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Six easy pieces
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Walter Mosley,M. E. Willis |
"Ezekiel Rawlins now has a steady job as senior head custodian of Sojourner Truth High School, a nice house with a garden, a loving woman, and children. He counts the blessings of leading a law-abidi… |
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The new Jim Crow
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Karen Chilton,Michelle Alexander |
This work argues that the War on Drugs and policies that deny convicted felons equal access to employment, housing, education, and public benefits create a permanent under caste based largely on race… |
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Playing the race card
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Linda Williams |
"The black man suffering at the hands of whites, the white woman sexually threatened by the black man. Both images have long been burned into the American conscience through popular entertainment, an… |
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Don't Call Us Dead
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Danez Smith |
Award-winning poet Danez Smith is a groundbreaking force, celebrated for deft lyrics, urgent subjects, and performative power. Don't Call Us Dead opens with a heartrending sequence that imagines an a… |
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Tyce
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Shareef Jaudon |
A gritty coming of age story about a young man who was found in a dumpster as a baby. Growing up on the streets of Los Angeles, he matures and sets out to find money by staging three heists with new … |
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The robbin' hoods
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Ericka Williams |
What started out as a petty crime with teenagers who would cut school and break into houses turned into a multi-million dollar empire when the crew took their craft to a higher level. The robbin' hoo… |
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Bishop 2
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Johnson, R. M. |
At the close of Bishop, Larry Lakes was informed that Van, Robby and Urail, the young men Larry mentored as boys in the churchs youth ministry, were charging him with sexual molestation. |
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Roxbury redemption
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Earle H. Williams |
Dr. Earle Williams is a Christian clinical psychologist, Assistant Professor at Hampton University, forensic evaluator, author, and speaker. Dr. Williams tells how he overcame challenges and found a … |
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Seven steps toward Black reemergence
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E. Jerome Johnson |
"A father writes to his daughter on the regaining of lost power." |
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