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    Begin again : James Baldwin's America and its urgent lessons for our own / by Glaude, Eddie S., Jr., 1968-

    Published 2021

    "Not everything is lost. Responsibility cannot be lost, it can only be abdicated. If one refuses abdication, one begins again."--James Baldwin. We live, according to Eddie S. Glaude Jr., in the after times, when the promise of Black Lives Matter and the attempt to achieve a new America hav...

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    Brave, black, first : 50+ African American women who changed the world / by Hudson, Cheryl Willis

    Published 2020

    "An illustrated biographical compilation of over fifty African American women from the 1700s through to the present day." --

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    Hidden figures : the untold true story of four African-American women who helped launch our nation into space / by Shetterly, Margot Lee

    Published 2016

    Before John Glenn orbited the Earth or Neil Armstrong walked on the moon, a group of professionals worked as "Human Computers," calculating the flight paths that would enable these historic achievements. Among these were a coterie of bright, talented African-American women. Segregated from...

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    How dare the sun rise : memoirs of a war child / by Uwiringiyimana, Sandra, Pesta, Abigail

    Published 2017

    The author shares the story of her survival of the Gatumba massacre, despite losing her sister, and how after moving to America she found healing through art and activism.

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    The soul of a woman : on impatient love, long life, and good witches / by Allende, Isabel

    Published 2021

    The author describes her lifelong commitment to feminism in a meditation on what it means to be a woman, discussing progress within the movement in her lifetime, what remains to be done, and how to move forward in the future.

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