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Before Elvis : the African American musicians who made the King

Lauterbach, Preston, author

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2025

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Ella Fitzgerald : the official graphic novel

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2025

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782.42165 NWA

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Fearless and free : a memoir

Baker, Josephine, 1906-1975, author.

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2025

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927.928 BAK

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Palmer, Keke, author.

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2024

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2024

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Becoming Ella Fitzgerald : the jazz singer who transformed American song

Tick, Judith, author.

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2024

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Adriansen, Sophie, author.

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Life's too short : a memoir

Rucker, Darius, author.

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2024

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Outspoken : Paul Robeson, ahead of his time: a one-man show

Weatherford, Carole Boston, 1956- author.

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2024

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791 WEA

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Why Willie Mae Thornton matters

Denise, Lynnée (DJ), author.

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2023

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927.8242 THO

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SD_ILS:691644

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Ella Fitzgerald

Pinkney, Andrea Davis, author.

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2023

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Lena Horne : goddess reclaimed

Bogle, Donald, author.

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2023

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Rustin, Bayard 1912-1987.

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Russell-Brown, Katheryn, 1961- author.

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Elizabeth, Jordannah, author.

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Fishburne, Laurence, III, 1961- actor.

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Flack, Roberta, author.

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Foote, Horton, television writer.

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Formisani, Dario, artist.

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Fourrier, Sandrine, artist.

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Foyard, François, 1971- artist, colorist.

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Freedman, Russell.

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Freeman, Laura (Illustrator), illustrator.

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Galli, Christian, artist, colorist.

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Gaye, Jan, 1956- author.

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Gibson, Brian, 1944-2004, film director.

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Holmes, Ekua, illustrator.

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Jackson, Jermaine.

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Jackson, Katherine.

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Jackson, Michael, 1958-2009.

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Jones, James Earl

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Kanopy (Firm), film distributor.

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Kates, Nancy film director.

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Kennedy, Gerrick, author.

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King, Heidi Tyline, 1966- author.

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Langthorne, Mark, author.

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Lanier, Kate, screenwriter.

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Lauterbach, Preston, author

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Lee, Lindsay, artist.

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Lewis, Sophie, translator.

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Loueslati, Chadia, artist, colorist.

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Lowinger, Kathy, author.

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Mademoiselle Caroline, 1974- artist, colorist.

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Mansilla, Jorge, artist.

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Mo'Nique, actor.

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Morrison, Frank, 1971- illustrator.

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Moss, Caroline, 1987- author.

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New Video Group.

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Nwadiogbu, Ngozi, author.

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Oluo, Ijeoma, writer of foreward.

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Porter, Billy, author.

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Python, Isa, artist, colorist.

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Queen Latifah, 1970- actor.

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Randazzo, Riccardo, artist.

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Redmond, Shana L., author.

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Reed, Daniel, 1964- film director, film producer, director of photography.

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Reiss, Benjamin, 1975- artist, colorist.

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Ribowsky, Mark, author.

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Richards, Matt, 1967- author.

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Riera, Juan, artist.

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Ritz, David, author.

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Rivero, Larissa, artist.

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Roberts, Chris, 1959- author.

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