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The new Jim Crow The new Jim Crow 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… OL13826369W
Callie Ann and Mistah Bear Callie Ann and Mistah Bear Robert D. San Souci A bear disguised as a fine, handsome man comes courting Callie's mother and Callie must outwit the bear to prevent her mother from marrying it. OL15077017W
The Warmth of Other Suns The Warmth of Other Suns Robin Miles,Isabel Wilkerson In this epic, beautifully written masterwork, Pulitzer Prize-winning author Isabel Wilkerson chronicles one of the great untold stories of American history: the decades-long migration of black citize… OL15380640W
Ninth Ward Ninth Ward Jewell Parker Rhodes "En Louisiane, tout le monde croit aux esprits. Lanesha, elle, a le don de les voir. "Tu es comme moi, ma chérie, tu as un don de double vue ", lui a expliqué Mama Ya-Ya, la sage-femme qui l'a recuei… OL15731988W
American Negro poetry American Negro poetry Arna Wendell Bontemps With 200,000 copies in print, this anthology has for decades been seen as a fundamental collection of African-American verse. OL1946468W
There will be no miracles here There will be no miracles here Casey Gerald Casey Gerald comes to our fractured times as a uniquely visionary witness whose life has spanned seemingly unbridgeable divides. His story begins at the end of the world: Dallas, New Year's Eve 1999,… OL19763516W
Twelve Years a Slave Twelve Years a Slave Solomon Northup The true story of Solomon Northup, a free black man living in New York.who was kidnapped by slave hunters and sold into slavery where he endured degradation and abuse until his rescue twelve years la… OL20248285W
Carver, a Life in Poems Carver, a Life in Poems Marilyn Nelson George Washington Carver was born a slave in Missouri about 1864 and was raised by the childless white couple who had owned his mother. In 1877 he left home in search of an education, eventually earn… OL2641346W
Rosa Parks Rosa Parks Cynthia Mercati Presents the African American woman who, in refusing to obey a discriminatory rule about bus seating, set off both the Montgomery Bus Boycott and a movement that changed the nation's laws. OL27713543W
Angels all around Angels all around Alice Burnette Greene God has a plan for two special angels who are sent to live as humans in the world. Kenisha Brown, endowed with the gifts of healing and great compassion, must meet and marry fellow angel Michael LInd… OL27737673W
101 Real Money Questions 101 Real Money Questions Jesse B. Brown "Jesse Brown puts money in your pocket, answers all your questions, and gives you the know-how to create the future you want for yourself and your family."-- From the Foreword by Tavis Smiley"If you … OL2779733W
Who do I run to? Who do I run to? Anna Black Janiece Hawkins never thought she'd find herself facing a love triangle with a married man. Things spiral out of control when KP decides it's time to leave his wife to be with Janiece. Drama kicks in… OL28170982W
Heartless Heartless Cachet Brandy Wilson is no stranger to pain; she endured it most of her young life. At the tender age of eight, her mother sold her to men in order to supply her drug habit. After her mother overdosed, Bran… OL28173431W
Forbidden Forbidden Saundra Up until age twelve Forbidden had been raised in the dumps of Liberty Square, aka Pork & Beans Project, in Miami. After her entire family is murdered she is tossed from different foster homes all ove… OL28586899W
Dark princess Dark princess W. E. B. Du Bois 29, 311 p. 24 cm OL28596W
I'm his other woman I'm his other woman Diaka Kaba Drug lord Tyshawn falls out of love with his wife, and falls in love with his mistress. OL28956746W
Sick obsession 2 Sick obsession 2 Shawanda Carter "Derrick was hired to follow and monitor a young woman, not aware that she was a stone cold killer. Unable to handle what this job requires, he wants out, but getting out from working with a mysterio… OL29250377W
Giving my love to a boss Giving my love to a boss Loyalty (Novelist) "What is love? That is the question Envy has always had a hard time finding the answers to. With dealing with the abuse of her step father, and a mother who doesn't care, she was forced to leave home… OL29317364W
Queen of the city 3 Queen of the city 3 Tamicka Higgins Lyric picks up where she left off, in the hotel room of Big Tuck, the City's most ruthless drug Lord. She sets up him with sexual advances to take his mind off of why she really came; to carry out re… OL29318274W
Jazz Jazz Toni Morrison It is winter, barely three days into 1926, seven years after Armistice; we are in the scintillating City, around Lenox Avenue, "when all the wars are over and there will never be another one... At la… OL50563W
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