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Author
Publisher
St. Martin's Press
Pub. Date
2021.
Physical Desc
230 pages ; 19 cm
Description
"In A Letter to My White Male Friends, Dax-Devlon Ross speaks directly to the millions of middle-aged white men who are suddenly awakening to race and racism. Finally, white men are realizing that simply not being racist isn't enough to end racism. Thesemen want deeper insight not only into how racism has harmed black people, but, for the first time, into how it has harmed them. They are beginning to see that racism warps us all. A Letter to My White...
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"After years of working as an FBI agent, Titus Crown returns home to Charon County, land of moonshine and cornbread, fist fights and honeysuckle. Seeing his hometown struggling with a bigoted police force inspires him to run for sheriff. He wins, and becomes the first Black sheriff in the history of the county. Then a year to the day after his election, a young Black man is fatally shot by Titus's deputies. Titus pledges to follow the truth wherever...
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Pub. Date
2019.
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Description
The legends in this book span centuries and continents, but each one blazed a trail for generations to come. Among these biographies, readers will find aviators and artists, politicians and pop stars, athletes and activists. The exceptional men featured include writer James Baldwin, artist Aaron Douglas, filmmaker Oscar Devereaux Micheaux, lawman Bass Reeves, civil rights leader John Lewis, dancer Alvin Ailey, and musician Prince.
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Series
Pub. Date
2016.
Description
Life for Easy Rawlins is surprisingly... easy. He's living off the proceeds of his last case, trying to keep out of trouble. Of course it's not going to last. Because Easy's old friend Mouse knocks on his door. Mouse is one of the deadliest men in America. And Mouse wants a small favour. He wants Easy to help a man he says is wrongly imprisoned, a friend of Charcoal Joe. Charcoal Joe is a mythical figure in the LA underworld -- he pulls all the strings...
Author
Publisher
Penguin Distribution Childrens
Pub. Date
2019.
Physical Desc
192 pages
Description
"This chilling and harrowing account tells the story of the Scottsboro Boys, nine African-American teenagers who, when riding the rails during the Great Depression, found their lives destroyed after two white women falsely accused them of rape. Award-winning author Larry Dane Brimner explains how it took more than eighty years for their wrongful convictions to be overturned."--Amazon.com.
46) Good hair
Publisher
Roadside Attractions
Pub. Date
[2010]
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (95 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in.
Description
Comedian Chris Rock tackles the very personal issue of hair, and how attaining "good hair" can impact African American's activities, relationships, wallets, and a self-esteem. Engages in frank, funny conversations with haircare professionals, beautyshop and barbershop patrons, as well as featuring interviews with Dr. Maya Angelou, Nia Long, Ice-T, Raven Symone, and more.
Publisher
Warner Home Video
Pub. Date
2003
Physical Desc
1 DVD (99 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in.
Description
Set in Atlanta in the 1950's, a textile factory owner insists on hiring an ever-patient chauffeur for his aging head-strong mother. The Jewish woman and her African American driver eventually build a relationship over many years.
48) Fearless Jones
Author
Series
Fearless Jones novels volume 1
Publisher
Wheeler Pub
Pub. Date
c2001
Physical Desc
322 p. (large print) ; 24 cm.
Author
Publisher
Library of America
Pub. Date
[2021]
Physical Desc
xii, 228 pages ; 22 cm
Description
"Fred Daniels, a Black man, is picked up by the police after a brutal double murder and tortured until he confesses to a crime he did not commit. After signing a confession, he escapes from custody and flees into the city's sewer system. Includes his companion essay, "Memories of My Grandmother""--
Author
Publisher
Avon, an imprint of HarperCollinsPublishers
Pub. Date
2021.
Physical Desc
viii, 310 pages ; 21 cm
Description
"Trixie Nguyen is determined to make her sex toy business a success, proving to her traditional Vietnamese parents that she can succeed in a nontraditional career. She's made a fresh start in Washington DC, and her first pop-up event is going well - until she runs into the ex who dumped her. With a Post-it note. The last person Andre Walker expected to see in his soul food restaurant was the woman he left behind in New Orleans. Their chemistry is...
51) Cinnamon kiss
Author
Series
Easy Rawlins mysteries volume 10
Publisher
Little, Brown
Pub. Date
[2005]
Physical Desc
312 pages ; 25 cm
Description
Facing unprecedented financial troubles when his daughter requires a medical treatment, Easy Rawlins takes a job tracking down a missing attorney and legal assistant, but the assignment proves more complicated than anticipated.
Author
Series
Fearless Jones novels volume 3
Publisher
Little, Brown and Co
Pub. Date
2006
Physical Desc
308 p. ; 25 cm.
Description
The arrival of his lowlife cousin, Ulysses S. "Useless" Grant, spells trouble for Paris Minton and his friend, Fearless Jones, as they become embroiled in a bizarre case involving mysterious women, desperate blackmail victims, cheating business partners, and murder.
Author
Series
Leonid McGill mysteries volume 4
Publisher
Riverhead Books/Penguin Group
Pub. Date
2012
Physical Desc
326 p. ; 24 cm.
Description
When Zella Grisham is accused of both shooting her boyfriend and stealing more than six million dollars from the Rutgers Assurance Corp., Leonid McGill investigates while his own family life begins to unravel around him.
Author
Series
Easy Rawlins mysteries volume 8
Publisher
Washington Square Press
Pub. Date
2003.
Physical Desc
278 pages ; 21 cm
Description
"Easy should be living a contented life, with steady work as senior head custodian of Sojourner Truth High School, and a loving family. But happiness is as elusive for Easy as smoke in shadows. Easy's the man folks seek out when they can't take their problems to anyone else. Trading favors and investigating cases of arson, murder, missing persons, and false accusations, it's hard to steer clear of trouble."--Page [4] of cover.
Publisher
Freestyle Digital Media
Pub. Date
[2020]
Physical Desc
1 DVD (93 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 inches
Description
Mike Anderson is a senior at the quintessential New-England liberal arts school, Frost College. And Mike is eight weeks away from graduation. On this particular day he has his African-American literature class with his favorite professor. But today, Mike is feeling sadness. He's feeling isolated. He's feeling angry.
59) Drylongso
Series
Criterion collection volume 1190
Publisher
The Criterion Collection
Pub. Date
2023.
Formats
Description
A rediscovered treasure of 1990s DIY filmmaking, Cauleen Smith's Drylongso embeds an incisive look at racial injustice within a lovingly handmade buddy movie/murder mystery/romance. Alarmed by the rate at which the young Black men around her are dying, brash Oakland art student Pica attempts to preserve their existence in Polaroid snapshots, along the way forging a friendship with a woman in an abusive relationship and experiencing love, heartbreak,...
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"Professor Pi Suleman, a Black man from Memphis, has to endure a lot as an adjunct professor at the city's University Along the Nile, a hard-earned career that is crushing his spirit. At the same time, he's being blackmailed by another professor. When he meets Gemma Buckingham, who has just moved to Memphis from London, things begin looking up. But Pi's romance is interrupted when his absentee father, a celebrated author who had an extramarital affair...
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