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• Amity

  Harris, Nathan

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  Adult Historical Fiction. An emancipated brother and sister's epic journey to reunite while escaping a former master intent on their bondage. New Orleans, 1866. The Civil War might be over, but formerly enslaved Coleman and June have yet to find the…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• Blood in the Water

  Jackson, Tiffany D.

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  Kids Mystery Fiction. Brooklyn girl Kaylani McKinnon feels like a fish out of water. She's spending the summer with family friends in their huge house on Martha's Vineyard, and the vibe is definitely snooty. Still, there are beautiful beaches, lots…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• The Broken King

  Thomas, Michael, 1967 August 21-

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  Adult Nonfiction. From the author of Man Gone Down-a New York Times Top Ten Book of the Year and winner of the IMPAC Dublin Literary Award-comes a deeply personal memoir of race, trauma, alcoholism, parenting, mental illness, and ultimately hope in…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• Candace, the Universe, and Everything

  Smith, Sherri L.

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  Kids Science Fiction. Thirteen-year-old Candace discovers a portal in her locker that connects her across time and space with two other women who also had the same locker as girls, and the three go on to investigate the origins of the portal.

• Family Feast!

  Weatherford, Carole Boston, 1956-

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  Kids Picture Book. An intergenerational Black family gets together for a family feast, as they share love, laughter, and sweet treats.

• The Family I'm in

  Flake, Sharon G.

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  Teen Fiction. John-John and Caleb, friends since childhood, ... have come face-to-face with the struggles and triumphs of growing into young men. They're living in a world where many Black boys are up against generational expectations, fears of the…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• Family Spirit

  McKinney-Whetstone, Diane

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  Adult Fiction. Ayana has inherited the Knowing gene that the Maces believe have been passed down to at least one girl child in every generation from as far back as they can trace. But her mother has tried to convince her that she is nothing like…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• Fish Fry Friday

  Bingham, Winsome

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  Kids Picture Book. A young African American boy joins his grandma's weekly ritual of catching and frying fish for a big family dinner.

• A Flea for Justice

  Marian Wright Edelman Stands Up for Change

  Bolling, Valerie

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  Kids Biography. Marian Wright Edelman was a lifelong flea for justice--making people itch--as she pushed for racial equality.

• The Great Mann

  Lurie, Kyra Davis

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  Adult Historical Fiction. In this poignant retelling of The Great Gatsby, set amongst L.A.'s Black elite, a young veteran finds his way post-war, pulled into a new world of tantalizing possibilities-and explosive tensions.

• How I Know White People Are Crazy and Other Stories

  Notes From a Frustrated Black Psychologist

  Lassiter, Jonathan M. (Jonathan Mathias)

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  Adult Nonfiction. In the final stretch of his doctoral internship, Dr. Jonathan Lassiter had just one more milestone to complete: the diversity project, where candidates insert themselves in a situation in which they'd be a minority and then share…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• Jordan's Perfect Haircut

  Miller, Sharee (Illustrator)

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  Kids Picture Book. Jordan is hesitant about changing his hair for school picture day until he sees the joy a haircut can bring and finds just the right style for himself.

• Learn Black American Sign Language

  a History and Complete Beginner's Guide With Over 200 Words

  Jones, Franklin R., Jr.

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  Adult Nonfiction. Learn Black American Sign Language shares details of its history and teaches everyday words alongside proper positions and motions of the language with photos and descriptions.

• A More Perfect Party

  the Night Shirley Chisholm and Diahann Carroll Reshaped Politics

  Tolliver, Juanita

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  Adult Nonfiction. By becoming the first black woman to run for President of the United States in 1972, New York Representative Shirley Chisholm did more than break the ice in American politics, she left behind a coalition model that requires voters…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• Oathbound

  Deonn, Tracy

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  Teen Fiction. Severed from the Legendborn Order and her ancestral ties, African American Bree binds herself to the Shadow King to hone her abilities and protect her friends while the fractured Round Table battles against the demons.

• Oshún and Me

  a Story of Love and Braids

  Nelson, Adiba

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  Kids Picture Book. It's Sunday, and that means it's Hair Day! As Mami weaves gold and cowrie shells into Yadira's hair, she tells her the story of the goddess Oshún showing Yadi how her Afro Latin heritage is lovingly tucked into each braid and…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• Overlooked Milestones of Black History

  Hinton, KaaVonia, 1973-

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  Kids Nonfiction. The Stono Rebellion of enslaved people in 1739. Harriet Tubman's Combahee River raid in 1863. The Biloxi Wade-in to desegregate beaches in 1959. Throughout history, Black people have spoken up, protested, rebelled, and even risked…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• The People Can Fly: American Promise, Black Prodigies, and the Greatest Miracle of All Time

  Bennett, Joshua

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  Adult Nonfiction. Whiting award-winning poet and Distinguished Chair of Humanities at MIT, Dr. Joshua Bennett creates a masterful synthesis of personal narrative and history that illuminates the promises and perils of being labelled a Black prodigy.

• Prose to the People

  a Celebration of Black Bookstores

  Mitchell, Katie (Katherine Anne)

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  Adult Nonfiction. A stunning visual homage to Black bookstores around the country along with profiles and essays that celebrate the history, community, activism, and culture these spaces embody, featuring an original foreword by Nikki Giovanni.

• Red Clay

  Fancher, Charles B.

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  Adult Historical Fiction. In 1943, when a frail old white woman shows up in Red Clay, Alabama, at the home of a Black former slave--on the morning following his funeral--his family hardly knows what to expect after she utters the words '...a…Read moreRead more of this annotation