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The Black American journeyBarnes, Linda.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Center Point Pub. 2004
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1 available in Large Print, Call number: LP M BARCarter, Stephen L.
Summary: After the death of his father, the flamboyant and controversial Judge Oliver Garland, his son Talcott must unravel the truth about his father's life, a quest that brings him face to face with old scandals and family secrets.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Alfred A. Knopf 2002
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1 available in Adult Fiction, Call number: FIC CARLamar, Jake.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Crown Publishers 2001
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1 available in Adult Fiction, Call number: FIC LAMCarter, Stephen L.
Summary: A murder in the New England university town of Elm Harbor begins to crack the veneer that has hidden the racial complications of the town's past, the secrets of a prominent family, and the most hidden bastions of African-American political influence. At the center are Lemaster Carlyle, the university president, and his wife, Julia Carlyle, a deputy dean at the divinity school. Lemaster is an...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Alfred A. Knopf 2007
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1 available in Adult Fiction, Call number: FIC CARThomas-Graham, Pamela.
Summary: Harvard economics instructor Nikki Chase is horrified when she discovers that the Princeton University professor who mentored her, who had written a controversial bestseller on race, has died suspiciously in a fire at the university.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Simon & Schuster 2004
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1 available in Adult Fiction, Call number: FIC THOIloh, Candice
Summary: "Ada" means first daughter, means oldest girl, means most pressure. When Ada leaves home for her freshman year at a historical Black college, it's the first time that she's been able to make her own choices. As she stumbles deeper into the world of dance and explores her sexuality, she also begins to wrestle with her past-- her mother's struggle with addiction, her Nigerian father's attempts to...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Dutton Books 2020
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1 available in Young Adult Fiction, Call number: YA FIC ILOCopies Available at Peninsula
1 available in Adult, Call number: YA FIC ILOHarris, Jessica B.
Summary: In this captivating new memoir, award-winning writer Jessica B. Harris recalls a lost era--the vibrant New York City of her youth, where her social circle included Maya Angelou, James Baldwin, and other members of the Black intelligentsia. In the Technicolor glow of the early seventies, Jessica B. Harris debated, celebrated, and danced her way from the jazz clubs of the Manhattan's West Side to...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Scribner 2017
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 921 HARRIS, JESSICA B. HARJones, Amy Robin
Summary: A biography of the African-American educator Mary McLeod Bethune, discussing her role in creating opportunities for African-Americans in education and government.
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Publisher / Publication Date: The Child's World 2021
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1 available in Juvenile Nonfiction, Call number: J 921 BETSummary: Melvin B. Tolson is a professor at Wiley College in Texas. Wiley is a small African-American college. In 1935, Tolson inspired students to form the school's first debate team. Tolson turns a group of underdog students into a historically elite debate team which goes on to challenge Harvard in the national championship. Inspired by a true story.
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: Weinstein Co. 2008