In 1904 Los Angeles, fledgling lawyer Kit Shannon takes on a case that sparks racial hatred.
Author
Publisher
Dutton
Pub. Date
[2021]
Physical Desc
319 pages ; 22 cm
Language
English
Description
"From a New York Times bestselling author, an astounding work of fiction, both incredibly funny and heartfelt, asking readers to embrace the fantastical in order to get to the heart of racism, police violence, and the hidden costs exacted upon not only Black Americans, but America as a whole"--
1425) Monster's ball
Series
Pub. Date
[2002]
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (DVD) (112 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
Hank and Leticia inhabit stark, queasy realities of the contemporary South, he as a death row corrections officer and she as the soon-to-be widow of an inmate whose execution Hank helps conduct. In the aftermath of the execution, both lose their children to tragic deaths and they form an unlikely bond.
Author
Publisher
Prometheus Books
Pub. Date
[2023]
Physical Desc
xv, 213 pages ; 24 cm.
Language
English
Description
"In this honest and welcoming book, diversity and inclusion expert, professor, and award-winning speaker Dr. Omekongo Dibinga argues that we must embark on a massive undertaking to re-educate ourselves on the stereotypes that have proven harmful, and too often deadly, to the Black community"--
Language
English
Description
Crusading newspaper publisher Matt Drayton's liberal principles are put to the test when his daughter, Joey, announces her engagement to John Prentice, an internationally renowned African-American physician. While Matt's wife, Christina, readily accepts Joey's decision, Matt intends to withhold his consent, forgetting that when it comes to matters of the heart, true love is colorblind.
1429) Line of sight
Author
Series
Line of sight volume 1
Publisher
Center Point Large Print
Pub. Date
2022.
Edition
Center Point Large Print edition.
Physical Desc
389 pages (large print) ; 23 cm.
Language
English
Description
"All favors come with a cost, and after using what little favors he has in the Newark PD to get his private investigator's license, former crime reporter Russell Avery finds himself paying. He spends his days reluctantly keeping sideways cops out of the crosshairs of the Internal Affairs department. Until Keyonna Jackson, a social justice activist, presents him with a troubling video: a made-for-Youtube cell phone snippet chronicling the same kind...
1430) Ace of spades
Author
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 5.1 - AR Pts: 15
Language
English
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Description
At Niveus Private Academy, Devon and Chiamaka are the only students chosen to be Senior Prefects who are also black, which makes them targets for a series of anonymous texts revealing their secrets to the entire student body. Both students were on track toward valedictorian and bright college futures, but this prank quickly turns into a very dangerous game and they are at more than one disadvantage as it looks like things could turn deadly.
Author
Publisher
Norton Young Readers, an imprint of W.W. Norton & Company
Pub. Date
[2022]
Edition
First edition.
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 5.9 - AR Pts: 2
Physical Desc
200 pages : illustrations ; 25 cm
Language
English
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Description
"A groundbreaking and timely graphic memoir from one of the most iconic figures in American sports-and a tribute to his fight for civil rights. On October 16, 1968, during the medal ceremony at the Mexico City Olympics, Tommie Smith, the gold medal winner in the 200-meter sprint, and John Carlos, the bronze medal winner, stood on the podium in black socks and raised their black-gloved fists to protest racial injustice inflicted upon African Americans....
1432) Daughters of jubilation
Author
Pub. Date
2020.
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 4 - AR Pts: 12
Physical Desc
344 pages ; 22 cm
Language
English
Description
In the Jim Crow South, white supremacy reigns and tensions are high. But Evalene Deschamps has other things to worry about. She has two little sisters to look after, an overworked single mother, and a longtime crush who is finally making a move. On top of all that, Evvie's magic abilities are growing stronger by the day. Her family calls it jubilation--a gift passed down from generations of black women since the time of slavery. And as Evvie's talents...
Author
Publisher
Doubleday
Pub. Date
2022
Edition
First edition.
Physical Desc
269 pages ; 25 cm
Language
English
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Description
"The first book to tell the full story of race and health in America today, showing the toll racism takes on individuals and the health of our nation, by a groundbreaking journalist at the New York Times Magazine"--
Author
Language
English
Appears on list
Formats
Description
Publisher Annotation: This brilliant memoir-in-verse tells the moving story of how a nation learned to celebrate a hero. Through years of protests and petition, Kathlyn's story highlights the foot soldiers who fought to make Martin Luther King Jr.'s birthday a national holiday.
1435) Miles Morales: suspended
Author
Series
Pub. Date
[2023]
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 5.2 - AR Pts: 5
Language
English
Description
During Mile's in-school suspension, he finds himself in a fierce battle with a classmate turned insidious termite who is determined to destroy books and the Black and Brown history they contain, and only Miles can stop him.
Author
Publisher
Kokila
Pub. Date
[2024]
Physical Desc
391 pages ; 22 cm.
Language
English
Description
"A searing debut YA poetry and essay collection about a Black cancer patient who faces medical racism after being diagnosed with leukemia in their early twenties, for fans of Audre Lorde's The Cancer Journals and Laurie Halse Anderson's Shout." -Provided by Publisher
1437) Music biopics: Binge Box
Publisher
Binge Box
Pub. Date
[2020]
Physical Desc
6 videodiscs (830 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Appears on list
Description
Enjoy 6 popular movies about music biopics.
Bohemian rhapsody: The story of the legendary British rock band Queen and lead singer Freddie Mercury, leading up to their famous performance at Live Aid (1985).
The Doors: The story of the famous and influential 1960s rock band The Doors and its lead singer and composer, Jim Morrison, from his days as a UCLA film student in Los Angeles, to his untimely death in Paris, France at age 27 in 1971.
Ray: The...
1438) Ordinary notes
Author
Publisher
Farrar Straus and Giroux
Pub. Date
2023.
Edition
First American edition.
Physical Desc
379 pages : illustrations (some color) ; 23 cm
Language
English
Appears on list
Description
Critically acclaimed author of In the Wake, "Christina Sharpe is a brilliant thinker who attends unflinchingly to the brutality of our current arrangements . . . and yet always finds a way to beauty and possibility" (Saidiya Hartman). A singular achievement, Ordinary Notes explores profound questions about loss and the shapes of Black life that emerge in the wake. In a series of 248 notes that gather meaning as we read them, Christina Sharpe skillfully...
1439) Burma Sahib: a novel
Author
Publisher
Mariner Books
Pub. Date
[2024]
Edition
First edition.
Physical Desc
390 pages ; 23 cm
Language
English
1440) Whisper town
Author
Series
Millwood Hollow series volume 3
Publisher
Warner Faith
Pub. Date
c2005
Physical Desc
264 p. ; 21 cm.
Language
English
Description
"The third novel in the Millwood Hollow Series about an unlikely hero and a ragtag trio of orphans in racially segregated 1930s Arkansas"--Provided by the publisher.
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