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Survival math

notes on an all-American family
2019
"Mitchell explores the Portland of his childhood, tracing the ways in which his family managed their lives in and around drugs, prostitution, gangs, and imprisonment as members of a tiny black population in one of the country's whitest cities. He discusses sex work and serial killers, gangs and guns, near-death experiences, composite fathers, the concept of 'hustle,' and the destructive power of drugs and addiction on family. In examining the conflicts within his family and community, Jackson presents a microcosm of struggle and survival in contemporary urban America--an exploration of the forces that shaped his life, his city, and the lives of so many black men like him"--OCLC.
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What it is

race, family, and one thinking Black man's blues
2019
"An African-American writer's concise, heartfelt take on the state of his nation, exploring the war between the values he has always held and the reality with which he is confronted in twenty-first-century America.
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Feed your mind

a story of August Wilson
Provides a picture book biography of African American playwright August Wilson describing his childhood, love of language, struggle against racism in school, and journey to become a writer. Includes quotes, a timeline, and a bibliography.
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African American writers

Contains twenty-five alphabetically arranged articles that provide information about significant African-American authors, each with a biographical overview, a survey of principal writings, an assessment of the subject's work as a whole, and a bibliography; and features two additional topical essays. Includes an index.
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African American writers

Contains twenty-seven alphabetically arranged articles that provide information about significant African-American authors, each with a biographical overview, a survey of principal writings, an assessment of the subject's work as a whole, and a bibliography; and includes a discussion of the Black Arts Movement.
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Facts on File encyclopedia of Black women in America

Provides an overview of the history of African-American women in literature; features alphabetically-arranged profiles of individuals who have contributed to the field; and includes photographs, as well as a chronology of events.
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Bad boy

a memoir
Children's author Walter Dean Myers describes his childhood in Harlem in the 1940s and 1950s, discussing his loving stepmother, his problems in school, his reasons for leaving home, and his beginnings as a writer.
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Fire!!

the Zora Neale Hurston story
Presents the graphic novel biography of Zora Neale Hurston, the acclaimed African American author who was known for her portrayals of the racial struggles faced by African Americans in the South. Includes a biographical summary and photographs.
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The way forward is with a broken heart

Twentieth-century African-American author Alice Walker presents a memoir of her marriage to a white man in early civil rights-era Misissippi and several short stories inspired by the marriage's initial magic and its eventual disintegration.
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