Wright, Richard
Summary: Autobiography of a black youth growing up in the South detailing the fear, hunger and oppression which prevailed and the author's brutal, furious reaction to it.
Format: sound recording-nonmusical
Publisher / Publication Date: Harper Audio 2005
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1 available in Compact Disc Audio Book, Call number: CD 921 WRIGHT, RICHARD WRISummary: From seventeen acclaimed Black male and nonbinary authors comes a vibrant collection of stories, comics, and poems about the power of joy and the wonders of Black boyhood.
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Delacorte Press 2021
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1 available in Juvenile Fiction, Call number: J FIC BLACopies Available at Peninsula
1 available in Young Adult Collection, Call number: YA FIC MBABalkan Beat Box (Musical group)
Contents: Intro -- Move it -- Blue eyed black boy -- Marcha de la vida -- Dancing with the moon -- Kabulectro -- My baby -- Balcumbia -- Look them act -- Smatron -- Lijepa mare -- Why -- Buhala -- War again.
Format: sound recording-musical
Publisher / Publication Date: Nat Geo Music 2010
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1 available in Compact Audio Disc, Call number: CD POP/ROCK BALKamanda, Ali
Summary: Illustrations and rhyming text encourage Black boys to learn about the accomplishments of famous men in Black history and then forge their own paths. The last two pages provide information on the accomplishments of the eight men mentioned in the book.
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Sourcebooks eXplore 2022
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1 available in Juvenile Easy, Call number: JE KAMOkkervil River (Musical group)
Contents: Black sheep boy -- For real -- In a radio song -- Black -- Get big -- A king and a queen -- A stone -- The latest toughs -- Song of our so-called friend -- So come back, I am waiting -- A glow.
Format: sound recording-musical
Publisher / Publication Date: Jagjaguwar 2005
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1 available in Compact Audio Disc, Call number: CD POP/ROCK OkkerAcho, Emmanuel
Summary: "For awkward questions white and non-black parents don't know how to answer, this is an essential guide to help support communication on how to dismantle racism amongst the youngest generation"--OCLC.
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Roaring Brook Press 2021
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1 available in Juvenile Nonfiction, Call number: J 303.8 ACHWatkins, D. (Dwight)
Summary: "At nine-years-old, D. Watkins has three concerns in life: picking his dad's lotto numbers, keeping his Nikes free of creases, and being a man. Directly in his periphery is east Baltimore, a poverty-stricken city battling the height of a crack epidemic just hours from the nation's capital. Watkins, like many boys around him, is thrust out of childhood and into a world where manhood means...
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Legacy Lit 2022
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 921 WATKINS, D. (DWIGHT) WATZiyad, Hari
Summary: "An eloquent, restless, and enlightening memoir by one of the most thought-provoking journalists today about growing up Black and queer in America, reuniting with the past, and coming of age their own way. One of nineteen children in a blended family, Hari Ziyad was raised by a Hindu Hare Kṛiṣhṇa mother and a Muslim father. Through reframing their own coming-of-age story, Ziyad takes readers on...
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Little A 2021
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 921 ZIYAD, HARI ZIYWright, Richard
Summary: The author grew up in the woods of Mississippi amid poverty, hunger, fear, and hatred. He lied, stole, and raged at those around him; at six he was a "drunkard", hanging about in taverns. Surly, brutal, cold, suspicious, and self-pitying, he was surrounded on one side by whites who were either indifferent to him, pitying, or cruel, and on the other side by blacks who resented anyone trying to...
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: HarperPerennial Modern Classics 2020
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 921 WRIGHT, RICHARD WRIContents: The baddest man alive (The Black Keys, RZA) -- Black out (Ghostface Killah, M.O.P., Pharoahe Monch) -- White dress (Kanye West) -- I forgot to be your lover (The Revelations feat. Tre Williams) -- Get your way (sex is a weapon) (Idol Warship [Talib Kweli/Res]) -- Rivers of blood (The Wu-Tang Clan, Kool G. Rap) -- Built for this (Method Man, Freddie Gibbs, Streetlife) -- The archer (Killa Sin)...
Format: sound recording-musical
Publisher / Publication Date: Soul Temple Entertainment 2012
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Summary: Soon after his mother's death, Matt takes a job at a funeral home in his tough Brooklyn neighborhood and, while attending and assisting with funerals, begins to accept her death and his responsibilities as a man.
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Atheneum Books for Young Readers 2015
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1 available in Young Adult Fiction, Call number: YA FIC REYWright, Richard
Contents: Black boy (American hunger) -- The outsider.
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Library of America 1991
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1 available in Adult Fiction, Call number: FIC WRIContents: Over there -- Swing excursion -- Danny boy (Londonderry air) -- Feur Elise -- Once upon a dream -- Black hole sun -- Zomino -- Ja-da -- Battle hymn of the republic -- Swanee.
Format: notated music
Publisher / Publication Date: Cherry Lane Music 1995
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1 available in Oversize, Call number: OVS 786.2 FROContents: Single ladies (Put a ring on it) / (Beyonc©♭) -- Get the party started / (P!nk) -- Baby one more time / (Britney Spears) -- Firework / (Katy Perry) -- Born this way / (Lady Gaga) -- Blank space / (Taylor Swift) -- Sorry not sorry / (Demi Lovato) -- SexyBack / (Justin Timberlake feat.Timbaland) -- Moves like Jagger / (Maroon 5 feat. Christina Aguilera) -- Feel so close / (Calvin Harris) -- I...
Format: notated music
Publisher / Publication Date: 2018
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Summary: "The biting literary satire of The Sellout meets the pulsing thrill of Mouth to Mouth in this darkly humorous, surreal debut about a seductive, but problematic bond between an unhappily married therapist and the cancelled K-Pop idol she meets at a Los Angeles H Mart"--
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Atria Books 2024
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1 available in Browsing Hot Titles, Call number: HOT TITLEVarious artists
Contents: Boom boom pow (the Black Eyed Peas) -- Right round (Flo Rida) -- Poker face (Lady Gaga) -- I know you want me (Calle ocho) (Pitbull) -- Blame it (Jamie Foxx featuring T-Pain) -- Dead and gone (T.I. featuring Justin Timberlake) -- Day 'n' nite (Kid Cudi) -- Kiss me thru the phone (Soulja Boy Tell 'Em featuring Sammie) -- Halo (Beyonc)̌ -- Mad (Ne-Yo) -- Please don't leave me (P!nk) -- Love sex...
Format: sound recording-musical
Publisher / Publication Date: Sony Music Entertainment 2009
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3 available in Compact Audio Disc, Call number: CD POP/ROCK NOWMathabane, Mark.
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Simon & Schuster 1998
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 921 MATHABANE, MARK MATVarious artists
Contents: Don't forget about us / Mariah Carey -- Stickwitu / Pussycat Dolls -- Grillz / Nelly featuring Paul Wall and Ali & Gipp -- Run it! / Chris Brown -- My humps / Black Eyed Peas -- If it's lovin' that you want / Rihanna -- Fresh AZMIZ / Bow Wow featuring J-Kwon and Jermaine Dupri -- Lean wit it, rock wit it / Dem Franchize Boyz featuring Peanut and Charlay -- Stay fly / Three 6 Mafia featuring...
Format: sound recording-musical
Publisher / Publication Date: Distributed by Universal Music & Video Distribution 2005
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2 available in Compact Audio Disc, Call number: CD POP/ROCK NOWBell, W. Kamau
Summary: "You may know W. Kamau Bell from his new, Emmy-nominated hit show on CNN, United Shades of America. Or maybe you've read about him in the New York Times, which called him "the most promising new talent in political comedy in many years." Or maybe from The New Yorker, fawning over his brand of humor writing: "Bell's gimmick is intersectional progressivism: he treats racial, gay, and women's...
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Dutton 2017
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 921 BELL, W. KAMAU BELVarious artists
Contents: Lose control (Missy Elliott feat. Ciara and Fat Man Scoop) -- Don't phunk with my heart (Black Eyed Peas) -- Don't cha (Pussycat Dolls feat. Busta Rhymes) -- Pon de replay (Rihanna) -- Pimpin' all over the world (Ludacris feat. Bobby Valentino) -- Like you (Bow Wow feat. Ciara) -- I think they like me (remix) (Dem Franchize Boyz feat. Jermaine Dupri, Da Brat & Bow Wow) -- Cater 2 u (Destiny's...
Format: sound recording-musical
Publisher / Publication Date: UMG Recordings 2005
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2 available in Compact Audio Disc, Call number: CD POP/ROCK NOWPerkins, Dudley.
Contents: You really know me? -- Momma -- The light -- Money -- Washedbrainsyndrome -- Yo' soul -- Muzak -- Falling -- Solitude -- Worship -- Flowers -- Lil' black boy -- Forevaendless -- Lord's prayer -- Just think -- Gotta go.
Format: sound recording-musical
Publisher / Publication Date: Stones Throw Records 2003
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1 available in Compact Audio Disc, Call number: CD RHYTHM AND BLUES PerkiSummary: After the death of her husband, Police inspector Maria Wern seeks to start her life over and moves to the picturesque Swedish island of Gotland with her two children. While struggling as a single mother and mourning her husband's death, Maria manages to sustain her female perspective and approach to life in a harsh and male-dominated environment. She constantly encounters rage, death and evil...
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: MHZ Networks Home Entertainment 2011
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1 available in Television Series DVDs, Call number: DVD TV MARMorrison, Angeline.
Summary: The upcoming record by Cornwall-based folk singer, songwriter, and multi-instrumentalist Angeline Morrison, is also her debut for on the historic Topic Records label. Produced by Eliza Carthy and featuring some of her beautiful, soaring string arrangements, it was recorded in Cornwall at Cube Studios and is a work of what Morrison calls 're-storying.' Angeline Morrison began to wonder if she...
Format: sound recording-musical
Publisher / Publication Date: Topic Records Ltd 2022
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1 available in Compact Audio Disc, Call number: CD FOLK MORChill, Lando
Contents: Break them shackles -- The king of Salem -- Freedom -- People are evil -- No paz -- O sicario e o padre -- Black boy run -- The wind & the rain -- Ain't for us -- O alquimista -- Take it slow -- Broken worlds -- Falou com o vento pt. 1 -- Falou com o vento pt. 2 -- HeartSpace.
Format: sound recording-musical
Publisher / Publication Date: Mello Music Group 2017