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1) Jazz
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English
Description
In Harlem, 1926, Joe Trace, a door-to-door salemsan in his fifties, kills his teenage lover. At the funeral, his wife Violet slashes the dead girl's face and then desperately searches to find why Joe was unfaithful. The profound love story is immersed in the sights and sounds of Black urban life during the Jazz Age.
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English
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These 13 stories by the author of The Invisible Man "approach the elegance of Chekhov" (Washington Post) and provide "early explorations of (Ellison's) lifelong fascination with the 'complex fate' and 'beautiful absurdity' of American identity" (John Callahan). First serial to The New Yorker. NPR sponsorship.
3) Juneteenth
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Series
Publisher
Jump!
Pub. Date
[2017]
Language
Español
Description
Simple text and photographs introduce young readers to the African American holiday of Juneteenth.
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Language
English
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Description
""It is staggering that there is no date commemorating the end of slavery in the United States." --Annette Gordon-Reed. The essential, sweeping story of Juneteenth's integral importance to American history, as told by a Pulitzer Prize-winning historian and Texas native. Interweaving American history, dramatic family chronicle, and searing episodes of memoir, Annette Gordon-Reed, the descendant of enslaved people brought to Texas in the 1850s, recounts...
6) Juneteenth
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Series
Publisher
Millbrook Press
Pub. Date
[2006]
Language
English
Description
Learn about how freedom came to the slaves in June 1865.
8) Kwanzaa
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Series
Language
English
Description
Introduces the African American holiday begun in 1966 which celebrates seven important principles.
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Series
Publisher
Cavendish Square Publishing
Pub. Date
[2023]
Language
English
Description
"At its center, Juneteenth is a celebration of freedom. It's a holiday that connects Black Americans with the history of enslaved people in the United States. It encourages them to come together and work toward a future where freedom means more than just not being enslaved. It means equality"--
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Series
Publisher
J. Wiley
Pub. Date
[2002]
Language
English
Description
A collection of activities focusing on cultural traditions related to African American history, including celebrations like Kwanzaa and Juneteenth, activities such as storytelling and hair braiding, and games such as Mancala.
14) Kevin's Kwanzaa
Author
Pub. Date
2012.
Language
English
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Description
Kevin is excited for his turn to light the candles on the last night of Kwanzaa. As he narrates through the week of Kwanzaa, readers learn about the origins, purpose, and rituals of this holiday.
18) Cane
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Language
English
Description
Cane is an innovative literary work, part drama, part poetry, part fiction powerfully evoking black life in the South. Rich in imagery, Toomer's impressionistic, sometimes surrealistic sketches of Southern rural and urban life are permeated by visions of smoke, sugarcane, dusk, and fire; the northern world is pictured as a harsher reality of asphalt streets.
19) Kwanzaa
Author
Series
Publisher
Heinemann Library
Pub. Date
[2002]
Language
English
Description
A brief introduction to the celebration of Kwanzaa.