Filter By Subjects
African Americans Poetry American poetry 21st century American poetry African American authors 21st century American poetry Illinois Chicago American poetry Women authors 21st century Authors, American Illinois Chicago Illinois Chicago Legislators' spouses United States Biography Obama, Michelle 1964- Presidents' spouses United States BiographyFilter By Subjects
African Americans Poetry American poetry 21st century American poetry African American authors 21st century American poetry Illinois Chicago American poetry Women authors 21st century Authors, American Illinois Chicago Illinois Chicago Legislators' spouses United States Biography Obama, Michelle 1964- Presidents' spouses United States BiographySummary: "Between the 1940s and 1980s, Chicago's Black press-from The Chicago Defender to the Negro Digest to self-published pamphlets-was home to some of the best cartoonists in America. Kept out of the pages of white-owned newspapers, Black cartoonists found space to address the joys, the horrors, and the everyday realities of Black life in America. From Jay Jackson's anti-racist time travel adventure...
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: New York Review Comics 2021
Copies Available at East Bay
1 available in Adult Graphic Novels, Call number: 741.5 IT'SSánchez, Erika L.
Summary: "Julia no es la hija mexicana perfecta. Ese era el rol de su hermana Olga. Olga no fue a la universidad, se quedó en casa para cuidar a sus padres, limpiar la casa y trabajar a medio tiempo. Julia tiene grandes sueños y no quiere formar parte del camino de su hermana mayor. Pero un solo error, que ocurre mientras enviaba un mensaje de texto al mismo tiempo que cruzaba la calle más concurrida de...
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Vintage Español 2018
Copies Available at Peninsula
1 available in Foreign Language, Call number: 468 SPANISH SANCopies Available at Woodmere
1 available in Young Adult Foreign Language, Call number: YA FOREIGN SPANISH SANEwing, Eve L.
Summary: Blending stark realism with the surreal and fantastic, Eve L. Ewing's narrative takes us from the streets of 1990s Chicago to an unspecified future, deftly navigating the boundaries of space, time, and reality. Ewing imagines familiar figures in magical circumstances; blues legend Koko Taylor is a tall-tale hero; LeBron James travels through time and encounters his teenage self. She identifies...
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Haymarket Books 2017
Copies Available at Woodmere
1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 818 EWISummary: Commodities trader Gary Hobson (Kyle Chandler) is losing it: his job, his home, and his brilliant attorney wife. He thinks he may even be losing his mind when tomorrow's newspaper mysteriously arrives today giving him a disconcerting look into the future. What will he do with tomorrow's news? While his best friend Chuck (Fisher Stevens) sees the newspaper as a ticket to personal gain, co-worker...
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: 2008
Copies Available at Interlochen
1 available in Television Series DVDs, Call number: DVD TV EarlyBinns, Barbara
Summary: "The Tuskegee Airmen heroically fought for the right to be officers of the US military so that they might participate in World War II by flying overseas to help defeat fascism. However, after winning that battle, they faced their next great challenge at Freeman Field, Iowa, where racist white officers barred them from entering the prestigious Officers' Club that their rank promised them. The...
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Scholastic Focus 2022
Copies Available at Woodmere
1 available in Juvenile Nonfiction, Call number: J 921 WILObama, Michelle
Summary: "Mrs. Obama offers readers a series of fresh stories and insightful reflections on change, challenge, and power, including her belief that when we light up for others, we can illuminate the richness and potential of the world around us, discovering deeper truths and new pathways for progress. Drawing from her experiences as a mother, daughter, spouse, friend, and First Lady, she shares the...
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Crown, an imprint of the Crown Publishing Group 2022