Kevin R. Free
Author
Series
Pub. Date
2018.
Language
English
Formats
Description
History notes that the ugly feud between J. Edgar Hoover and Martin Luther King, Jr., marked by years of illegal surveillance and the accumulation of secret files, ended on April 4, 1968 when King was assassinated by James Earl Ray. But that may not have been the case. Now, fifty years later, former Justice Department agent, Cotton Malone, must reckon with the truth of what really happened that fateful day in Memphis. It all turns on an incident from...
62) How it went down
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Series
Pub. Date
2014.
Language
English
Description
When sixteen-year-old Tariq Johnson is shot to death, his community is thrown into an uproar because Tariq was black and the shooter, Jack Franklin, is white, and in the aftermath everyone has something to say, but no two accounts of the events agree.
Author
Pub. Date
2008
Language
English
Description
New York Times and Essence best-selling author Omar Tyree is a pioneer in the megapopular urban fiction genre. His stories feature sexy guys and girls navigating life and love in the city. Set in sunny San Diego, Pecking Order follows Ivan David, an accountant slowly growing fed up with his rich, spoiled clientele. He has a plan to promote business networking parties, but when he meets local diva Lucina Gallo, his simple plan becomes more trouble...
64) Thunderbird
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Series
Ancient shores volume 2
Pub. Date
2015.
Language
English
Description
The Nebula Award-winning author of the Alex Benedict novels and the Priscilla Hutchins novels returns to the world of Ancient Shores in a startling and majestic epic. A working stargate dating back more than ten thousand years has been discovered in North Dakota, on a Sioux reservation near Devils Lake. Travel through the gate currently leads to three equally mysterious destinations: (1) an apparently empty garden world, quickly dubbed Eden ; (2)...
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Pub. Date
2018.
Language
English
Description
A dazzling epic that follows two very different families in Cleveland across generations, beginning with their patriarchs. Scrappy, street smart drug dealer Reggie Marshall has never liked the simpering addict Leland Bloom-Mittwoch, which doesn't stop Leland from looking up to Reggie with puppy-esque devotion. But when a drug deal goes dramatically, tragically wrong and a suitcase (which may or may not contain a quarter of a million dollars) disappears,...
66) Bling
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Pub. Date
2004.
Language
English
Description
Author Erica Kennedy is a hot new voice in contemporary African-American fiction. A hip-hop twist on the Cinderella fable, Bling tells the story of a small town girl with a silky singing voice who's rocketed to superstardom overnight. When Lamont Jackson, the head of a major hiphop label, discovers 21-year-old Mimi, he signs her immediately. Within hours, Mimi's flirting with the A-list crowd, getting a makeover from a supermodel, and enjoying a million...
67) Dizzy
Author
Pub. Date
[2006]
Language
English
Description
This is the story of Dizzy Gillespie, a trumpet player, who created a whole new kind of music: Bebop.
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Series
Feylawn chronicles volume 2
Pub. Date
[2022]
Language
English
Description
From New York Timesbestselling author Dashka Slater comes the whimsical and witty sequel to The Book of Fatal Errors! Rufus may have successfully sent the feylings home to the Green World, but he still has one pesky feyling under his wing: Nettle, his sometimes enemy, now mentor. Nettle is in charge of helping Rufus and his cousin Abigail protect Feylawn, their grandfathers magical and mysterious homestead. But this difficult task becomes even more...
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Pub. Date
[2019]
Language
English
Description
A lovable dog helps his human girl solve a mystery. King, Kayla, and Grandma find a dog who has lost his human family. What does Kayla know? This dog doesn't have a collar or any tags. He can sit, lie down, and shake hands. No one around here knows who he is. What does King know? The dog's family is staying at a campground. Can they figure out who he is and where his family is? With simple, straightforward language and great verbal and visual humor,...
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Pub. Date
c2014
Language
English
Description
A contemporary American masterpiece about music, race, an unforgettable man, and an unreal America during the Civil War era At the heart of this remarkable novel is Thomas Greene Wiggins, a nineteenth-century slave and improbable musical genius who performed under the name Blind Tom. Song of the Shank opens in 1866 as Tom and his guardian, Eliza Bethune, struggle to adjust to their fashionable apartment in the city in the aftermath of riots that...
Author
Pub. Date
[2016]
Language
English
Appears on list
Description
"Critically acclaimed author Jabari Asim and Caldecott Honor-winning illustrator E. B. Lewis give readers a fascinating glimpse into the boyhood of Civil Rights leader John Lewis. John wants to be a preacher when he grows up-- a leader whose words stir hearts to change, minds to think, and bodies to take action. But why wait? When John is put in charge of the family farm's flock of chickens, he discovers that they make a wonderful congregation! So...
73) Genius: the con
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Series
Genius (Leopoldo Gout) volume 2
Pub. Date
2017.
Language
English
Description
Three young geniuses from around the globe hatch a plot to trick a vicious warlord, infiltrate a mastermind's organization, protect their families, and save the world.
Tunde, self-taught engineering genius from Nigeria, is in a race against time to save his village from a ruthless warlord. Painted Wolf, activist blogger and strategist from China, is searching for a way to rescue her father from the corruption he's inadvertently been caught up in....
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Series
Pub. Date
[2021]
Language
English
Description
Geisel Honor Award-winning team Dori Hillestad Butler and Nancy Meyers return with another mystery starring lovable golden retriever King and his human girl, Kayla. Just right for newly independent readers. King, Kayla, Mason, and Asia are playing in the snow. Later, Asia discovers her new gold ring is missing. What happened to it? Detective team King & Kayla are on the case! With simple, straightforward language and great verbal and visual humor,...
Author
Pub. Date
[2020]
Language
English
Description
Richard Perry Loving and Mildred Jeter Loving wanted to live out their married life near family in Virginia. However, the state refused to let them--because Richard was white and Mildred was black. After being arrested and charged with a crime, the Lovings were forced to leave their home--until they turned to the legal system. In one of the country's most prominent legal battles, Loving v. Virginia, the Lovings secured their future when the court...
Author
Pub. Date
2008
Language
English
Description
The Black Male Handbook is an impassioned call to end the problems facing today's men. Political activist Kevin Powell offers insights on steering away from violence and toward a more responsible manhood. Featured prominently on The Oprah Winfrey Show, Powell and his book offer welcome guidance to all men.
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Series
Pub. Date
2008.
Language
English
Description
This Old West adventure from genre stalwart Mike Kearby comes heartily recommended by Historical Novels Review. Free Anderson's days as a soldier may be over, but his war is just beginning. An enemy stalks him, waiting to exact vengeance. Now framed and set to hang in Texas, Free is aided by a friend from his army days. Together again on the trail of Free's accuser, the two men encounter such towering figures as Wild Bill Hickok and General Custer....