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43) Kwanzaa
Author
Series
Publisher
DiscoverRoo, an imprint of Pop!, a division of ABDO
Pub. Date
[2021]
Lexile measure
730L
Physical Desc
32 pages : color illustrations ; 23 cm.
Language
English
Description
"An overview of Kwanzaa, from the origin of the celebration to how it is practiced today." -- Publisher's website.
Author
Publisher
Vanderbilt University Press
Pub. Date
[2021]
Physical Desc
x, 215 pages : illustrations ; 23 cm
Language
English
Description
These days, hot chicken is a "must-try" Southern food. Restaurants in New York, Detroit, Cambridge, and even Australia advertise that they fry their chicken "Nashville-style." Thousands of people attend the Music City Hot Chicken Festival each year. The James Beard Foundation has given Prince's Chicken Shack an American Classic Award for inventing the dish. But for almost seventy years, hot chicken was made and sold primarily in Nashville's Black...
Author
Publisher
William Morrow, an imprint of HarperCollinsPublishers
Pub. Date
[2018]
Physical Desc
viii, 260 pages : illustrations ; 20 cm
Language
English
Description
Legendary African American activist-comedian D. L. Hughley uses satire to draw attention to white privilege and racial injustice, sardonically offering an illustrated how-to guide for black people, full of insight from white people, about how to act, dress, speak, walk, and drive in the safest manner possible.
Author
Publisher
St. Martin's Press
Pub. Date
2021.
Edition
First edition.
Physical Desc
x, 530 pages ; 25 cm
Language
English
Description
"For more than thirty years, Michael Eric Dyson has played a prominent role in the nation as a public intellectual, university professor, cultural critic, social activist and ordained Baptist minister. He has presented a rich and resourceful set of ideas about American history and culture. Now for the first time he brings together the various components of his multihued identity and eclectic pursuits. Entertaining Race is a testament to Dyson's consistent...
47) Kwanzaa
Author
Publisher
Bellwether Media
Pub. Date
2023.
Lexile measure
280L
Physical Desc
24 pages : color illustrations ; 24 cm.
Language
English
Description
"Developed by literacy experts and educators for students in PreK through grade two, this book introduces beginning readers to Kwanzaa through simple, predictable text and related photos." -- Provided by publisher.
Author
Series
Pub. Date
2001
Edition
1st ed.
Physical Desc
xxiv, 225 pages ; 22 cm
Language
English
Description
"A manual for fixing our culture…In writing that is elegant and penetratingly simple, [hooks] gives voice to some things we may know in our hearts but need an interpreter like her to process."-Black Issues Book Review
New York Times bestselling author, acclaimed visionary and cultural critic bell hooks continues her exploration of the meaning of love in contemporary American society, offering groundbreaking, critical insight about Black people...
Author
Pub. Date
2001
Edition
1st Ecco pbk. ed.
Physical Desc
294 pages ; 21 cm
Language
English
Description
The classic debut collection from Pulitzer Prize winner James Alan McPherson
Hue and Cry is the remarkably mature and agile debut story collection from James Alan McPherson, one of America's most venerated and most original writers. McPherson's characters -- gritty, authentic, and pristinely rendered -- give voice to unheard struggles along the dividing lines of race and poverty in subtle, fluid prose that bears no trace of sentimentality, agenda,...
Author
Publisher
Ecco
Pub. Date
2022.
Edition
First edition.
Physical Desc
259 pages : maps ; 24 cm
Language
English
Description
"Mary-Alice Daniel's family moved from West Africa to England when she was a very young girl, leaving behind the vivid culture of her native land in the Nigerian savanna. They arrived to a blanched, cold world of prim suburbs and unfamiliar customs. So began her family's series of travels across three continents in search of places of belonging. A Coastline Is an Immeasurable Thing ventures through the physical and mythical landscapes of Daniel's...
51) Juneteenth
Author
Series
Publisher
Bullfrog Books
Pub. Date
[2017]
Lexile measure
280L
Physical Desc
24 pages : illustrations ; 21 cm.
Language
English
Description
You will learn about this American holiday and the ways people celebrate it. Vibrant, full-color photos and carefully leveled text will engage emergent readers as they explore this unique holiday.
Publisher
University of Minnesota Press
Pub. Date
2017.
Edition
First University of Minnesota Press edition.
Physical Desc
xv, 365 pages : illustrations, maps, portraits, facsimiles ; 23 cm.
Language
English
Description
"Stories told through the eyes of Saint Paul's historic Rondo community illuminate the northern urban Black experience during the first half of the twentieth century. We glimpse the challenges of racism and poverty and share the victories of a community that educated its children to be strong, find personal pride, and become the next generation of leaders in Minnesota and beyond"--
Author
Pub. Date
2005
Lexile measure
1190L
Physical Desc
47 pages : illustrations ; 26 cm
Language
English
Description
This Coretta Scott King Honor Book provides a much-needed window into a little-documented time in black history. The poignant story, based on the memoir of Maritcha Rémond Lyons, shows what it was like to be a black child born free and living in New York City in the mid-1800s.
55) Gospel
Publisher
PBS
Pub. Date
[2024]
Edition
Widescreen.
Physical Desc
2 videodiscs (240 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
From acclaimed scholar Henry Louis Gates, Jr., explore Black spirituality through sermon and song. From the blues to hip-hop, African Americans have been the driving force of sonic innovation for over a century.
Author
Series
Publisher
University of Illinois Press
Pub. Date
[2020]
Physical Desc
xi, 274 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm.
Language
English
Description
"Most Americans would agree that devoted wives and mothers make families strong and that strong families are the bedrock of society. Yet, throughout this nation's history, black women have managed to become model mothers and wives, but their doing so has not kept them from being mistaken for 'welfare queens' and 'baby mamas,' the stereotypes that most consistently shape U.S. public policy. In this book, Koritha Mitchell shows the evolving connections...
59) Kwanzaa
Author
Series
Pub. Date
1999
Physical Desc
31 pages : color illustrations ; 28 cm.
Language
English
Description
Discusses the origins and symbols of Kwanzaa, the holiday that focuses on African American history, culture, and experiences, and offers suggestions for ways to celebrate this holiday.
60) Kwanzaa
Author
Series
Pub. Date
2005
Physical Desc
24 pages : illustrations (chiefly color) ; 19 cm.
Language
English