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

Perry, Imani, 1972- author.

Publication Date

2025

Format:

Book

Call Number

305.896073 PER

Available: Holds: Copies:

SD_ILS:795034

Madness : race and insanity in a Jim Crow asylum

Hylton, Antonia, author.

Publication Date

2024

Format:

Book

Call Number

362.21 HYL

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SD_ILS:707769

The stolen wealth of slavery : a case for reparations

Montero, David, author.

Publication Date

2024

Format:

Book

Call Number

381.440973 MON

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SD_ILS:708146

The Black box : writing the race

Gates, Henry Louis, Jr., author.

Publication Date

2024

Format:

Book

Call Number

305.896073 GAT

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SD_ILS:712370

Dear Black girls : how to be true to you

Wilson, A'ja, 1996- author.

Publication Date

2024

Format:

Book

Call Number

305.23089 WIL

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SD_ILS:712381

John Lewis : a life

Greenberg, David, 1968- author.

Publication Date

2024

Format:

Book

Call Number

923.273 LEW

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SD_ILS:729929

Our hidden conversations : what Americans really think about race and identity

Norris, Michele, author.

Publication Date

2024

Format:

Book

Call Number

305.800973 NOR

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SD_ILS:704658

We are the leaders we have been looking for

Glaude, Eddie S., Jr., 1968- author.

Publication Date

2024

Format:

Book

Call Number

323.0420973 GLA

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SD_ILS:805373

A most tolerant little town : the explosive beginning of school desegregation

Martin, Rachel Louise, 1980- author.

Publication Date

2023

Format:

Book

Call Number

379.263 MAR

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SD_ILS:693870

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Saying it loud : 1966--the year Black power challenged the civil rights movement

Whitaker, Mark, author.

Publication Date

2023

Format:

Book

Call Number

323.1196073 WHI

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SD_ILS:680161

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Overground railroad : the Green Book and the roots of Black travel in America

Taylor, Candacy A., author.

Publication Date

2022

Format:

Book

Call Number

973.0496073 TAY

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SD_ILS:675797

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The Underground Railroad

Messner, Kate, author.

Publication Date

2022

Format:

Book

Call Number

973.7115 MES

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SD_ILS:687762

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Berry, Wendell, 1934- author.

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