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1.

Black in blues [large print] : how a color tells the story of my people

by

Perry, Imani, 1972- author.

Publication Date

2025

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Book

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305.896073 PER

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2.

Black in blues : how a color tells the story of my people

by

Perry, Imani, 1972- author.

Publication Date

2025

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Book

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305.896073 PER

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3.

Gospel [DVD video]

by

Harris, Shayla, director.

Publication Date

2024

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DVD & blu-ray

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305.896073 GOS

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4.

Kwanzaa [board book]

by

Eliot, Hannah, author.

Publication Date

2024

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Book

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E

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5.

The mayor of Maxwell Street

by

Cunningham, Avery, author.

Publication Date

2024

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Book

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CUN

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6.

A Kwanzaa keepsake and cookbook : celebrating the holiday with family, community, and tradition

by

Harris, Jessica B., author.

Publication Date

2024

Format:

Book

Call Number

641.568 HAR

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7.

This cursed house

by

Sandeen, Del, author.

Publication Date

2024

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Book

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SAN

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8.

Juke joints, jazz clubs, & juice : cocktails from two centuries of African American cookbooks

by

Tipton-Martin, Toni, author.

Publication Date

2023

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Book

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641.874 TIP

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9.

Naming ceremony

by

Wedlick, Seina, author.

Publication Date

2023

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Book

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WED

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10.

Symphony of secrets

by

Slocumb, Brendan, author.

Publication Date

2023

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Book

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SLO

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11.

Biography of a phantom : a Robert Johnson blues odyssey

by

McCormick, Mack, author.

Publication Date

2023

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Book

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927.8242 JOH

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12.

A master class on being human : a Black Christian and a Black secular humanist on religion, race, and justice

by

Braxton, Brad Ronnell, author.

Publication Date

2023

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Book

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306.0973 BRA

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13.

Symphony of secrets [large print]

by

Slocumb, Brendan, author.

Publication Date

2023

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Book

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SLO

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14.

Bet on Black : the good news about being Black in America today

by

Williams, Eboni K., author.

Publication Date

2023

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Book

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973.0496073 WIL

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15.

Suddenly we

by

Shockley, Evie, 1965- author.

Publication Date

2023

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Book

Call Number

811.6 SHO

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16.

Constructing a nervous system : a memoir

by

Jefferson, Margo, 1947- author.

Publication Date

2022

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Book

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305.896 JEF

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17.

A coastline is an immeasurable thing : a memoir across three continents

by

Daniel, Mary-Alice, author.

Publication Date

2022

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Book

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973.0496 DAN

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18.

Right where I left you

by

Winters, Julian, author.

Publication Date

2022

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WIN

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19.

Summer of soul [DVD video] : (... or, when the revolution could not be televised) = L'été de la soul

by

Questlove, film director.

Publication Date

2022

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DVD & blu-ray

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782.421644 SUM

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A coastline is an immeasurable thing [CD] : a memoir across three continents

by

Daniel, Mary-Alice, author.

Publication Date

2022

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CD

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973.0496 DAN

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21.

Briarcliff Prep

by

Peppins, Brianna, author.

Publication Date

2022

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Book

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PEP

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22.

Free at last : a Juneteenth poem

by

Kincaid Rolle, Sojourner, author.

Publication Date

2022

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Book

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811.6 KIN

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23.

On Juneteenth

by

Gordon-Reed, Annette, author.

Publication Date

2021

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Book

Call Number

973.04 GOR

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24.

Entertaining race : performing Blackness in America

by

Dyson, Michael Eric, author.

Publication Date

2021

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Book

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305.896073 DYS

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25.

Defiant : growing up in the Jim Crow South

by

Hudson, Wade, author.

Publication Date

2021

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Book

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323 HUD

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26.

I don't like the blues : race, place, and the backbeat of Black life

by

Foster, B. Brian, author.

Publication Date

2020

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Book

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781.643 FOS

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27.

Black boy : (American hunger) : a record of childhood and youth

by

Wright, Richard, 1908-1960, author.

Publication Date

2020

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Book

Call Number

928.152 WRI

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28.

Not so pure and simple

by

Giles, L. R. (Lamar R.), author.

Publication Date

2020

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Book

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GIL

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29.

Paris is burning

by

Livingston, Jennie, film director.

Publication Date

2020

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DVD & blu-ray

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306.778 PAR

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30.

Paris is burning [DVD video]

by

Livingston, Jennie, film director, film producer.

Publication Date

2020

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DVD & blu-ray

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306.778 PAR

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31.

Stupid Black girl : essays from an American African

by

Redux, Aisha, author.

Publication Date

2020

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Book

Call Number

305.48896073 RED

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32.

Rebel : women who dare [DAISY talking book]

by

Jenkins, Beverly, 1951- author.

Publication Date

2019

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Digital

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JEN GOT/ROM

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33.

Lady of perdition

by

Hambly, Barbara, author.

Publication Date

2019

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Book

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HAM

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34.

The undefeated

by

Alexander, Kwame, author.

Publication Date

2019

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Book

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811.6 ALE

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35.

If it makes you happy

by

Kann, Claire, author.

Publication Date

2019

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Book

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KAN

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36.

Sweet Home Cafe cookbook : a celebration of African American cooking

by

Lukas, Albert, 1968- author.

Publication Date

2018

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Book

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641.59296073 LUK

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37.

Hale County this morning, this evening [DVD video]

by

Ross, RaMell, film director, film producer, screenwriter, editor of moving image work.

Publication Date

2018

Format:

DVD & blu-ray

Call Number

305.896073 HAL

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38.

The woman in the iron coffin [DVD video]

by

Luria, Adam, screenwriter, television director.

Publication Date

2018

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DVD & blu-ray

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973.0496073 WOM

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39.

Let's talk about love

by

Kann, Claire, author.

Publication Date

2018

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Book

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KAN

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40.

Let it bang : a young black man's reluctant odyssey into guns

by

Young, R. J., (Writer), author.

Publication Date

2018

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Book

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305.896073 YOU

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41.

Breathless [DAISY talking book]

by

Jenkins, Beverly, 1951- author.

Publication Date

2018

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Digital

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JEN GOT/ROM

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42.

Amiable with big teeth : a novel of the love affair between the communists and the poor black sheep of Harlem

by

McKay, Claude, 1890-1948, author.

Publication Date

2017

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Book

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MCK

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43.

Benjamin January. Books 10-13 [DAISY talking book]

by

Hambly, Barbara, author.

Publication Date

2017

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Digital

Call Number

HAM MYSTERY

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44.

Kiki [DVD video]

by

Jordenö, Sara, 1974- film director.

Publication Date

2017

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DVD & blu-ray

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306.76 KIK

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45.

Celebrate Kwanzaa

by

Otto, Carolyn.

Publication Date

2017

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Book

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HOLIDAY 394.2612 OTT

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46.

The original Black elite : Daniel Murray and the story of a forgotten era

by

Taylor, Elizabeth Dowling, author.

Publication Date

2017

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Book

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973.0496073 TAY

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47.

Let's clap, jump, sing & shout; dance, spin & turn it out! : games, songs & stories from an African American childhood

by

McKissack, Pat, 1944-2017 author.

Publication Date

2017

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Book

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305.896073 MCK

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48.

Expanding gender [digital video] : youth out front.

by

Hamer, Dean film director.

Publication Date

2016

Format:

Streaming video

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GM1I0N A

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49.

Hip hop family tree. [4], [1984-1985]

by

Piskor, Ed, author, illustrator.

Publication Date

2016

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Book

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781.649 PIS

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50.

Olio

by

Jess, Tyehimba, author.

Publication Date

2016

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Book

Call Number

811.6 JES

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51.

Negroland : a memoir

by

Jefferson, Margo, 1947-

Publication Date

2015

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Book

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306.896073 JEF

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52.

Hip hop family tree. 3, 1983-1984

by

Piskor, Ed, author, illustrator.

Publication Date

2015

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Book

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781.649 PIS

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53.

I know why the caged bird sings

by

Angelou, Maya, author.

Publication Date

2015

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Book

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928.185 ANG

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54.

August Wilson : the ground on which I stand [DVD video].

by

PBS Distribution (Firm), film distributor.

Publication Date

2015

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DVD & blu-ray

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928.154 WIL

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55.

Dispatches from Pluto : lost and found in the Mississippi Delta

by

Grant, Richard, 1963- author.

Publication Date

2015

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Book

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976.24 GRA

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56.

The African Americans [DVD video] : many rivers to cross

by

Gates, Henry Louis, Jr. author, host.

Publication Date

2014

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DVD & blu-ray

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973.0496073 AFR

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57.

Flex is kings [DVD video]

by

Schoo, Deidre, director, producer, cinematographer.

Publication Date

2014

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DVD & blu-ray

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792.8097471 FLE I33457244

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58.

Hip hop family tree. 2, 1981-1983

by

Piskor, Ed, author.

Publication Date

2014

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Book

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781.649 PIS

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59.

Les Blank : always for pleasure. Disc 2 [DVD video]

by

Blank, Les.

Publication Date

2014

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DVD & blu-ray

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791.43 LES

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60.

The grey album : on the blackness of blackness

by

Young, Kevin, 1970-

Publication Date

2012

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Book

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700.8996 YOU

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61.

King Peggy : an American secretary, her royal destiny, and the inspiring story of how she changed an African village

by

Bartels, Peggielene, 1953-

Publication Date

2012

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Book

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923.1667 BAR

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62.

The twelve tribes of Hattie

by

Mathis, Ayana, author.

Publication Date

2012

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Book

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MAT

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63.

Black in Latin America [DVD video]

by

Gates, Henry Louis, Jr. on-screen presenter, screenwriter.

Publication Date

2011

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DVD & blu-ray

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980.00496 BLA

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64.

Cover image for The food, folklore, and art of lowcountry cooking : a celebration of the foods, history, and romance handed down from England, Africa, the Caribbean, France, Germany, and Scotland

The food, folklore, and art of lowcountry cooking : a celebration of the foods, history, and romance handed down from England, Africa, the Caribbean, France, Germany, and Scotland

by

Dabney, Joseph Earl.

Publication Date

2010

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Book

Call Number

641.5975 DAB

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65.

Kwanzaa

by

Anderson, Sheila.

Publication Date

2010

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Book

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HOLIDAY 394.2612 AND

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66.

The clumsiest people in Europe, or, Mrs. Mortimer's bad-tempered guide to the Victorian world

by

Mortimer, Favell Lee, 1802-1878.

Publication Date

2005

Format:

Book

Call Number

910.202 MOR

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67.

Jazz : a novel

by

Morrison, Toni, author.

Publication Date

2004

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Book

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MOR

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68.

Kwanzaa : a level two reader

by

Johnston, M. C., 1973-

Publication Date

2003

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Book

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HOLIDAY YRE JOH

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69.

Salvation : Black people and love

by

hooks, bell, 1952-2021, author.

Publication Date

2001

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Book

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306.7089 HOO

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70.

Crowns : portraits of Black women in church hats

by

Cunningham, Michael, 1969 Feb. 27-

Publication Date

2000

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Book

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391.43 CUN

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71.

Going to meet the man

by

Baldwin, James, 1924-1987, author.

Publication Date

1995

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Book

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BAL

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72.

Hanging Woman Creek : a novel

by

L'Amour, Louis, 1908-1988.

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Book

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LAM

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73.

Imani's gift at Kwanzaa

by

Burden-Patmon, Denise

Publication Date

1992

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Book

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HOLIDAY 394.268 BUR

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