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[2022]
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xviii, 250 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm
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English
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"'The passing on of information and history from one person to another to another has always served us well. Ours is an oral tradition.' So begins Take a Lesson, a groundbreaking book of oral history. Twenty years later, every word in this book holds up as relevant, resonant and, in some ways, prophetic. Here we are, in a profoundly different world that, in its relationship with Black people, has barely changed at all. Powerful first-person accounts...
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English
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A photographer and a New York Times bestsellingnovelist profile 50 women over the age of 50 who have been remarkably successful — whether in reaching the top of thecorporate ladder, finding fame in politics or the arts, orraising a son to be proud of a single mother — and revealthe ways that they have prevailed despite daunting obstacles.
Jewels includes well-known and little-known womenalike, from teachers and executives to artists,...
Jewels includes well-known and little-known womenalike, from teachers and executives to artists,...
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Pub. Date
2017.
Physical Description
xii, 274 pages : illustrations, portraits ; 22 cm
Language
English
Description
Presents a rogue's gallery of murderers, rapists, racists, cheaters, slavers, oligarchs, traitors, war criminals, and other moral reprobates who attended some of America's most elite colleges.
10) Open the unusual door: true life stories of challenge, adventure, and success by Black Americans
Pub. Date
[2005]
Physical Description
xiv, 206 pages ; 18 cm
Language
English
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English
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"'Standing on the stage, I felt exposed and like an intruder. In these professional settings, my personal experiences with hunger, poverty, and episodic homelessness, often go undetected. I had worked hard to learn the rules and disguise my beginning in life ... ' So begins C. Nicole Mason's powerful memoir, a story of reconciliation, constrained choices and life on the other side of the tracks. Born in the 1970s in Los Angeles, California, Mason...
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