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African-American Fiction and Nonfiction April 2021
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The vanishing half
by Brit Bennett
Separated by their embrace of different racial identities, two mixed-race identical twins reevaluate their choices as one raises a black daughter in their southern hometown while the other passes for white with a husband who is unaware of her heritage.
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The Unbroken
by C. L. Clark
Touraine was stolen as a child and raised to kill and die for the empire, her only loyalty to her fellow conscripts. But now her company has been sent back to her homeland to stop a rebellion, and the ties of blood may be stronger than she thought. Luca needs someone desperate enough to tiptoe the edge between treason and orders who can sway the rebels toward peace, while Luca focuses on what really matters: getting her uncle off her throne. Through assassinations and massacres, in bedrooms and war rooms, Touraine and Luca will haggle over the price of a nation. But some things aren't for sale.
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This close to okay : a novel
by Leesa Cross-Smith
A recently divorced therapist spots a man standing on the edge of a bridge and convinces him to join her for coffee instead of jumping and the pair spend a cathartic weekend sharing secrets and angsts.
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The girls of South Beach
by Treasure Hernandez
Assaulted by the pimp who once promised her a life of luxury, seductive Anissa Burke turns the tables on her abuser and seizes control of his ring before rebuilding it into South Beach’s highest-paid escort service.
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Caul Baby
by Morgan Jerkins
A fiction debut by the author of Wandering in Strange Lands finds a would-be mother rendered the unexpected caregiver of a niece’s unplanned baby, who a matriarch predicts will restore their family’s prosperity.
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Lightseekers
by Femi Kayode
A Nigerian psychologist travels to a remote southern border town to uncover the truth about the murder of three university students.
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Mrs. Wiggins
by Mary Monroe
A tale set in the world of the award-winning Mama Ruby series follows the experiences of a woman from an at-risk family who marries a preacher to establish a safer life before discovering her husband’s desperate secret.
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Life after death : a novel
by Souljah
A sequel to the best-selling The Coldest Winter Ever continues the gritty experiences of a returned Winter Santiaga. By the author of No Disrespect and A Deeper Love Inside.
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Surviving the white gaze : a memoir
by Rebecca Carroll
A woman describes growing up as the only black person in a rural New Hampshire town, the tense relationship she had with her birth mother, her loyalty towards her adoptive parents and her search for racial identity.
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The Black church : this is our story, this is our song
by Henry Louis Gates
The Harvard University professor, NAACP Image Award recipient and Emmy Award-winning creator of The African Americans presents a history of the Black church in America that illuminates its essential role in culture, politics and resistance to white supremacy. Recently on PBS.
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Confessions in B-flat
by Donna Hill
Follows the 1964 Civil Rights-era relationship between a passive-resistance protégé of Martin Luther King, Jr. and a Harlem black culture supporter of Malcolm X.
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Lagniappe: Second Chances month
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Pact
The Pact tells the gritty, provocative true story of three friends from the tough streets of Newark who made it out to become doctors but came home to be men. By high school, Sampson, Rameck and George already knew too much about the drugs, crime and grinding poverty that colored their world. They pledged to help each other make it to college and even medical school. The doctors beat the odds and returned to their community to practice medicine. Now, despite grueling workloads, they face an even more daunting task: to inspire others to stay off drugs, out of gangs and in school. The Pact is a story of courage, tenacity, faith and the power of big dreams.
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Letters to an incarcerated brother : encouragement, hope, and healing for inmates and their loved ones
by Hill Harper
After the publication of the bestselling Letters to a Young Brother, accomplished actor and speaker Hill Harper began to receive an increasing number of moving letters from inmates who yearned for a connection with a successful role model. With disturbing statistics on African-American incarceration on his mind, one in six black men were incarcerated as of 2001, and one in three can now expect to go to prison some time in their lifetimes, Harper set out to address the specific needs of inmates by providing advice and inspiration in the face of despair along with encouraging words for restoring a sense of self-worth.
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The sun does shine : how I found life and freedom on death row
by Anthony Ray Hinton
A man who spent thirty years on death row for a crime he did not commit describes how he became a victim of a flawed legal system, recounting the years he shared with fellow inmates who were eventually executed before his exoneration
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Un-ashamed
by Lecrae
The life story of the two-time Grammy-winning rapper describes his childhood of abuse, drugs and alcoholism, rehab, a failed suicide attempt and how he rose through these challenges to achieve success atop the music charts. Want more? Check out his newest book I am Restored: How I Lost My Religion But Found My Faith
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