Books
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Apr- 2024 -7 April
Books for Poetry Month by various authors
On your hands, you got lots of time. You can make a song, you can make a rhyme. Make a long story, make a short one, write what you like,…
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Apr- 2020 -11 April
Mother-son nonprofit looking to drive home Easter’s spirit
THE NEW TRI-STATE DEFENDER — The five-year old co-powering this deed is Carl Grandberry V. He and his partner-mother Shauna Jones-Grandberry have arranged to be on the old K-Mart parking…
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Feb- 2020 -19 February
Black history interwoven with suffrage centennial
NNPA NEWSWIRE — “We knew what family meant to her,” said Ernestine (Tina) Martin Wyatt great-great-great-grandniece of Tubman, in a Focus features interview when the movie, “Harriet” debuted last November.…
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Sep- 2019 -29 September
Dickerson library hosts family game nights
DAYTONA TIMES — Families can stop by the John H. Dickerson Heritage Library, 411 S. Keech St., Daytona Beach, from 4:15 to 5:30 p.m. every Thursday for some good, old-fashioned…
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24 September
New Staircase to Replace Broken Escalators in BPL by February 2020
BIRMINGHAM TIMES — After years of inoperative escalators, the Central Birmingham Public Library downtown will begin construction of a new staircase on Monday, Sept. 16 with a completion date scheduled for…
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22 September
Cartoonist New Book, ‘Just Us!’ Should Have Everyone ‘Laughin’ and ‘Signifyin’
NNPA NEWSWIRE — “Just Us!” counts as one African American’s perspective on the condition of blacks in America and the 193-page book spotlights Carr’s style of drawing and wit. The…
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17 September
‘Behind the Seen’ Book Release Draws Big Crowds
LOS ANGELES SENTINEL — Hundreds of people obtained autographed copies of “Behind the Seen” by Pastor Frederick K. Price, Jr., at the book release receptions on Sept. 6 and Sept. 8,…
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14 September
Taste of Soul Spotlight: Malik Books
LOS ANGELES SENTINEL — One of the great things about Taste of Soul (TOS) is it introduces Southern California residents to a wide array of businesses, organizations and vendors. Malik Books…
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Aug- 2019 -30 August
Dr. Andre Perry, author of the upcoming book, ‘Know Your Price,’ talks race, equity, education, economic inclusion
NEW TRI-STATE DEFENDER — Dr. Andre Perry of the Brookings Institute and the Hechinger Report delved into his research on race and structural inequality, education and economic inclusion during a…
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30 August
Author Pam Bailey’s Ancestry Search Led to First Time Reunion with Close Family in South Florida
THE WESTSIDE GAZETTE — America’s dark tragic past with African Americans through slavery, reconstruction and Jim Crow laws led to many families being forcibly torn apart with very little chances of…
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