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African American Fiction & Non-Fiction January/February 2020
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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.
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All the Things I Should Have Known
by Tiffany L. Warren
Three single, successful, 40-something friends give up trying to find perfect husbands and embark on romantic adventures being sugar mamas to gorgeous young men only to discover that relationships with no strings attached are more complicated than originally believed.
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Belle
by Treasure Hernandez
After her parents are suddenly murdered, Belle Dubois is taken under the wing by a woman who is part of an underground pole dancing business who entices her into a life of bright lights, sexy clothing and fast money.
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Blitzed
by Alexa Martin
Professional athlete Maxwell Lewis must convince no-nonsense bar owner Brynn Sterling that he is the perfect man for her, but fate conspires against him especially when ghosts from both their pasts make a sudden reappearance.
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Butterfly
by Ashley Antoinette
"Run away from the boy that give you butterflies, he's going to break your heart." Morgan Atkins had been told that phrase ever since she was a little girl and still she allowed herself to fall for the boy that made her heart flutter. After losing her first love, Morgan is terrified to love again. She's settled for a comfortable life with a respectable man. She has everything. She's living in the lap of luxury and although she's comfortable, she's bored out of her mind. When a ghost from her past blows into town, she finds herself entangled in an illicit affair. It's wrong, but she can't fight the butterflies he gives her and honestly, she doesn't want to. She can't hide the natural attraction she feels and soon, she's so deep involved that she can no longer tell where the boundary between right and wrong lies. Her heart is telling her one thing, but her head is saying another. Morgan Atkins has always been a spoiled girl and she tries to have it all, but when she's forced to choose between a good man and a bad boy, someone will end up hurt. Someone just may end up dead." ~Book Cover
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Everywhere You Don't Belong
by Gabriel Bump
Raised by a civil-rights activist grandmother on the South Side of Chicago, Claude McKay Love searches for a sense of belonging before a riot compels his departure for college, where he discovers he cannot escape his past.
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The Family Business 5
by Carl Weber
Vegas, Junior and Rio uncover devastating secrets while working to clear their father’s name, while Paris discovers clues that Niles Monroe might still be alive.
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The Final Play
by Shelly Ellis
Three best friends – Ricky, Derrick and Jamal – are all tested when a series of events in their personal lives, involving a ruthless drug pin, threatens to explode and destroy their friendship.
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Such a Fun Age: a Novel
by Kiley Reid
Seeking justice for a young black babysitter who was wrongly accused of kidnapping by a racist security guard, a successful blogger finds her efforts complicated by a video that reveals unexpected connections.
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Busted in New York and Other Essays
by Darryl Pinckney
A collection of 25 essays from the celebrated literary critic and novelist provides a view of our recent racial history that blends the social and personal and wonders how we arrived at our current moment.
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Conversations in Black: On Power, Politics, and Leadership
by Ed Gordon
A collection of conversations with such notables as Stacey Abrams, Harry Belafonte, Charlamagne tha God, Michael Eric Dyson, Jemele Hill, Eric Holder, Maxine Waters and others offers sage wisdom for navigating race in a radically divisive America.
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Franchise: the Golden Arches in Black America
by Marcia Chatelain
Traces the lesser-known history of how fast food became one of the greatest generators of black wealth in America, revealing how unexpected collaborations among franchises, black capitalists and civil rights leaders provided effective economic responses to racial inequality.
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F*ck Your Diet: and Other Things My Thighs Tell Me
by Chloé Hilliard
A collection of laugh-out-loud essays by the Last Comic Standing semi-finalist explores subjects ranging from race and feminism to pop culture and negative body image as they impacted her journey with weight loss and self-esteem.
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Rosa Parks: In Her Own Words
by Susan Reyburn
A previously unpublished collection of personal writings and photographs by civil rights icon Rosa Parks draws on her private manuscripts and handwritten notes to reveal her inner thoughts, ongoing struggles and decision to become the person who stood up by sitting down.
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Stolen Justice: the Struggle for African-American Voting Rights
by Lawrence Goldstone
"Following the Civil War, the Reconstruction era raised a new question to those in power in the US: Should African Americans, so many of them former slaves, be granted the right to vote? In a bitter partisan fight over the legislature and Constitution, the answer eventually became yes, though only after two constitutional amendments, two Reconstruction Acts, two Civil Rights Acts, three Enforcement Acts, the impeachment of a president, and an army of occupation. Yet, even that was not enough to ensure that African American voices would be heard, or their lives protected. White supremacists loudly and intentionally prevented black Americans from voting -- and they were willing to kill to do so. In this vivid portrait of the systematic suppression of the African American vote, critically acclaimed author Lawrence Goldstone traces the injustices of the post-Reconstruction era through the eyes of incredible individuals, both heroic and barbaric, and examines the legal cases that made the Supreme Court a partner of white supremacists in the rise of Jim Crow. Though this is a story of America's past, Goldstone brilliantly draws direct links to today's creeping threats to suffrage in this important and, alas, timely book."
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The Selected Letters of Ralph Ellison
by Ralph Ellison
A collection of letters from the renowned author of Invisible Man traces the life and mind of a giant of American literature, with insights into the riddle of identity, the writer’s craft and the story of a changing nation over six decades.
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The Toni Morrison Book Club
by Juda Bennett
"What is a book club but an excuse to talk to friends? The Toni Morrison Book Club brings that experience to life by telling the story of four friends who turn to Toni Morrison as they search for meaning in their lives. In this startling group memoir, the writers--black and white, gay and straight, immigrant and American born--allow Morrison's words, like music, to make them feel, confess, and discover. The result is a collection of deeply personal conversations about everything from first love to Soul Train to police brutality, all told with an ever present lens on race in America. Not shying away from controversies, this book offers a radically new way to envision book clubs as a healing force in our lives. So pull up a chair and pour yourself a much needed glass of wine, as you get ready to experience the messy differences, surprising revelations, and restorative power of The Toni Morrison Book Club."
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