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Fiction

Home to Harlem by Claude McKay; Wayne F. Cooper (Contribution by)
Call Number: Ebook Central (ProQuest)
ISBN: 9781555530235
Publication Date: 1987
A novel that gives voice to the alienation and frustration of urban blacks during an era when Harlem was in vogue.
Kindred: A Graphic Novel Adaptation by Octavia E. Butler; John Jennings (Illustrator); Damian Duffy (Adapted by)
Call Number: Ebook Central (ProQuest)
ISBN: 9781613128626
Publication Date: 2017
More than 35 years after its release, Kindred continues to draw in new readers with its deep exploration of the violence and loss of humanity caused by slavery in the United States, and its complex and lasting impact on the present day.
Training School for Negro Girls by Camille Acker
Call Number: eBook Collection (EBSCOhost)
ISBN: 9781936932375
Publication Date: 2018
Relatable yet unexpected characters break down the walls of respectability politics, showing that the only way for black women to be free is to be themselves.
Mem by Bethany C. Morrow
Call Number: eBook Collection (EBSCOhost)
ISBN: 9781944700553
Publication Date: 2018
A scientist in Montreal discovers a method allowing people to have their memories extracted from their minds, whole and complete. The Mems exist as mirror-images of their source -- zombie-like creatures destined to experience that singular memory over and over.
Knucklehead by Adam Smyer
Call Number: eBook Collection (EBSCOhost)
ISBN: 9781617755873
Publication Date: 2018
Marcus Hayes, a brilliant black attorney who struggles, often unsuccessfully, with the impulse to confront everyday bad behavior with swift and antisocial action. When he unexpectedly becomes involved with the kind, intelligent Amalia Stewart, her love and acceptance pacify his demons.
An Unkindness of Ghosts by Rivers Solomon
Call Number: eBook Collection (EBSCOhost)
ISBN: 9781617755880
Publication Date: 2017
Rivers Solomon's highly imaginative sci-fi novel An Unkindness of Ghosts, eccentric Aster was born into slavery on--and is trying to escape from--a brutally segregated spaceship that for generations has been trying to escort the last humans from a dying planet to a Promised Land. When she discovers clues about the circumstances of her mother's death, she also comes closer to disturbing truths about the ship and its journey.

Poetry

The BreakBeat Poets Vol. 2 by Jamila Woods (Editor); Mahogany l. Browne (Editor); Idrissa Simmonds (Editor)
Call Number: eBook Collection (EBSCOhost)
ISBN: 9781608468577
Publication Date: 2018-04-17
Black Girl Magic continues and deepens the work of the first BreakBeat Poets anthology by focusing on some of the most exciting Black women writing today. This anthology breaks up the myth of hip-hop as a boys' club, and asserts the truth that the cypher is a feminine form.
Electric Arches by Eve L. Ewing
Call Number: eBook Collection (EBSCOhost)
ISBN: 9781608468560
Publication Date: 2017-09-12
Electric Arches is an imaginative exploration of Black girlhood and womanhood through poetry, visual art, and narrative prose. Blending stark realism with the surreal and fantastic, Eve L. Ewing's narrative takes us from the streets of 1990s Chicago to an unspecified future, deftly navigating the boundaries of space, time, and reality.
Night Angler by Geffrey Davis
Call Number: eBook Collection (EBSCOhost)
ISBN: 9781942683780
Publication Date: 2019-04-30
WINNER OF THE 2018 JAMES LAUGHLIN AWARD Geffrey Davis's second collection of poems reads as an evolving love letter and meditation on what it means to raise an American family. .
The Tradition by Jericho Brown
Call Number: eBook Collection (EBSCOhost)
ISBN: 9781556594861
Publication Date: 2019-04-02
WINNER OF THE 2020 PULITZER PRIZE FOR POETRY: Jericho Brown's daring new book The Tradition details the normalization of evil and its history at the intersection of the past and the personal. Brown's poetic concerns are both broad and intimate, and at their very core a distillation of the incredibly human: What is safety? Who is this nation? Where does freedom truly lie? Poems of fatherhood, legacy, blackness, queerness, worship, and trauma are propelled into stunning clarity.
¡Manteca! by Melissa Castillo-Garsow
Call Number: Ebook Central (ProQuest)
ISBN: 9781558858428
Publication Date: 2017-04-30
Containing the work of more than 40 poets--equally divided between men and women--who self-identify as Afro-Latino, ¡Manteca! is the first poetry anthology to highlight writings by Latinos of African descent. The themes covered are as diverse as the authors themselves.

History and Autobiography

Overground Railroad (the Young Adult Adaptation) by Candacy Taylor
Call Number: eBook Collection
ISBN: 9781647004248
Publication Date: 2022
A young reader's edition of Candacy Taylor's acclaimed book about the history of the Green Book, the guide for Black travelers. Overground Railroad chronicles the history of the Green Book, which was published from 1936 to 1966 and was the "Black travel guide to America."
Stamped: Racism, Antiracism, and You by Jason Reynolds; Ibram X. Kendi
Call Number: eBook Collection
ISBN: 9780316453707
Publication Date: 2020
The crucial, empowering, #1 New York Times bestselling exploration of racism--and antiracism--in America. This is NOT a history book. This is a book about the here and now. A book to help us better understand why we are where we are. A book about race.
The Rebellious Life of Mrs. Rosa Parks (Adapted for Young People) by Jeanne Theoharis (Adapted by); Brandy Colbert (Adapted by)
Call Number: eBook Collection
ISBN: 9780807067574
Publication Date: 2021
"A must-read for young people."--Bryan Stevenson, author of Just Mercy. Now adapted for readers ages 12 and up, the award-winning biography that examines Rosa Parks's life and 60 years of radical activism and brings the civil rights movement in the North and South to life.
Call Me American (Adapted for Young Adults) by Abdi Nor Iftin
Call Number: eBook Collection
ISBN: 9781984897114
Publication Date: 2020
Adapted from the adult memoir, this gripping and acclaimed story follows one boy's journey into young adulthood, against the backdrop of civil war and his ultimate immigration to America, in search of a better life. Abdi shares every part of his journey, and his courageous account reminds readers that everyone deserves the chance to build a brighter future for themselves.
For Every One by Jason Reynolds
Call Number: eBook Collection
ISBN: 9781481486248
Publication Date: 2018
For Every One is just that: for every one. For every one person. For every one dream. But especially for every one kid. The kids who dream of being better than they are. Kids who dream of doing more than they almost dare to dream. Kids who are like Jason Reynolds, a self-professed dreamer.
Just Mercy (Adapted for Young Adults) by Bryan Stevenson
Call Number: eBook Collection
ISBN: 9780525580034
Publication Date: 2018
The young adult adaptation of the acclaimed, #1 New York Times bestseller Just Mercy--now a major motion picture starring Michael B. Jordan, Jaime Foxx, and Brie Larson and the subject of an HBO documentary feature! In this very personal work--adapted from the original #1 bestseller, which the New York Times calls "as compelling as To Kill a Mockingbird, and in some ways more so"--acclaimed lawyer and social justice advocate Bryan Stevenson offers a glimpse into the lives of the wrongfully imprisoned and his efforts to fight for their freedom.
Loving vs. Virginia by Patricia Hruby Powell; Shadra Strickland (Illustrator)
Call Number: eBook Collection
ISBN: 9781452125909
Publication Date: 2017
From acclaimed author Patricia Hruby Powell comes the story of a landmark civil rights case, told in spare and gorgeous verse. In 1955, in Caroline County, Virginia, amidst segregation and prejudice, injustice and cruelty, two teenagers fell in love. Their life together broke the law, but their determination would change it. Richard and Mildred Loving were at the heart of a Supreme Court case that legalized marriage between races, and a story of the devoted couple who faced discrimination, fought it, and won.
We Are Not yet Equal by Carol Anderson; Tonya Bolden
Call Number: eBook Collection
ISBN: 9781547600762
Publication Date: 2018
This young adult adaptation of the New York Times bestselling White Rage is essential antiracist reading for teens. An NAACP Image Award finalist A Kirkus Reviews Best Book of the Year A NYPL Best Book for Teens History texts often teach that the United States has made a straight line of progress toward Black equality. The reality is more complex: milestones like the end of slavery, school integration, and equal voting rights have all been met with racist legal and political maneuverings meant to limit that progress.

Created by Cecilia Smith 12/14/2020