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2) Blackbirds singing: inspiring Black women's speeches from the Civil War to the twenty-first century
Author
Publisher
The New Press
Pub. Date
2024.
Physical Desc
xii, 300 pages ; 23 cm
Description
"An uplifting collection of speeches by African American women, curated by civil and human rights activist, scholar, and author Janet Dewart Bell. These magnificent speakers explore ethics, morality, courage, authenticity, and leadership, and Bell's substantive introductions provide rich new context for each woman's speech, highlighting Black women speaking truth to power in service of freedom and justice"--
Author
Publisher
Harper, an imprint of HarperCollinsPublishers
Pub. Date
[2024]
Physical Desc
279 pages ; 24 cm
Description
"An award-winning journalist, TV political analyst, and creator of TheGrio documentary, Afro-Latinx Revolution: Puerto Rico, recounts her experiences as an African American and Puerto Rican woman, reflecting on her improbable journey from Syracuse to Harvard, hedge fund boardrooms to newsrooms, and beyond in pursuit of America's infinite opportunities. Part inspiring memoir, part cultural analysis, with remarkable self-determination, Natasha S. Alford...
Author
Publisher
Dial Books for Young Readers
Pub. Date
2024.
Physical Desc
1 volume (unpaged) : color illustrations ; 29 cm
Description
"A luminous picture book biography about librarian and storyteller Augusta Baker, the first Black coordinator of children's services at all branches of the New York Public library"--
Author
Publisher
Quill Tree Books, an imprint of HarperCollinsPublishers
Pub. Date
[2024]
Physical Desc
1 volume (unpaged) : color illustrations ; 29 cm
Description
This inspiring true story of the Pulitzer Prize- and Nobel Prize-winning author shows how she went from being the only Black child in her first-grade classroom - and the only student who could read - to becoming one of the greatest writers in modern history.
Author
Publisher
Little, Brown and Company
Pub. Date
2024.
Physical Desc
1 volume (unpaged) : illustrations (chiefly color) ; 27 cm
Description
"A lyrical picture book biography that tells the story of one of America's most celebrated children's book authors, Virginia Hamilton, the first African American to win the Newbery Medal"--
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