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• A Love Song for Ricki Wilde

  Williams, Tia, 1975-

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  Set against the backdrop of modern Harlem and Renaissance glamour, A Love Song for Ricki Wilde is a swoon-worthy love story of two passionate artists drawn to the magic, romance, and opportunity of New York, and whose lives are uniquely and…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• Neighbors and Other Stories

  Oliver, Diane, 1943-1966,

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  A bold and haunting debut story collection that follows various characters as they navigate the day-to-day perils of Jim Crow racism from Diane Oliver, a missing figure in the canon of twentieth-century African American literature, with an…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• One of Us Knows

  a Thriller

  Cole, Alyssa,

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  From the critically acclaimed and bestselling author of When No One Is Watching comes a riveting thriller about the new caretaker of a historic estate who finds herself trapped on an island with a murderer--and the ghosts of her past.

• What You Leave Behind

  a Novel

  Morris, Wanda M. (Wanda Michelle), 1959-

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  A powerful, haunting thriller following a lawyer who after the mysterious disappearance of a local landowner and the death of his sister just months before, uncovers a conspiracy that dates back to Reconstruction and persists in half the United…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• A Passionate Mind in Relentless Pursuit

  the Vision of Mary McLeod Bethune

  Rooks, Noliwe, 1963-

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  An intimate and searching account of the life and legacy of one of America's towering educators, a woman who dared to center the progress of Black women and girls in the larger struggle for political and social liberation.

• The Jazzmen

  How Duke Ellington, Louis Armstrong, and Count Basie Transformed America

  Tye, Larry,

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  A sweeping and spellbinding portrait of the longtime kings of jazz--Duke Ellington, Louis Armstrong, and Count Basie--who, born within a few years of one another, overcame racist exclusion and violence to become the most popular entertainers on the…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• Masquerade

  Sangoyomi, O. O.,

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  Set in a wonderfully reimagined 15th century West Africa, Masquerade is a dazzling, lyrical tale exploring the true cost of one woman's fight for freedom and self-discovery, and the lengths she'll go to secure her future.

• Swift River

  Chambers, Essie,

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  A sweeping family saga about the complicated bond between mothers and daughters, the disappearance of a father, and the long-hidden history of a declining New England mill town.

• By the Time You Read This

  the Space Between Cheslie's Smile and Mental Illness : Her Story in Her Own Words

  Kryst, Cheslie,

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  This is the story former Miss USA Cheslie Kryst was about to publish before her tragic suicide. Her mother, April, wraps up the narrative by exploring the mental illness and depression that took her daughter's life.

• Grown Women

  a Novel

  Johnson, Sarai,

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  In this stunning debut novel, four generations of complex Black women contend with motherhood and daughterhood, generational trauma and the deeply ingrained tensions and wounds that divide them as they redefine happiness and healing for themselves.

• Love & Whiskey

  the Remarkable True Story of Jack Daniel, His Master Distiller Nearest Green, and the Improbable Rise of Uncle Nearest

  Weaver, Fawn, 1976-

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  This book is a vibrant exploration set in the present day, delving into the life and legacy of Nearest Green, the African American distilling genius who played a pivotal role in the creation of the whiskey that bears Jack Daniel's name.

• The 1619 Project

  a Visual Experience

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  An illustrated edition of The 1619 Project , with newly commissioned artwork and archival images, The New York Times Magazine 's award-winning reframing of the American founding and its contemporary echoes, placing slavery and resistance at the…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• A Kind of Madness

  Stories

  Okonkwo, Uche, 1988-

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  In ten vivid, evocative stories set in contemporary Nigeria, Uche Okonkwo unravels the tensions between mothers and daughters, husbands and wives, best friends, siblings, and more, marking the arrival of an extraordinary new talent in fiction and…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• Bits and Pieces

  My Mother, My Brother, and Me

  Goldberg, Whoopi, 1955-

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  A moving tribute from a daughter to her mother, and a beautiful portrait of three people who loved each other deeply. Whoopi writes, "Not everybody gets to walk this earth with folks who let you be exactly who you are and who give you the confidence…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• Do It Anyway

  Don't Give Up Before It Gets Good

  Cobbs-Leonard, Tasha, 1981-

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  In this inspiring guide to the power of faithful resilience, Tasha Cobbs Leonard--Grammy Award winner and Billboard 's Gospel Artist of the Decade--shares the secret that helps her persevere: When saying yes to God doesn't make sense, do it anyway.

• Lovely One

  a Memoir

  Jackson, Ketanji Brown, 1970-

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  With this unflinching account, Justice Ketanji BrownJackson invites readers into her life and world, tracing her family's ascent from segregation to her confirmation on America's highest court within the span of one generation.

• Medgar & Myrlie

  Medgar Evers and the Love Story That Awakened America

  Reid, Joy-Ann, 1968-

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  In this groundbreaking and thrilling account of two heroes of the civil rights movement, Joy-Ann Reid uses Medgar and Myrlie's relationship as a lens through which to explore the on-the-ground work that went into winning basic rights for Black…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• I Did a New Thing

  30 Days to Living Free

  Brown, Tabitha,

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  Tab shares her own stories and those of others, alongside gentle guidance and encouragement to create these incredible changes for yourself and see what good can come from them.

• This Is the Honey

  An Anthology of Contemporary Black Poets

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  A breathtaking poetry collection on hope, heart, and heritage from the most prominent and promising Black poets and writers of our time, edited by bestselling author Kwame Alexander.