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Don't touch my hair! / by Miller, Sharee(Illustrator);
Aria loves her soft and bouncy hair, but must go to extremes to avoid people who touch it without permission until, finally, she speaks up. Includes author's note.LSC
Subjects: African American children; Hair; Assertiveness (Psychology);
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Please, baby, please / by Lee, Spike.; Lee, Tonya Lewis.; Nelson, Kadir.;
A toddler's antics keep her mother busy as she tries to feed her, watch her on the playground, give her a bath, and put her to bed.LSC
Subjects: Toddlers; Mother and child; African Americans;
© c2002., Simon & Schuster Children's Pub.,
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Edmonia. by Baker, Brianne.;
'Edmonia' is the story of an unconventional woman who overcame adversity to create enduring tributes in stone to her race and times. From the Civil War-era Midwest to Bostons abolitionist circles, to Romes expatriate community, the life of pioneering Black Neoclassical sculptor Edmonia Lewis is resurrected in this debut biographical novel. Goodreads Marketing Campaign. #diversity.Library Bound Incorporated
Subjects: FICTION / African American & Black / Historical; FICTION / Biographical; FICTION / Historical / Civil War Era;
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Black candle women : a novel / by Brown, Diane Marie,author.;
Follows four generations of the Montrose family, who have been living with a curse that leaves any person they fall in love with dead, stemming back to a Voodoo sorceress in 1950s New Orleans' French Quarter.
Subjects: Domestic fiction.; Novels.; African American women; Families; Vodou;
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Trial / by Patterson, Richard North,author.;
When Malcolm Hill, a black eighteen-year-old voting rights worker, is arrested for murder, white congressman Chase Brevard of Massachusetts finds his life transformed in a single moment by the appearance of Malcolm's photo on the news, enveloping him, Malcolm, and Malcolm's mother in a media firestorm that threatens their lives.
Subjects: Thrillers (Fiction); Legal fiction (Literature); Political fiction.; Novels.; African American young men; Legislators; Racism; Trials (Murder);
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Bud, not Buddy / by Curtis, Christopher Paul.;
Ten-year-old Bud, a motherless boy living in Flint, Michigan, during the Great Depression, escapes a bad foster home and sets out in search of the man he believes to be his father--the renowned bandleader, H.E. Calloway of Grand Rapids.LSCJohn Newbery Medal
Subjects: Runaway children; African Americans; Depressions;
© 2004, c1999., Dell Laurel-Leaf,
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The last interview : and other conversations / by Morrison, Toni,author.; Giovanni, Nikki,writer of introduction.;
"In this generous collection of thought-provoking interviews--including her first and last--the author Barack Obama called a "national treasure" talks with a wide variety of people, from Charlayne Hunter-Gault and Bill Moyers to obscure bloggers. She details not only her writing life and her influences, but also her other careers as a teacher, and as a publisher, as well as the gripping story of her family."--
Subjects: Morrison, Toni; Authors, American; African American authors;
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Policing the Black man : arrest, prosecution, and imprisonment / by Davis, Angela J.,1956-;
Includes bibliographical references and Internet addresses.LSC
Subjects: Discrimination in criminal justice administration; African American criminals.;
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A walk in her shoes [videorecording] : an homage to the life and legacy of Harriet Tubman / by Garcia, Selina,film director.; IndiePix (Firm),film distributor.;
Metra Lundy.This documentary feature shares one woman's intimate story of personal awakening, discovery, empowerment, and triumph. In a quest to overcome one of the biggest obstacles of her life, personal trainer and author Metra Lundy simulates a walk to freedom by re-tracing the steps of the great American heroine, Harriet Tubman, who walked from Maryland to Canada.E.Closed-captioned for the hearing impaired.DVD ; wide screen presentation ; stereophonic.
Subjects: Biographical films.; Documentary films.; Personal narratives.; Video recordings for the hearing impaired.; Tubman, Harriet, 1822-1913; Tubman, Harriet, 1822-1913; African American women authors.; African American women; Life change events.; Lundy, Metra; Personality development.; Role models.;
For private home use only.
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The making of butterflies / by Kendi, Ibram X.; Yangni, Kah.; Hurston, Zora Neale.; Adaptation of (work):Hurston, Zora Neale.Mules and men.;
"Find out why butterflies were made in Zora Neale Hurston's stunning and layered African American folktale retold by Ibram X. Kendi and illustrated by Kah Yangni"--Newborn-4.
Subjects: Folk tales.; Board books.; Butterflies; African Americans;
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