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African-American Fiction and Non-fiction December 2019
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1898 coup program January 18th
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Wilmington's Lie with author David Zucchino
Saturday, January 18, 2:00 p.m.
Main Library, 3rd floor, New Hanover Room
Author David Zucchino will speak about his new book WILMINGTON'S LIE: THE MURDEROUS COUP OF 1898 AND THE RISE OF WHITE SUPREMACY at New Hanover County’s Main Public Library. The program is free and you do not need reservations to attend. Books will be available for purchase and autographing. David Zucchino is a contributing writer for The New York Times. He was awarded a Pulitzer Prize in 1989 for his reporting from South Africa. He’s a four-time Pulitzer Prize finalist for coverage of Lebanon, Africa, inner-city Philadelphia and Iraq. He has reported from more than three dozen countries, most recently from Iraq. Mr. Zucchino is the author of the books THUNDER RUN: THE ARMORED STRIKE TO CAPTURE BAGHDAD (2004) and MYTH OF THE WELFARE QUEEN (1997)
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Traveling to Africa program January 25th
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Last Train From Djibouti
Saturday, January 25, 2020, 2:00-4:00 p.m.
Main Library, 3rd floor, New Hanover Room This is a free program, and no registration is needed to attend. Both of Mr. Lee's books will be available for purchase and autographing.
Otis Lee will speak about his book THE LAST TRAIN FROM DJIBOUTI, which is based on the experiences of his wife and her mentor as they traveled separately in Africa, searching for the Motherland and themselves. As the two women grapple with questions of identity and character, what emerges is a larger picture of what it means to undertake an “unrequited return.” Mr. Lee is a retired lawyer living in Charlottesville, Virginia, and Southport. His novelized account of his own life is FROM SOUTH BOSTON TO CAMBRIDGE: THE MAKING OF ONE PHILADELPHIA LAWYER.
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Database of the month: Resolve to learn a language!
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Mango Languages
A language learning software with over 70 language courses and over 17 ESL/ELL courses and a mobile app.
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Pronunciator
A fast and easy way to learn to speak, read and write any of the featured 80 languages. Includes live tutors, feature films, music with lyrics, pronunciation analysis, quizzes and more!
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The perfect love storm
by Anna Black
In an effort to tame their playboy little brother before he ruins their family's name, Chase Storm is introduced to a young widow who must ultimately decide between the connection they share or his bad reputation.
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Best laid plans : a hood misfits novel
by Brick
When his daughter goes missing, single father Dr. Antonio "Tone" Ortiz joins forces with her estranged mother Kenya. Though the sacrifices and fighting of co-parenting their much loved daughter Jewel has never been easy for Kenya she is willing to unite with Tone to save their daughter. But when their only hope of getting their daughter back may lie with Tone's treacherous father.
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The Marrow of Tradition
by Charles Waddell Chesnutt
A fictionalized account of the 1898 Wilmington coup, originally published in 1901, that was written by a native North Carolinian who later moved to Cleveland and became a professional writer. This story set in "Wellington" North Carolina is from the point of view of Dr. William Miller and his wife Janet, who is also black and the unclaimed daughter of a prominent white businessman. Dozens of other characters, including a black domestic servant whose speech is rendered in "vernacular dialect", create a composite of Reconstruction and violent racial blacklash.
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The vows we break
by Briana Cole
After a disastrous, failed marriage, Kimera Davis attempts to pick up the pieces of her life and despite her scandalized family is considering giving her ex another chance and in this sequel to The Wives We Play.
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Africaville : a novel
by Jeffrey Colvin
Three generations of a family of former slaves, the founders of a small Nova Scotia community, navigate prejudice, harsh weather and estrangements against a backdrop of the historical events of the 20th century. A first novel.
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We cast a shadow : a novel
by Maurice Carlos Ruffin
In a near-future South where an increasing number of people with dark skin endure cosmetic procedures to pass as white, a father embarks on an obsessive quest to protect his son, who bears a dark, spreading birthmark. A first novel.
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Heads of the colored people : stories
by Nafissa Thompson-Spires
This collection of moving, timely, and darkly funny stories examines the concept of black identity in this so-called post-racial era. Each captivating story plunges headfirst into the lives of new, utterly original characters. Some are darkly humorous--from two mothers exchanging snide remarks through notes in their kids' backpacks, to the young girl contemplating how best to notify her Facebook friends of her impending suicide--while others are devastatingly poignant--a new mother and funeral singer who is driven to madness with grief for the young black boys who have fallen victim to gun violence, or the teen who struggles between her upper middle class upbringing and her desire to fully connect with black culture.
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The Battle of Negro Fort : the rise and fall of a fugitive slave community
by Matthew J Clavin
After the war of 1812 Major General Andrew Jackson, thirteen years before becoming president, led an expedition into Spanish Florida to destroy a community of fugitive slaves. The brutal resulting battle between American troops, Indian warriors, and black rebels. The resulting massacre or enslavement of virtually all the inhabitants cut off an escape path used for generations of African Americans.
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Black radical : the life and times of William Monroe Trotter
by Kerri Greenidge
A portrait of the lesser-known, turn-of-the-20th-century civil rights activist explores how he used his influence as an emancipator and the editor of the Guardian to promote gradualist politics and rally black working-class Americans throughout the post-Reconstruction era.
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An American summer : love and death in Chicago
by Alex Kotlowitz
The award-winning author of There Are No Children Here examines the humanity and brutality of Chicago's most turbulent neighborhoods through a series of deeply intimate profiles that illuminate the firsthand realities of gun violence in today's America
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Fruits of the harvest : recipes to celebrate Kwanzaa and other holidays
by Eric V. Copage
A guide to celebrating black culture through food and holiday traditions features 125 international recipes including Jerked Pork Chops and Fresh Papaya Chutney, New-Fashioned Fried Chicken, and Antiguan Pepper Pot, in a volume that includes coverage of the seven principles of Kwanzaa and descriptions of how holidays are celebrated in different regions of the world.
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Kwanzaa
by Rachel A. Koestler-Grack
Relevant images match informative text in this introduction to Kwanzaa. Intended for students in kindergarten through third grade
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Kwanzaa
by Julie Murray
An introduction to the history, purpose, and observance of Kwanzaa. Kwanzaa is an important holiday that celebrates African heritage and African-American culture. Readers will learn that African Americans celebrate this holiday with gift giving, lightingKinara candles each day, a big feast, and much more. Complete with simple text and colorful photographs
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My Pop Pop and me
by Irene Smalls
Accompanied by a recipe for Lemon Bar Cake, this celebration of the special bond between grandsons and grandfathers follows a young boy as he spends the day with his beloved Pop Pop baking a cake.
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Li'l Rabbit's Kwanzaa
by Donna L. Washington
Wanting to celebrate the feast of Karamu, L’il Rabbit searches for a gift for his grandmother when she is sick during Kwanzaa, but ends up surprising her with the best gift of all--the gift of togetherness.
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