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37.

The survivors of the Clotilda [CD] : the lost stories of the last captives of the American slave trade

Durkin, Hannah, author.

Publication Date

2024

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Call Number

306.362 DUR

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SD_ILS:721361

38.

Jelly Roll blues : censored songs & hidden histories

Wald, Elijah, author.

Publication Date

2024

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Books

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782.421643 WAL

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SD_ILS:722483

39.

Bits and pieces [CD] : my mother, my brother, and me

Goldberg, Whoopi, 1955- author, narrator.

Publication Date

2024

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CDs

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927.9143 GOL

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SD_ILS:723677

40.

Life's too short [CD] : a memoir

Rucker, Darius, author, narrator.

Publication Date

2024

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927.8242 RUC

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SD_ILS:723680

41.

Get honest or die lying : why small talk sucks

Charlamagne Tha God, 1980- author.

Publication Date

2024

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Books

Call Number

791.446 CHA

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SD_ILS:725177

42.

Playing from the rough : a personal journey through America's 100 greatest golf courses

James, Jimmie, 1959- author.

Publication Date

2024

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Books

Call Number

796.352 JAM

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SD_ILS:725213

43.

Survival is a promise : the eternal life of Audre Lorde

Gumbs, Alexis Pauline, 1982- author.

Publication Date

2024

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Call Number

928.154 LOR

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SD_ILS:725759

44.

Above the noise : my story of chasing calm

DeRozan, DeMar, 1989- author.

Publication Date

2024

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Call Number

927.96323 DER

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SD_ILS:726724

45.

Growing up Urkel : a memoir

White, Jaleel, 1976- author.

Publication Date

2024

Format:

Books

Call Number

927.9145 WHI

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SD_ILS:726770

46.

The survivors of the Clotilda : the lost stories of the last captives of the American slave trade

Durkin, Hannah, author.

Publication Date

2024

Format:

Books

Call Number

306.362 DUR

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SD_ILS:704697

47.

The jazzmen : how Duke Ellington, Louis Armstrong, and Count Basie transformed America

Tye, Larry, author.

Publication Date

2024

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781.65 TYE

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SD_ILS:714049

48.

LeBron James in his own words : young reader edition

James, LeBron, author.

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2024

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796.323 JAM

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SD_ILS:714875

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Miles, Tiya, 1970- author.

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Moore, Katherine (Writer at National Geographic Kids), author.

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Moss, Caroline, 1987- author.

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Obama, Barack author.

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Oluseyi, Hakeem M. (Hakeem Muata), author.

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Bandele, Asha, author.

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Baptiste, Tracey, author.

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Benedict, Jeff, author.

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Bennett, Michael, 1985- author.

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Brown, Cole, author.

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Buckley, James, Jr., 1963- author.

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Chambers, Veronica, author.

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Chiles, Nick, author.

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Christie, R. Gregory, 1971- illustrator.

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Cooper, Brittney C., 1980- author.

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Cooper, Christian, author.

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Dakers, Diane, author.

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Daniel, Mary-Alice, author.

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Davis, Angela Y. (Angela Yvonne), 1944- interviewee (expression)

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Davis, Angela Y. (Angela Yvonne), 1944- writer of foreword.

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Davis, Viola, 1965- author.

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Day, Daniel R., author.

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Deas, Mike, 1982- illustrator.

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Dunbar, Erica Armstrong, author.

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Durkin, Hannah, author.

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Edwards, Janina, narrator.

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Elliott, Andrea, author.

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Fièvre, M. J. (Michèle-Jessica), author.

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Ford, Ashley C., author.

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Ford, Tanisha C., author.

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Gates, Henry Louis, Jr., writer of foreword.

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Goldberg, Whoopi, 1955- author.

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Haddish, Tiffany, 1979- author.

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HarperCollins (Firm), publisher.

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Harrison, Vashti, author, illustrator.

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Haygood, Wil, author.

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Hecimovich, Gregg A., author.

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Horwitz, Joshua, author.

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Jackson, Ketanji Brown, 1970- author.

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Johnson, George M. (George Matthew), 1985- author.

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Jones, Quincy, 1933- interviewee (expression)

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Jones, Saeed, author.

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Joseph, Peniel E., author.

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Kaepernick, Colin, 1987- author.

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Kaiser, Lisbeth, author.

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Kamanda, Ali, author.

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Khan-Cullors, Patrisse, 1984- author.

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King, Coretta Scott, 1927-2006, author.

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Lawson, Shayla, author.

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Lee Shetterly, Margot author.

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Lewis, John, 1940-2020, author.

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Lyons, Kelly Starling, author.

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MacLeod, Elizabeth, author.

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Manson, Mark, author.

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Manuel, Ian, author.

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McCrae, Shane, 1975- author.

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Meacham, Jon, author, narrator.

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Meacham, Jon, author.

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Merritt, Tyler, author.

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Mirchandani, Raakhee, author.

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Moore, Wayétu, author.

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Obama, Barack author, narrator.

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Obama, Barack, author.

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Obama, Michelle, 1964- author, narrator.

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Page, Lisa Frazier, author.

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Patterson, James, 1947- author.

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Payne, Tamara, author.

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Pinkney, Andrea Davis, author.

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Pippen, Scottie, author.

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Pippins, Andrea, illustrator.

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Quartey, Amanda, illustrator.

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Redmond, Jorge, author.

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Reid, Joy-Ann, 1968- author.

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Reynolds, April, author.

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Reynolds, Barbara A., author.

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Ritz, David, author.

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Robinson, Erin, illustrator.

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Rosser, Kareem, author.

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Russell-Brown, Katheryn, 1961- author.

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Slade, Suzanne, author.

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Smith, Jada Pinkett, 1971- author.

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Smith, Tracy K., author.

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Smith, Will, 1968- author.

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Sternfeld, Jon, author.

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Stevenson, Bryan, writer of foreword.

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Stewart, Jeffrey C., 1950- author.

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Tate, Don, illustrator.

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Turner, Dawn, author.

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Tye, Larry, author.

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Tyson, Cicely, author.

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Various Readers, , reader.

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Velasquez, Eric, illustrator.

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Walker, Alice, 1944-

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Washington, Kerry, 1977- author.

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Wideman, John Edgar, author.

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Wilkins, Ebony, author.

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Zirin, Dave, author.

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Abdul-Jabbar, Kareem, 1947- author.

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Abdur-Rahman, Taymullah, author.

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Abrams, Dan, 1966- author.

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Abreu, Carlos, translator.

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Acho, Emmanuel, author of introduction.

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Adams, Jarrett, author.

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Adaptation of (expression): Bennett, Michael, 1985- Things that make white people uncomfortable.

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Adaptation of (expression): Lee Shetterly, Margot. Hidden figures.

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Agard, Sandra A., author.

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Alexander, Elizabeth, 1962- author.

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Alexander, Kevin (Food writer), author.

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Alexander, Kwame, author.

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Alexander, Kwame. author.

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Alexandrov, Vladimir E., author.

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Alford, Natasha S., author.

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Ali, Rahaman, 1940- author.

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Allen, Kendra, 1994- author.

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Alvis-Walker, Marcie, author.

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Anderson, Becca, author.

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Anderson, Becca. author.

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Angelou, Maya

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Angelou, Maya, author.

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Antelo, Marta, 1981- illustrator.

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Anthony, Carmelo, 1984- author.

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Anyabwile, Dawud, 1965- illustrator.

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Arkush, Michael, author.

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Arlt, Lewis, narrator.

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Arsenault, Raymond, author.

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Asay, Paul, author.

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Asim, Jabari, 1962-, author.

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Assael, Shaun, author.

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Atwood, Gretchen, author.

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Austin, Nefertiti, author.

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Avery, Jaha Nailah, author.

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Baer, Dibs, author.

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Bagby, Meredith E., author.

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Bagby, Meredith, author, narrator.

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Bagge, Peter, author, illustrator.

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Bailey, Issac J. author.

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Baime, A. J. (Albert J.), author.

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Baker, Christina N., author.

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Baker, Josephine, 1906-1975, author.

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