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How sweet the sound

Alexander, Kwame, author.

Publication Date

2025

Format:

Books

Call Number

780.8996073 ALE

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SD_ILS:794072

The collected essays of Ralph Ellison

Ellison, Ralph, author.

Publication Date

2024

Format:

Books

Call Number

814.54 ELL

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SD_ILS:710159

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

Edim, Glory, 1982- author.

Publication Date

2024

Format:

Books

Call Number

028.8 EDI

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SD_ILS:729914

Black women writers at work

Tate, Claudia, editor.

Publication Date

2023

Format:

Books

Call Number

809.89287 BLA

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SD_ILS:678325

Three roads back : how Emerson, Thoreau, and William James responded to the greatest losses of their lives

Richardson, Robert D., 1934-2020, author.

Publication Date

2023

Format:

Books

Call Number

818.309 RIC

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SD_ILS:678707

Whiteout : how Canada cancels Blackness

Clarke, George Elliott, author.

Publication Date

2023

Format:

Books

Call Number

810.9 CLA

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SD_ILS:680748

Les enquêtes d'Enola Holmes. 7, Et la barouche noire

Blasco, Serena, author.

Publication Date

2022

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Books

Call Number

BLA

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SD_ILS:679007

Eve bites back : an alternative history of English literature

Beer, Anna R., 1964- author.

Publication Date

2022

Format:

Books

Call Number

820.99287 BEE

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SD_ILS:667388

Tristan Strong punches a hole in the sky : the graphic novel

Venditti, Robert, author.

Publication Date

2022

Format:

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Call Number

MBA

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SD_ILS:647976

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A little devil in America : notes in praise of Black performance

Abdurraqib, Hanif, 1983- author.

Publication Date

2021

Format:

Books

Call Number

791.089 ABD

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SD_ILS:595354

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King of ragtime : the story of Scott Joplin

Costanza, Stephen, author, illustrator.

Publication Date

2021

Format:

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Call Number

789.9 COS

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SD_ILS:640729

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Read until you understand : the profound wisdom of Black life and literature

Griffin, Farah Jasmine, author.

Publication Date

2021

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Call Number

810.9 GRI

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SD_ILS:625288

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Sembène, Ousmane, 1923-2007.

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Gadjigo, Samba, 1954- film director, screenwriter, film producer.

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Galle Ceddo Projects, production company.

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Graphic novelization of (work): Mbalia, Kwame. Tristan Strong punches a hole in the sky.

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Nel, Philip, 1969- author.

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