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Summary: "As World War II raged overseas, Harlem witnessed a battle of its own. Brimming with creative and political energy, Harlem's diverse array of artists and activists launched a bold cultural offensive aimed at winning democracy for all Americans, regardless of race or gender. In Harlem Nocturne, esteemed scholar Farah Jasmine Griffin tells the stories of three black female artists whose creative...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Basic Civitas Books 2013
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1 available in Adult Display, Call number: 704.042 GRIGriffin, Farah Jasmine.
Summary: Unravels the myths surrounding Billie Holiday and presents her as a dedicated artist who struggled with her own addictions and suffering to succeed as a singer.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Free Press 2001
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 781.65 GRIGriffin, Farah Jasmine
Summary: ""A masterpiece. . . . Farah Jasmine Griffin's magical words enchant and empower us like those of her towering heroes." -Cornel West. Farah Jasmine Griffin's beloved father died when she was nine, bequeathing her an unparalleled inheritance in closets full of remarkable books and other records of Black genius. In Read Until You understand-a line from a note he wrote to her-she shares a lifetime...
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Publisher / Publication Date: W. W. Norton & Company 2021
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 810.9 GRIGriffin, Farah Jasmine
Summary: Lively, insightful writings on Black music, feminism, literature, and events from a "masterful critic and master teacher" (Walton Muyumba, Boston Globe).
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Publisher / Publication Date: W. W. Norton & Company, Inc. 2023
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 814 GRIPetry, Ann
Summary: "The Street follows Lutie Johnson, a young, newly single mother, as she struggles to make a better life for her son, Bub. An intimate account of the aspirations and challenges of black, female, working-class life, much of it set on a single block in Harlem, the novel exposes structural inequalities in American society while telling a complex human story, as overpriced housing, lack of...
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Publisher / Publication Date: The Library of America 2019