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Fierce love : a memoir of family, faith, and purpose / by Curry, Sonya,author.;
"In this inspiring memoir, Curry tells her story for the first time, beginning with her childhood in rural Virginia and moving through the peaks and valleys of an incredible life--from raising her immensely gifted but sometimes headstrong children, to becoming an educator and founding a Montessori school, to discovering a profound, life sustaining connection to God and faith"--
Subjects: Biographies.; Autobiographies.; Curry, Sonya.; Curry, Stephen, 1988-; African American Christians; Christian women; Educators; Mothers;
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The Life of Herod the Great : A Novel. by Hurston, Zora Neale.;
'The Life of Herod the Great' is a never before published novel from Zora Neale Hurston, revealing the historical Herod the Great - not the villain the Bible makes him out to be but a religious and philosophical man who lived a life of valor and vision. #diversity.Library Bound Incorporated
Subjects: FICTION / Action & Adventure; FICTION / African American & Black / Christian; FICTION / African American & Black / Historical; FICTION / Biographical; FICTION / Classics; FICTION / Cultural Heritage; FICTION / Fairy Tales, Folk Tales, Legends & Mythology; FICTION / Historical / Ancient; FICTION / Southern;
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The Life of Herod the Great [text (large print)] : A Novel. by Hurston, Zora Neale.;
'The Life of Herod the Great' is a never before published novel from Zora Neale Hurston, revealing the historical Herod the Great - not the villain the Bible makes him out to be but a religious and philosophical man who lived a life of valor and vision. #diversity.Library Bound Incorporated
Subjects: FICTION / Action & Adventure; FICTION / African American & Black / Christian; FICTION / African American & Black / Historical; FICTION / Biographical; FICTION / Classics; FICTION / Cultural Heritage; FICTION / Fairy Tales, Folk Tales, Legends & Mythology; FICTION / Historical / Ancient; FICTION / Southern;
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Better living through birding : notes from a Black man in the natural world / by Cooper, Christian,author.;
"Christian Cooper is a self-described Blerd (Black nerd), an avid comics fan, and an expert birder who devotes every spring to gazing upon the migratory birds that stop to rest in Central Park, just a subway ride away from where he lives in New York City. When birdwatching in the park one morning in May 2020, Cooper was engaged in the ritual that had been a part of his life since he was ten years old. But when a routine encounter with a dog-walker escalates age old racial tensions, Cooper's viral video of the incident would send shockwaves through the nation. In Better Living Through Birding, Cooper tells the story of his extraordinary life leading up to the now-infamous encounter in Central Park and shows how a life spent looking up at the birds prepared him, in the most uncanny of ways, to be a gay, Black man in American today. From sharpened senses that work just as well in a protest as in a park, to what a bird like the Common Grackle can teach us about self-acceptance, Better Living Through Birding exults in the pleasures of a life lived in pursuit of the natural world and invites you to discover your own. Equal parts memoir, travelogue, and primer on the art of birding, this is Cooper's story of learning to claim and defend space for himself and others like him, from his days as a writer for Marvel Comics, where Cooper introduced the first gay storyline, to vivid and life-changing birding expeditions through Africa, Australia, the Americas and the Himalayas. Better Living Through Birding is Cooper's invitation into the wonderful world of birds, and what they can teach us about life, if only we would stop and listen"--
Subjects: Biographies.; Autobiographies.; Personal narratives.; Cooper, Christian; Cooper, Christian.; African American men; Authors; Bird watchers; Gay men;
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Fights [graphic novel] : one boy's triumph over violence / by Gill, Joel Christian,author.; Scott, Shannon,artist.; Rodriguez, Jade.;
Fights is the visceral and deeply affecting memoir of artist/author Joel Christian Gill, chronicling his youth and coming of age as a Black child in a chaotic landscape of rough city streets and foreboding backwoods. Propelled into a world filled with uncertainty and desperation, young Joel is pushed toward using violence to solve his problems by everything and everyone around him. But fighting doesn't always yield the best results for a confused and sensitive kid who yearns for a better, more fulfilling life than the one he was born into, as Joel learns in a series of brutal conflicts that eventually lead him to question everything he has learned about what it truly means to fight for one's life.
Subjects: Biographies.; Autobiographical comics.; Nonfiction comics.; Graphic novels.; Gill, Joel Christian; Cartoonists; African American cartoonists; Autobiographical comic books, strips, etc.;
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My life, my love, my legacy / by King, Coretta Scott,1927-2006,author.; Reynolds, Barbara A.,author.;
"The life story of Coretta Scott King--wife of Martin Luther King Jr., founder of the King Center for Nonviolent Social Change, and singular twentieth-century American civil rights activist--as told fully for the first time, toward the end of her life, to one of her closest friends. Born in 1927 to daringly enterprising black parents in the Deep South, Coretta Scott had always felt called to a special purpose. One of the first black scholarship students recruited to Antioch College, a committed pacifist, and a civil rights activist, she was an avowed feminist--a graduate student determined to pursue her own career--when she met Martin Luther King Jr., a Baptist minister insistent that his wife stay home with the children. But in love and devoted to shared Christian beliefs and racial justice goals, she married King, and events promptly thrust her into a maelstrom of history throughout which she was a strategic partner, a standard bearer, a marcher, a negotiator, and a crucial fundraiser in support of world-changing achievements. As a widow and single mother of four, while butting heads with the all-male African American leadership of the times, she championed gay rights and AIDS awareness, founded the King Center for Nonviolent Social Change, lobbied for fifteen years to help pass a bill establishing the US national holiday in honor of her slain husband, and was a powerful international presence, serving as a UN ambassador and playing a key role in Nelson Mandela's election. Coretta's is a love story, a family saga, and the memoir of an independent-minded black woman in twentieth-century America, a brave leader who stood committed, proud, forgiving, nonviolent, and hopeful in the face of terrorism and violent hatred every single day of her life."--Provided by publisher.
Subjects: Biographies.; King, Coretta Scott, 1927-2006.; King, Martin Luther, Jr., 1929-1968.; African American women; Baptist women; Christian women; Civil rights workers; Social reformers; Spouses of clergy; Widows;
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The secret lives of church ladies / by Philyaw, Deesha,author.; Philyaw, Deesha.Dear sister.; Philyaw, Deesha.Eula.; Philyaw, Deesha.How to make love to a physicist.; Philyaw, Deesha.Instructions for married Christian husbands.; Philyaw, Deesha.Jael.; Philyaw, Deesha.Not-Daniel.; Philyaw, Deesha.Peach cobbler.; Philyaw, Deesha.Snowfall.; Philyaw, Deesha.When Eddie Levert comes.; Philyaw, Deesha.Short stories.Selections.;
"Explores the raw and tender places where Black women and girls dare to follow their desires and pursue a momentary reprieve from being good. The nine stories in this collection feature four generations of characters grappling with who they want to be in the world, caught as they are between the church's double standards and their own needs and passions"--
Subjects: Short stories.; African American girls; African American women; African American women; Interpersonal relations;
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Murder, mayhem & a fine man / by Burney, Claudia Mair,1964-;
Amanda uses her skills as a psychologist-sleuth to uncover an underground cult and the abuse associated with it.
Subjects: Mystery fiction.; Christian fiction.; Brown, Amanda Bell (Fictitious character); Forensic psychologists; Murder; African Americans; Police; Cults;
© 2013., Pocket,
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Death, deceit & some smooth jazz / by Burney, Claudia Mair,1964-;
When Lieutenant Jazz Brown shows up at Amanda's door unannounced, her heart competes with her head as she struggles to do the right thing. Jazz says he wants to reconnect and make their relationship work. But there's just one tiny problem: his ex-wife is found murdered--in his apartment.
Subjects: Christian fiction.; Mystery fiction.; Brown, Amanda Bell (Fictitious character); Forensic psychologists; Murder; African Americans; Police;
© 2013., Pocket,
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Note to self [videorecording] / by LeToya.; Brown, Nd.; Evans, Brely.; Haley, Trey,1975-; Jackson, J. T.; Jones, Richard T.,1972-; Keyes, Christian.; McKnight, Brian,1969-; Neal, Keith.; Nichols, Veronica.; Tomosunas, Eric.; Weaver, Jason,1979-; Image Entertainment (Firm); One Village Entertainment (Firm); Swirl Films (Firm); Tri Destined Studios (Firm);
Edited by, Trey Haley.Christian Keyes, Richard T. Jones, Letoya Luckett, Brian McKnight, Eve Marcille, Jason Weaver, Brely Evans, J.T. Jackson, Clifton Powell and Valarie Pettiford.Curtis King, a handsome and popular student athlete may know his way around the court, but his heart still needs a game plan. When he decides to keep a journal to give his life a new direction, the path leads him to the love he needed most. A fresh and romantic look at growing up and finding your destiny -- Container.PG.DVD, NTSC, widescreen presentation 1.78:1 aspect ratio, enhanced for 16x9 TVs; Dolby Digital.
Subjects: African American basketball players; Couples; Feature films.; High school students; Interpersonal relations; Man-woman relationships;
© c2012., Swirl Films ; Distributed by Image Entertainment,
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