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Harriet Tubman, conductor on the Underground Railroad
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A biography of the black woman whose cruel experiences as a slave in the South led her to seek freedom in the North for herself and for others through the Underground railroad. |
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Proud shoes
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History of a family blended from slaves, free blacks, white slaveowners, Cherokee Indians, and others. |
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Her stories
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A few folktales, animal tales, fairy tales and even some actually true herstories collected and retold by Virginia Hamilton. |
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Get yours!
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Hey girlfriend, what do you dream of?Do you want more from your job, your man, your life? In this insightful guide, Amy DuBois Barnett, former editor-in-chief of Harper's Bazaar and Teen People, show… |
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The secret trust of Aspasia Cruvellier Mirault
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"In this biography set in nineteenth-century Savannah, Georgia, Janice L. Sumler-Edmond resurrects the life and times of Aspasia Cruvellier Mirault, a free woman of color whose story was until now lo… |
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Michelle
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For the freedom of her race
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Lisa G. Materson |
"Focusing on Chicago and downstate Illinois politics during the incredibly oppressive decades between the end of Reconstruction in 1877 and the election of Franklin Delano Roosevelt in 1932 - a perio… |
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Harriet Tubman
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Harriet Tubman was born into slavery around 1822. Between 1850 to 1860, Harriet helped about 70 slaves escape to freedom. She relied on the Underground Railroad, a secret network of people and safe h… |
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Michelle Obama
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Elizabeth Lightfoot |
Michelle Obama, brillante avocate, a eu des réserves quant à la décision de son mari, sénateur de l'Illinois, de s'engager dans la course présidentielle. Mais elle est rapidement apparue comme une pi… |
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Permission slips
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Sherri Shepherd |
Covering topics such as "It's Jesus or Jail,""Marriage, the Hard Way,""Children: The Gift You Can't Give Back," and "All the Things I Don't Know...And All the Things I Definitely Do," stand-up comedi… |
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God Ain't Blind
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Mary Monroe |
Two women who've been through just about everything together are about to find out if there are some things forever friends can't fix. . .Annette Goode Davis is a survivor. Life's obstacles have ofte… |
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Goodness and mercy
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Vanessa Davis Griggs |
Gabrielle Mercedes has dreamed of being a dancer since she was a little girl. But when her life takes a very different turn, it's not the future she'd envisioned for herself. Feeling a void she can't… |
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Playthang
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Black Girl/White Girl
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Remembering Minette Swift, the talented, assertive, 19-year-old African-American girl enrolled as a scholarship student in an exclusive, mostly white liberal arts college near Philadelphia who died u… |
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Counterfeit wives
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Phillip Thomas Duck |
He's handsome, intelligent, romantic and every woman's perfect husband. Too bad he's also three women's perfect husband. Under assumed names, Todd (aka Terry and Michael James) Darling has used his c… |
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Harriet Tubman
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Corinne J. Naden |
A biography of the African American woman who spent her childhood in slavery and later worked to help other slaves escape north to freedom through the Underground Railroad. |
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Getting to happy
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Terry McMillan |
Take a look in the mirror if you don't like what you see then pick a new outfit.
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Sex and the Single Braddock
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Robyn Amos |
As Senator Braddock's only daughter Shondra Braddock seemed to have it all: brains, beauty and the bank account of an heiress. But she didn't have answers. Determined to discover the connection betwe… |
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Jewels
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Michael Cunningham,Michael Cunningham |
Photographer Michael Cunningham (coauthor of Crowns) and author Connie Briscoe, a New York Times bestselling novelist, profile 50 women over the age of 50 who have been remarkably successful--whether… |
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The Prada plan 2
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Ashley |
Tired of competing against YaYa for Indie's affection, Leah kidnaps the couple's baby girl, turning Yaya and Indie's world upside down as they strive to stop this crazy woman from destroying everythi… |
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