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Autobiographies. bibliography biography Biography. History. Humor. Juvenile works. Nonfiction.Beals, Melba
Summary: A member of the Little Rock Nine shares her memories of growing up in the South under Jim Crow.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Houghton Mifflin Harcourt 2018
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1 available in Juvenile, Call number: JB BEALS BEADavis, Kenneth C.
Summary: Through the powerful stories of five enslaved people who were “owned” by four of our greatest presidents, this book helps set the record straight about the role slavery played in the founding of America. From Billy Lee, valet to George Washington, to Alfred Jackson, faithful servant of Andrew Jackson, these dramatic narratives explore our country’s great tragedy—that a nation...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Henry Holt and Company 2016
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: Hist Blk DavisGreenidge, Kerri
Summary: "This long-overdue biography reestablishes William Monroe Trotter's essential place next to Douglass, Du Bois, and King in the pantheon of American civil rights heroes. William Monroe Trotter (1872- 1934), though still virtually unknown to the wider public, was an unlikely American hero. With the stylistic verve of a newspaperman and the unwavering fearlessness of an emancipator, he galvanized...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Liveright Publishing Corporation, a division of W.W. Norton & Co. 2020
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 921 TROTTER, WILLIAM MONROE GREHilliard, Chloé
Summary: "Fans of Issa Rae and Phoebe Robinson will love this collection of laugh-out-loud funny and insightful essays that explore race, feminism, pop culture, and how society reinforces the message that we are nothing without the perfect body"--
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Publisher / Publication Date: Gallery Books 2020
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 818 HILSen, Sharmila
Summary: At the age of 12, Sharmila Sen emigrated from India to the U.S. The year was 1982, and everywhere she turned, she was asked to self-report her race: on INS forms, at the doctor's office, in middle school. Never identifying with a race in the India of her childhood, she rejects her new "not quite" designation: not quite white, not quite black, not quite Asian, and spends much of her life...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Penguin Books 2018
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 921 SEN, SHARMILA SENMehra, Nishta
Summary: Essays describe how the author's experiences as an Indian American, the wife of a white Christian woman, and the mother of an adopted black son have been challenged by rigid cultural family norms.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Picador 2019
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 921 MEHRA, NISHTA MEHRodriguez, Luis J.
Summary: "Luis J. Rodriguez writes about race, culture, identity, and belonging and what these all mean and should mean (but often fail to) in the volatile climate of our nation. Rodriguez has a distinctly inspiring passion and wisdom in his approach. Ultimately, the book carries the message that we must come together if we are to move forward. As he reminds us in the first essay, "The End of...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Seven Stories Press 2020