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One blood / by Millner, Denene,author.;
"Homegoing meets The Mothers where three women are tied together by blood, love, and family secrets in this searing novel by New York Times bestseller Denene Millner. Raised by her beloved grandmother in tension-filled, post-segregation Virginia, Grace is barely a teenager when she loses her Maw Maw. Shellshocked, she is shipped up North to live with her formidably ambitious Aunt Hattie--a woman who firmly left behind her "undesirable" Southern roots in pursuit of upward mobility. Thrust into the world of the Black and socially ambitious, Grace finds herself trapped in a society of stifling respectability, fancy teas, and coveted debutante balls. Feeling like a fish out of water, Grace's only place of sweet comfort is with the smart, handsome son of one of the society's grand dames. However, when Dale gets caught up in a racial police killing and Grace ends up pregnant, she is quickly hidden away and he is promptly shipped off to college. Then in the ultimate act of betrayal, Grace is deceived by Hattie, and her brand new baby girl is given up for adoption. Beautiful, intelligent and fierce, Delores a.k.a. Lolo has never had it easy. Her life has been riddled with pain and loss. Once she makes it up north, she puts aside her dream of being a model to do what she has to do to survive as a woman with little money and no mooring: get married and have a family of her own. And she will tell lies and keep secrets to obtain it. Then Lolo does have it all: a doting husband, a beautiful son and daughter, and a lovely home. When secrets start to spill out and she and her family slowly begin to unravel, Lolo is willing to do whatever it takes to keep her dream intact and those she loves together. When Lolo's headstrong daughter, Rae discovers that she is adopted, it is just one secret among others that her family is keeping. Not out of a desire to deceive, but out of a determination to survive and protect. When Rae finds out that she is about to become a mother herself, she knows that there is an important reckoning that must be faced about herself and her two mothers. Potent, poetic, powerful, told with deep love, and spanning from the Great Migration to the civil unrest of the 1960s to the quest for women's equality in early 2000s, Denene Millner's beautifully wrought novel explores three women's intimate struggle with generational trauma and healing"--
Subjects: Historical fiction.; Novels.; Adoption; African American women; African Americans; Families; Family secrets; Mother and child; Pregnancy; Secrecy; Social classes;
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On the come up [videorecording] / by Lil Yachty,1997-actor.; Gray, Jamila C.,actor.; Lathan, Sanaa,film director,actor.; Lil Yachty,1997-actor.; Randolph, Da'vine Joy,1986-actor.; motion picture adaptation of (work):Thomas, Angie.On the come up.; Paramount Home Entertainment (Firm),publisher.;
Jamila Gray, Da'vine Joy Randolph, Sanaa Lathan, Lil Yachty, Cliff Smith (method Man), Mike Epps, Titus Makin Jr., Rapsody, Lady London.Brianna Jackson is a sixteen-year-old gifted rapper who attempts to take the battle rap scene by storm to lift her family and do right by the legacy of her father a local hip-hop legend whose career was cut short by gang violence. But when her first hit song goes viral for all the wrong reasons, she finds herself torn between the authenticity that got her this far and the false persona that the industry wants to impose upon her.Canadian Home Video Rating: 14A.MPAA rating: PG-13; for violence and adult language.Closed-captioned for the hearing impaired.Described video for the blind and visually impaired.DVD ; wide screen presentation ; Dolby Digital 5.1.
Subjects: Feature films.; Fiction films.; Video recordings for people with visual disabilities.; Video recordings for the hearing impaired.; African American teenagers; African Americans; Freedom of speech; Rap (Music); Rap musicians; Single-parent families; Women rap musicians;
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Didn't nobody give a shit what happened to Carlotta / by Hannaham, James,author.;
'Didn't Nobody Give a Shit What Happened to Carlotta' is the raucous, irreverent, and harrowing story of a trans womans re-entry into life on the outside after more than 20 years in a men's prison, set over one eventful Fourth of July weekend in Brooklyn. From the author of 'Delicious Foods', which won the PEN/Faulkner Award and was a NYT Notable Book. #diversity.
Subjects: Psychological fiction.; Transgender fiction.; Novels.; African Americans; Ex-convicts; Families; Parolees; Prisoners; Transgender women;
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Model home / by Solomon, Rivers,author.;
"The Maxwell siblings return to their childhood home in the Dallas suburbs after the shocking news of their parents' death. They return to find the house, and the family itself, haunted by strange, inexplicable terrors"--
Subjects: Thrillers (Fiction); Novels.; African American families; Family secrets; Haunted houses; Homecoming; Parents; Siblings;
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Don't cry for me : a novel / by Black, Daniel,author.;
"As Jacob lies dying, he begins to write a letter to his only son, Isaac. They have not met or spoken in many years, and there are things that Isaac must know. Stories about his ancestral legacy in rural Arkansas that extend back to slavery. Secrets from Jacob's tumultuous relationship with Isaac's mother and the shame he carries from the dissolution of their family. Tragedies that informed Jacob's role as a father and his reaction to Isaac's being gay. But most of all, Jacob must share with Isaac the unspoken truths that reside in his heart. He must give voice to the trauma that Isaac has inherited. And he must create a space for the two to find peace. With piercing insight and profound empathy, acclaimed author Daniel Black illuminates the lived experiences of Black fathers and queer sons, offering an authentic and ultimately hopeful portrait of reckoning and reconciliation. Spare as it is sweeping, poetic as it is compulsively readable, Don't Cry for Me is a monumental novel about one family grappling with love's hard edges and the unexpected places where hope and healing take flight."--
Subjects: Domestic fiction.; Historical fiction.; African American men; Families; Fathers and sons; Gay men; Parents of gays;
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Honk for Jesus. Save your soul [videorecording] / by Conphidance,actor.; Barnes, Avis Marie,actor.; Beharie, Nicole,actor.; Brown, Sterling K.,actor,film producer.; Burgum, Jessamine,film producer.; Cooper, Matthew(Producer),film producer.; Crichlow, Amandla,film producer.; Crute, Austin,actor.; Durrett, Kara,film producer.; Ebo, Adamma,film director,screenwriter,film producer.; Ebo, Adanne,film producer.; Hall, Regina,actor,film producer.; Kaluuya, Daniel,1989-film producer.; Riley, Rowan(Producer),film producer.; Rogers, Devere,actor.; 59% (Firm),production company.; Ejime Productions,production company.; Focus Features,presenter.; Indian Meadows Productions,production company.; Monkeypaw Productions,presenter.; Pinky Promise (Firm),presenter.; Rh Negative (Firm),production company.; Universal City Studios,publisher.;
Director of photography, Alan Gwizdowski ; editors, Ali Greer, Stacy Moon ; music by Marcus Norris,.Regina Hall, Sterling K. Brown, Austin Crute, Conphidance, Devere Rogers, Avis Marie Barnes, Nicole Beharie.Proud first lady of a Southern Baptist megachurch, Trinitie Childs carries immense responsibility on her shoulders. After a scandal involving her husband, the church is forced to temporarily close, leaving Trinitie struggling to manage the aftermath. Now, she and her spouse must rebuild their congregation and reconcile their faith by all means necessary to make the biggest comeback that commodified religion has ever seen.Canadian Home Video Rating: 14A.MPAA rating: R; for language and some sexual content.Described video for the blind and visually impaired.Subtitled for the deaf and hard-of-hearing (SDH).DVD ; wide screen presentation ; Dolby Digital 5.1, Dolby Digital 2.0.
Subjects: Comedy films.; Feature films.; Video recordings for people with visual disabilities.; Video recordings for the hearing impaired.; African American families; Baptists; Big churches; Husband and wife; Scandals; Spouses of clergy; Spouses;
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The love you save : a memoir / by Taylor, Goldie,author.;
"Aunt Gerald takes in anyone who asks, but the conditions are harsh. For her young niece Goldie Taylor, abandoned by her mother and coping with trauma of her own, life in Gerald's East St. Louis comes with nothing but a threadbare blanket on the living room floor. But amid the pain and anguish, Goldie discovers a secret. She can find kinship among writers like James Baldwin and Toni Morrison. She can find hope in a nurturing teacher who helps her find her voice. And books, she realizes, can save her life. Goldie Taylor's debut memoir shines a light on the strictures of race, class and gender in a post-Jim Crow America while offering a nuanced, empathetic portrait of a family in a pitched battle for its very soul."--
Subjects: Biographies.; Autobiographies.; Personal narratives.; Taylor, Goldie.; Abandoned children; African American families.; African American women journalists; African Americans; Authors, American; Kinship care.; Women journalists;
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Etta extraordinaire / by Ahmed, Roda,1981-; Gordon, Charnaie.; Burgett, Chloe.;
Born to be a star, Etta prepares for her big performance in her school's talent show, but when she gets pre-show jitters, her loving family helps her through it so she can shine in the spotlight.Ages 4-8.
Subjects: Picture books.; African Americans; Schools; Talent shows; Stage fright; Families;
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The Blackwoods / by Colbert, Brandy,author.;
Told from multiple points of view, Ardith and Hollis Blackwood's lives are upended when their great-grandmother, legendary actress Blossom Blackwood, passes away, and family secrets emerge.014+.Grades 10-12.
Subjects: Young adult fiction.; Historical fiction.; Novels.; African Americans; Fame; Families; Secrecy; Actors and actresses; African Americans; Fame; Family life; Families; Secrets;
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Shark teeth / by Winston, Sherri.;
Seventh-grader Sharkita "Kita" embarks on a tumultuous journey to keep her family together while handling the consequences of her mother's alcoholism.
Subjects: Alcoholism; Middle schools; Schools; African Americans; Dysfunctional families;
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