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1) A voice named Aretha

Author

Russell-Brown, Katheryn

Publisher

Bloomsbury Children's Books

Pub. Date

2020.

Language

English

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In this stirring biography of a true artistic and social icon, young readers learn how Aretha's talent, intelligence, and perseverance made her a star who will shine on for generations to come. --

2) The NBA in black and white: the memoir of a trailblazing NBA player and coach

Author

Scott, Ray

Language

English

Formats

Book, eBook

Description

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"Ray Scott was part of the early wave of Black NBA players like Bill Russell, Wilt Chamberlain, and later Kareem Abdul-Jabbar, who literally changed how the game of professional basketball is played-leading to the tremendously popular financial blockbuster the NBA is today. Scott was a celebrated 6'9" forward/center after being chosen by the Detroit Pistons as the #4 pick of the 1961 NBA draft, and then again after he was named head coach of the Pistons...

3) The collected poetry of Nikki Giovanni, 1968-1998

Author

Giovanni, Nikki

Series

Harper Perennial modern classics

Language

English

Formats

Book, eBook

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For the first time ever, the complete poetry collection spanning three decades from Nikki Giovanni, renowned poet and one of America's national treasures. When her poems first emerged during the Black Arts Movement, in the 1960s, Nikki Giovanni immediately took her place among the most celebrated, controversial and influential poets of the era. Now, more than thirty years later, Giovanni still stands as one of the most commanding, luminous voices...

4) My Black country: a journey through country music's Black past, present and future

Author

Randall, Alice

Language

English

Formats

Book, Spoken CD

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"Alice Randall, award-winning professor, songwriter, and author with a "lively, engaging, and often wise" (The New York Times Book Review) voice, offers a lyrical, introspective, and unforgettable account of her past and her search for the first family of Black country music. Country music had brought Randall and her activist mother together and even gave Randall a singular distinction in American music history: she is the first Black woman to cowrite...

5) Encyclopedia of African-American culture and history: the Black experience in the Americas

Series

Gale virtual reference library

Publisher

Macmillan Reference USA

Language

English

Formats

Book, eBook

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A five-volume set and supplement covering all aspects of the African-American experience from 1619 to the present day. Using biographies, historical essays, and thematic pieces, many written by foremost scholars, it addresses a wide array of subjects in over 2,300 articles to define in one source the cultural roots, participation in American life, and current condition of the African-American community.