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1) Coping with racial inequality

Author

Orr, Tamra

Series

Coping

Language

English

Formats

Book, eBook

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Learn about racial inequality in the past and the present, and learn how to deal with any racial inequality that is encountered.

2) Forbidden fruit: love stories from the Underground Railroad

Author

DeRamus, Betty

Language

English

Formats

Book, eAudiobook

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A Pulitzer Prize finalist, Betty DeRamus is an award-winning journalist who rummaged through musty records and forgotten memoirs to resurrect this book's unsung heroes. Despite the risks, some American slaves partook of the "forbidden fruit" of marriage. And when the dreaded separation inevitably occurred, slave spouses grieved deeply and sometimes made Herculean efforts to re-unite. DeRamus recounts the tales of soulmates who braved bloodhounds,...

3) Everybody come alive: a memoir in essays

Author

Alvis-Walker, Marcie

Publisher

Convergent

Pub. Date

[2023]

Language

English

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"Dazzling essays on faith, family and being a Black woman in America that explore what we do with the legacies we inherit, the faith that shapes our responses, and how we rebuild our stories for those who come after us--from the author of the popular blog Black Coffee with White Friends. On her blog, Marcie Alvis-Walker creates spaces for conversations about cultural norms, race, faith, and womanhood that encourage readers to unburden themselves from...