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Before Elvis : the African American musicians who made the King

Lauterbach, Preston, author

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2025

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781.6408996 LAU

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SD_ILS:790875

Life's too short : a memoir

Rucker, Darius, author.

Publication Date

2024

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927.8242 RUC

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SD_ILS:715763

Life's too short [CD] : a memoir

Rucker, Darius, author, narrator.

Publication Date

2024

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CDs

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927.8242 RUC

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Master of me : the secret to controlling your narrative

Palmer, Keke, author.

Publication Date

2024

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791.43028 PAL

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SD_ILS:726800

Becoming Ella Fitzgerald : the jazz singer who transformed American song

Tick, Judith, author.

Publication Date

2024

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927.8165 FIT

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SD_ILS:700382

Outspoken : Paul Robeson, ahead of his time: a one-man show

Weatherford, Carole Boston, 1956- author.

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2024

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791 WEA

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SD_ILS:798082

Rock, Rosetta, rock! Roll, Rosetta, roll! : presenting sister Rosetta Tharpe, the godmother of rock & roll

Bolden, Tonya, author.

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2023

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782.254 BOL

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SD_ILS:706689

Lena Horne : goddess reclaimed

Bogle, Donald, author.

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2023

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927.845 HOR

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SD_ILS:701551

Why Willie Mae Thornton matters

Denise, Lynnée (DJ), author.

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2023

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927.8242 THO

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SD_ILS:691644

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Ella Fitzgerald

Pinkney, Andrea Davis, author.

Publication Date

2023

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782.42165 PIN

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SD_ILS:682940

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Marian Anderson [DVD video] : the whole world in her hands

Coburn, Rita, television director, screenwriter, television producer.

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2022

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Didn't we almost have it all : in defense of Whitney Houston

Kennedy, Gerrick, author.

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2022

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927.8242 HOU

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Robert F. Sibert Informational Book Medal (2005) -- Winner.

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Russell-Brown, Katheryn, 1961- author.

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Brandy, 1979- writer of foreword.

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Buena Vista Home Entertainment (Firm), film distributor.

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Channel Four (Great Britain), presenter.

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Christie, R. Gregory, 1971- illustrator.

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Cleveland, Christopher, 1959- television writer.

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Coburn, Rita, television director, screenwriter, television producer.

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Cohl, Michael.

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Elizabeth, Jordannah, author.

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Foote, Horton, television writer.

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Freedman, Russell.

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Gaye, Jan, 1956- author.

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Jackson, Jermaine.

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Jackson, Katherine.

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Jackson, Michael, 1958-2009.

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Jones, James Earl

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Kanopy (Firm)

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Kates, Nancy film director.

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Kennedy, Gerrick, author.

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King, Heidi Tyline, 1966- author.

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Langthorne, Mark, author.

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Lanier, Kate, screenwriter.

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Lauterbach, Preston, author

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Levy, Patricia Weiss, author.

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Mo'Nique, actor.

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Morrison, Frank, 1971- illustrator.

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Moss, Caroline, 1987- author.

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New Video Group.

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PBS Distribution (Firm), publisher.

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Palmer, Keke, author.

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Pinkney, Andrea Davis, author.

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Porter, Billy, author.

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Queen Latifah, 1970- actor.

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Reed, Daniel, 1964- film director, film producer, director of photography.

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Rees, Dee, television director, television writer.

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Ribowsky, Mark, author.

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Richards, Matt, 1967- author.

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Ritz, David, author.

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Roberts, Chris, 1959- author.

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Robinson, Christian, illustrator.

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Rostock, Susanne.

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Rucker, Darius, author, narrator.

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Rucker, Darius, author.

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Tick, Judith, author.

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