Thursday, January 14, 2010
Destined to Witness: Growing Up Black in Nazi Germany
by Hans J. Massaquoi
Imagine if a person, by the accident of birth, was deigned a target of Nazi hatred but hadn't an option of disguise.
Wednesday, February 10, 2010
Where I Must Go by Angela Jackson
A coming of age story of difference and belonging by first-time Chicago author and poet, Angela Jackson.
Tuesday, March 9, 2010
Josephine Baker in Art and Life by Bennetta Jules-Rosette
A thoughtful, scholarly study of Josephine Baker, (1906-1975) performer, writer, activist, and philanthropist, who took Jazz age Paris by storm, and left behind a sparkling legacy.
Tuesday, April 13, 2010 - 2009 BCALA Literary Award Winner
Where the Line Bleeds by Jesmyn Ward
Impoverished twins living along the Mississippi Gulf Coast struggle to survive after high school in Ward's starkly beautiful debut.
Tuesday, May 11, 2010
Blanche on the Lam by Barbara Neely
Blanche White earns a living doing day work for the genteel Southern families of North Carolina. But using her wit and intelligence -not to mention the remarkably efficient old-girl network among domestic workers -she gets to work uncovering killers on the side.
Tuesday, June 8, 2010
Cuttin’ Up: Wit and Wisdom From Black Barber Shops
by Craig Marberry
Pitch-perfect portraits celebrating the laid-back fellowship of men in
barbershops.
Tuesday, July 13, 2010
I may not get there with you : the true Martin Luther King, Jr
by Dyson, Michael Eric
Provocative author, lecturer, and professor Michael Eric Dyson restores King's true vitality and complexity and challenges us to embrace the very contradictions that make King relevant in today's world.
Tuesday, July 13, 2010
I may not get there with you : the true Martin Luther King, Jr
by Dyson, Michael Eric
Provocative author, lecturer, and professor Michael Eric Dyson restores King's true vitality and complexity and challenges us to embrace the very contradictions that make King relevant in today's world.
Tuesday, August 10, 2010
I may not get there with you : the true Martin Luther King, Jr (con'td)
by Dyson, Michael Eric
Continued discussion of King's true vitality and the complexities that challenge us to embrace the contradictions that make King relevant in today's world.
Tuesday, Sept. 14, 2010
Sap Rising by Christine Lincoln
"Sap Rising" is Christine Lincoln's 12 linked stories of rural southern African American's lives and their longings for something different than their strained existence in Granville, MD.
Tuesday, Oct. 12, 2010
Gabriel’s Story by David Anthony Durham
A different take on the Western frontier, this tale is of a family of newly freed African Americans who are seeking refuge from the reconstructed South and are lured west by the promise of land.
Tuesday, Nov. 9, 2010 -Community Meeting Room
I’m Still Standing:From Wounded Soldier to US Citizen-My Journey Home by Shoshana Johnson
In honor of Veterans Day, AAL book club discusses, "I'm Still Standing: from captive U.S. soldier to free citizen-my journey home". The first African American woman POW in U.S. history, Shoshana Johnson, shares her story.
Tuesday, Dec 14, 2010
Conception by Kalisha Buckhanon
A beautiful new literary novel from the critically-acclaimed, award-winning author of Upstate. This novel alternates between two narrators; a mother and her unborn child.
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