Chilton explores the life of legendary jazz performer and civil rights activist Hazel Scott. From her birthplace in Trinidad to the lively streets of Harlem and beyond in the 1940s and '50s, Scott...
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Author: Chilton, KarenSummary:
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Author: Kendi, Ibram X.Summary:
A chorus of extraordinary voices comes together to tell one of history’s great epics: the four-hundred-year journey of African Americans from 1619 to the present—edited by Ibram X. Kendi, author...
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Author: Michaels, CherlynSummary:
Vanella Morris is beautiful, strong, successful and extremely happy with her long-time boyfriend Alton. But Vanella is also uneasy and apprehensive about making big commitments. She doesn't want...
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Author: Cole, AlyssaSummary:
When Likotsi and Fabiola meet on a stalled subway, Fab asks for just one cup of tea. Likotsi, hoping to know why she was unceremoniously dumped, agrees. Tea and food soon leads to them exploring...
Genre: Romance fiction -
Author: Cole, AlyssaSummary:
When Shanti Mohapi weds the king of Njaza, her dream of becoming a queen finally comes true. But it's nothing like she imagined. Newly crowned King Sanyu agrees to take a wife, and his...
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Author: Solomon, AsaliSummary:
Inspired by Mrs. Dalloway and Sula, The Days of Afrekete is a tender, surprising novel of two women at midlife who rediscover themselves-and perhaps each other. Liselle Belmont is having a...
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Author: Purnell, DereckaSummary:
For a century, US activists have tried to reform the police. Lawyer and organizer Derecka Purnell details what pushed her and a generation of activists to the idea of abolishing the police. She...
Genre: Political science, Social science, Law materials -
Author: Solomon, RiversSummary:
Vern, a hunted woman alone in the woods, gives birth to twins and raises them away from the influence of the outside world. But something is wrong, not with them, but with her own body. It's...
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Author: Cole, AlyssaSummary:
Makeda Hicks has lost her job and her girlfriend. The last thing she's in the mood for is the story of her grandmother's infamous summer fling with a runaway prince from Ibarania, or the...
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Author: Harris, Denise MichelleSummary:
Sales executive Chantell Meyers has life all figured out. "People treat you better when they think you have money, or are beautiful." Chantell has it all, too--a great career, beautiful clothes,...
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Author: White, Gayle JessupSummary:
A Black descendant of Thomas Jefferson and Sally Hemings' family explores America's racial reckoning through the prism of her ancestors-both the enslaver and the enslaved. Gayle Jessup...
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Author: Gordon-Reed, AnnetteSummary:
The essential, sweeping story of Juneteenth's integral importance to American history, as told by a Pulitzer Prize-winning historian and Texas native. Weaving together American history, dramatic...
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Author: Jones, Jr., RobertSummary:
Isaiah was Samuel's and Samuel was Isaiah's. That was the way it was since the beginning, and the way it was to be until the end. In the barn they tended to the animals, but also to each...
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Author: Alexander, MichelleSummary:
Argues that the War on Drugs and policies that deny convicted felons equal access to employment, housing, education, and public benefits create a permanent under caste based largely on race.
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Author: Robinson, CherylSummary:
Porter is a handsome Detroit firefighter who just got burned by his cheating girlfriend. Winona is a single mom who is getting by despite an old secret that haunts her. When Porter and Winona meet...
Genre: Romance fiction