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Black friend : essays / by Fumudoh, Ziwe,author.;
Ziwe Fumudoh made a name for herself staring interviewees in the eye and asking: "How many Black friends do you have?" She's an expert at making people squirm, coming right out and asking the tough questions about race and racism that our culture has made white people experts at dancing around. In 'The Book of Ziwe', she turns this incisive perspective on the culture at large. It is a deeply hilarious takedown -- and send-up -- of our culture's (mis)understanding of race.
Subjects: Biographies.; Essays.; Personal narratives.; Fumudoh, Ziwe.; African Americans; Comedians; Racism.;
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Black flags : the rise of ISIS / by Warrick, Joby.;
Includes bibliographical references and index."When he succeeded his father in 1999, King Abdullah of Jordan released a batch of political prisoners in the hopes of smoothing his transition to power. Little did he know that among those released was Abu Musab al-Zarqawi, a man who would go on to become a terrorist mastermind too dangerous even for al-Qaeda and give rise to an Islamist movement bent on dominating the Middle East. Zarqawi began by directing hotel bombings and assassinations in Jordan from a base in northern Iraq, but it was the American invasion of that country in 2003 that catapulted him to the head of a vast insurgency. By identifying him as the link between Saddam and bin Laden, the CIA inadvertently created a monster. Like-minded radicals saw him as a hero resisting the infidel occupiers and rallied to his cause. Their wave of brutal beheadings and suicide bombings continued for years until Jordanian intelligence provided the Americans with the crucial intelligence needed to eliminate Zarqawi in a 2006 airstrike. But his movement endured, first called al-Qaeda in Iraq, then renamed Islamic State of Iraq and Syria, or ISIS, seeking refuge in unstable, ungoverned pockets on the Iraq-Syria border. And as the Syrian civil war broke out in 2011, ISIS seized its chance to pursue Zarqawi's dream of a sweeping, ultra-conservative Islamic caliphate. Drawing on unique access to CIA and Jordanian sources, Joby Warrick weaves together heart-pounding, moment-by-moment operational details with overarching historical perspectives to reveal the long trajectory of today's most dangerous Islamic extremist threat"--Provided by publisher.
Subjects: IS (Organization); Islamic fundamentalism.; Terrorism; Terrorism; Terrorism;
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Black genesis : a resource book for African-American genealogy / by Rose, James M.,author.; Eichholz, Alice,1942-author.;
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Subjects: Handbooks and manuals.; African Americans;
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Black heroes : 51 inspiring people from ancient Africa to modern-day U.S.A. : a Black history for kids / by Norwood, Arlisha.; Williams, Anastasia Magloire.;
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Subjects: African Americans; African American women; African Americans; Heroes;
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Black City / by Richards, Elizabeth(Elizabeth Fleur),1980-;
Ash, a sixteen-year-old twin-blood who sells his addictive venom, "Haze," to support his dying mother, and Natalie, the daughter of a diplomat, discover their mysterious--and forbidden--connection in the Black City, where humans and Darklings struggle to rebuild after a brutal war.LSC
Subjects: Fantasy fiction.; Teenagers; Race relations; Drugs; Social classes;
© 2013, c2012., Speak,
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Black matters / by Cooper, Afua,author.; Raussert, Wilfried,photographer.;
"Halifax's Poet Laureate Afua Cooper and photographer Wilfried Raussert collaborate in this book of poems and photographs focused on everyday Black experiences. The result is a jambalaya -- a dialogue between image and text. Cooper translates Raussert's photos into poetry, painting a profound image of what disembodied historical facts might look like when they are embodied in contemporary characters. This visual and textual conversation honours the multiple layers of Blackness in the African diaspora around North America and Europe. The result is a work that amplifies black beauty and offers audible resistance."
Subjects: Poetry.; Canadian poetry.;
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Black Ops. by Ndifornyen, Akemnji,actor.; Ikumelo, Gbemisola,actor.; Tucker, Joe,actor.; Woolf, Lloyd,actor.; BBC Studios (Firm),dst; Kanopy (Firm),dst;
Akemnji Ndifornyen, Gbemisola Ikumelo, Joe Tucker, Lloyd WoolfOriginally produced by BBC Studios in 2023.A comedy-thriller about two likeable police community support officers who find themselves thrust into the dangerous world of undercover work.Dom and Kay are two young, black community support officers. They’ve never so much as made an arrest when they’re co-opted into an off-the-books mission by a maverick detective to infiltrate a notorious drugs gang. Once they’re in the gang, disaster strikes – they lose all protection and are tasked with burying a body. The out of their depth duo are forced to act as drug dealers while desperately trying to escape from an increasingly perilous situation. With their lives under threat, they resolve to follow a shadowy lead to track down the elusive head of the undercover operation. But will the pair stop bickering for long enough to achieve this in time?Mode of access: World Wide Web.
Subjects: Feature films.; Television series.; Motion pictures.; Comedy films.; Crime.;
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Black Christmas [videorecording] / by Donoghue, Lily,actor.; Elwes, Cary,1962-actor.; O'Grady, Brittany,actor.; Poots, Imogen,1989-actor.; Shannon, Aleyse,actor.; Takal, Sophia,film director,screenwriter.; Universal Pictures Home Entertainment (Firm),publisher.;
Imogen Poots, Cary Elwes, Lily Donoghue, Brittany O'Grady, Aleyse Shannon.From the producer of Get Out and Halloween, comes a timely take on a cult horror classic as a campus killer comes to face a formidable group of friends in sisterhood. Hawthorne College is quieting down for the holidays. But as Riley Stone and her Mu Kappa Epsilon sisters prepare to deck the halls with a series of seasonal parties, a black-masked stalker begins killing sorority women one by one. As the body count rises, the sisters start to question whether they can trust any man. Whoever the killer is, he's about to discover that this generation's young women aren't about to be anybody's victims.Canadian Home Video Rating: 14A.MPAA rating: PG-13.DVD ; widescreen presentation ; Dolby Digital 5.1, 2.0 DVS.
Subjects: Horror films.; Feature films.; Christmas films.; Video recordings for the hearing impaired.; Video recordings for people with visual disabilities.; Christmas; Greek letter societies; Female friendship; Serial murderers;
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Black Christmas [videorecording] / by Donoghue, Lily,actor.; Elwes, Cary,1962-actor.; O'Grady, Brittany,actor.; Poots, Imogen,1989-actor.; Shannon, Aleyse,actor.; Takal, Sophia,film director,screenwriter.; Universal Pictures Home Entertainment (Firm),publisher.;
Imogen Poots, Cary Elwes, Lily Donoghue, Brittany O'Grady, Aleyse Shannon.From the producer of Get Out and Halloween, comes a timely take on a cult horror classic as a campus killer comes to face a formidable group of friends in sisterhood. Hawthorne College is quieting down for the holidays. But as Riley Stone and her Mu Kappa Epsilon sisters prepare to deck the halls with a series of seasonal parties, a black-masked stalker begins killing sorority women one by one. As the body count rises, the sisters start to question whether they can trust any man. Whoever the killer is, he's about to discover that this generation's young women aren't about to be anybody's victims.Canadian Home Video Rating: 14A.MPAA rating: PG-13.Blu-ray disc (requires Blu-ray player for playback) ; anamorphic widescreen format (2.39:1 aspect ratio) ; DTS-HD Master Audio 5.1, 2.0 DVS ; DTS-HD Digital surround 5.1 ; Dolby digital 2.0.
Subjects: Horror films.; Feature films.; Christmas films.; Video recordings for the hearing impaired.; Video recordings for people with visual disabilities.; Christmas; Greek letter societies; Female friendship; Serial murderers;
For private home use only.
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Orphan black. [videorecording] / by Bruce, Dylan,1980-actor.; Gavaris, Jordan,1989-actor.; Hanchard, Kevin,actor.; Kennedy, Maria Doyle,actor.; Maslany, Tatiana,actor.; Entertainment One (Firm : Canada),publisher.; Temple Street Productions,production company.;
Tatiana Maslany, Dylan Bruce, Jordan Gavaris, Kevin Hanchard, Maria Doyle Kennedy.A mysterious new clone appears this season, linking the current season to the past. Felix is having feelings of separation and loss because of the big revelation that Sarah is actually related to S, while Felix isn't.Canadian Home Video Rating: 14A.DVD ; widescreen presentation ; Dolby Digital 5.1.
Subjects: Science fiction television programs.; Human cloning; Murder;
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