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African-American fiction and nonfiction May 2019
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Grace : a novel
by Natashia Deón
The dual stories of a mother, a runaway plantation slave and the child she never knew are woven through the historic events of the mid-19th century, including the Civil War and the Emancipation Proclamation.
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Before we were wicked
by Eric Jerome Dickey
Ken Swift from Bad Men and Wicked Women falls obsessively in love with a Harvard-bound beauty before a one-night stand culminates in an unplanned pregnancy that is further complicated by their disparate backgrounds
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Chariot on the mountain
by Jack Ford
Based on little-known true events, a fictional account from an Emmy and Peabody Award-winning journalist recreates a female slave's treacherous journey toward freedom during the days before the Civil War, a time when the traditions of the Old South still existed.
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They don't play fair
by Clifford Johnson
Papio and Special intend to do away with their long list of enemies, and with a group of strong allies in tow, they claim that no one will be spared. e-book.
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Over the fence
by Mary Monroe
Depression-era Southern bootleggers Milton and Yvonne Hamilton discover their neighbors are involved in dubious businesses themselves and threaten to blackmail them in order to hide their own dirty secrets, in the second novel of the series following One House Over
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A big girl's revenge
by Michel Moore
After an abusive relationship with local bad boy Rico leaves Keisha's life in ruins, she vows to get her revenge on him. e-book.
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Black is the body : stories from my grandmother's time, my mother's time, and mine
by Emily Bernard
Twelve connected and deeply personal essays on race exploring the complexities and paradoxes of growing up black in the South with the name inherited from a white man, getting a PhD from Yale, marrying a white man from the North, adopting two babies from Ethiopia, and how an act of violence set her free to unleash her storytelling. "The equation of writing and regeneration is fundamental to black American experience."
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We Speak for Ourselves : A Word from Forgotten Black America
by D. Watkins
New York Times bestselling author's book about inner city hurdles focusing on Baltimore's Down Bottom community. Unapologetic and sharp-witted he shares the lessons he has learned by walking between two worlds-- the hood and the elite sanctum of prominent black leaders-- to examine what is an activist in today's world.
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Lagniappe-- Juneteenth and Emancipation Day for the entire family
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Juneteenth for Mazie
by Floyd Cooper
In remembrance of the celebration commemorating her ancestors' freedom from slavery, Mazie prepares to observe Juneteenth, in a beautifully illustrated story by an award-winning author/illustrator. JE In-Between Cooper.
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Juneteenth
by Ralph Ellison
Shot on the Senate floor by a young black man, a dying racist senator summons an elderly black Baptist minister from Oklahoma to his side for a remarkable dialogue that reveals the deeply buried secrets of their shared past and the tragedy that reunites them. Adult fiction Ellison.
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All different now : Juneteenth, the first day of freedom
by Angela Johnson
A sumptuously illustrated tribute to the first observance of African American Emancipation Day is told through the eyes of a joyful little girl. By the three-time Coretta Scott King Award-winning author of The First Part Last and the Caldecott Honor-winning illustrator of Coming on Home Soon. JE In Between Johnson.
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Days of Jubilee : the end of slavery in the United States
by Pat McKissack
Enhanced with slave narratives, letters, and diaries as well as period photos, offers a look at the period of transition, known as the "days of Jubilee", when slavery ended and slaves became free men and women. Juv nonfiction.
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Come Juneteenth
by Ann Rinaldi
Although born a slave to Luli's family, Goose feels loved and respected by the family to which she is attached, but when Union soldiers arrive and tell her that slavery ended more than two years prior, Goose feels betrayed like never before and runs away to experience real freedom for the first time in her life. Y Fiction Rinaldi.
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