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25.

Billie Holiday : the graphic novel

Gilbert, Ebony, author.

Publication Date

2021

Format:

Book

Call Number

927.8242 HOL

Available: Holds: Copies:

SD_ILS:596264

26.

King of ragtime : the story of Scott Joplin

Costanza, Stephen, author, illustrator.

Publication Date

2021

Format:

Book

Call Number

789.9 COS

Available: Holds: Copies:

SD_ILS:640729

27.

Liner notes for the revolution : the intellectual life of black feminist sound

Brooks, Daphne, author.

Publication Date

2021

Format:

Book

Call Number

780.820973 BRO

Available: Holds: Copies:

SD_ILS:610558

28.

The saddest words : William Faulkner's Civil War

Gorra, Michael Edward, author.

Publication Date

2020

Format:

Book

Call Number

813 GOR

Available: Holds: Copies:

SD_ILS:591426

29.

The meaning of soul : Black music and resilience since the 1960s

Lordi, Emily J., 1979- author.

Publication Date

2020

Format:

Book

Call Number

781.644 LOR

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SD_ILS:591409

30.

The dark fantastic : race and the imagination from Harry Potter to The hunger games

Thomas, Ebony Elizabeth, 1977- author.

Publication Date

2019

Format:

Book

Call Number

813 THO

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SD_ILS:506130

31.

To float in the space between : a life and work in conversation with the life and work of Etheridge Knight

Hayes, Terrance, author.

Publication Date

2018

Format:

Book

Call Number

811.54 KNI Y

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SD_ILS:507542

32.

Well-read black girl : finding our stories, discovering ourselves : an anthology

Edim, Glory, 1982- editor.

Publication Date

2018

Format:

Book

Call Number

810.8 WEL

Available: Holds: Copies:

SD_ILS:487314

33.

The land between two rivers : writing in an age of refugees

Sleigh, Tom, author.

Publication Date

2018

Format:

Book

Call Number

814.6 SLE

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SD_ILS:447910

34.

The Harlem Renaissance [DAISY talking book] : a very short introduction

Wall, Cheryl A., author.

Publication Date

2018

Format:

Digital

Call Number

810.9896073 WAL

Available: Holds: Copies:

SD_ILS:661445

35.

The origin of others

Morrison, Toni, author.

Publication Date

2017

Format:

Book

Call Number

305.896 MOR

Available: Holds: Copies:

SD_ILS:448297

36.

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

Piskor, Ed, author, illustrator.

Publication Date

2016

Format:

Book

Call Number

781.649 PIS

Available: Holds: Copies:

SD_ILS:390975

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Crafts, Hannah. Bondswoman's narrative.

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Glaser, Joe, 1896-1969.

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Lambda Literary Awards (2024) -- Nominee.

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Morton, Jelly Roll, 1890-1941.

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National Book Award for Nonfiction (2021) -- Nominee.

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