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(0)Karyn Parsons
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"In the Jim Crow South, twelve-year-old Ella spends her days fishing and running around the small town of Alcolu, South Carolina, with her cousins, Henry and Myrna. But life is not always so sunny for Ella, who gets bullied for her lighter skin tone and whose mother is away pursuing a jazz singer career up north in Boston. So Ella is ecstatic when her mother invites her to visit for Christmas. She doesn't expect to uncover new truths about her mother,...
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Publisher
Little, Brown and Company
Pub. Date
2023.
Description
"Stevie struggles to fit in at her new California middle school and is experiencing changes at home, while the Black Panthers and women's rights movements influence her life from the background"--
Stevie's life is fluctuating rapidly. She's starting over in a brand new middle school. Quiet and observant, it's hard for her to make friends. Plus, her mind is too occupied. The tension in her home is building as her parents' arguments are becoming more...
Publisher
Sweet Blackberry LLC
Pub. Date
2005
Description
A magical look at the historic true tale of slave Henry Box Brown, a man who mailed himself to freedom in a wooden box from a plantation in Richmond, Virginia to freedom in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania in 1848. Narrated by **Emmy**-winning and **Academy Award**-nominated actress Alfre Woodard this lightly animated story uses entertaining verse to share Henry’s story. With the help of characters including Bird, Horse, Cricket and Cat, Henry avoids...
6) Sweet thing
Series
Publisher
Film Movement
Pub. Date
[2021]
Description
Billie is a 15-year-old girl who fantasizes Billie Holiday as a sort of fairy godmother. Billie has to navigate the evolving challenges of her life while she plays mother to her 11-year-old brother, Nico. They meet up with another adolescent, run away from home, and together roam the area free from their parents' watchful eye. They discover freedom and enchantment among the boats and railway tracks of New Bedford, Massachusetts. They fantasize about...
Publisher
Paramount Pictures
Description
When Leon and his producer lose their radio show because of Leon's X-rated on-air comments, he figures things can't get worse. But then he gets a letter from a former flame promising him a lifetime of wealth and happiness. Now all he has to do is figure out which one of his "Sweet Things" wrote the letter.
8) Major Payne
Publisher
Universal Home Video
Pub. Date
c1998
Description
When peace breaks out in America, killing machine Major Benson Winifred Payne, United States Marine Corps Special Forces, is given his marching orders--to the unemployment line. Unable to cope with civilian life, Payne is thrust back into the military regimen as commander of the Madison Academy Junior ROTC.
Publisher
Distributed by Warner Home Video
Pub. Date
[2010]
Description
An inner-city teenager from Philly is sent by his mother to live with his relatives in Bel-Air, and everybody is in for a surprise. This season, Will meets Lisa, falls in love, gets engaged, and elopes. Carlton finds his soul sister through online dating. In one of the series' most memorable episodes, Will grapples with a bullet with his name on it.
14) 13 moons
Publisher
Monarch Home Video
Pub. Date
[2004]
Description
For bail bondsman Mo Potter, it is shaping up to be another ordinary evening in LA. That is, until an odd assortment of customers comes walking through his door. On this crazy evening, much will happen, and all of their lives will be changed forever.
