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Author
Publisher
Downtown Bookworks
Pub. Date
[2019]
Physical Desc
160 pages : color illustrations ; 23 cm
Language
English
Description
A Black Woman Did That! spotlights vibrant, inspiring black women whose accomplishments have changed the world for the better. A Black Woman Did That! is a celebration of strong, resilient, innovative, and inspiring women of color. With a vibrant mixture of photography, illustration, biography, and storytelling, author Malaika Adero will spotlight well-known historical figures and women who are pushing boundaries today--including Ida B. Wells, Madam...
Author
Series
Publisher
New York University Press
Pub. Date
[2022]
Physical Desc
269 pages : illustrations (black and white) ; 24 cm.
Language
English
Description
"Arguing that inexpression is a gesture that acquires distinctive meanings in concert with blackness, Deadpan tracks instances and meanings of deadpan--a vaudeville term meaning 'dead face---across literature, theater, visual and performance art, and the performance of self in everyday life. Tina Post reveals that the performance of purposeful withholding is a critical tool in the work of black culture makers, intervening in the persistent framing...
Author
Publisher
Forever
Pub. Date
2023.
Edition
First Forever edition.
Physical Desc
359 pages ; 21 cm
Language
English
Description
Grieving the loss of her child, Zoe Edwards, cataloguing old photos for an exhibition, discovers an image of a teenage girl who looks exactly like her and, diving into the secrets of her past, unravels this young girl's heartbreaking story of bravery and sacrifice that is linked to her own.
Publisher
University of Virginia Press
Pub. Date
2020.
Physical Desc
vi, 200 pages : illustrations (some color) ; 21 cm
Language
English
Description
"Black Landscapes Matter probes the very timely issue of how race, memory, and meaning intersect in the American landscape. The book provides examples of how African American landscapes are rejected and erased in a variety of places across the US--from Charlotte, NC, to New Orleans, LA, Detroit, MI, and Milwaukee, WI--along with calls to action"--
Author
Publisher
Vintage
Pub. Date
2020.
Physical Desc
ix, 354 pages ; 20 cm
Language
English
Description
Spanning four decades, these essays, speeches and meditations interrogate the world around us. They are concerned with race, gender and globalisation. The sweep of American history and the current state of politics. The duty of the press and the role of the artist. Throughout Mouth Full of Blood our search for truth, moral integrity and expertise is met by Toni Morrison with controlled anger, elegance and literary excellence.
Author
Publisher
HarperAudio
Pub. Date
[2024]
Edition
Unabridged.
Physical Desc
9 audio discs (10 3/4 hr.) : CD audio, digital ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
Joy-Ann Reid traces the extraordinary lives and legacy of civil rights icons Medgar and Myrlie Evers, situating Medgar Evers's assassination as a catalyzing moment in American history.
Author
Publisher
Playaway Products, LLC
Pub. Date
[2024]
Physical Desc
1 audio media player (05:17:52) : digital, HD audio ; 3 3/8 x 2 1/8 in.
Language
English
Description
Lamar can't wait to start his filmmaking career like his idol Spike Lee. And leave behind his small town of Morton, Louisiana. But for now, Lamar has to learn how to be a filmmaker while getting to know his grandfather. When Gramps talks about his activism and Black history, Lamar doesn't think much about it. Times have changed since the old Civil Rights days! Right? He has a white friend named Jeff who wants to be a filmmaker, too, even though Jeff's...
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