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Pub. Date
[2017]
Language
English
Description
In chef and culinary historian Michael Twitty's new book, ancestry—both his own and that of Southern food—is a central theme. With The Cooking Gene: A Journey through African-American Culinary History in the Old South, Twitty addresses the complicated story of race, culture, and food and its legacy today. Jeffrey Brown talks with Twitty about his mission in writing this book.
Pub. Date
[1988]
Language
English
Description
Sociologist Anne Wortham is like nobody you’ve ever met, a distinction she’s proud of. It’s the basis of her political philosophy, her scholarship, and her self-esteem: that nobody exactly like her ever existed before, or will again. Her peers pressured her, but Anne Wortham could not bring herself to join the civil rights movement—it violated her own story, her particular individuality. As a black, she stands apart in criticizing the civil...
84) Sounder
Author
Language
English
Formats
Description
Angry and humiliated when his sharecropper father is jailed for stealing food for his family, a young black boy grows in courage and understanding by learning to read and through his relationship with his devoted dog Sounder.
85) Shortcut
Author
Pub. Date
[1992]
Language
English
Description
Children taking a shortcut by walking along a railroad track find excitement and danger when a train approaches.
Series
Pub. Date
[2012], c1982
Language
English
Description
I would find myself very angry about something, or very unhappy about something and not really know why, and the writing was a way to put some perspective on those very powerful emotions..." says John Edgar Wideman. Wideman is the first writer ever to win the International PEN/Faulkner Award twice-once for Sent for You Yesterday and six years later for Philadelphia Fire. In this program, Wideman explains the connections he makes between the Pittsburgh...
90) Swim, Mo, swim!
Author
Series
Pub. Date
2020.
Language
English
Description
On Field Day, Mo swims a lot faster than he knew he could, not because his team might win but because a fish keeps nibbling his toe.
Language
English
Description
Non, Je Ne Regrette Rien (No Regret) is a poetic and intimate film presenting moving testimonials and portraits of five black gay men. They each disclose their HIV-positive status and how they fiercely combat the stigma around the disease. Marlon Riggs died with HIV/AIDS in 1994 and was dedicated to confronting the urgency of the AIDS epidemic in African-American communities and especially among black gay men.
92) One house over
Author
Series
Neighbors (Mary Monroe) volume 1
Pub. Date
2018.
Language
English
Description
Publisher Annotation: A solid marriage, a thriving business and the esteem of their close-knit Alabama community - Joyce and Odell Watson have every reason to count their blessings. Their marriage has given well-off Joyce a chance at the family she's always wanted - and granted Odell a once-in-a-lifetime shot to escape grinding poverty. But all that respectability and status comes at a cost. Just once, Joyce and Odell want to break loose and taste...
Author
Pub. Date
[2018]
Language
English
Description
Daddy always said it takes a man of peace to stop a war." Based on the true story of Paul Robeson's visit to the front lines of the Spanish Civil War, comes this recollection of his bravery and activism by his granddaughter, Susan Robeson, with her debut book. When Susan was a child her father and grandfather told her family stories over and over. Grandpa Paul was a great man, a singer with a deep and rumbling voice, a man of peace and principle who...
Pub. Date
2018.
Language
English
Description
Black Girls Rock! is an ode to black girl ambition, self-love, empowerment, and healing. Pairing inspirational essays and affirmations with lush, newly commissioned and classic photography, Black Girls Rock!: Owning Our Magic and Rocking Our Truth is not only a one-of-a-kind celebration of the diversity, fortitude, and spirituality of black women but also a foundational text that will energize and empower every reader.
Author
Pub. Date
[2024]
Language
English
Description
In this memoir-in-essays, the author, weaving unflinching criticism with intimate anecdotes, examines America's cultural history and relationship to black Americans through the ages, providing a deeper examination of racial consciousness and its effects on mental well-being today.
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