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Harriet Tubman : live in concert : a novel / by Bob the Drag Queen,author.;
In an age where the greatest heroes from history have magically returned to help save the world, Harriet Tubman returns to create a hip-hop album with a fallen producer, forging powerful music that inspires a divided nation.
Subjects: Magic realist fiction.; Novels.; Tubman, Harriet, 1822-1913; African Americans; Hip-hop; Rap (Music); Sound recording industry;
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My dad's a soccer mom [videorecording] / by Baraka, Rhonda,screenwriter.; Gold, Tracey,actor.; Jackson, Skai,actor.; Robinson, Wendy Raquel,actor.; Speight, Lester,actor.; Stevens, Randall,film director.; Millenium Entertainment.;
Lester Speight, Skai Jackson, Wendy Raquel Robinson, Tracey Gold.Marion 'Mad Dog' Casey is one of the biggest and most outrageous names in professional football. When he begins looking after his ten-year old daughter Lacy, chauffeuring her to ballet and theatre class-activities she doesn't really like, Marion discovers she has a knack for soccer. He signs her up and begins his new life as a Soccer Dad, and learns the importance of being the best dad on and off the field.G.DVD ; widescreen presentation ; Surround sound, 5.1.
Subjects: African American families; Children's films.; Families; Fathers and daughters; Feature films.; Soccer players; Video recordings for children.;
For private home use only.
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Major monster mess / by Miedoso, Andres.; Rivas, Victor.;
When Andres discovers that he has had a monster encounter without knowing it as strange things start happening in the school cafeteria, he and Desmond investigate.Ages 5-9LSC
Subjects: Ghost stories.; Adventure fiction.; African American children; Hispanic American children; Monsters; School lunchrooms, cafeterias, etc.; Schools; Friendship;
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Charisma's turn [graphic novel] : a graphic novel / by Couvson, Monique,author.; Jones, Amanda(Illustrator),illustrator.;
Follows the story of Charisma, a Black high school student grappling with mounting pressures from home and school, and when frustrations with her family intersect with a conflict at school, she reaches a crossroads, facing a choice that could change her future.Grades 10-12.
Subjects: Graphic novels.; African American girls; High schools; Schools; Self-actualization (Psychology);
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Untouchable : the strange life and tragic death of Michael Jackson / by Sullivan, Randall.;
Includes bibliographical references (p. [603]-776).LSC
Subjects: Jackson, Michael, 1958-2009.; Jackson, Michael, 1958-2009; Singers; Rock musicians; African American singers;
© c2012., Grove/Atlantic,
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Before you judge me : the triumph and tragedy of Michael Jackson's last days / by Smiley, Tavis,1964-; Ritz, David.;
Includes bibliographical references, filmography, Internet addresses and index.Chronicles the highs and lows of the sixteen weeks leading up to Jackson's death, examining his efforts to recharge his career while fighting depression and drug dependency.LSC
Subjects: Jackson, Michael, 1958-2009.; Jackson, Michael, 1958-2009; Singers; African American singers; Rock musicians;
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Swift River / by Chambers, Essie,author.;
It's the summer of 1987 in Swift River, and Diamond Newberry is learning how to drive. Ever since her Pop disappeared seven years ago, she and her mother hitchhike everywhere they go. But that's not the only reason Diamond stands out: she's teased relentlessly about her weight, and since Pop's been gone, she is the only Black person in all of Swift River. This summer, Ma is determined to declare Pop legally dead so that they can collect his life insurance money, get their house back from the bank, and finally move on. But when Diamond receives a letter from a relative she's never met, key elements of Pop's life are uncovered, and she is introduced to two generations of African American Newberry women, whose lives span the 20th century and reveal a much larger picture of prejudice and abandonment, of love and devotion. As pieces of their shared past become clearer, Diamond gains a sense of her place in the world and in her family. But how will what she's learned of the past change her future? A story of first friendships, family secrets, and finding the courage to let go, Swift River is a sensational debut about how history shapes us and heralds the arrival of a major new literary talent.
Subjects: Bildungsromans.; Novels.; African American women; Family secrets; Missing persons; Race relations; Racially mixed families;
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Agent Josephine : American beauty, French hero, British spy / by Lewis, Damien,author.;
"Prior to World War II, Josephine Baker was a music hall diva renowned for her singing and exotic dancing, her beauty and sexuality; she was the most highly-paid female performer in Europe. When the Nazis seized her adopted city, Paris, she was banned from the stage, along with all "negroes and Jews." Yet, instead of returning to America, she vowed to stay and to fight the Nazi evil. Overnight she went from performer to Resistance spy. Drawing on a plethora of new historical material and rigorous research, including previously undisclosed letters and journals, Agent Josephine transforms the scarcely known story of Josephine Baker in wartime. As a member of the French Nurse paratroopers, a cover for her spying work, Baker participated in numerous clandestine activities and became a formidable spy. In turn, she was a hero of the three countries in whose name she served: the US, the nation of her birth; France, the land that embraced her during her adult career; and Britain, the country from which she took her orders, as one of London's most closely-guarded secrets. Baker's secret war is a true story of unbounded courage, passion, devotion and sacrifice, and of deep and bitter tragedy, fueled by her own desire to combat the rise of Nazism and fight for a more just future"--
Subjects: Biographies.; Personal narratives.; Baker, Josephine, 1906-1975.; Dancers; African American entertainers; Spies; World War, 1939-1945;
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Leaving Breezy Street : a memoir / by Myers-Powell, Brenda,author.; Reynolds, April,author.;
"Leaving Breezy Street is the account of a woman who had to make the best out of tough situations and limited options. A testimony on how the cycle of abuse can be perpetuated-but also broken. Proof of the transformation power of love between biological and chosen family. This is the raw truth of what American life can be like for so many people"--
Subjects: Biographies.; Autobiographies.; Myers-Powell, Brenda.; African American women; Drug addicts; Ex-prostitutes; Prostitutes;
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The everybody experiment / by Ramée, Lisa Moore.;
"Eleven-year-old Kylie's friends seem so much more mature than she is. And with middle school just a summer away, she's worried her friends might leave her behind, especially because she keeps embarrassing them. So Kylie applies her scientific brain to solve the problem and comes up with the Everybody Experiment: Hypothesis: Kylie Stanton will be mature if she does what everybody else does. Experiment: This summer, when all of Kylie's friends do something, she will do it too. Suddenly it's a whole new grown-up world for Kylie, with parties, unsupervised excursions, and boys. But the more research Kylie puts into the Everybody Experiment, the more she begins to wonder how she can do what everybody else does... without letting go of herself."--Ages 8-12.
Subjects: School fiction.; Friendship; Middle schools; Girls; Self-actualization (Psychology); Science; African Americans;
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