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The ABCs of women's history

Cortez, Rio, author.

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2025

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305.42 COR

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

Roberts, Tara, author.

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2025

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920.573 ROB

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SD_ILS:796473

Legacy : a black physician reckons with racism in medicine

Blackstock, Uché, author.

Publication Date

2024

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610.92 BLA

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SD_ILS:713644

The mayor of Maxwell Street

Cunningham, Avery, author.

Publication Date

2024

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CUN

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SD_ILS:706187

Black women taught us : an intimate history of Black feminism

Jackson, Jenn M., author.

Publication Date

2024

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305.48896073 JAC

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SD_ILS:708740

Abolition : politics, practices, promises. Volume 1

Davis, Angela Y. (Angela Yvonne), 1944- author.

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2024

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364.6 DAV

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SD_ILS:714022

Praisesong for the kitchen ghosts : stories and recipes from five generations of Black country cooks

Wilkinson, Crystal, author.

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2024

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641.5975 WIL

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SD_ILS:715360

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Chambers, Essie, author.

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2024

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CHA

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A lethal lady

Afia, Nekesa, author.

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2024

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AFI

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SD_ILS:726321

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Gather me : a memoir in praise of the books that saved me

Edim, Glory, 1982- author.

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2024

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028.8 EDI

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SD_ILS:729914

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Belle da Costa Greene : a librarian's legacy

Ciallela, Erica, editor, writer of essay.

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2024

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020 BEL

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Great Moments in History: Marian Anderson Sings for a Nation [hoopla comic]

Turner, Myra Faye, author.

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2024

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Chilton, Karen, narrator.

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Christie, R. Gregory, 1971- illustrator.

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Cope, Suzanne, 1978- author.

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Donati, Sara, 1956- author.

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Dunbar, Erica Armstrong, author.

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Dungy, Camille T., 1972- author.

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Edim, Glory, 1982- author.

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Edim, Glory, 1982- editor.

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Edwards, Janina, narrator.

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Elizabeth, Jordannah, author.

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Fales-Hill, Susan, 1962- author.

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Flam, Laura, author.

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Foner, Daria Rose, writer of essay.

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Fowler, Arric, author.

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Fox, Vivica A., 1964- actor.

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Franken, Al, actor.

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Friedman, Drew, author.

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Gross, Kali N., 1972- author.

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Guerrero, Diane, 1986- actor.

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Harper, Lisa Sharon, author.

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Harris, Kamala, 1964- actor.

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Hartman, Saidiya V., author.

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Jenkins, Beverly, 1951- author.

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Johnson, Keith Lee.

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