Summary: "National Book Award-winner Jesmyn Ward takes James Baldwin's 1963 examination of race in America, The Fire Next Time, as a jumping off point for this groundbreaking collection of essays and poems about race from the most important voices of her generation and our time. In light of recent tragedies and widespread protests across the nation, The Progressive magazine republished one of its most...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Scribner 2016
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1 available in Adult, Call number: 305.896 FIRAnderson, Marisa
Contents: In dark water -- The fire this time -- The low country -- Night air -- Waking -- The crack where the light gets in -- La llorona -- Beat the drum slowly.
Format: sound recording-musical
Publisher / Publication Date: 2021
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1 available in LP Phonograph Record, Call number: VINYL FOLK ANDAlexander, Michelle.
Summary: "As the United States celebrates the nation's "triumph over race" with the election of Barack Obama, the majority of young black men in major American cities are locked behind bars or have been labeled felons for life. Although Jim Crow laws have been wiped off the books, an astounding percentage of the African American community remains trapped in a subordinate status - much like their...
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Publisher / Publication Date: New Press 2010
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1 available in Adult, Call number: 364.973 ALEFord, Dionne
Summary: "One-third of Black Americans descended from slavery are related to the slave masters who bought and sold their ancestors. In other words, one-third of Black Americans descended from slavery are descended also from sexual exploitation. Dionne Ford, whose great-grandmother was the last of six children born to a Louisiana cotton broker called the Colonel and the enslaved woman he received as a...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Bold Type Books 2023
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 921 FORD, DIONNE FORContents: 33 degrees (Oliver Grimball) -- Love Jones (Reggie Gibson) -- Musical mirages (Primeridian) -- Circe (Ursula Rucker) -- Missile girl (Oliver Grimball) -- All praise due (Mos Def) -- Nina, I never learned to love (Ras Baraka) -- At least the American Indians know exactly how they've been fucked around (The Fire This Time, featuring Mad Professor and Chuck D) -- Jazz funeral (Chuck Perkins) --...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Guidance Recordings 1999
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1 available in Compact Audio Disc, Call number: CD ELECTRONIC URBPryce, Jessica
Summary: "Dr. Jessica Pryce knows the child welfare system firsthand and, in this long overdue book, breaks it down from the inside out, sharing her professional journey and offering the crucial perspectives of caseworkers and Black women impacted by the system. It is a groundbreaking and eye-opening confrontation of the inherent and systemic racism deeply entrenched within the child welfare system....
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Publisher / Publication Date: Amistad 2024
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Summary: The Honorable Damon J. Keith was appointed to the federal bench in 1967 and has served as a judge on the United States Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit since 1977, where he has been an eloquent defender of civil and constitutional rights and a vigorous enforcer of civil rights law. In Crusader for Justice: Federal Judge Damon J. Keith, authors Peter J. Hammer and Trevor W. Coleman...
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Publisher / Publication Date: 2014
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1 available in Adult, Call number: 347.732 KEIMarling, Laura
Contents: Soothing -- The valley -- Wild fire -- Don't pass me by -- Always this way -- Wild once -- Next time -- Nouel -- Nothing not nearly.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Alliance Entertainment 2017
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1 available in Compact Audio Disc, Call number: CD POP/ROCK MARAquilone, James
Summary: "Dracula, Frankenstein's Monster, the Bride of Frankenstein, , Dr. Moreau, the Headless Horseman, the Invisible Man, the Phantom of the Opera, the Wicked Witch of the West--they're all here in this collection of horror short stories that reimagine, subvert, and pay homage to our favorite monsters and creatures." --
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Publisher / Publication Date: Black Spot Books 2022
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1 available in Adult Fiction, Call number: FIC CLABaldwin, James
Summary: At once a powerful evocation of his childhood in Harlem and a disturbing examination of the consequences of racial injustice, The Fire Next Time, which galvanized the nation in the early days of the Civil Rights movement, stands as one of the essential works of our literature.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Modern Library 1995
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2 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 305.8 BALBaldwin, James
Summary: First published in 1963, James Baldwin's The Fire Next Time stabbed at the heart of America's so-called "Negro problem." As remarkable for its masterful prose as for its frank and personal account of the black experience in the United States, it is considered one of the most passionate and influential explorations of 1960s race relations, weaving thematic threads of love, faith, and family into...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Taschen 2019
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1 available in Oversize, Call number: OVS 305.8 BALBaker, Kevin
Summary: "A hugely entertaining history of baseball in New York City, bursting with bigger than life figures, and long-forgotten heroes, spanning the game's founding to the early 1940s"--
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Publisher / Publication Date: Alfred A. Knopf 2024
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1 available in New Non-fiction, Call number: 796.357 BAKBaldwin, James
Summary: At once a powerful evocation of his early life in Harlem and a disturbing examination of the consequences of racial injustice to both the individual and the body politic, James Baldwin galvanized the nation in the early days of the civil rights movement with his eloquent manifesto.
Format: sound recording-nonmusical
Publisher / Publication Date: BBC Audiobooks America 2008
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1 available in Compact Disc Audio Book, Call number: CD 305.896 BALFoster, Ruthie.
Summary: Soulful vocalist Ruthie Foster creates a deeply intimate recording that is a smoky mix of original songs and inventive interpretations of an unexpected collection of covers. All the while Foster takes listeners on her most personal journey yet.
Format: sound recording-musical
Publisher / Publication Date: Blue Corn Music 2011
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1 available in Compact Audio Disc, Call number: CD FOLK FOSJoel, Billy.
Contents: Keeping the faith -- An innocent man -- A matter of trust -- Baby grand / duet with Ray Charles -- This is the time -- Leningrad -- We didn't start the fire -- I go to extremes -- And so it goes -- The downeaster "Alexa" -- Shameless -- All about soul (remix) -- Lullabye (goodnight, my angel) -- The river of dreams -- To make you feel my love -- Hey girl -- Light as the breeze.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Sony 1997
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Contents: Twist of Cain -- Not of this world -- She rides -- Soul on fire -- Am I demon -- Mother -- Possession -- End of time -- The hunter -- Evil thing.
Format: sound recording-musical
Publisher / Publication Date: Def American 1988
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1 available in Compact Audio Disc, Call number: CD POP/ROCK DANBritt Nicole
Contents: Ready Or Not (2:59) -- The Lost Get Found (3:24) -- Amazing Life (3:08) -- Like A Star (3:20) -- All This Time (4:25) -- Walk On The Water (4:08) -- Set The World On Fire (3:50) -- Glow (3:54) -- Holiday (3:43) -- Gold (3:03) -- The Sun Is Rising (4:58) -- Gold (3:08).
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Publisher / Publication Date: Capitol CMG Label Group 2015
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Radio Dept. (Musical group)
Contents: Domestic scene -- Heaven's on fire -- This time around -- Never follow suit -- Token of gratitude -- Video dept. -- Memory loss -- David -- Four months in the shade -- You stopped making sense.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Labrador Records 2010
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1 available in Compact Audio Disc, Call number: CD POP/ROCK RADStinnett, Ray.
Summary: Available for the very first time, A Fire Somewhere is the previously unreleased 1971 solo album from this former member of Sam The Sham & The Pharoahs. The songs contained the fried country twang and boogie-woogie grooves of his hometown and of his youth, but were also threaded through with the new Psychedelia: shreds of distorted guitar, looping experimental jams and acoustic renditions. Art...
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Publisher / Publication Date: LIGHT IN THE ATTIC 2018
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1 available in Compact Audio Disc, Call number: CD POP/ROCK STIAvenged Sevenfold (Musical group)
Contents: Shepherd of Fire (5:23) -- Hail to the King (5:04) -- Doing Time (3:25) -- This Means War (6:09) -- Requiem (4:21) -- Crimson Day (4:57) -- Heretic (4:55) -- Coming Home (6:25) -- Planets (5:56) -- Acid Rain (6:40).
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Publisher / Publication Date: Warner Bros. 2013
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Dylan, Bob
Contents: disc 1. One too many mornings (Johnny Cash, featuring the Avett Brothers) -- Leopard-skin pill-box hat (Raphael Saadiq) -- Drifter's escape (Patti Smith) -- Ballad of Hollis Brown (Rise Against) -- Blind Willie McTell (Tom Morello) -- Corrina, Corrina (Pete Townshend) -- Most of the time (Bettye LaVette) -- This wheel's on fire (Charlie Winston) -- Simple twist of fire (Diana Krall) -- You...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Amnesty International 2012
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1 available in Compact Audio Disc, Call number: CD POP/ROCK CHIKaiser, Charles
Summary: 1968 was the year that defined the decade--Martin Luther King, Jr. and Bobby Kennedy were assassinated, unprecedented antiwar riots disrupted the Democratic National Convention, and the Tet Offensive in Vietnam changed the course of the war. With this political unrest came a breakthrough of American counterculture into the mainstream led by students and protesters alongside the voices of Aretha...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Grove Press, an imprint of Grove Atlantic 2018
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 973.923 KAIWalker, Seth
Contents: High time -- Fire in the belly -- Back around -- Call my name -- Movin' on -- Way past midnight -- Home again -- The sound of your voice -- Turn this thing around -- Dreamer -- Gotta get back -- Blow wind blow.
Format: sound recording-musical
Publisher / Publication Date: The Royal Potato Family 2016