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• Illustrated Black History

  Honoring the Iconic and the Unseen

  McCalman, George,

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  Crafted by award-winning designer McCalman, this celebration of Black Americans ranges from Frederick Douglass, Nina Simone, and Audre Lorde to Dr. Eliza Ann Grier, born into slavery and the first Black woman to practice medicine in…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• The Museum of Ordinary People

  Gayle, Mike,

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  Jess discovers an unusual archive of letters, photographs, and curious housed in a warehouse and known as the Museum of Ordinary People. Irresistibly drawn, she becomes the museum's unofficial custodian, along with the warehouse's…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• Those Who Saw the Sun

  African American Oral Histories From the Jim Crow South

  Avery, Jaha Nailah,

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  Beginning with the African proverb "when an elder dies, a library burns," debut author Avery interviews 10 Black elders from various locations in the American South to develop this powerful collection of firsthand historical accounts of…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• Leslie F*cking Jones

  a Memoir

  Jones, Leslie, 1967-

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  Leslie Jones is a three-time Primetime Emmy Award nominee as well as a Writer's Guild Award and NAACP Award nominee for her work on Saturday Night Live . She has also been honored as one of Time Magazine's 100 Most Influential People.  -…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• Temple Folk

  Bilal, Aaliyah,

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  National Book Award Finalist - In Temple Folk, Black Muslims contemplate the convictions of their race, religion, economics, politics, and sexuality in America. The ten stories in this collection contribute to the bounty of diverse…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• Black AF History

  the Un-whitewashed Story of America

  Harriot, Michael,

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  From acclaimed columnist and political commentator Michael Harriot, a searingly smart and bitingly hilarious retelling of American history that corrects the record and showcases the perspectives and experiences of Black Americans.

• The Invisible Ache

  Black Men Identifying Their Pain and Reclaiming Their Power

  Vance, Courtney B,

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  Early in his career, actor Courtney B. Vance lost his father to suicide. Recently, he lost his godson to the same fate. Still, as mental health discourse hits the mainstream, it leaves the most vulnerable out of the conversation: Black…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• Glory Be

  a Glory Broussard Mystery

  Arceneaux, Danielle,

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  It's a hot and sticky Sunday in Lafayette, Louisiana, and Glory has settled into her usual after-church routine, meeting gamblers at the local coffee shop, where she works as a small-time bookie. Sitting at her corner table, Glory hears…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• Touched

  a Novel

  Mosley, Walter,

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  Martin Just wakes up one morning after what feels like, and might actually be, a centuries-long sleep with two new innate pieces of knowledge: Humanity is a virus destined to destroy all existence. And he is the Cure. Martin begins…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• Black Folk

  the Roots of the Black Working Class

  Kelley, Blair Murphy, 1973-

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  In this brilliant corrective, Black Folk, acclaimed historian Blair LM Kelley restores the Black working class to the center of the American story. Spanning two hundred years--from one of Kelley's earliest known ancestors, an enslaved…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• For the Culture

  Phenomenal Black Women and Femmes in Food : Interviews, Inspiration, and Recipes

  Miller, Klancy,

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  Miller (Cooking Solo), founder of For the Culture magazine, features Black women and femmes "doing phenomenal and awe-inspiring work" in the food and hospitality world in this inspiring compilation. The breadth of voices--from farmers and…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• Black Patriots: Buffalo Soldiers

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  The incredible story of the Nations' first all-Black peacetime regiments who fought to expand America's presence in the West, protect the National Parks, and defend the U.S. on foreign soil. - from the History Channel

• Take the Long Way Home

  Alers, Rochelle,

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  Spanning seven decades and two continents, this chronicle of one woman's remarkable journey through some of history's most turbulent eras follows Claudia Patterson, freedom fighter, businessperson, wife, master of languages and ultimately,…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• Juke Joints, Jazz Clubs, & Juice

  Cocktails From Two Centuries of African American Cookbooks

  Tipton-Martin, Toni,

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  The new title from Tipton-Martin (Jubilee), James Beard Award winner and editor in chief of Cook's Country, is a stunning blend of recipes and history from behind the bar. Her inspiration was the lack of historical representation of…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• The New Brownies' Book

  a Love Letter to Black Families

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  Sociologist Brown (Gone Home) and artist Palmer (The Legend of Gravity) reimagine W.E.B. Du Bois's early 1900s children's magazine of the same name with a splendid assemblage of essays, poems, and art from Black creators that aim to lavish…Read moreRead more of this annotation