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13.

Just as I am [CD]

Tyson, Cicely, author, narrator.

Publication Date

2021

Format:

CDs

Call Number

927.9143 TYS

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SD_ILS:609138

14.

Surviving the white gaze [CD] : a memoir

Carroll, Rebecca, author, narrator.

Publication Date

2021

Format:

CDs

Call Number

305.48896073 CAR

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SD_ILS:609144

15.

Three girls from Bronzeville [CD]: a uniquely American memoir of race, fate, and sisterhood

Turner, Dawn, author.

Publication Date

2021

Format:

CDs

Call Number

977.3 TUR

Available: Holds: Copies:

SD_ILS:632746

16.

Unguarded [CD]

Pippen, Scottie, author.

Publication Date

2021

Format:

CDs

Call Number

796.323 PIP

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SD_ILS:640179

17.

My remarkable journey [CD] : a memoir

Johnson, Katherine G.

Publication Date

2021

Format:

CDs

Call Number

925.1 JOH

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SD_ILS:620318

18.

The dragons, the giant, the women [CD] : a memoir

Moore, Wayétu, author.

Publication Date

2020

Format:

CDs

Call Number

966.62033 MOO

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SD_ILS:558776

19.

Rockaway [CD] : surfing headlong into a new life

Cardwell, Diane, 1964- author, narrator.

Publication Date

2020

Format:

CDs

Call Number

797.32 CAR

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SD_ILS:558798

20.

His truth is marching on [CD] : John Lewis and the power of hope

Meacham, Jon, author, narrator.

Publication Date

2020

Format:

CDs

Call Number

923.273 LEW

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SD_ILS:593676

21.

A promised land [CD]

Obama, Barack author, narrator.

Publication Date

2020

Format:

CDs

Call Number

923.173 OBA

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SD_ILS:593678

22.

Tough love [CD] : my story of the things worth fighting for

Rice, Susan E., author, narrator.

Publication Date

2019

Format:

CDs

Call Number

923.273 RIC

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SD_ILS:521135

23.

Becoming [CD]

Obama, Michelle, 1964- author, narrator.

Publication Date

2018

Format:

CDs

Call Number

923.173 OBA

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SD_ILS:477553

24.

Devotion [CD] : an epic story of heroism, friendship and sacrifice

Makos, Adam.

Publication Date

2015

Format:

CDs

Call Number

951.9042 MAK

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SD_ILS:297153

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Obama, Michelle, 1964-

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Plantation life -- Louisiana -- History -- 19th century.

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Adopted children -- New Hampshire -- Warner (Town) -- Biography.

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African American civil rights workers -- Biography.

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African American civil rights workers -- Mississippi -- Jackson -- Biography.

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African American comedians -- Biography.

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African American country musicians -- Biography.

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African American fighter pilots -- Biography.

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African American gay men -- Biography.

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African American jazz musicians -- Biography.

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African American legislators -- Biography.

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African American motion picture actors and actresses -- Biography.

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African American politicians -- United States -- Biography.

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African American rock musicians -- Biography.

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African American women -- History.

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African American women -- Illinois -- Chicago -- Biography.

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African American women authors -- Biography.

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African American women comedians -- Biography.

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African American women mathematicians -- Biography.

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African American women novelists -- Biography.

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African American women poets -- Biography.

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African Americans -- Alabama -- Biography.

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African Americans -- Civil rights -- Mississippi -- History -- 20th century.

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African Americans -- Illinois -- Chicago -- Biography.

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African Americans -- Race identity.

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African Americans -- Segregation -- History -- 20th century.

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Africatown (Ala.) -- Biography.

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Allen, Eugene, 1919-2010.

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Ambassadors -- United States -- Biography.

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Angelou, Maya

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Angelou, Maya -- Family.

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Armstrong, Louis, 1901-1971.

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Autobiographical fiction, American -- History and criticism.

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Basie, Count, 1904-1984.

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Basketball players -- Biography.

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Basketball.

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Bronzeville (Chicago, Ill.) -- Biography.

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Brown, Jesse Leroy.

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Butlers -- United States -- Biography.

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Cancer -- Patients -- Virginia -- Biography.

(1)

Cancer -- Research.

(1)

Cardwell, Diane, 1964-

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Carroll, Rebecca.

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Celebrities -- United States -- Biography.

(1)

Cell culture.

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Change.

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Chicago (Ill.) -- Biography.

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Chicago Bulls (Basketball team) -- History.

(1)

Civil rights movements -- Mississippi -- History -- 20th century.

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Civil rights workers -- Mississippi -- Jackson -- Biography.

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Civil rights workers -- United States -- Biography.

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Clotilda (Ship)

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Coates, Ta-Nehisi -- Travel.

(1)

Coates, Ta-Nehisi.

(1)

Comedians -- United States -- Biography.

(1)

Conduct of life.

(1)

Corsair (Fighter plane)

(1)

Country musicians -- United States -- Biography.

(1)

Crafts, Hannah.

(1)

Daniel, Mary-Alice.

(1)

Davis, Viola, 1965-

(1)

Diplomats -- United States -- Biography.

(1)

Divorced women -- United States -- Biography.

(1)

Drag queens -- United States -- Biography.

(1)

Ellington, Duke, 1899-1974.

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England -- Social life and customs.

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Enslaved persons -- Alabama -- Biography.

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Enslaved persons -- Alabama -- History -- 19th century.

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Enslaved persons -- Southern States -- Biography.

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Enslaved persons' writings, American

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Enslaved women -- United States -- Biography.

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Entertainers -- United States -- Biography.

(1)

Evers, Medgar Wiley, 1925-1963.

(1)

Evers-Williams, Myrlie.

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Families -- Liberia -- Biography.

(1)

Female impersonators -- United States -- Biography.

(1)

Fighter pilots -- United States -- Biography.

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Fighter pilots -- United States.

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Freed persons -- United States -- Biography.

(1)

Fugitive slaves -- United States -- Biography.

(1)

Goldberg, Whoopi, 1955- -- Childhood and youth.

(1)

Goldberg, Whoopi, 1955- -- Family.

(1)

HeLa cells.

(1)

Hootie & the Blowfish (Musical group)

(1)

Hudner, Tom, 1924-

(1)

Human experimentation in medicine -- United States -- History.

(1)

Human trafficking -- Alabama -- History -- 19th century.

(1)

Ideals (Philosophy)

(1)

Immigrants -- United States -- Biography.

(1)

Interracial adoption -- New Hampshire -- Warner (Town)

(1)

Israel -- Ethnic relations.

(1)

Jazz musicians -- United States -- Biography.

(1)

Johnson, Katherine G.

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Journalists -- Illinois -- Chicago -- Biography.

(1)

Journalists -- United States -- Biography.

(1)

Korean War, 1950-1953 -- Aerial operations, American.

(1)

Korean War, 1950-1953 -- Campaigns -- Korea (North) -- Changjin Reservoir.

(1)

Korean War, 1950-1953 -- United States -- Biography.

(1)

Lacks, Henrietta, 1920-1951 -- Health.

(1)

Lewis, John, 1940-2020.

(1)

Liberia -- History -- Civil War, 1989-1996 -- Refugees.

(1)

Liberian Americans -- Biography.

(1)

McCrae, Shane, 1975- -- Childhood and youth.

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McCrae, Shane, 1975- -- Kidnapping.

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Medical ethics.

(1)

Mississippi -- Race relations.

(1)

Mobile (Ala.) -- History -- 19th century.

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Moore, Wayétu -- Childhood and youth.

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Moore, Wayétu.

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Motion picture actors and actresses -- United States -- Biography

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Motion picture actors and actresses -- United States -- Biography.

(1)

Multiracial families -- New Hampshire -- Warner (Town)

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National Association for the Advancement of Colored People -- Biography.

(1)

National characteristics, American.

(1)

Nigeria -- Social life and customs.

(1)

Nigerian Americans -- Biography.

(1)

Novelists -- Biography.

(1)

Obama, Barack -- Philosophy.

(1)

Palestine -- Social conditions.

(1)

Pippen, Scottie.

(1)

Poets -- Biography.

(1)

Poets, American -- Biography.

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Poitier, Sidney

(1)

Poitier, Sidney -- Correspondence

(1)

Presidents -- United States -- Election -- 2008.

(1)

Presidents -- United States -- Staff -- Biography.

(1)

Protest movements -- United States.

(1)

Race awareness in children -- New Hampshire -- Warner (Town)

(1)

Refugees -- Liberia -- History -- Biography.

(1)

Rescues -- Korea (North) -- Changjin Reservoir -- History -- 20th century.

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Rice, Susan E.

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Rock musicians -- United States -- Biography.

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Rockaway Beach (New York, N.Y.) -- Biography.

(1)

RuPaul, 1960-

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Rucker, Darius.

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Self-realization in women -- Biography.

(1)

Senegal -- Social conditions.

(1)

Singers -- United States -- Biography.

(1)

Slave trade -- United States -- History -- 19th century.

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South Carolina -- Race relations.

(1)

Spouses -- Mississippi -- Jackson -- Biography.

(1)

Surfing -- United States -- Biography.

(1)

Television personalities -- United States -- Biography.

(1)

Trice, Debra.

(1)

True crime stories.

(1)

Turner, Dawn -- Family.

(1)

Turner, Dawn.

(1)

Tyson, Cicely.

(1)

United Nations -- Officials and employees -- Biography.

(1)

United States -- Foreign relations.

(1)

United States -- History -- Civil War, 1861-1865 -- African Americans.

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United States -- History -- Civil War, 1861-1865 -- Social aspects.

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United States -- Politics and government -- 2001-2009.

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United States -- Politics and government -- 2009-2017.

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United States -- Politics and government -- Philosophy.

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United States. Assistant to the President for National Security Affairs -- Biography.

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United States. Navy -- African Americans -- Biography.

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Blackstone Audio, Inc.

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Gossett, Louis, Jr., 1936-2024

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Random House Audio Publishing.

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Recorded Books, LLC.

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