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bibliography Biographies. biography Fiction. History. Hulas (Music) Juvenile works. Legal stories. Music. Songs.Latham, Jennifer
Summary: "When Rowan finds a skeleton on her family's property, investigating the brutal, century-old murder leads to painful discoveries about the past. Alternating chapters tell the story of William, another teen grappling with the racial firestorm leading up to the 1921 Tulsa race riot, providing some clues to the mystery"--
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Publisher / Publication Date: Little, Brown and Company 2017
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1 available in Young Adult Fiction, Call number: YA FIC LATBartoletti, Susan Campbell.
Summary: Documents the history and origin of the Ku Klux Klan from its beginning in Pulaski, Tennessee, and provides personal accounts, congressional documents, diaries, and more.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Houghton Mifflin Harcourt 2010
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1 available in Young Adult Collection, Call number: Y 322.42 BARCopies Available at Woodmere
1 available in Young Adult Non-fiction, Call number: YA 322.4 BARPatterson, James
Summary: Detective Alex Cross tells the story of an ancestor, Abraham Cross, and his experiences with lawyer Ben Corbett, recounting one man's pursuit of justice in the face of the resurgence of Ku Klux Klan racism and violence in 1906 Eudora, Mississippi.
Format: sound recording-nonmusical
Publisher / Publication Date: Hachette Audio 2010
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1 available in Compact Disc Audio Book, Call number: CD FIC PATBernhardt, William
Summary: Oklahoma lawyer Ben Kincaid, assigned to defend a black man accused of a ten-year-old murder, finds a link to a missing boy and a child molester.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Ballantine Books 1997
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1 available in Adult Fiction, Call number: FIC BERMcCrumb, Sharyn
Summary: A story inspired by a true crime made famous by the Kingston Trio's folk song recording reimagines the events surrounding the murder of North Carolina mountain girl Laura Foster and the hanging of her lover, Tom Dula, in a meticulously researched accountthat reveals additional information that may prove Dula's innocence.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Thomas Dunne Books 2011
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1 available in Adult Fiction, Call number: FIC MCCCopies Available at Interlochen
1 available in Adult, Call number: Fiction McCrumb 2011Bernhardt, William
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Publisher / Publication Date: Ballantine Books 2000
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1 available in Adult Fiction, Call number: FIC BERHemphill, Paul
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Publisher / Publication Date: Free Press 2000
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 976.121 HEMBernhardt, William
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Publisher / Publication Date: Ballantine Books 2006
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1 available in Adult Fiction, Call number: FIC BERBernhardt, William
Summary: When the senior senator from his native Oklahoma is accused of murder, crusading attorney Ben Kincaid heads for Washington, D.C., to take the case, but an incriminating videotape forces him to reevaluate his loyalty to an old friend.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Ballantine Books 2006
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1 available in Adult Fiction, Call number: FIC BERRice, Condoleezza
Summary: This is the story of Condoleezza Rice-- her early years growing up in the hostile environment of Birmingham, Alabama; her rise in the ranks at Stanford University to become the university's second-in-command and an expert in Soviet and Eastern European Affairs; and finally, in 2000, her appointment as the first Black woman to serve as Secretary of State.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Crown Archetype 2010
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 921 RICE, CONDOLEEZZA RICBernhardt, William
Summary: When a priest with radical ideas and a parish council with traditional values lock horns over the beliefs they hold most sacred, there's bound to be controversy and consequences, but murder crosses the line between commiting a sin and commiting a crime. In the middle of the explosive case is Tulsa attorney Ben Kincaid. Kincaid rescued Father Daniel Beale once before when the priest's renegade...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Ballantine Books 2002
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1 available in Adult Fiction, Call number: FIC BERBernhardt, William
Summary: Tulsa attorney Ben Kincaid trades his law practice for life as a jazz musician, only to wind up defending a nightclub owner and ex-convict accused of murdering legendary singer "Cajun Lily" Campbell.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Ballantine Books 1999
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1 available in Adult Fiction, Call number: FIC BERBernhardt, William
Summary: After impressively winning a trial, Ben Kincaid is approached by an employee of Apollo Consortium, a huge amalgamation in Oklahoma, with an offer of employment. Apollo's eagerness to have Ben on board leaves Ben feeling somewhat uneasy, and Christina McCall, his legal assistant, thinks the offer is too good to be true. However, as Ben is still struggling in private practice, and Christina is...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Ballantine Books 1993
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1 available in Adult Fiction, Call number: FIC BERBernhardt, William
Summary: A legal thriller set in Tulsa Oklahoma. Ben Kincaid wants to be a lawyer because he wants to do the right thing. But he soon discovers that doing the right thing and representing his clients' interests can be mutually exclusive.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Ballantine Books 1991
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1 available in Adult Fiction, Call number: FIC BERGale, Heather
Summary: A tale based on a true story follows Ho'onani, a child who was born female but doesn't conform to either gender, and who wants to lead the hula chant at school, a traditionally male role.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Tundra 2019
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1 available in Juvenile Easy, Call number: JE GALSummary: Contains interviews with some of the protesters. In May of 1963, Martin Luther King, Jr. asked black people of Birmingham, Alabama to go to jail in the cause of racial equality. The adults were afraid to go to jail and so the school children marched and over 5000 of them were arrested. This lead to President Kennedy sponsoring the 1964 Civil Rights Act and the march on Washington. Portions of...
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: Southern Poverty Law Center 2005
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1 available in Documentary DVDs, Call number: DVD DOC MIGKuloloio, Leināʻala.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Kuleana Productions 2003
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1 available in Digital Video Disc, Call number: J DVD Hula 2003Lupica, Mike
Summary: Since his mother's death, Jayson, twelve, has focused on basketball and surviving but he is found out and placed with an affluent foster family of a different race, and must learn to accept many changes, including facing his former teammates in a championship game.
Format: sound recording-nonmusical
Publisher / Publication Date: Random House/Listening Library 2015
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1 available in Juvenile Audiobooks, Call number: J CD LUPOmotoso, Yewande
Summary: "Hortensia James and Marion Agostino are neighbors. One is black, the other white. Both are successful women with impressive careers. Both have recently been widowed, and are living with questions, disappointments, and secrets that have brought them shame. And each has something that the woman next door deeply desires. Sworn enemies, the two share a hedge and a deliberate hostility, which they...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Picador 2017
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1 available in Adult Fiction, Call number: FIC OMOCopies Available at Fife Lake
1 available in Adult, Call number: FIC OMOContents: The Hukilau song -- My little grass shack in Kealakekua, Hawaii -- The cockeyed mayor of Kaunakakai -- Blue lei -- E Naughty Mai Nei -- Lovely hula hands -- A song of old Hawaii -- Hapa Heole hula girl -- (If you wanna) dance the hula -- Hawaiian hospitality -- Little brown gal -- Across the sea -- Keep your eyes on your hands -- Sweet someone -- Maui girl -- Island moon -- Pau Pilikia -- To...
Format: sound recording-musical
Publisher / Publication Date: Crescendo Records 1992
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1 available in Compact Audio Disc, Call number: CD INTERNATIONAL/OCEANIC HUKJones, Doug (G. Douglas)
Summary: "The story of the decades-long fight to bring justice to the victims of the 16th Street Baptist Church bombing, culminating in Senator Doug Jones' prosecution of the last living bombers. On September 15, 1963, the 16th Street Baptist Church in Birmingham, Alabama was bombed. The blast killed four young girls and injured twenty-two others. The FBI suspected four particularly radical Ku Klux Klan...
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Publisher / Publication Date: All Points Books 2019
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 323.1196 JONBrothers Kanilau
Contents: Pupu weʻuweʻu e Laka e! -- He pule kuahu -- He mele komo -- E Pele, e Pele -- Aia la ʻo Pele i Hawaiʻi -- A Koʻolau ʻau ʻike i ka ua -- Aia i Waipiʻo pakaʻalana -- Hanohano e ka uka i Pihanakalani -- Kaulilua i ke ʻanu Waiʻaleʻale -- Maikaʻi Kauaʻi hemolele i ka malie -- Auʻa la e Kama e kona moku -- He mele no Haumea -- Mele ʻo Hana -- Liliʻu e noho nani mai -- ʻEia mai ʻau ʻo Makalapua -- He...
Format: sound recording-musical
Publisher / Publication Date: Sounds True 1998
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1 available in Compact Audio Disc, Call number: CD INTERNATIONAL/OCEANIC MELFreedman, Russell
Summary: To commemorate the 50th anniversary of the 1965 march for voting rights from Selma to Montgomery, Alabama, Newbery Medalist Freedman presents a riveting account of this pivotal event in the history of civil rights.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Holiday House 2014
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1 available in Juvenile, Call number: J323.1196 FREPatrick, Denise Lewis
Summary: The A Girl Named series tells the stories of how ordinary American girls grew up to be extraordinary American women. Rosa Parks refused to give up her bus seat to a white passenger in 1955, but how did she come to be so brave?
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Publisher / Publication Date: Scholastic Inc. 2018