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Dawson, Keila V. Dray, Philip. Ford, Dionne Mouton, Deborah D. E. E. P. Smith, Tracy K.Smith, Tracy K.
Summary: "From the Pulitzer Prize-winning poet: a stunning meditation on ritual and collectiveness that explores how older forms of inquiry-from song to prayer to ways of public gathering-might help us all survive violent times and address America's shared history"--
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Publisher / Publication Date: Alfred A. Knopf 2023
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 921 SMITH, TRACY K. SMIFord, 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 FORDray, Philip.
Summary: Presents a life of the African American journalist who was born a slave and went on to become a respected teacher and journalist, and who is best remembered for her campaign through her writings to eliminate lynching in the United States.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Peachtree 2008
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Summary: "A nonfiction picture book about The Green Book, a travel guide for African Americans during segregation, and the man who wrote it"--
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Publisher / Publication Date: [Beaming Books] 2021
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1 available in Juvenile Nonfiction, Call number: J 305.896 DAWMouton, Deborah D. E. E. P.
Summary: "Growing up as a Black girl in America, Deborah Mouton felt alienated from the stories she learned in class. She yearned for stories she felt connected to--true ones of course--but also fables and mythologies that could help explain both the world and her place in it. What she encountered was almost always written by white writers who prospered in a time when human beings were treated as...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Holt 2023