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Dear Ruby, hear our hearts : letters to civil rights activist Ruby Bridges

Bridges, Ruby, author.

Publication Date

2024

Format:

Book

Call Number

379.263 BRI

Available: Holds: Copies:

SD_ILS:703936

Coretta : the autobiography of Mrs. Coretta Scott King

King, Coretta Scott, 1927-2006, author.

Publication Date

2024

Format:

Book

Call Number

323 KIN

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SD_ILS:798066

Ayo's adventure : across the African diaspora from Afro to Zulu

Drew, Ain Heath, author.

Publication Date

2024

Format:

Book

Call Number

960 DRE

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SD_ILS:799613

Black artists shaping the world : 14 stories of creativity

Jackson, Sharna, author.

Publication Date

2024

Format:

Book

Call Number

709.2396 JAC

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SD_ILS:799620

Introducing the one and only Cicely Tyson

Watson, Renée, author.

Publication Date

2024

Format:

Book

Call Number

791.43028 WAT

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SD_ILS:787645

Blk art : the audacious legacy of Black artists and models in Western art

Ware, Zaria, author.

Publication Date

2023

Format:

Book

Call Number

704.0396 WAR

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SD_ILS:674118

Simone Leigh

Leigh, Simone, artist, contributor.

Publication Date

2023

Format:

Book

Call Number

700.411 SIM

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SD_ILS:697796

Just Jerry : how drawing shaped my life : a memoir

Pinkney, Jerry, author, illustrator.

Publication Date

2023

Format:

Book

Call Number

741.642 PIN

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SD_ILS:670146

Still we rise : a love letter to the Southern biscuit with over 70 sweet and savory recipes

Council, Erika, author.

Publication Date

2023

Format:

Book

Call Number

641.815 COU

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SD_ILS:791175

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Little Black lives matter

Dill, Khodi, author.

Publication Date

2022

Format:

Book

Call Number

323 DIL

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SD_ILS:660964

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The Underground Railroad

Messner, Kate, author.

Publication Date

2022

Format:

Book

Call Number

973.7115 MES

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SD_ILS:687762

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Black ballerinas : my journey to our legacy

Copeland, Misty, author.

Publication Date

2021

Format:

Book

Call Number

792.8028 COP

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SD_ILS:643805

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Success -- Juvenile literature.

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Hatje Cantz Verlag, publisher.

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Hirshhorn Museum and Sculpture Garden, host institution.

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Los Angeles County Museum of Art, host institution.

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National Museum of African American History and Culture (U.S.)

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Pullagura, Anni A., contributor.

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Reiss, Stephen, 1957- editor.

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