Hamilton, Virginia

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Paul Robeson

the life and times of a free Black man
A biography of the world famous actor and singer who lost much of his popularity when he became a champion of communism.
Cover image of Paul Robeson

Bruh Rabbit and the Tar Baby girl

In this retelling of a familiar story, using Gullah language, the wily Brer Rabbit outwits Brer Fox who has set out to trap him.

The house of Dies Drear

An African-American family moves into a house once used as a hiding place for runaway slaves and soon comes to believe that their new home is possessed by the spirit of a murdered abolitionist, Dies Drear.

Her stories

A spirited celebration of our strength, our dreams, and the precious gift of life and love from generation to generation.

The house of Dies Drear

A black family of five moves into an enormous house once used as a hiding place for runaway slaves. Mysterious sounds and events as well as the discovery of secret passageways make the family believe they are in grave danger.

Bluish

a novel
2002
Ten-year-old Dreenie feels both intrigued and frightened when she thinks about the girl nicknamed Bluish, whose leukemia is making her pale and causing her to use a wheelchair.

Anthony Burns

the defeat and triumph of a fugitive slave
1993
A biography of the slave who escaped to Boston in 1854, was arrested at the instigation of his owner, and whose trial caused a furor between abolitionists and those determined to enforce the Fugitive Slave Acts.

Many thousand gone

African Americans from slavery to freedom
1992
Recounts the journey of Black slaves to freedom via the underground railroad, an extended group of people who helped fugitive slaves in many ways.

Zeely

Geeder's summer at her uncle's farm is made special because of her friendship with a very tall, composed woman who raises hogs and who closely resembles the magazine photograph of a Watutsi queen.

Zeely

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