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The mayor of Maxwell Street

Cunningham, Avery, author.

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2024

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CUN

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SD_ILS:706187

Lessons for survival : mothering against "the apocalypse"

Raboteau, Emily, author.

Publication Date

2024

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974.7 RAB

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SD_ILS:716765

Coretta : the autobiography of Mrs. Coretta Scott King

King, Coretta Scott, 1927-2006, author.

Publication Date

2024

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323 KIN

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SD_ILS:798066

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

Bolden, Tonya, author.

Publication Date

2023

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782.254 BOL

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SD_ILS:706689

The life and times of Hannah Crafts : the true story of The Bondwoman's Narrative

Hecimovich, Gregg A., author.

Publication Date

2023

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928.13 CRA

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SD_ILS:692761

Overlooked : a celebration of remarkable, underappreciated people who broke the rules and changed the world

Padnani, Amisha, author.

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2023

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920 PAD

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SD_ILS:692773

To boldly go : how Nichelle Nichols and Star trek helped advance civil rights

Dalton, Angela, author.

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2023

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791.45028 DAL

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SD_ILS:670183

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

Smith, Danyel, author.

Publication Date

2022

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782.42164 SMI

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SD_ILS:610255

A history of me

Theodore, Adrea, author.

Publication Date

2022

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306.362 THE

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SD_ILS:638266

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Fortune : how race broke my family and the world--and how to repair it all

Harper, Lisa Sharon, author.

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2022

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277.3083 HAR

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SD_ILS:647292

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Elegy for Mary Turner : an illustrated account of a lynching

Williams, Rachel Marie-Crane, 1972- author.

Publication Date

2021

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364.134 WIL

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SD_ILS:607937

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Billie Holiday : the graphic novel

Gilbert, Ebony, author.

Publication Date

2021

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927.8242 HOL

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