Art, Film and Poetry - Black History and Literature Library
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    A collection of works that celebrate the rich artistic and cultural contributions of Black people throughout history. From poetry to film, these works explore themes of identity, creativity, and social justice, and offer unique perspectives on the Black experience.
    • Black History Book: Black Performance on the Outskirts of the Left: A History of the Impossible (E-Book) - Music, Musical, Playwright

      Black Performance on the Outskirts of the Left: A History of the Impossible (E-Book)

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      Articulates the role black theatricality played in the radical energy of the sixtiesBlack Performance on the Outskirts of the Left illustrates the ...

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    • Black History Book: Donate to United Black Books Organization - 1-3, donation, movies, pwyw, Would you like to donate?

      Donate to United Black Books Organization

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      United Black Books provides 1000s of rare and collectible free resources. Resources that give adults, families and children alike a foundation for...

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    • Black History Book: A Companion to Modern African Art My Gitti Salami (E-Book) - Africa, African Art, African Culture, African Designs, African History, Art, Black Art, black History, History
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      A Companion to Modern African Art My Gitti Salami (E-Book)

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      Offering a wealth of perspectives on African modern and Modernist art from the mid-nineteenth century to the present, this new Companion features e...

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    • Black History Book: Tupac Shakur - The Rose That Grew From Concrete - 1-3, e-books, Poetry, pwyw
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      Tupac Shakur - The Rose That Grew From Concrete

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        The Rose That Grew from Concrete is a collection of poetry written between 1989 and 1991 by Tupac Shakur, published by MTV Books.    

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    • Black History Book: Maya Angelou - The Complete Collected Poems (E-Book) - 1-3, e-books, Poetry, PWYW
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      Maya Angelou - The Complete Collected Poems (E-Book)

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      For the first time, the complete collection of Maya Angelou's published poems-including "On the Pulse of Morning"-in a permanent collectible, hands...

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    • Black History Book: On the Bus with Rosa Parks: Poems (E-Book) - 1-3, Black Women, e-books, Poetry

      On the Bus with Rosa Parks: Poems (E-Book)

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      A dazzling new collection by the former Poet Laureate of the United States. In these brilliant poems, Rita Dove treats us to a panoply of human end...

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    • Black History Book: Angelou, Maya - Celebrations (E-Book) - 1-3, e-books
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      Angelou, Maya - Celebrations (E-Book)

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      Grace, dignity, and eloquence have long been hallmarks of Maya Angelou’s poetry. Her measured verses have stirred our souls, energized our minds, a...

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    • Black History Book: Angelou, Maya - Amazing Peace (E-Book) - 1-3, e-books
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      Angelou, Maya - Amazing Peace (E-Book)

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      This dazzling Christmas poem by Maya Angelou is powerful and inspiring for people of all faiths.In this beautiful, deeply moving poem, Maya Angelou...

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    • Black History Book: Angelou, Maya - Wouldn't Take Nothing for My Journey Now (E-Book) - 1-3, e-books
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      Angelou, Maya - Wouldn't Take Nothing for My Journey Now (E-Book)

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      Maya Angelou, one of the best-loved authors of our time shares the wisdom of a remarkable life in this bestselling spiritual classic. This is Maya ...

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    • Black History Book: Angelou, Maya - Mom & Me & Mom (E-Book) - 1-3, Black Authors, Black Culture, Black Literature, Black Women, e-books
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      Angelou, Maya - Mom & Me & Mom (E-Book)

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      NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER • A moving memoir about the legendary author’s relationship with her own mother.Emma Watson’s Our Shared Shelf Book Club ...

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    • Black History Book: Angelou, Maya - A Song Flung Up to Heaven (E-Book) - 1-3, e-books

      Angelou, Maya - A Song Flung Up to Heaven (E-Book)

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      The culmination of a unique achievement in modern American literature: the six volumes of autobiography that began more than thirty years ago with ...

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    • Black History Book: Angelou, Maya - Heart of a Woman, The (E-Book) - 1-3, e-books
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      Angelou, Maya - Heart of a Woman, The (E-Book)

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      In The Heart of a Woman, Maya Angelou leaves California with her son, Guy, to move to New York. There she enters the society and world of black art...

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    • Black History Book: Angelou, Maya - All God's Children Need Traveling Shoes (E-Book) - 1-3, e-books

      Angelou, Maya - All God's Children Need Traveling Shoes (E-Book)

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      In 1962 the poet, musician, and performer Maya Angelou claimed another piece of her identity by moving to Ghana, joining a community of "Revolution...

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    • Black History Book: Angelou, Maya - Gather Together in My Name (E-Book) - 1-3, e-books
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      Angelou, Maya - Gather Together in My Name (E-Book)

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      Gather Together in My Name continues Maya Angelou’s personal story, begun so unforgettably in I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings. The time is the end ...

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    • Black History Book: Angelou, Maya - I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings (E-Book) - 1-3, e-books

      Angelou, Maya - I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings (E-Book)

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      Here is a book as joyous and painful, as mysterious and memorable, as childhood itself. I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings captures the longing of lon...

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    • Black History Book: Angelou, Maya - Letter to My Daughter (E-Book) - 1-3, Black Authors, Black Culture, Black Literature, Black Women, e-books

      Angelou, Maya - Letter to My Daughter (E-Book)

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      NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER • Maya Angelou shares her path to living well and with meaning in this absorbing book of personal essays. Dedicated to th...

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    • Black History Book: Angelou, Maya - Just Give Me a Cool Drink of Water 'fore I Diiie (E-Book) - e-books, PWYW, under-1

      Angelou, Maya - Just Give Me a Cool Drink of Water 'fore I Diiie (E-Book)

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      Another remarkable collection of poetry from one of America's masters of the medium. The first part gathers together poems of love and nostalgic me...

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    • Black History Book: Angelou, Maya - Singin and Swingin and Gettin Merry Like Christmas (E-Book) - 1-3, e-books
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      Angelou, Maya - Singin and Swingin and Gettin Merry Like Christmas (E-Book)

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      In this third self-contained volume of her autobiography, which began with I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings, Maya Angelou moves into the adult world...

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    • Black History Book: The Black Arts Enterprise and the Production of African American Poetry (E-Book) - 5-9, e-books
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      The Black Arts Enterprise and the Production of African American Poetry (E-Book)

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      The outpouring of creative expression known as the Black Arts Movement of the 1960s and 1970s spawned a burgeoning number of black-owned cultural o...

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    • Black History Book: Don't Let Me Be Lonely: An American by Claudia Rankine (E-Book) - 1-3, e-books, Poetry
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      Don't Let Me Be Lonely: An American by Claudia Rankine (E-Book)

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      In this powerful sequence of TV images and essay, Claudia Rankine explores the personal and political unrest of our volatile new century I forget t...

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    • Black History Book: On the Corner: African American Intellectuals and the Urban Crisis (E-Book) - 3-5, e-books
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      On the Corner: African American Intellectuals and the Urban Crisis (E-Book)

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      In July 1964, after a decade of intense media focus on civil rights protest in the Jim Crow South, a riot in Harlem abruptly shifted attention to t...

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    • Black History Book: The Hearing Eye: Jazz & Blues Influences in African American Visual Art (E-Book) - 1-3, Blues, e-books, Jazz, Music, Visual Arts

      The Hearing Eye: Jazz & Blues Influences in African American Visual Art (E-Book)

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      The widespread presence of jazz and blues in African American visual art has long been overlooked. The Hearing Eye makes the case for recognizing t...

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    • Black History Book: Imprisoned in a Luminous Glare: Photography and the African American Freedom Struggle (E-Book) - 3-5, Civil Rights, e-books, Media, Photography
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      Imprisoned in a Luminous Glare: Photography and the African American Freedom Struggle (E-Book)

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      In Imprisoned in a Luminous Glare, Leigh Raiford argues that over the past one hundred years activists in the black freedom struggle have used phot...

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    • Black History Book: A History of African-American Artists: From 1792 to the Present (E-Book) - 1-3, Artists, Arts and Crafts, e-books, Visual Arts
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      A History of African-American Artists: From 1792 to the Present (E-Book)

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      A landmark work of art history: lavishly illustrated and extraordinary for its thoroughness, A History of African-American Artists -- conceived, re...

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