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13.

King : a life

Eig, Jonathan, author.

Publication Date

2025

Format:

Book

Call Number

323 EIG

Available: Holds: Copies:

SD_ILS:799549

14.

Knucklehead : poems

Keith, Tony, Jr., author.

Publication Date

2025

Format:

Book

Call Number

811.6 KEI

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SD_ILS:799550

15.

The filling station : a novel

Miller, Vanessa, author.

Publication Date

2025

Format:

Book

Call Number

MIL

Available: Holds: Copies:

SD_ILS:802484

16.

The sable cloak

Grant, Gail Milissa, 1949- author.

Publication Date

2025

Format:

Book

Call Number

GRA

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SD_ILS:802537

17.

I can grow it!

Greenawalt, Kelly, author.

Publication Date

2025

Format:

Book

Call Number

PRI

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SD_ILS:803101

18.

The containment : Detroit, the Supreme Court, and the battle for racial justice in the North

Adams, Michelle, 1963- author.

Publication Date

2025

Format:

Book

Call Number

344.730798 ADA

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SD_ILS:804097

19.

Firstborn girls : a memoir

McFadden, Bernice L., author.

Publication Date

2025

Format:

Book

Call Number

928.154 MCF

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SD_ILS:804111

20.

Harriet Tubman : military scout and tenacious visionary : from her roots in Ghana to her legacy on the Eastern Shore

Wiesen, Jean Marie, author.

Publication Date

2025

Format:

Book

Call Number

973.7115 WIE

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SD_ILS:804122

21.

How to sell out : the (hidden) cost of being a Black writer

Sanders, Chad, author.

Publication Date

2025

Format:

Book

Call Number

814 SAN

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SD_ILS:804128

22.

Integrated : how American schools failed Black children

Rooks, Noliwe, 1963- author.

Publication Date

2025

Format:

Book

Call Number

379.2630973 ROO

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SD_ILS:804134

23.

Spell freedom : the underground schools that built the civil rights movement

Weiss, Elaine, 1952- author.

Publication Date

2025

Format:

Book

Call Number

324.6208 WEI

Available: Holds: Copies:

SD_ILS:804166

24.

L'artiviste

Smith, Nikkolas, 1985- author, illustrator.

Publication Date

2025

Format:

Book

Call Number

SMI

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SD_ILS:804518

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African Americans -- Juvenile fiction.

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Magic -- Juvenile fiction.

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Schools -- Juvenile fiction.

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Secrecy -- Fiction.

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African American detectives -- Fiction.

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African American families -- Fiction.

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African American families -- Juvenile fiction.

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African American girls -- Juvenile fiction.

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African Americans -- History.

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African Americans -- Race identity.

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African Americans -- Social life and customs.

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Blue -- Social aspects.

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Blues (Music) -- Psychological aspects.

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Civil rights movements -- United States -- History -- 20th century.

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Civil rights workers -- United States -- Biography -- Juvenile literature.

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Family secrets -- Fiction.

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King, Martin Luther, Jr., 1929-1968 -- Juvenile literature.

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New York (N.Y.) -- Biography.

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Perry, Imani, 1972-

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Racism -- United States.

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Women, Black -- United States -- Biography.

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Actresses, Black -- France -- Biography.

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Adult child abuse victims -- Biography.

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African American Baptists -- Clergy -- Biography -- Juvenile literature.

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African American actors -- Biography.

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African American artists -- New York (State) -- New York -- Case studies.

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African American athletes -- Biography.

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African American authors -- New York (State) -- New York -- Biography.

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African American ballerinas -- Biography -- Juvenile literature.

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African American basketball players -- History.

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African American boys -- Juvenile literature.

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African American children -- Education -- History.

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African American children -- Louisiana -- New Orleans -- Biography -- Juvenile literature.

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African American civil rights workers -- Biography -- Juvenile literature.

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African American civil rights workers -- Biography.

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African American entertainers -- France.

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African American families -- Wisconsin.

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African American gay men -- Biography.

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African American girls -- Violence against -- Press coverage -- United States.

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African American jazz musicians -- Biography -- Comic books, strips, etc.

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African American men -- Fiction.

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African American men -- Juvenile literature.

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African American musicians -- Biography.

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African American polo players -- Biography.

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African American prisoners -- Family relationships.

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African American singers -- Biography.

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African American soldiers -- Comic books, strips, etc.

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African American soldiers -- Fiction.

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African American teenage boys -- Juvenile fiction.

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African American teenagers -- Juvenile fiction.

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African American women -- Juvenile fiction.

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African American women -- Race identity -- New York (State) -- New York.

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African American women -- Violence against -- Press coverage -- United States.

(1)

African American women abolitionists -- Biography.

(1)

African American women authors -- Biography.

(1)

African American women civil rights workers -- Biography.

(1)

African American women dancers -- France.

(1)

African American women executives -- Biography.

(1)

African American women journalists -- Biography.

(1)

African American women lawyers -- Fiction.

(1)

African American women legislators -- Biography -- Juvenile literature.

(1)

African American women singers -- 20th century -- Biography.

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African American women singers -- Fiction.

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African Americans -- Civil rights -- History -- 20th century -- Juvenile literature.

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African Americans -- Civil rights -- History -- 20th century.

(1)

African Americans -- Civil rights -- History.

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African Americans -- Civil rights -- Michigan -- Detroit -- Social conditions -- 20th century.

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African Americans -- Civil rights.

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African Americans -- Education -- Southern States -- History -- 20th century.

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African Americans -- France -- Fiction.

(1)

African Americans -- France -- Paris -- Fiction.

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African Americans -- History -- 1863-1877.

(1)

African Americans -- Legal status, laws, etc.

(1)

African Americans -- Louisiana -- New Orleans -- Biography -- Juvenile literature.

(1)

African Americans -- Missouri -- Saint Louis -- Fiction.

(1)

African Americans -- Music -- History and criticism -- Juvenile literature.

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African Americans -- New York (State) -- New York -- Biography.

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African Americans -- Psychology.

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African Americans -- Religion -- History.

(1)

African Americans -- Religion.

(1)

African Americans -- Social conditions -- 19th century -- Fiction.

(1)

African Americans -- Social conditions.

(1)

African Americans -- Southern States -- Genealogy.

(1)

African Americans -- Suffrage -- Southern States -- History -- 20th century.

(1)

African Americans -- Violence against -- New York (State) -- New York -- Case studies.

(1)

African Americans -- Violence against.

(1)

African Americans -- Wisconsin -- Biography.

(1)

African Americans.

(1)

Anecdotes.

(1)

Antislavery movements -- United States.

(1)

Apartheid -- Fiction.

(1)

Art dans la rue -- Romans, nouvelles, etc. pour la jeunesse.

(1)

Artistes -- Romans, nouvelles, etc. pour la jeunesse.

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Artists -- Juvenile fiction.

(1)

Audiobooks.

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Autism spectrum disorders -- Juvenile fiction.

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Baker, Josephine, 1906-1975.

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Ballerinas -- Biography -- Juvenile literature.

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Ballet -- Biography -- Juvenile literature.

(1)

Basketball -- Social aspects -- United States.

(1)

Bell family.

(1)

Best friends -- Juvenile fiction.

(1)

Bildungsromans.

(1)

Biographical fiction.

(1)

Black lives matter movement.

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Black people -- Wisconsin -- Biography.

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Board books.

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Bradley, Ronald -- Trials, litigation, etc.

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Brain damage -- Anecdotes.

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Bridges, Ruby -- Juvenile literature.

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Brothers -- Juvenile fiction.

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Burke, Daria.

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Busing for school integration -- Law and legislation -- Michigan -- Detroit -- History.

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Cancer -- Patients -- United States -- Biography.

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Changement social -- Romans, nouvelles, etc. pour la jeunesse.

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Chicago (Ill.) -- Fiction.

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Chiles, Jordan.

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Christian fiction.

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Church history.

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City and town life -- Juvenile fiction.

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Civil rights movements -- United States -- History -- 20th century -- Juvenile literature.

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Civil rights movements -- United States -- History.

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Civil rights workers -- United States -- Biography.

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Comics (Graphic works)

(1)

Community archaeology -- United States.

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Conflict management -- Social aspects.

(1)

Courts and courtiers -- Juvenile fiction.

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Crudup, Arthur, 1905-1974.

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Danville (Kan.) -- Biography.

(1)

DePrince, Michaela -- Juvenile literature.

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Demonology -- Juvenile fiction.

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Detroit (Mich.) -- History -- 20th century.

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Detroit (Mich.). Board of Education.

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Discrimination in education -- Law and legislation -- Michigan -- Detroit -- History.

(1)

Dunking (Basketball)

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Easter egg hunts -- Juvenile fiction.

(1)

Educational equalization -- United States -- History.

(1)

Enslaved persons -- Family relationships -- United States -- History.

(1)

Enslaved persons -- Southern States -- Genealogy.

(1)

Enslaved persons -- United States -- Biography.

(1)

Equality -- United States -- History.

(1)

False imprisonment -- Juvenile fiction.

(1)

Families -- History -- Fiction.

(1)

Families, Black -- Wisconsin.

(1)

Family reunification -- United States -- History -- 19th century.

(1)

Family-owned business enterprises -- Fiction.

(1)

Fathers -- Death.

(1)

Fathers and sons -- Juvenile fiction.

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Feminism.

(1)

Fiction.

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Fitzgerald, Ella -- Comic books, strips, etc.

(1)

France -- Fiction.

(1)

Freed persons -- Family relationships -- United States -- History.

(1)

Freed persons -- United States -- Biography.

(1)

Frontier and pioneer life -- Juvenile fiction.

(1)

Gardening -- Juvenile fiction.

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Gay men -- Juvenile literature.

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Perry, Imani, 1972- author.

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Adams, Michelle, 1963- author.

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Afia, Nekesa, author.

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Aira, Tomás, artist.

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Alexander, Kwame, author.

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Anthony, Tamisha, illustrator.

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Baker, Josephine, 1906-1975, author.

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Biles, Simone, 1997- writer of foreword.

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Black, Daniel, author.

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Blackwood, Remi, author.

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Bob, the Drag Queen, 1986-, author.

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Cavagna, Marlène, translator.

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Clark, Jessica W., illustrator.

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Emgård, Christofer, author.

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Figueroa, Raissa, illustrator.

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Flake, Sharon G., author.

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Francis-Sharma, Lauren, author.

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Giesberg, Judith Ann, 1966- author.

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Grant, Gail Milissa, 1949- author.

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Green, Elon, author.

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Greenawalt, Kelly, author.

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Harris, Keeonna, author.

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Jerkins, Morgan, author.

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Johnson, Leah (Young adult author), author.

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Johnson, Nancy (Novelist), author.

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Jones, Martha S., author.

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Keith, Tony, Jr., author.

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Langley, Kaija, author.

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Lauterbach, Preston, author

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Laverne, Felice, author.

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Lee, Lindsay, artist.

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Lewis, David Levering, 1936- author.

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Lewis, Sophie, translator.

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Long, Michael G., adapter.

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Lyons, Kelly Starling, author.

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Madison, Ira, III, author.

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Mallory, Tamika D., author.

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Mansilla, Jorge, artist.

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Mantella, Mauro, letterer.

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McFadden, Bernice L., author.

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Merritt, Tyler, author.

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Mickelbury, Penny, 1948- author.

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Miller, Vanessa, author.

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Mirchandani, Raakhee, author.

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Mollel-Blakely, Delois N., writer of foreword.

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Moore, Tanisia, author.

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Neely, Cheryl L., author.

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Nwadiogbu, Ngozi, author.

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Obuobi, Laura, author.

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Okokon, Theresa, author.

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Oluo, Ijeoma, writer of foreward.

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Palmer, Charly, illustrator.

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Perkins-Valdez, Dolen, author.

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Pierce, Yolanda Nicole, author.

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Prescod, Danielle, author.

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Rauscher, Amariah, illustrator.

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Rhodes, Jewell Parker, author.

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Riera, Juan, artist.

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Rivero, Larissa, artist.

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Robbins, Dean, 1957- author.

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Roberts, Tara, author.

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Rooks, Noliwe, 1963- author.

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Ross, Loretta J., author, narrator.

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Rosser, Kareem, author.

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Sanders, Chad, author.

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Sielski, Mike, 1975- author.

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Smith, Nikki Shannon, 1971- author.

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Smith, Nikkolas, 1985- author, illustrator.

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Spencer, Wayne, 1980- illustrator.

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Theoharis, Jeanne, author.

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Tran, Trudy, illustrator.

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Translatio of (work): Smith, Nikkolas, 1985- Artivist. French.

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Warren, Tiffany L., author.

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Wasson, Brian, author.

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Weiss, Elaine, 1952- author.

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Wiesen, Jean Marie, author.

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Wilkerson, Charmaine, author.

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Williams, Anastasia Magloire, illustrator.

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Williams, Juan, author.

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Williams, Yohuru, 1971- adapter.

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Wright Faladé, David, 1964- author.

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Zafar, Anam, translator.

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