In the 1930s, black singer Marian Anderson was not allowed to perform at Constitution Hall. But with help from Eleanor Roosevelt, Anderson staged an amazing concert at the Lincoln Memorial and...
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Author: Freedman, RussellSummary:Genre: Juvenile nonfiction -
Author: Beverly, SonnieSummary:Three black women from one neighborhood take different paths to better themselves. It's in her small Virginia hometown where Zakia experiences the success she's always wanted--and the change that...
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Author: Forster, GwynneSummary:
Regina Pearson is raised by her father in Hawaii. When he passes away, she decides to search North Carolina for the family she has never known. Her quest does not bring her the love and acceptance...
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Author: Forster, GwynneSummary:
Coreen Treadwell heads a prominent social welfare agency, but she is haunted by her past. Raped and impregnated as a teenager, she gave up her baby, Frieda, without ever seeing her. The legacy of...
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Author: G'Orge-Walker, Pat.Summary:
Her marriage to a minister compromised by numerous infidelities on both sides, Chyna turns for advice to her sister Janelle, who still harbors resentment for Chyna's affair with Janelle's own...
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Author: Millhauser, StevenSummary:
A collection of darkly comic stories united by their obsession with obsession.
Genre: Short stories -
Author: Stimpson, MichelleSummary:
Blamed as a child for her baby sister's death, Dianne Rucker swore she'd never come back to Dentonville, Texas. But the kind aunt who took her in after her mother abandoned her is getting...
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Author: Thomas, JacquelinSummary:
Recently diagnosed with multiple sclerosis, Sheila Moore strikes up an invigorating friendship with the handsome Nicholas Washington. But Nicholas is also a good friend to the wife of Sheila's...
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Author: Love, LauraSummary:
Acclaimed singer/songwriter Laura Love is known for her "folk-funk" style of music. In this, her writing debut, she focuses her talents on a poignant memoir of growing up in an extremely...
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Author: Berry, Mary FrancesSummary:
Born into slavery, Callie House helped create the Ex-Slave Mutual Relief, Bounty, and Pension Association in 1899 as a freedwoman. The organization, one of the first of its kind, campaigned for...
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Author: Burney, Claudia MairSummary:
Amanda Bell Brown, whose biological clock is ticking like crazy, is delighted when Lieutenant Jazz Brown offers to give their rocky relationship another shot. The only complication is his ex-wife...
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Author: Burney, Claudia MairSummary:
Claudia Mair Burney's mysteries starring forensic psychologist Amanda Bell Brown have garnered high praise for their wit, style, and sassy heroine. Ezekiel Thunder, a disgraced preacher,...
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Author: Burney, Claudia MairSummary:
Amanda Bell Brown is a forensic psychologist with a spiritual background. When a murder investigation unearths connections to a past she'd rather forget, she's dragged into the turmoil...