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Fearless and free : a memoir

Baker, Josephine, 1906-1975, author.

Publication Date

2025

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Books

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927.928 BAK

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SD_ILS:791146

Ella Fitzgerald : the official graphic novel

Nwadiogbu, Ngozi, author.

Publication Date

2025

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Books

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782.42165 NWA

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SD_ILS:795290

The unexpected diva : a novel

Warren, Tiffany L., author.

Publication Date

2025

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WAR

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SD_ILS:802559

Becoming Ella Fitzgerald : the jazz singer who transformed American song

Tick, Judith, author.

Publication Date

2024

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Books

Call Number

927.8165 FIT

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SD_ILS:700382

Lena Horne : goddess reclaimed

Bogle, Donald, author.

Publication Date

2023

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Books

Call Number

927.845 HOR

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SD_ILS:701551

Intermission.

Dixon, Phyllis R., 1958- author.

Publication Date

2023

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DIX

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SD_ILS:686674

But will you love me tomorrow? : an oral history of the '60s girl groups

Flam, Laura, author.

Publication Date

2023

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782.42164 FLA

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SD_ILS:690444

Why Willie Mae Thornton matters

Denise, Lynnée (DJ), author.

Publication Date

2023

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927.8242 THO

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SD_ILS:691644

Harlem after midnight

Hare, Louise, author.

Publication Date

2023

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HAR

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SD_ILS:689166

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

Kennedy, Gerrick, author.

Publication Date

2022

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927.8242 HOU

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SD_ILS:644453

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Shine bright : a very personal history of black women in pop

Smith, Danyel, author.

Publication Date

2022

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Call Number

782.42164 SMI

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SD_ILS:610255

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Respect [DVD video]

Tommy, Liesl, film director.

Publication Date

2021

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RES

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Burgess, Tituss, actor.

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Donovan, Tate, actor.

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Gavin, James, 1964-

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Headley, Heather, actor.

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Hudson, Jennifer, 1981- actor.

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Lee, Lindsay, artist.

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Mansilla, Jorge, artist.

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Maron, Marc, actor.

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Universal Pictures Home Entertainment (Firm), publisher.

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Baker, Josephine, 1906-1975, author.

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Bassett, Angela, actor.

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Belandria, Alberto, artist.

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Beyoncé, 1981- actor.

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Blanco, Samuel, colorist.

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Bogle, Donald, author.

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Bouillon-Baker, Jean-Claude, writer of afterword.

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Brandy, 1979- writer of foreword.

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Buena Vista Home Entertainment (Firm), film distributor.

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Calcano, David, author.

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Chambers, Veronica. editor.

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Cleveland, Christopher, 1959- television writer.

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Condon, Bill, 1955- screenwriter, director.

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Crawford, Robyn, author.

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Denise, Lynnée (DJ), author.

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Dixon, Phyllis R., 1958- author.

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DreamWorks Home Entertainment (Firm), publisher.

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Fishburne, Laurence, III, 1961- actor.

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Flam, Laura, author.

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Foote, Horton, television writer.

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Foxx, Jamie, actor.

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George, Nelson, author.

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Gibson, Brian, 1944-2004, film director.

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Gilois, Bettina, television writer.

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Glover, Danny, actor.

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Jones, Albert (Actor), actor.

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Kilgore, Hailey, 1999- actor.

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Levy, Patricia Weiss, author.

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Lewis, Sophie, translator.

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Liebowitz, Emily Sieu, author.

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Maneiro, Ittai, artist, colorist.

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Mark, Laurence, producer.

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McClain, LeRoy, actor.

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Mo'Nique, actor.

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Murphy, Eddie, 1961- actor.

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Nwadiogbu, Ngozi, author.

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Oluo, Ijeoma, writer of foreward.

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Queen Latifah, 1970- actor.

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Rees, Dee, television director, television writer.

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Riera, Juan, artist.

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Rivero, Larissa, artist.

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Rose, Anika Noni, 1972- actor.

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Sauvage, Marcel, writer of introduction.

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Scott, Kimberly, 1961- actor.

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Sengbloh, Saycon, 1977- actor.

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Shapiro, Kitt, author.

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Szwed, John F., 1936- author.

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Tick, Judith, author.

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Tinsley, Omise'eke Natasha, 1971- author.

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Touchstone Home Video (Firm), publisher.

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W.W. Norton & Company, publisher.

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Warner Home Video (Firm), distributor.

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Warren, Tiffany L., author.

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Willard, Timothy D.

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Williams, John, 1961- author.

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Williams, Michael Kenneth, actor.

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Wilson, August, author.

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Winans, BeBe.

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