With their relationship unwelcome, Leeba and Red soon find themselves in the middle of the civil rights movement, and they discover that, in times of struggle, music can bring people together.
Chicago
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Author:Rosen, RenéeSummary: -
Author:Taylor, FlintSummary:With his colleagues at the People's Law Office (PLO), Flint Taylor has argued landmark civil-rights cases that have exposed corruption and cover-ups within the Chicago Police Department (CPD) and throughout the city's corrupt political...
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Author:Hubbard, LadeeSummary:This historical novel, set in late nineteenth-century Chicago, centers around the black servants of a down-on-its heels upper-class white family, who are exploited in the family's desperate business venture.
- Author:Hemon, AleksandarSummary:
This story, alternating between turn-of-the-century Chicago and modern times, features a man attempting to reimagine the death of a Jewish immigrant.
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Author:Michaeli, EthanSummary:The Chicago Defender condemned Jim Crow and focused the electoral power of black America. Drawing on extensive research, Ethan Michaeli constructs a narrative of race in America and brings to life the reporters who braved lynch mobs and...
- Author:Griffin, BettyeSummary:
Elyse, Susan, Grace and Pat are all turning 50, just like the Chicago housing project where they all grew up. As they gather for a reunion with other former residents, the women learn it's never too late to follow their hearts.
- Author:McGlothin, VictorSummary:
In 1947 St. Louis, Ms. Etta's is the place where a sinner can get all the boozy action he craves--that is until ladies' man Baltimore Floyd rolls into town and falls in the sack with the wrong woman.
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Author:Rhodes, Jewell ParkerSummary:Twelve-year-old Jerome is shot by a police officer who mistakes his toy gun for a real threat. As a ghost, he observes the devastation unleashed on his family and community. This gripping story is about how children, families--and one...
- Author:Seifert, Nick, Seifert, Joe, McCarn, Matthias, Seifert, EmmaSummary:
Danny Seifert was murdered when he tried to leave the Chicago Mob. As they grow into men, Danny's sons, Joe and Nick, take it upon themselves to find the man responsible for their father's death and make him pay.
- Author:Paretsky, SaraSummary:
Chicago's legendary detective, V. I. Warshawski, knows her city's rotten underbelly better than most, but she's unable to avoid it when her goddaughter drags her into a fight over lakefront land use.
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Author:Roby, Kimberla LawsonSummary:Life is close to perfect for Charlotte and Curtis Black, except that their son Matthew's girlfriend, Racquel, is eight months pregnant, and Racquel's mother, Vanessa, and Charlotte can't stand each other.
