blacks

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blacks

Someone knows my name

2008
Kidnapped from Africa as a child, Aminata Diallo becomes a slave but escapes during the chaos of the Revolutionary War. In Manhattan she works for the British, recording the names of the Blacks who have served the King and earned their freedom in Nova Scotia. Aminata becomes one of these but the hardship and prejudice she encounters in Nova Scotia prompts her to follow her heart back to Africa, and then on to London, where she bears witness to the injustices of slavery.

The Nigger of the 'Narcissus'

1989
Reprint of a nineteenth-century novel about James Wait, the only black mate aboard the ship Narcissus.

Crosswinds

an anthology of Black dramatists in the diaspora
1993

Parting the waters

America in the King years, 1954-63
1988
Chronicles the civil rights struggle from the twilight of the Eisenhower years through the assassination of President Kennedy.

Nelson Mandela

2003
A biography of the black South African leader who became a civil rights activist, political prisoner, and president.

The Ear, the Eye, and the Arm

2004
In 2194 in Zimbabwe, General Matsika's three children are kidnapped and put to work in a plastic mine, while three mutant detectives use their special powers to search for them.

The Ear, the Eye, and the Arm

2002
In 2194 in Zimbabwe, General Matsika's three children are kidnapped and put to work in a plastic mine while three mutant detectives use their special powers to search for them.

Charlie's house

1991
Charlie builds the house of his dreams with mud walls, cardboard roof, popsicle sticks, and bottle caps in a South African township.

The red comb

1994
In mid-nineteenth-century Puerto Rico, an old woman and a young village girl conspire to save a runaway African slave by passing her off as the woman's niece.

Jafta--the town

1984
Jafta gets his first exposure to the hustle and bustle of the city.

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