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Fearless and free : a memoir

Baker, Josephine, 1906-1975, author.

Publication Date

2025

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927.928 BAK

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SD_ILS:791146

Before Elvis : the African American musicians who made the King

Lauterbach, Preston, author

Publication Date

2025

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781.6408996 LAU

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SD_ILS:790875

Ruby Bridges : a talk with my teacher

Bridges, Ruby, author.

Publication Date

2025

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Call Number

379.2 BRI

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SD_ILS:794108

Kamala Harris

Mirchandani, Raakhee, author.

Publication Date

2025

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973.934 MIR

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SD_ILS:794111

This changes everything : a surprisingly funny story about race, cancer, faith, and other things we don't talk about

Merritt, Tyler, author.

Publication Date

2025

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616.994 MER

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SD_ILS:794988

Ella Fitzgerald : the official graphic novel

Nwadiogbu, Ngozi, author.

Publication Date

2025

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782.42165 NWA

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SD_ILS:795290

Becoming a ballerina : the story of Michaela Mabinty DePrince

Obuobi, Laura, author.

Publication Date

2025

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Call Number

792.8 OBU

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SD_ILS:794033

You are a star, Martin Luther King, Jr.

Robbins, Dean, 1957- author.

Publication Date

2025

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323 ROB

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SD_ILS:794132

Written in the waters : a memoir of history, home, and belonging

Roberts, Tara, author.

Publication Date

2025

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Call Number

920.573 ROB

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SD_ILS:796473

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King : a life

Eig, Jonathan, author.

Publication Date

2025

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323 EIG

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SD_ILS:799549

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The stained glass window : a family history as the American story, 1790-1958

Lewis, David Levering, 1936- author.

Publication Date

2025

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Call Number

975.00496 LEW

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SD_ILS:801710

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When you're ready : a love story

Rosser, Kareem, author.

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2025

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Lewis, John, 1940-2020.

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Williams, Serena, 1981- -- Juvenile literature.

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Williams, Venus, 1980- -- Juvenile literature.

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Winfrey, Oprah -- Juvenile literature.

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Women mathematicians -- Biography -- Juvenile literature.

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Women mathematicians -- United States -- Biography -- Juvenile literature.

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Women singers -- United States -- Biography.

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Women, Black -- Canada -- Biography -- Juvenile literature.

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X, Malcolm, 1925-1965.

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African American political activists -- Biography -- Juvenile literature.

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African American political activists -- Biography.

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African American politicians -- Biography.

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African American politicians -- United States -- Biography.

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Flint, Gillian, illustrator.

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Obama, Michelle, 1964- author.

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Weatherford, Carole Boston, 1956- author.

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Sánchez Vegara, Ma Isabel (María Isabel), author.

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Cline-Ransome, Lesa, author.

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Coates, Ta-Nehisi, author.

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Aydin, Andrew, author.

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Bridges, Ruby, author.

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Burford, Michelle, author.

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Holmes, Ekua, illustrator.

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Irby, Samantha, author.

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Jackson, JD, narrator.

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Johnson, Katherine G., author.

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Lewis, John, 1940-2020 author.

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Magoon, Kekla, author.

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Morrison, Frank, 1971- illustrator.

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Angelou, Maya.

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Barton, Chris, author.

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Copeland, Misty, author.

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Eig, Jonathan, author.

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Eisenstock, Alan, author.

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Erkas, Sinem, illustrator.

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Glenn, Ebony, illustrator.

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Hylick, Joylette, author.

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Laymon, Kiese, author.

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Lewis, John, 1940-2020, writer of afterword.

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Meadows, Michelle, author.

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Miles, Tiya, 1970- author.

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Moore, Katherine (Writer at National Geographic Kids), author.

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Moss, Caroline, 1987- author.

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Obama, Barack author.

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Oluseyi, Hakeem M. (Hakeem Muata), author.

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Semmer, Lauren, illustrator.

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Thomas, R. Eric, author.

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Todd, Traci N., author.

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Watson, Renée, author.

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Abrams, Stacey, author.

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Als, Hilton, author.

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Amber, Jeannine, author.

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Arceneaux, Michael, author.

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Awake, Mikael, author.

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Bandele, Asha, author.

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Baptiste, Tracey, author.

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Benedict, Jeff, author.

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Bennett, Michael, 1985- author.

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Brown, Cole, author.

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Buckley, James, Jr., 1963- author.

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Chambers, Veronica, author.

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Chiles, Nick, author.

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Christie, R. Gregory, 1971- illustrator.

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Cooper, Brittney C., 1980- author.

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Cooper, Christian, author.

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Dakers, Diane, author.

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Daniel, Mary-Alice, author.

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Davis, Angela Y. (Angela Yvonne), 1944- interviewee (expression)

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Davis, Angela Y. (Angela Yvonne), 1944- writer of foreword.

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Davis, Viola, 1965- author.

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Day, Daniel R., author.

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Deas, Mike, 1982- illustrator.

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Dunbar, Erica Armstrong, author.

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Durkin, Hannah, author.

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Edwards, Janina, narrator.

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Elliott, Andrea, author.

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Fièvre, M. J. (Michèle-Jessica), author.

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Ford, Ashley C., author.

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Ford, Tanisha C., author.

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Gates, Henry Louis, Jr., writer of foreword.

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Gill, Joel Christian, author, artist.

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Goldberg, Whoopi, 1955- author.

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Haddish, Tiffany, 1979- author.

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HarperCollins (Firm), publisher.

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Harrison, Vashti, author, illustrator.

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Haygood, Wil, author.

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Hecimovich, Gregg A., author.

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Horwitz, Joshua, author.

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Jackson, Ketanji Brown, 1970- author.

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Johnson, George M. (George Matthew), 1985- author.

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Jones, Quincy, 1933- interviewee (expression)

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Jones, Saeed, author.

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Joseph, Peniel E., author.

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Kaepernick, Colin, 1987- author.

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Kaiser, Lisbeth, author.

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Kamanda, Ali, author.

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Kanopy (Firm)

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Khan-Cullors, Patrisse, 1984- author.

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King, Coretta Scott, 1927-2006, author.

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Lawson, Shayla, author.

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Lee Shetterly, Margot author.

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Lewis, John, 1940-2020, author.

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Lyons, Kelly Starling, author.

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MacLeod, Elizabeth, author.

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Manson, Mark, author.

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Manuel, Ian, author.

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McCrae, Shane, 1975- author.

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Meacham, Jon, author, narrator.

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Meacham, Jon, author.

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Merritt, Tyler, author.

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Mirchandani, Raakhee, author.

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Moore, Wayétu, author.

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Obama, Barack author, narrator.

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Obama, Barack, author.

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Obama, Michelle, 1964- author, narrator.

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PBS Distribution (Firm), film distributor.

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Page, Lisa Frazier, author.

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Patterson, James, 1947- author.

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Payne, Tamara, author.

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Pinkney, Andrea Davis, author.

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Pippen, Scottie, author.

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Pippins, Andrea, illustrator.

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Quartey, Amanda, illustrator.

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Redmond, Jorge, author.

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Reid, Joy-Ann, 1968- author.

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Reynolds, April, author.

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Reynolds, Barbara A., author.

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Ritz, David, author.

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Robinson, Erin, illustrator.

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Rosser, Kareem, author.

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Russell-Brown, Katheryn, 1961- author.

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Slade, Suzanne, author.

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Smith, Jada Pinkett, 1971- author.

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Smith, Tracy K., author.

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Smith, Will, 1968- author.

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Sternfeld, Jon, author.

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Stevenson, Bryan, writer of foreword.

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Stewart, Jeffrey C., 1950- author.

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Tate, Don, illustrator.

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Turner, Dawn, author.

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Tye, Larry, author.

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Tyson, Cicely, author.

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Various Readers, , reader.

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Velasquez, Eric, illustrator.

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Walker, Alice, 1944-

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Washington, Kerry, 1977- author.

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Wideman, John Edgar, author.

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Wilkins, Ebony, author.

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Winfrey, Oprah, interviewee (expression)

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Zirin, Dave, author.

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Abdul-Jabbar, Kareem, 1947- author.

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Abdur-Rahman, Taymullah, author.

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Abrams, Dan, 1966- author.

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Abreu, Carlos, translator.

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Acho, Emmanuel, author of introduction.

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Adams, Jarrett, author.

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Adaptation of (expression): Bennett, Michael, 1985- Things that make white people uncomfortable.

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Adaptation of (expression): Coates, Ta-Nehisi. Beautiful struggle.

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Adaptation of (expression): Lee Shetterly, Margot. Hidden figures.

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Adriansen, Sophie, author.

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Aduba, Uzo, author.

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Agard, Sandra A., author.

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Alca, Bárbara, illustrator.

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Alcántara, Jacqueline, illustrator.

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Alexander, Elizabeth, 1962- author.

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Alexander, Kevin (Food writer), author.

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Alexander, Kwame, author.

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Alexander, Kwame. author.

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Alexandrov, Vladimir E., author.

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Alford, Natasha S., author.

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Ali, Rahaman, 1940- author.

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Alix, Jay (Producer), film producer.

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Allen, Kendra, 1994- author.

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Als, Hilton, interviewee (expression)

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Alvis-Walker, Marcie, author.

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Anderson, Becca, author.

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Anderson, Becca. author.

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Andrews-Dyer, Helena, author.

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Angelou, Maya

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Angelou, Maya, author.

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Angelou, Maya, interviewee (expression)

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Antelo, Marta, 1981- illustrator.

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Anthony, Carmelo, 1984- author.

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Antoane, artist, colorist.

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Anyabwile, Dawud, 1965- illustrator.

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Arkush, Michael, author.

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Arlt, Lewis, narrator.

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Arsenault, Raymond, author.

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Asay, Paul, author.

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Asim, Jabari, 1962-, author.

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Assael, Shaun, author.

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Atwood, Gretchen, author.

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Austin, Nefertiti, author.

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Avery, Jaha Nailah, author.

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Baer, Dibs, author.

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Bagby, Meredith E., author.

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Bagby, Meredith, author, narrator.

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Bagge, Peter, author, illustrator.

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Bailey, Issac J. author.

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Baime, A. J. (Albert J.), author.

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Baker, Christina N., author.

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Baker, Josephine, 1906-1975, author.

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