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Karamo : my story of embracing purpose, healing, and hope / by Brown, Karamo,author.; Dunn, Jancee,author.;
"An insightful, candid, and inspiring memoir from Karamo Brown--Queer Eye's beloved culture expert--as he shares his story for the first time, exploring how the challenges in his own life have allowed him to forever transform the lives of those in need"--
Subjects: Biographies.; Brown, Karamo.; African American television personalities; African American gay men;
Available copies: 1 / Total copies: 1
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Home / by Morrison, Toni.;
Subjects: Domestic fiction.; African American veterans; African Americans; Brothers and sisters;
© 2012., Knopf Canada,
Available copies: 1 / Total copies: 1
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Life and other love songs / by Gray, Anissa,author.;
"A father's sudden disappearance exposes the private fears, dreams, longings, and joys of a Black American family in the late decades of the twentieth century, in this page-turning and intimate new novel from the author of The Care and Feeding of Ravenously Hungry Girls. It's a warm, bright October afternoon, and Ozro Armstead walks out into the brilliant sunshine on his thirty-seventh birthday. At home, his wife Deborah and daughter Trinity prepare a surprise celebration; down the street, his brother waves as Oz heads back to his office after having lunch together. But he won't make it to the party or even to his briefcase back at his desk. He's about to disappear. In the days, months, and years to follow, Deborah and Trinity look backward and forward as they piece together the life of the man they love, but whom they come to realize they might never have truly known. In a gripping narrative that moves from the Great Migration to 1970s Detroit and 1990s New York, we follow the hopes, triumphs, losses, and secrets that build up and tear apart an American family"--
Subjects: Domestic fiction.; Historical fiction.; Novels.; African American families; African Americans; Missing persons;
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The love songs of W.E.B. Du Bois : a novel / by Jeffers, Honorée Fanonne,1967-author.;
The 2020 National Book Awardnominated poet makes her fiction debut with this magisterial epic - an intimate yet sweeping novel with all the luminescence and force of 'Homegoing', 'Sing, Unburied, Sing', and 'The Water Dancer' - that chronicles the journey of one American family, from the centuries of the colonial slave trade through the Civil War to our own tumultuous era. A Dewey Diva Pick. #OwnVoices.
Subjects: Historical fiction.; African American women; African American families; African Americans; Identity (Psychology);
Available copies: 1 / Total copies: 1
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The road is good : how a mother's strength became a daughter's purpose / by Aduba, Uzo,author.;
"The Road Is Good is a memoir of Black immigrant identity, the coming-of-age story of Nigerian American actress Uzo Aduba, one of the stars of the television series Orange is the New Black"--
Subjects: Biographies.; Autobiographies.; Personal narratives.; Aduba, Uzo.; African American actresses; Nigerian Americans;
Available copies: 1 / Total copies: 1
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Slavery and the making of America [videorecording] / by Freeman, Morgan,narrator.; James, Dante J.,television producer.; PBS Distribution (Firm),publisher.; WNET (Television station : New York, N.Y.),production company.;
Narrated by Morgan Freeman.The landmark four-part series documents the history of American slavery from its beginnings in the British colonies to its end in the Southern states, and through the years of post-Civil War Reconstruction. The series examines the integral role slavery played in shaping the new country's development, challenging the long-held notion that it was exclusively a Southern enterprise.E.DVD; NTSC, region 1; widescreen; stereo.
Subjects: Documentary television programs.; Historical television programs.; Nonfiction television programs.; Video recordings for the hearing impaired.; African Americans; African Americans; Slavery;
For private home use only.
Available copies: 1 / Total copies: 1
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Black girls must die exhausted : a novel / by Allen, Jayne,1978-author.;
After learning she might not be able to have children, thirty-three-year-old Tabitha Walker, a black woman planning to "have it all," watches her dreams dissolve and must rely on her two best friends to get through.
Subjects: Domestic fiction.; African American women journalists; African American women; Female friendship; Infertility;
Available copies: 1 / Total copies: 2
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Black girl power : 15 stories celebrating black girlhood / by Johnson, Leah(Young adult author);
"From fifteen legendary Black female authors comes a collection of stories and poems about the power we find in the everyday and the beauty of Black girlhood."--
Subjects: Short stories.; Girls, Black; African Americans;
Available copies: 1 / Total copies: 1
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Black boy, black boy / by Kamanda, Ali.; Redmond, Jorge.; Daley, Ken,1976-;
Illustrations and rhyming text encourage Black boys to learn about the accomplishments of famous men in Black history and then forge their own paths.Ages 4 and up.LSC
Subjects: Stories in rhyme.; African Americans; Self-confidence;
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Us [videorecording] / by Alex, Evan,actor.; Peele, Jordan,1979-film producer,screenwriter,film director.; Diop, Anna,1988-actor.; Hayward, Kara,1998-actor.; Heidecker, Tim,1976-actor.; Wright Joseph, Shahadi,actor.; Moss, Elisabeth,1982-actor.; Nyong'o, Lupita,actor.; Universal Studios Home Entertainment (Firm),film distributor.;
Elisabeth Moss, Lupita Nyong'O, Anna Diop, Kara Hayward, Shahadi Wright Joseph, Evan Alex, Tim Heidecker.Haunted by trauma from her past and compounded by a string of eerie coincidences, Adelaide grows increasingly certain that something bad is going to befall her family. After spending a tense beach day with their friends, Adelaide and her family return to their vacation home. When darkness falls, the Wilsons discover the silhouette of four figures holding hands as they stand in the driveway. The endearing American family faces doppelgangers of themselves.Canadian Home Video Rating: 14A.MPAA rating: R.DVD ; widescreen presentation ; Dolby Digital 5.1, 2.0 DVS.
Subjects: Horror films.; Feature films.; Video recordings for people with visual disabilities.; Doppelgängers; African American families; Survival;
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Available copies: 1 / Total copies: 1
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