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I know why the caged bird sings

Angelou, Maya, author.

Publication Date

2015

Format:

Book

Call Number

928.185 ANG

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SD_ILS:32531

Freedom's school

Cline-Ransome, Lesa, author.

Publication Date

2015

Format:

Book

Call Number

306.362 CLI

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SD_ILS:294816

Public School Superhero

Patterson, James, 1947- author.

Publication Date

2015

Format:

Book

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PAT

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SD_ILS:295304

Selected letters of Langston Hughes

Hughes, Langston, 1902-1967.

Publication Date

2015

Format:

Book

Call Number

818.5209 HUG

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SD_ILS:298440

My name is Truth : the life of Sojourner Truth

Turner, Ann Warren, author.

Publication Date

2015

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Book

Call Number

306.362092 TUR

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SD_ILS:305349

The sacrifice [CD] : a novel

Oates, Joyce Carol, 1938- author.

Publication Date

2015

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OAT

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SD_ILS:305606

The sacrifice [large print]

Oates, Joyce Carol, 1938- author.

Publication Date

2015

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OAT

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SD_ILS:306178

Mrs. Grant and Madame Jule [large print]

Chiaverini, Jennifer, author.

Publication Date

2015

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Book

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CHI

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SD_ILS:307358

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

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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SD_ILS:308758

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Pleasantville

Locke, Attica, author.

Publication Date

2015

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LOC

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SD_ILS:349057

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The light of the world : a memoir

Alexander, Elizabeth, 1962- author.

Publication Date

2015

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Book

Call Number

928.154 ALE

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SD_ILS:349186

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After the dance : my life with Marvin Gaye

Gaye, Jan, 1956- author.

Publication Date

2015

Format:

Book

Call Number

927.8242 GAY

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SD_ILS:350194

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Haley, Alex. Autobiography of Malcom X.

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Harper Audio (Firm)

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Hughes, Langston, 1902-1967.

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Jones, James Earl 1931-. actor.

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Kanjo, Kathryn, author.

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Kiely, Brendan, 1977- author.

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King Jr., Woodie 1937-. film director.

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Lawrence, Jacob, 1917-2000. Works. Selections.

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Lazarre-White, Adam, 1969- narrator.

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Lee, Stacey (Stacey Heather). author.

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Leeming, David Adams, 1937- author.

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Lewis, John, 1940-2020 author.

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Lewis, Robin Coste, author.

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Locke, Attica, author.

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Lowinger, Kathy, author.

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McCray , Judith film director.

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Museum of Contemporary Art, San Diego, host institution.

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Nelson, Marilyn, 1946- author.

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PBS Distribution (Firm), film distributor.

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Phillips, Carl, 1959- author.

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Prince, Bryan, 1951- author.

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Rampersad, Arnold, editor.

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Ritz, David, author.

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Roberts, Jodi, writer of added text.

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Roessel, David E. (David Ernest), 1954- editor.

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Shabazz, Ilyasah, author.

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Smith, Ronald L. (Ronald Lenard), 1959- author.

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Smith, Tracy K., author.

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Smithgall, Elsa, author.

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Sosin, Deborah, author.

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Storr, Robert, interviewer.

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Strahan, Michael, 1971- author.

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Szwed, John F., 1936- author.

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Tebbetts, Christopher, author.

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Thomas, Cory, illustrator.

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Top Shelf Productions (Marietta, Ga.), publisher.

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Troupe, Quincy, author.

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Turner, Ann Warren, author.

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Turpin, Bahni, narrator.

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Van Clief-Stefanon, Lyrae writer of supplementary textual content.

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Walker Art Center, host institution.

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Weatherford, Carole Boston, 1956- author.

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Wexner Center for the Arts, host institution.

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Whitten, Jack, 1939- artist.

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Williams, Crystal, 1970- writer of supplementary textual content.

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Williams-Garcia, Rita, author.

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Winfrey, Oprah, writer of foreword.

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Wood, Michele, illustrator.

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Yaeger, Don, author.

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hooks, bell, 1952-2021, author.

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