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Ruby Bridges : a talk with my teacher

Bridges, Ruby, author.

Publication Date

2025

Format:

Book

Call Number

379.2 BRI

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SD_ILS:794108

Magic in the air : the myth, the mystery, and the soul of the slam dunk

Sielski, Mike, 1975- author.

Publication Date

2025

Format:

Book

Call Number

796.3232 SIE

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SD_ILS:796427

The collected essays of Ralph Ellison

Ellison, Ralph, author.

Publication Date

2024

Format:

Book

Call Number

814.54 ELL

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SD_ILS:710159

The Black box : writing the race

Gates, Henry Louis, Jr., author.

Publication Date

2024

Format:

Book

Call Number

305.896073 GAT

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SD_ILS:712370

Salvage : readings from the wreck

Brand, Dionne, 1953-

Publication Date

2024

Format:

Book

Call Number

801.95 BRA

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SD_ILS:715797

The kids book of Black history in Canada

Sadlier, Rosemary, author.

Publication Date

2024

Format:

Book

Call Number

971.00496 SAD

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SD_ILS:715953

Call me Roberto! : Roberto Clemente goes to bat for Latinos

Alonso, Nathalie, author.

Publication Date

2024

Format:

Book

Call Number

796.357 ALO

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SD_ILS:803072

Muhammad Ali : great lives in graphics

Pierce, Nick, editor.

Publication Date

2024

Format:

Book

Call Number

796.83 MUH

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SD_ILS:794064

A walk in the woods

Grimes, Nikki, author.

Publication Date

2023

Format:

Book

Call Number

155.937 GRI

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SD_ILS:692880

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The feminist killjoy handbook : the radical potential of getting in the way

Ahmed, Sara, 1969- author.

Publication Date

2023

Format:

Book

Call Number

305.42 AHM

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SD_ILS:697748

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History comics. Rosa Parks & Claudette Colvin : civil rights heroes

Baptiste, Tracey, author.

Publication Date

2023

Format:

Book

Call Number

323.092 BAP

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SD_ILS:670507

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Whiteout : how Canada cancels Blackness

Clarke, George Elliott, author.

Publication Date

2023

Format:

Book

Call Number

810.9 CLA

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SD_ILS:680748

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