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Library of America ; 74Hurston, Zora Neale
Summary: In 1925, Zora Neale Hurston was living in New York as a fledgling writer. This collection of stories, found in archives after her death, reveal African American folk culture in Harlem in the 1920s. This book includes eight of Hurston's "lost" Harlem gems.
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Amistad, an imprint of HarperCollinsPublishers 2020
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1 available in Adult Fiction, Call number: FIC HURCopies Available at Woodmere
2 available in Adult Fiction, Call number: FIC HURHurston, Zora Neale.
Summary: Meet the unforgettable Janie Crawford, an articulate black woman in the 1930s. Traces Janie's quest for identity,through three marriages, on a journey to her roots.
Format: sound recording-nonmusical
Publisher / Publication Date: Recorded Books 1994
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1 available in Compact Disc Audio Book, Call number: CD FIC HURHurston, Zora Neale.
Summary: Janie Crawford, a Southern Black woman in the 1930's, journeys from being a free-spirited girl to a woman of independence and substance.
Format: sound recording-nonmusical
Publisher / Publication Date: Caedmon 2000
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1 available in Compact Disc Audio Book, Call number: CD FIC HURHurston, Zora Neale.
Contents: Jonah's gourd vine -- Their eyes were watching God -- Moses, man of the mountain -- Seraph on the Suwanne -- Selected stories.
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Library of America 1995
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1 available in Adult Fiction, Call number: FIC HURCopies Available at Interlochen
1 available in Adult, Call number: Fiction HurstonHurston, Zora Neale.
Summary: A novel about black Americans in Florida that centers on the life of Janie and her three marriages.
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Perennial Classics 1998
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2 available in Adult Fiction, Call number: FIC HURKendi, Ibram X.
Summary: Find out why butterflies were made in Zora Neale Hurston's stunning and layered African American folktale retold by #1 New York Times bestselling and National Book Award-winning author Ibram X. Kendi and illustrated by Kah Yangni. This accessible and sizable board book is perfect for introducing the youngest of readers to the beauty of Hurston's storytelling and will spark curiosity in children...
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Amistad Books for Young Readers 2023
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Place a hold to request this item.Summary: Among the most fascinating chapters of film history is that of the so-called "race films" that flourished in the 1920s -'40s. Unlike the "black cast" films produced within the Hollywood studio system, these films not only starred African Americans but were funded, written, produced, edited, distributed, and often exhibited by people of color. Entrepreneurial filmmakers built an industry apart...
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: 2016
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1 available in Documentary DVDs, Call number: DVD DOC PIO1 available in Sight & Sound Print Material, Call number: SSC DVD DOC PIO
Kendi, Ibram X.
Summary: Born to parents who fled slavery and the Trail of Tears, Magnolia Flower is a girl with a vibrant spirit. Not to be deterred by rigid ways of the world, she longs to connect with others, who too long for freedom. She finds this in a young man of letters who her father disapproves of. In her quest to be free, Magnolia must make a choice and set off on a journey that will prove just how brave one...
Format: sound recording-nonmusical
Publisher / Publication Date: [Library Ideas LLC] 2022