Cultural Literature
MOPPIN' FLOORS TO CEO: FROM HOPELESSNESS AND FAILURE TO HAPPINESS AND SUCCESS
As a young man in Moppin' Floors to CEO: From Hopelessness and Failure to Happiness and Success, Dennis C. Miller faces overwhelming obstacles: an emotionally abusive father, physically abusive Catholic school teachers, bottom-of-the-class grades all the way through high school,...
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ON MICHAEL JACKSON
In On Michael Jackson—an at once passionate, incisive, and bracing work of cultural analysis—Pulitzer Prize–winning critic for The New York Times Margo Jefferson brilliantly unravels the complexities of one of the most enigmatic figures of our time.Who is Michael Jackson and what does...
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ALEX HALEY: AND THE BOOKS THAT CHANGED A NATION
It is difficult to think of two twentieth century books by one author that have had as much influence on American culture when they were published as Alex Haley's monumental bestsellers, The Autobiography of Malcolm X (1965), and Roots (1976). They changed the way...
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EVERY DAY I FIGHT
“When you die, it does not mean that you lose to cancer. You beat cancer by how you live, why you live, and the manner in which you live.” – Stuart ScottThe fearless, intimate, and inspiring story behind ESPN anchor...
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EVERY DAY I FIGHT
“When you die, it does not mean that you lose to cancer. You beat cancer by how you live, why you live, and the manner in which you live.” – Stuart ScottThe fearless, intimate, and inspiring story behind ESPN anchor...
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I FEEL LIKE GOING ON: LIFE, GAME, AND GLORY
In this New York Times bestselling memoir, Ray Lewis—legendary Baltimore Ravens linebacker and one of the greatest defensive players of his generation—holds nothing back on the state of football as well as his troubled childhood, his rise to athletic greatness, the storm...
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MY JOURNEY WITH MAYA
When Maya Angelou and Tavis Smiley met in 1986, he was twenty-one and she was fifty-eight. For the next twenty-eight years, they shared an unlikely, special bond. Angelou was a teacher and a maternal figure to Smiley, and they talked...
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MICHELLE OBAMA: MEET THE FIRST LADY (HB)
Michelle obama has been by her husband's side throughout his historic presidential campaign, a dynamic personality whether she is delivering speeches or hitting the dance floor on The Ellen DeGeneres Show. Follow the story of a hardworking girl growing up on...
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COSBY: HIS LIFE AND TIMES
The first major biography of an American icon, comedian Bill Cosby. Based on extensive research and in-depth interviews with Cosby and more than sixty of his closest friends and associates, it is a frank, fun and fascinating account of his...
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I AM TROY DAVIS
ON SEPTEMBER 21, 2011, Troy Anthony Davis was put to death by the State of Georgia. Davis’s execution was protested by hundreds of thousands across the globe. How did one man capture the world’s imagination and become the iconic face...
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EXTRAORDINARY, ORDINARY PEOPLE: A MEMOIR OF FAMILY
This is the story of Condoleezza Rice that has never been told, not that of an ultra-accomplished world leader, but of a little girl--and a young woman--trying to find her place in a sometimes hostile world, of two exceptional parents,...
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INCOGNEGRO: A MEMOIR OF EXILE & APARTHEID
In 1995, a South African journalist informed Frank Wilderson, one of only two American members of the African National Congress (ANC), that President Nelson Mandela considered him "a threat to national security." Wilderson was asked to comment. Incognegro is that "comment." It...
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MATTHEW A. HENSON'S HISTORIC ARCTIC JOURNEY: THE CLASSIC ACCOUNT OF ONE OF THE WORLD'S GREATEST BLACK EXPLORERS
This 100th anniversary edition is enhanced with material from The Explorers Club’s archives, including photographs of Henson ephemera. It also contains a list of Henson’s honors and a bibliography of celebratory accounts of his achievements. Product details Publisher : Lyons Press;...
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BLACK, BLIND, & IN CHARGE: A STORY OF VISIONARY LEADERSHIP AND OVERCOMING ADVERSITY
"I have had this desire my whole life to prove people wrong, to show them I could do things they didn't think I could do.”--David PatersonA title that hits you between the eyes is second only to a Governor put...
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LAST MAN STANDING: THE TRAGEDY AND TRIUMPH OF GERONIMO PRATT
Jack Olsen's Last Man Standing is the gripping story of Geronimo Pratt, war hero and community leader, who was framed by the FBI in one of the greatest travesties of justice in American history.Geronimo Pratt did not commit the murder for which...
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A DROP OF MIDNIGHT: A MEMOIR
World-renowned hip-hop artist Jason “Timbuktu” Diakité’s vivid and intimate journey through his own and his family’s history—from South Carolina slavery to twenty-first-century Sweden. Born to interracial American parents in Sweden, Jason Diakité grew up between worlds—part Swedish, American, black, white,...
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NOTHING TO LOSE, EVERYTHING TO GAIN: BEING BLACK AND CONSERVATIVE IN AMERICA
Conservative political commentator Kathy Barnette shares how liberal leadership has failed the black community and how being a democrat is not synonymous with your skin color. During his first historic run for the presidency in 2016, Donald Trump made an...
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DARKNESS TO LIGHT: A MEMOIR
New York Times Bestseller Fame. Sex. Pain. Drugs. Death. Booze. Money. Addiction. Redemption. Dizzying heights. Rock-bottom depths. Desperation and elation—sometimes in the same hour. Not to mention power . . . and the struggle for it. The world knows Lamar Odom...
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Harriet Tubman: The Road to Freedom
Publisher: Back Bay Books The definitive biography of one of the most courageous women in American history "reveals Harriet Tubman to be even more remarkable than her legend" (Newsday). Celebrated for her exploits as a conductor on the Underground Railroad,...
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MORE THAN PRETTY: DOING THE SOUL WORK THAT UNCOVERS YOUR TRUE BEAUTY
Grammy Award–winning gospel singer, television star, and radio host Erica Campbell speaks to women of all shapes and sizes, demonstrating that true beauty is found not in external appearances, but in celebrating the person God made you to be.So many...
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