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Pub. Date
2018.
Language
English
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Description
Newlyweds Celestial and Roy, the living embodiment of the New South, are settling into the routine of their life together when Roy is sent to prison for a crime he didn't commit. An insightful look into the lives of people who are bound and separated by forces beyond their control.
Author
Pub. Date
2010
Language
English
Description
After a doctor touts an experimental drug that will shorten his life, but restore his failing memory and vigor, Ptolemy Grey is spurred to action after investigating his own past, his apartment and the circumstances surrounding his grand-nephew's death in a drive-by shooting.
Author
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 5 - AR Pts: 5
Language
English
Description
William Lamar, known as "Scoob," goes on a road trip thorugh the South with his grandmother in her RV, visiting some of the major sites in the Civil Rights movement and learning about how people like him have been treated.
Author
Pub. Date
2019.
Language
English
Formats
Description
When their formidably strong-willed eldest sister is arrested, abruptly transitioning their family from respectability to disgrace, two younger sisters confront complicated dynamics in their family and identities to uncover what really happened.
13) Empire: Season 6
Publisher
Twentieth Century Fox Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
[2020]
Language
English
Description
The sixth season begins with the Lyon family splintered. Lucious is on the run and Cookie is finding success on her own. With Jamal residing in London and Hakeem starring in "Empire: the movie," Andre finds himself finally sitting on the Empire throne. Faced with threats from all directions, the Lyons will have to reunite to survive.
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Language
English
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ONE OF TIME MAGAZINE'S 100 BEST MYSTERY AND THRILLER BOOKS OF ALL TIME • In his triumphant fictional debut, Stephen Carter combines a large-scale, riveting novel of suspense with the saga of a unique family. The Emperor of Ocean Park is set in two privileged worlds: the upper crust African American society of the Eastern seabord—families who summer at Martha’s Vineyard—and the inner circle of...
15) Meet the Blacks
Publisher
Lionsgate
Pub. Date
[2016]
Language
English
Description
When the Black family moves to Beverly Hills, they discover that they have arrived on the day of the city's purge, when all crime is legal for twelve hours.
17) Moonlight
Publisher
Lionsgate
Pub. Date
[2017]
Language
English
Description
Follows an African American man as he grows up in a rough Miami neighborhood and tries to find his place in the world.
18) Empire: Season 4
Publisher
Twentieth Century Fox Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
[2018]
Language
English
Description
Empire Entertainment embarks on a celebration of its 20th anniversary. Lucious makes his first public appearance after the explosion in Las Vegas, and all members of the Lyon family have their own interests in Lucious regaining his physical and mental faculties. Meanwhile, Cookie begins to revisit her 17 years in prison, in a series of flashbacks. Throughout the season, Lucious, Cookie and their three sons must take a hard look at their choices, both...
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