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Teachers' Manual for African Americans in Florida Teachers' Manual for African Americans in Florida Kevin M. McCarthy,Maxine D. Jones This teachers' manual is meant to accompany the text entitled African Americans in Florida. The manual includes, for each chapter, (1) the key terms that are bold-faced in the text and defined in the… OL15481561W
When Solomon sings When Solomon sings Kendra Norman-Bellamy When he falls in love with Shaylynn Ford, a woman who also loves the Lord with all her heart, Neil Taylor, gifted with an amazing voice, finds their relationship threatened by his past as well as the… OL16643957W
Between the World and Me Between the World and Me Ta-Nehisi Coates Between the World and Me is a 2015 nonfiction book written by American author Ta-Nehisi Coates and published by Spiegel & Grau. It is written as a letter to the author's teenage son about the feeling… OL17201654W
Summer battles Summer battles Ann R. Blakeslee In the summer of 1926, eleven-year-old Kath visits her grandfather Grando, the only minister in Peaceable, Indiana, and finds him the target of the local Ku Klux Klan because he employs a colored wom… OL17281709W
Looking for Red Looking for Red Angela Johnson A thirteen-year-old girl struggles to cope with the loss of her beloved older brother, who disappeared four months earlier off the coast of Cape Cod. OL17740826W
Tears of a tiger Tears of a tiger Sharon M. Draper The death of high school basketball star Rob Washington in an automobile accident affects the lives of his close friend Andy, who was driving the car, and many others in the school. OL17743132W
Hitler's American Model Hitler's American Model James Q. Whitman How American race law provided a blueprint for Nazi Germany. Nazism triumphed in Germany during the high era of Jim Crow laws in the United States. Did the American regime of racial oppression in any… OL17761716W
How We Fight For Our Lives How We Fight For Our Lives Saeed Jones From award-winning poet Saeed Jones, How We Fight for Our Lives—winner of the Kirkus Prize and the Stonewall Book Award—is a “moving, bracingly honest memoir” (The New York Times Book Review) written… OL20344845W
Jimi Hendrix Jimi Hendrix Rebecca Poole Discusses the childhood, young adulthood, musical career, and death of Jimi Hendrix, considered by many to be the world's greatest rock-and-roll guitarist. OL20968911W
Temptation Temptation Victoria Christopher Murray Kyla and Jefferson Blake count their 16 years together as a wonderful blessing from God. Their marriage is passionate, their daughter is a joy, Jefferson's medial career is prospering and they have l… OL2189399W
Vintage Baldwin Vintage Baldwin James Baldwin In his internationally acclaimed novels, short stories, plays and essays, James Baldwin was and remains a powerfully prophetic voice in the American literary landscape, fearlessly brooding upon issue… OL2683344W
Brutal Imagination Brutal Imagination Cornelius Eady This poetry collection explores the vision of the black man in white imagination, as well as the black family and the barriers of color, class, and caste that tear it apart. These two main themes sho… OL3524912W
Joshua's Masai Mask Joshua's Masai Mask Dakari Hru Fearing that his classmates will ridicule his playing the kalimba in the school talent show, Joshua uses a magical Masai mask to transform himself into different people he thinks are more interesting… OL3529631W
Sweet, Sweet Memory Sweet, Sweet Memory Jacqueline Woodson Now that Grandpa’s gone, Sarah tries to remember what he used to say about the garden. Like us, he would tell her, a part of it never dies. Everything and everyone goes on and on. But Sarah feels ver… OL85366W
A Love For All Seasons A Love For All Seasons Bettye Griffin Alicia Timberlake was the woman of his dreams. And Jack Devlin couldn't believe his luck in finding her. But Alicia had always kept people at a distance, unwilling to let anyone-not even her family-c… OL999410W