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Getting to happy / by McMillan, Terry.;
Subjects: African American women; Female friendship; Middle-aged women;
© c2010., Viking,
Available copies: 1 / Total copies: 1
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Africatown : America's last slave ship and the community it created / by Tabor, Nick,author.;
Includes bibliographical references and index."In 1860, a ship called the Clotilda was smuggled through the Alabama Gulf Coast, carrying the last group of enslaved people ever brought to the U.S. from West Africa. Five years later, the shipmates were emancipated, but they had no way of getting back home. Instead they created their own community outside the city of Mobile, where they spoke Yoruba and appointed their own leaders, a story chronicled in Zora Neale Hurston's Barracoon. That community, Africatown, has endured to the present day, and many of the community residents are the shipmates' direct descendants. After many decades of neglect and a Jim Crow legal system that targeted the area for industrialization, the community is struggling to survive. Many community members believe the pollution from the heavy industry surrounding their homes has caused a cancer epidemic among residents, and companies are eyeing even more land for development. At the same time, after the discovery of the remains of the Clotilda in the riverbed nearby, a renewed effort is underway to create a living memorial to the community and the lives of the slaves who founded it. An evocative and epic story, Africatown charts the fraught history of America from those who were brought here as slaves but nevertheless established a home for themselves and their descendants in the face of persistent racism"--
Subjects: Clotilda (Ship); African Americans; Slavery; West Africans;
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Crown : an ode to the fresh cut / by Barnes, Derrick D.; James, Gordon C.;
Celebrates the magnificent feeling that comes from walking out of a barber shop with newly-cut hair.LSC
Subjects: African Americans; Haircutting; Barbershops; Self-confidence;
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Kin : rooted in hope / by Weatherford, Carole Boston,1956-; Weatherford, Jeffery Boston.;
Includes bibliographical references.A multi-generational family history told in the voices of the author's ancestors, spanning enslavement alongside Frederick Douglass at Maryland's Wye House plantation, service in the U.S. Colored Troops, and the founding of all-Black Reconstruction-era communities.Ages 10 up.
Subjects: Novels in verse.; Historical fiction.; African Americans; Families; Slavery;
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My hair is like yours / by Detrick-Jules, St. Clair.; Brown, Tabitha(Illustrator);
Cornrows, curls, fros, and swirls! How do you wear your hair? Featuring photographs of real kids whose hairstyles match those of family and friends, little ones will love seeing themselves mirrored in these pages and in the world around them. Beautifully photographed by St. Clair Detrick-Jules and with vibrant illustrations by Tabitha Brown, this timeless children's book celebrates community and joyful self-expression.For ages 0 to 3.
Subjects: Board books.; African Americans; Hair; Hairstyles; Body image;
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Mia Mayhem and the cat burglar / by West, Kara.; Hernandez, Leeza.;
Mia brings her cat, Chaos Macarooney, to PITS Day, and must keep the peace between Chaos and Hugo Fast's cat, Mr. Whiskers, before total chaos breaks out.Ages 5-9.LSC
Subjects: Macarooney, Mia (Fictitious character); Women superheroes; African American children; Cats; Ability; Superheroes; African Americans;
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Hidden figures : the true story of four black women and the space race / by Lee Shetterly, Margot.; Conkling, Winifred.; Freeman, Laura(Illustrator);
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Subjects: United States. National Aeronautics and Space Administration; Women mathematicians; African American women; African American mathematicians; Space race;
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My Bibi always remembers / by Buzzeo, Toni.; Wohnoutka, Mike.;
Tembo, a little African elephant, wants to be just like her grandmother, Bibi, but is often distracted when she is supposed to be following Bibi to a watering hole. Includes a note about elephants.LSC
Subjects: African elephant; Elephants; Memory;
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Summer on Sag Harbor : a novel / by Hostin, Sunny,author.; Harris, Sharina,author.;
When real estate developers discover the hidden enclave of SANS--Sag Harbor Hills, Azurest and Nineveh--the home of African American elites, Olivia Jones fights to preserve her new Black utopia, leading her to define the meaning of love, friendship, community and family.
Subjects: Domestic fiction.; Novels.; African American women; African Americans; Fathers; Friendship; Real estate development; Vacation homes;
Available copies: 1 / Total copies: 2
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Summer on Sag Harbor [text (large print)] : a novel / by Hostin, Sunny,author.; Harris, Sharina,author.;
When real estate developers discover the hidden enclave of SANS--Sag Harbor Hills, Azurest and Nineveh--the home of African American elites, Olivia Jones fights to preserve her new Black utopia, leading her to define the meaning of love, friendship, community and family.
Subjects: Domestic fiction.; Large print books.; Novels.; African American women; African Americans; Fathers; Friendship; Real estate development; Vacation homes;
Available copies: 1 / Total copies: 3
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