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Did You Hear About Kitty Karr? : A Novel
Paul, Crystal SmithMacmillan Audio 2023 UnabridgedREESE'S BOOK CLUB MAY 2023 PICK A multigenerational saga that traverses the glamour of old Hollywood and the seductive draw of modern-day showbiz When Kitty Karr Tate, a White icon...
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This Other Eden : A Novel
Harding, PaulW. W. Norton & Company 2023Shortlisted for the 2023 Booker Prize Finalist for the 2023 National Book Award for Fiction One of Barack Obama's 15 favorite books of 2023 • A New Yorker Best Books of 2023 • A...
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All Boys Aren't Blue : A Memoir-Manifesto
Johnson, George M.Macmillan Audio 2020 UnabridgedThis program is read by the author. In a series of personal essays, prominent journalist and LGBTQIA+ activist George M. Johnson's All Boys Aren't Blue explores his childhood, adol...
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All Boys Aren't Blue : A Memoir-Manifesto
Johnson, George M.Farrar, Straus and Giroux (BYR) 2020In a series of personal essays, prominent journalist and LGBTQIA+ activist George M. Johnson's All Boys Aren't Blue explores his childhood, adolescence, and college years in New Je...
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The Dozier School for Boys : Forensics, Survivors, and a Painful Past
Murray, Elizabeth A.Lerner Publishing Group 2019Some true crimes reveal themselves in bits and pieces over time. One such case is the Florida School for Boys, a.k.a. the Dozier School, a place where—rather than reforming the chi...
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Martin Luther King Jr. : Walking in the Light
Fishman, Jon M.Lerner Publishing Group 2019Martin Luther King Jr. was an influential and inspiring leader of the Civil Rights Movement in the 1950s and 1960s. His life, work, and death are brought to life for readers like n...
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The Mamba Mentality : How I Play
Bryant, KobeFarrar, Straus and Giroux 2018The Mamba Mentality: How I Play is Kobe Bryant's personal perspective of his life and career on the basketball court and his exceptional, insightful style of playing the game—a fit...
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The Civil Rights Movement
Braun, EricLerner Publishing Group 2018Civil rights have been in the news with the rise of Black Lives Matter, Colin Kaepernick taking a knee during the national anthem at NFL games, and more. Yet civil rights activists...
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Martin Luther King Jr.
Herweck, DonaTriangle Interactive, LLC 2018Martin Luther King, Jr. used peaceful protests to become one of the world's greatest African-American Civil Rights leaders. Readers will learn all about his interesting and inspiri...
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You Are There! March on Washington, August 28, 1963
Maloof, TorreyTriangle Interactive, LLC 2018This intriguing nonfiction book builds literacy skills while immersing students in subject area content. You Are There! March on Washington, August 28, 1963 brings this historic da...
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The Negro Leagues : Celebrating Baseball's Unsung Heroes
Doeden, MattLerner Publishing Group 2018 UnabridgedWhen modern baseball fans think of African American players, they may think of Ken Griffey Jr. or Derek Jeter. But what about the black stars who didn't play Major League Baseball?...
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Locked Up for Freedom : Civil Rights Protesters at the Leesburg Stockade
Schwartz, Heather E.Lerner Publishing Group 2017In 1963, more than 30 African-American girls ages 11 to 16 were arrested for taking part in Civil Rights protests in Americus, Georgia. They were taken without their families' know...
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Strange Fruit : Billie Holiday and the Power of a Protest Song
Golio, GaryLerner Publishing Group 2017The audience was completely silent the first time Billie Holiday performed a song called "Strange Fruit." In the 1930s, Billie was known as a performer of jazz and blues music, but...
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Racial Profiling : Everyday Inequality
Behnke, Alison MarieLerner Publishing Group 2017In the United States, racial profiling affects thousands of Americans every day. Both individuals and institutions—such as law enforcement agencies, government bodies, and schools—...
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Feminism : Reinventing the F-Word
Higgins, Nadia AbushanabLerner Publishing Group 2016While most people say they believe in equal rights, the word feminism—America's new F-word—makes people uncomfortable. Explore the history of US feminism through pioneers such as E...
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Game Changer : John McLendon and the Secret Game
Coy, JohnLerner Publishing Group 2015When they piled into cars and drove through Durham, North Carolina, the members of the Duke University Medical School basketball team only knew that they were going somewhere to pl...
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Bad News for Outlaws : The Remarkable Life of Bass Reeves, Deputy U.S. Marshal
Nelson, Vaunda MicheauxLerner Publishing Group 2014Coretta Scott King Author Award Read about the fascinating life of Bass Reeves, who escaped slavery to become the first African American Deputy U.S. Marshal west of the Mississip...
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Almost to Freedom
Nelson Vaunda MicheauxLerner Publishing Group 2014Lindy and her doll Sally are best friends - wherever Lindy goes, Sally stays right by her side. They eat together, sleep together, and even pick cotton together. So, on the night L...