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Dear Black girls : how to be true to you / by Wilson, A'ja,1996-author.;

"From Olympic gold medalist and two-time professional basketball MVP A'ja Wilson comes an inspirational collection on what it means to grow up as a Black girl in America. This is a book for all the girls with an apostrophe in their name. This is for all the girls who are 'too loud' and 'too emotional.' This is for all the girls who are constantly asked, 'Oh, what did you do with your hair? That's new.' This is for my Black girls. In this empowering and deeply personal collection - adapted from and expanded upon the piece of the same name in The Players' Tribune - WNBA star A'ja Wilson shares stories from her life. Despite gold medals, championships, and a list of accolades, Wilson knows how it feels to be swept under the rug. To not be heard, to not feel seen, to not be taken seriously. As a fourth grader going to a primarily white school in South Carolina, she was told she'd have to stay outside for a classmate's birthday party. 'Huh?' she asked. Because the birthday girl's father didn't like Black people. Wilson tells stories like this: stories that held her down but didn't stop her. She shares her contribution to 'The Talk,' and how to keep fighting, all while igniting strength, resilience, and passion. Dear Black Girls is one remarkable author's necessary and meaningful exploration of what it means to be a Black woman in America today-and an of-the-moment rally cry to lift up women and girls everywhere"--

Subjects: Biographies.; Personal narratives.; Wilson, A'ja, 1996-; African American young women.; Racism; Sexism; Success;

The ABCs of Black history / by Cortez, Rio.; Semmer, Lauren.;

"B is for Beautiful, Brave, and Bright! And for a Book that takes a Bold journey through the alphabet of Black history and culture. Letter by letter, The ABCs of Black History celebrates a story that spans continents and centuries, triumph and heartbreak, creativity and joy. It's a story of big ideas--P is for Power, S is for Science and Soul. Of significant moments--G is for Great Migration. Of iconic figures--H is for Zora Neale Hurston, X is for Malcom X. It's an ABC book like no other, and a story of hope and love. In addition to rhyming text, the book includes back matter with information on the events, places, and people mentioned in the poem, from Mae Jemison to W. E. B. Du Bois, Fannie Lou Hamer to Sam Cooke, and the Little Rock Nine to DJ Kool Herc"--Provided by publisher.Ages 5 and up.LSC

Subjects: African Americans; African Americans; Alphabet books.;

Black Cherokee : a novel / by Downing, Antonio Michael,1975-author.;

"Ophelia Blue Rivers is the specificity of her circumstance. She's not just mixed in American binary sense of being a racial amalgamation of two races; she's a trinity of the three distinct racial identities that make up the identity politics of this continent. She's Part Black, White, and Indigenous (Native American), raised by her grandmother who is a Black descendent of the Cherokee freedmen. A history as rich as it is complicated, Cherokee freedmen were formerly enslaved Africans once owned by Cherokee elites. After Emancipation as well as the Trail of Tears, these former slaves were freed but their belonging to the Cherokee nation remained a point of controversy. Can people who once belonged to another people who were displaced claim birthright to that heritage? A novel in contemporary 1990s South Carolina, Antonio Michael Downing uses Ophelia's search for home and family to dramatize what it means to belong to a people when the terms of that belonging come at such a high price."--

Subjects: Bildungsromans.; Novels.; Belonging (Social psychology); Families; Identity (Psychology); Multiracial people;

Black AF history : the un-whitewashed story of America / by Harriot, Michael,author.;

Includes bibliographical references and index."From acclaimed columnist and political commentator Michael Harriot, a searingly smart and bitingly hilarious retelling of American history that corrects the record and showcases the perspectives and experiences of Black Americans. America's backstory is a whitewashed mythology implanted in our collective memory. It is the story of the pilgrims on the Mayflower building a new nation. It is George Washington's cherry tree and Abraham Lincoln's log cabin. It is the fantastic tale of slaves that spontaneously teleported themselves here with nothing but strong backs and negro spirituals. It is a sugarcoated legend based on an almost true story. It should come as no surprise that the dominant narrative of American history is blighted with errors and oversights--after all, history books were written by white men with their perspectives at the forefront. It could even be said that the devaluation and erasure of the Black experience is as American as apple pie. In Black AF History, Michael Harriot presents a more accurate version of American history. Combining unapologetically provocative storytelling with meticulous research based on primary sources as well as the work of pioneering Black historians, scholars, and journalists, Harriot removes the white sugarcoating from the American story, placing Black people squarely at the center. With incisive wit, Harriot speaks hilarious truth to oppressive power, subverting conventional historical narratives with little-known stories about the experiences of Black Americans. From the African Americans who arrived before 1619 to the unenslavable bandit who inspired America's first police force, this long overdue corrective provides a revealing look into our past that is as urgent as it is necessary. For too long, we have refused to acknowledge that American history is white history. Not this one. This history is Black AF."--

Subjects: African Americans; Africans;

Uncle : race, nostalgia, and the politics of loyalty / by Thompson, Cheryl,1977-author.;

Includes bibliographical references and index."Jackie Robinson, President Barack Obama, Supreme Court Justice Clarence Thomas, O. J. Simpson, and Christopher Darden have all been accused of being an Uncle Tom during their careers. How, why, and with what consequences for our society did Uncle Tom morph first into a servile old man and then into a racial epithet hurled at African American men deemed, by other Black people, to have betrayed their race? Uncle Tom, the eponymous figure in Harriet Beecher Stowe's sentimental anti-slavery novel, Uncle Tom's Cabin, was a loyal Christian who died a martyr's death. But soon after the best-selling novel appeared, theatre troupes across North America and Europe transformed Stowe's story into minstrel shows featuring white men in blackface. In Uncle, Cheryl Thompson traces Tom's journey from literary character to racial trope. She exposes the relentless reworking of Uncle Tom into a nostalgic, racial metaphor with the power to shape how we see Black men, a distortion visible in everything from Uncle Ben and Rastus the Cream of Wheat chef to the first interracial dance partners in Hollywood, Shirley Temple and Bill ‘Bojangles' Robinson. In a post-truth North America, where nostalgia is used as a political tool to rewrite history, Uncle makes the case for why understanding the production of racial stereotypes matters more than ever before."-- Provided by publisher.

Subjects: Stowe, Harriet Beecher, 1811-1896.; Uncle Tom (Fictitious character); African Americans in mass media.; African Americans in popular culture.; African Americans; Stereotypes (Social psychology);

A wilderness of stars / by Ernshaw, Shea.;

An illness cursing the land forces seventeen-year-old Vega, the Last Astronomer, to venture across the wilderness to discover the stars message that will save her people.Ages 14 up.Grades 10-12.LSC

Subjects: Fantasy fiction.; Sick; Grief; Astronomy; Black holes (Astronomy); Loss (Psychology);

Black Adam [graphic novel] : rise and fall of an empire / by Johns, Geoff,1973-author.; Baron, David(David Andrew),colorist.; Barrows, Eddy,illustrator.; Batista, Chris,illustrator.; Bennett, Joe,1968-illustrator.; Brosseau, Pat,letterer.; Fletcher, Jared K.,letterer.; Giffen, Keith,contributor.; Jadson, Jack,illustrator.; Jones, J. G.,illustrator.; José, Ruy,illustrator.; Lanham, Travis,letterer.; Morrison, Grant,author.; Napolitano, Nick,letterer.; Nauck, Todd,illustrator.; Palmiotti, Jimmy,illustrator.; Pantazis, Pete,colorist.; Rucka, Greg,author.; Sinclair, Alex,colorist,illustrator.; Stull, Rob,illustrator.; Waid, Mark,1962-author.; Hi-Fi Colour Design,colorist.;

"Black Adam, the merciless ruler and protector of the nation of Kahndaq, has declared an end to the reign of superheroes. Killing those villains who would defy him and creating an international coalition with China and Russia, he is well on his way to reshaping the world to his will. But when Adrianna Tomaz, formerly enslaved, enters into Black Adam's life, a new path forward is discovered. With Adrianna at his side, Black Adam will learn not just how to be a hero to his people, but how to become a hero to the world. Freeing enslaved children across Africa and offering refuge to those in need, Black Adam and his newly formed Black Adam Family offer hope to a world in need ... but can such change last? In the face of tragedies, betrayal, and war, will this vision for Kahndaq endure or will Black Adam's old ways strike back with a vengeance?"--

Subjects: Graphic novels.; Superhero comics.;

Orange is the new black. [videorecording] / by Brooks, Danielle,actor.; Kerman, Piper.Orange is the new black.; Manning, Taryn,actor.; Mulgrew, Kate,1955-actor.; Prepon, Laura,1980-actor.; Schilling, Taylor,1984-actor.; Lions Gate Entertainment (Firm),publisher.;

Taylor Schilling, Danielle Brooks, Taryn Manning, Kate Mulgrew, Laura Prepon.When the standoff at the prison turns into a full-blown riot, the inmates take advantage of the confusion by conducting séances, holding prisoner auctions, and preening for the morning news. But with relationships tested and friendships starting to fray, will life at Litchfield ever return to normal?Canadian Home Video Rating: 18A.DVD ; widescreen presentation ; Dolby Digital 5.1.

Subjects: Television comedies.; Video recordings for people with visual disabilities.; Kerman, Piper.; Federal Correctional Institution (Danbury, Conn.); Female friendship; Reformatories for women; Women prisoners;

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Black Loyalists : southern settlers of Nova Scotia's first free Black communities. by Whitehead, Ruth Holmes.;

"A comprehensive history of Black Loyalists in Nova Scotia following the American Revolution from one of the province's leading historians. During the American Revolution (1775-1783), the British government offered freedom to slaves who would desert their rebel masters as a way of ruining the American economy. Many Black men and women escaped to the British fleet patrolling the East Coast, or to the British armies invading the colonies from Maine to Georgia. After the final surrender of the British to the Americans, New York City was evacuated by the British Army throughout the summer and fall of 1783. Carried away with them were a vast number of White Loyalists and their families, and over 3,000 Black Loyalists: free, indentured, apprenticed, or still enslaved. More than 2,700 Blacks came to Nova Scotia with the fleet from New York City. Black Loyalists is an attempt to present hard data about the lives of Nova Scotia Black Loyalists before they escaped slavery in early South Carolina, Georgia, and Florida, and after they settled in Nova Scotia to bring back into our awareness the context for some very brave and enterprising men and women who survived the chaos of the American Revolution, people who found a way to pass through the heart, ironically, of a War for Liberty, to liberty and human dignity. Includes twenty historical images and documents"--Library Bound Incorporated

Subjects: HISTORY; HISTORY / African American & Black; HISTORY / United States / Revolutionary Period (1775-1800);

The Davenports / by Marquis, Krystal,author.;

The Davenports are one of the few Black families of immense wealth and status in 1910 Chicago, and the two daughters, Olivia and Helen, are finding their way and finding love--even where they are not supposed to.012+.Grades 7-9.

Subjects: Young adult fiction.; Domestic fiction.; Novels.; African Americans; Families; Love; Rich people; African Americans; Family life; Families; Love; Rich people;

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