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Jump : my secret journey from the streets to the boardroom / by Miller, Larry(Larry G.),author.; Lacy, Laila,author.;
In 'Jump', one of the most successful Black businessmen in the country, who has led Nikes Jordan Brand from a $200M sneaker company to a $4B global apparel juggernaut, tells the remarkable story of his rise from gangland violence to the pinnacles of international business. #OwnVoices.
Subjects: Biographies.; Autobiographies.; Miller, Larry (Larry G.); Nike (Firm); Portland Trail Blazers (Basketball team); African American businesspeople; African American executives; Businesspeople; Executives; Juvenile delinquents;
Available copies: 1 / Total copies: 1
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The catch me if you can : one woman's journey to every country in the world / by Nabongo, Jessica,author.;
"Celebrated traveler and photographer Jessica Nabongo-the first documented Black woman to visit all 195 countries in the world-shares her journey around the globe with fascinating stories of adventure, culture, travel musts, and human connections"--
Subjects: Biographies.; Travel writing.; Personal narratives.; Nabongo, Jessica; African American women travelers; International travel.;
Available copies: 1 / Total copies: 1
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The body is not an apology : the power of radical self-love / by Taylor, Sonya Renee,author.;
Includes bibliographical references and index.""To build a world that works for everyone, we must first make the radical decision to love every facet of ourselves. 'The body is not an apology' is the mantra we should all embrace"--Kimberlé Crenshaw, legal scholar and founder and Executive Director, African American Policy Forum"--
Subjects: Self-acceptance.; Self-perception.; Body image.; Human body.;
Available copies: 1 / Total copies: 2
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Crook manifesto [text (large print)] : a novel / by Whitehead, Colson,1969-author.;
Two-time Pulitzer Prize winning Colson Whitehead continues his 'Harlem' saga in a powerful and hugely-entertaining novel that summons 1970s New York in all its seedy glory.
Subjects: Historical fiction.; Large print books.; Novels.; African American families; American Revolution Bicentennial, 1976; Arson; Blaxploitation films; Corruption; Organized crime; Receiving stolen goods; Sales personnel; Theft;
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The barn : the secret history of a murder in Mississippi / by Thompson, Wright,author.;
Includes bibliographical references and index."A shocking and revelatory account of the murder of Emmett Till that lays bare how forces from around the world converged on the Mississippi Delta in the long lead-up to the crime, and how the truth was erased for so long"--
Subjects: True crime stories.; Till, Emmett, 1941-1955.; African American teenage boys; African Americans; Collective memory; Lynching; Racism against Black people; Murder;
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Steal away home : one woman's epic flight to freedom -- and her long road back to the South / by Smardz Frost, Karolyn,author.;
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Subjects: Biographies.; Reynolds, Cecelia Jane.; Fugitive slaves; African Americans; Black Canadians; Slaves; African Americans; Underground Railroad.; Antislavery movements;
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The family I'm in / by Flake, Sharon G.,author.;
Sharon G. Flake's groundbreaking novel The Skin I'm In ushered in a new voice that lit up the literary landscape and became a modern classic, passed down through generations. The Life I'm In, its sequel, furthered the power of unmistakable voices, opening the hearts and minds of teens everywhere. Now The Family I'm In presents John-John and Caleb, friends since childhood who have come face-to-face with the struggles and triumphs of growing into young men. They're living in a world where many Black boys are up against generational expectations, fears of the future, and how to navigate being "nice" kids who just want to be seen for who they are. Together, Caleb and John-John work through family illness, divorced parents, teachers who ask hard questions, and girls who think they have all the answers.
Subjects: Young adult fiction.; Bildungsromans.; Novels.; African American teenage boys; African Americans; Friendship; Self-esteem; African American teenage boys; African Americans; Friendship; Self-esteem;
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Now let me fly [graphic novel] : a portrait of Eugene Bullard / by Wimberly, Ronald,author.; Revel, Brahm,artist.;
Includes bibliographical references."On the eve of World War I, Eugene Bullard was a refugee of the Jim Crow South who was determined to find a place where a Black man would be treated as a fellow human being. His search took him from rural Georgia to the streets of Paris, from the vaudeville stage to the boxing ring, and finally, from the muddy trenches to the open skies. In 1914, Bullard joined the fight to defend France--and made history as the world's first African American fighter pilot."--Publisher.
Subjects: Biographical comics.; Nonfiction comics.; Graphic novels.; Historical comics.; Personal narratives.; Bullard, Eugene Jacques, 1895-1961; African American fighter pilots; African Americans; Race discrimination;
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Belonging : a daughter's search for identity through loss and love / by Morial, Michelle Miller,1967-author.; Robotham, Rosemarie,author.;
The award-winning journalist and co-host of CBS Saturday Morning tells the candid and deeply personal story of her mother's abandonment and how the search for answers forced her to reckon with her own identity and the secrets that shaped her family for five decades.
Subjects: Biographies.; Autobiographies.; Morial, Michelle Miller, 1967-; African American women television journalists; Mothers and daughters; Racially mixed people; Women television journalists;
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Let us descend [sound recording] : a novel / by Ward, Jesmyn,author,narrator.; Simon & Schuster Audio (Firm),publisher.;
Read by the author.In the years before the Civil War, Annis, sold south by the white enslaver who fathered her, struggles through the miles-long march, seeks comfort from memories of her mother and stories of her African warrior grandmother, opening herself to a world beyond this world.
Subjects: Audiobooks.; Historical fiction.; Novels.; Enslaved women; Mothers and daughters; African American women; Racially mixed people; Slavery;
Available copies: 1 / Total copies: 1
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