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Pauline Elizabeth Hopkins : Black Daughter Of The Revolution

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Lois Brown
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Book, University of North Carolina Press, 2008
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Born into an educated free black family in Portland, Maine, Pauline Elizabeth Hopkins (1859-1930) was a pioneering playwright, journalist, novelist, feminist, and public intellectual, best known for her 1900 novel Contending Forces: A Romance of Negro Life North and South. Brown re-creates the life of a remarkable woman in the context of her times, revealing Hopkins as the descendant of a family comprising many distinguished individuals, an active participant and supporter of the arts, a woman of stature among professional peers and clubwomen, and a gracious and outspoken crusader for African American rights. (automatically summarized from Amazon.com)
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Hopkins, Pauline E. · (Pauline Elizabeth) · Authors, American · 19th century · Biography · 20th century · African American women authors · African American journalists · African American women · Intellectual life · African Americans in literature · African Americans · History · 1877-1964 · Racism · United States · Race relations · Brown, Lois, 1966-
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(UPPER LEVEL) PS1999.H4226 Z58 2008 AVAILABLE

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(UPPER LEVEL)	PS1999.H4226 Z58 2008	AVAILABLE

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Rhythm And Folklore : The Story Of Zora Neale Hurston

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Kerrily Sapet
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Book, 1st ed, Morgan Reynolds Pub, 2009
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Hurston, Zora Neale · Authors, American · 20th century · Biography · African American authors · African American women authors · Folklorists · United States · African American women · Southern States · Sapet, Kerrily, 1972-
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CHILD LIT (LOWER) 920 H97s 2009 AVAILABLE

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Encyclopedia Of African American Women Writers

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edited by Yolanda Williams Page
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Book, Greenwood Press, 2007
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- Table of contents only
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African American women writers have made an enormous contribution to our culture. Many of these authors wrote during the Harlem Renaissance, a particularly vital time in African American arts and letters, while others have been especially active since the 1970s, an era in which works by African American women are adapted into films and are widely read in book clubs. FEATURES AND BENEFITS: Includes entries on more than 150 African American women novelists, poets, playwrights, autobiographers, essayists, influential scholars, and short fiction writers. (automatically summarized from Amazon.com)
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American literature · African American authors · Encyclopedias · Women authors · 20th century · African American women authors · Biography · African American women · Page, Yolanda Williams
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REFERENCE (MAIN) PS153.N5 E49 2007 v.1 AVAILABLE
REFERENCE (MAIN) PS153.N5 E49 2007 v.2 AVAILABLE

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REFERENCE (MAIN)	PS153.N5 E49 2007 v.1	AVAILABLE
REFERENCE (MAIN)	PS153.N5 E49 2007 v.2	AVAILABLE

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Harriet Jacobs : A Life

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Jean Fagan Yellin
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Book, Basic Civitas Books, 2004
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- TABLE OF CONTENTS
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Jean Yellin takes us inside that attic with Harriet Jacobs and then follows her on her escape to the North, where she found safe haven with Quaker abolitionists.Drawing upon decades of original research with never-before-seen archival sources, Yellin creates a complete picture of the events that inspired Incidents and offers the first rounded picture of Jacobs’s life in the thirty-six years after the book’s publication. (automatically summarized from Amazon.com)
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Jacobs, Harriet A. · (Harriet Ann), · 1813-1897 · Slaves · United States · Biography · Women slaves · African American women authors · African American women social reformers · Yellin, Jean Fagan
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(LOWER LEVEL) E444.J17 Y45 2004 AVAILABLE

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(LOWER LEVEL)	E444.J17 Y45 2004	AVAILABLE

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I Know Why The Caged Bird Sings

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Maya Angelou
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Book, Random House, 1969
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Superbly told, with the poet’s gift for language and observation, Angelou’s autobiography of her childhood in Arkansas - a world of which most Americans are ignorant. (automatically summarized from Amazon.com)
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African American women authors · 20th century · Biography · Entertainers · United States · Angelou, Maya
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(LOWER LEVEL) E185.97.A56 A3 1969 DUE 12-22-09

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(LOWER LEVEL)	E185.97.A56 A3 1969	DUE 12-22-09

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A Song Flung Up To Heaven

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Maya Angelou
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Book, 1st ed, Random House, 2002
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Angelou, Maya · African American women civil rights workers · Biography · Authors, American · 20th century · African American women authors · African American authors · Angelou, Maya
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(UPPER LEVEL) PS3551.N464 Z476 2002 AVAILABLE

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(UPPER LEVEL)	PS3551.N464 Z476 2002	AVAILABLE

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African American Women Writers

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Brenda Wilkinson
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Book, Wiley, 2000
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Meet the black women writers who Lived Their Dreams ?from the early years to modern times Margaret Walker Alexander Maya Angelou Toni Cade Bambara Gwendolyn Brooks Octavia Butler Lucille Clifton Alice Moore Dunbar-Nelson Jessie Redmon Fauset Nikki Giovanni Lorraine Hansberry Frances E. (automatically summarized from Amazon.com)
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American literature · African American authors · History and criticism · Juvenile literature · Women authors · African American women authors · Biography · Juvenile literature · Wilkinson, Brenda Scott
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CHILD LIT (LOWER) 810.9 W686a AVAILABLE

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The Way Forward Is With A Broken Heart

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Alice Walker
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Book, 1st ed, Random House, 2000
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Imbued with Walker’s wise philosophy and understanding of people, the spirit, sex and love, The Way Forward Is with a Broken Heart begins with a lyrical, autobiographical story of a marriage set in the violent and volatile Deep South during the early years of the civil rights movement. Filled with wonder at the power of the life force and of the capacity of human beings to move through love and loss and healing to love again, The Way Forward Is with a Broken Heart is an enriching, passionate book by “a lavishly gifted writer” (The New York Times Book Review). (automatically summarized from Amazon.com)
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Walker, Alice, · 1944- · Marriage · Authors, American · 20th century · Biography · African American women authors · African Americans · Fiction · African American women · Walker, Alice, 1944-
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(UPPER LEVEL) PS3573.A425 Z475 2000 AVAILABLE

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(UPPER LEVEL)	PS3573.A425 Z475 2000	AVAILABLE

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Wounds Of Passion : A Writing Life

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Bell Hooks
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Book, 1st ed, H. Holt, 1997
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Hooks, Bell · African Americans · Biography · African American women · Feminists · United States · African American women authors · Hooks, Bell
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(LOWER LEVEL) E185.97.H77 A3 1997 AVAILABLE

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(LOWER LEVEL)	E185.97.H77 A3 1997	AVAILABLE

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The Same River Twice : Honoring The Difficult : A Meditation On Life, Spirit, Art, And The Making Of The Film, The Color Purple, Ten Years Later

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Alice Walker
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Book, Scribner, 1996
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The Same River Twice is an exciting collection of work based on Alice Walker’s groundbreaking, Pulitzer Prize-winning novel, The Color Purple. As it explores the controversy surrounding the movie and the impact of loss, illness, and fame on Walker — The Same River Twice illuminates Walker as woman, healer, and artist. (automatically summarized from Amazon.com)
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Walker, Alice, · 1944- · Biography · Film and video adaptations · Color purple · African American women authors · 20th century · African Americans in motion pictures · Walker, Alice, 1944-
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(UPPER LEVEL) PS3573.A425 Z47 1996 AVAILABLE

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(UPPER LEVEL)	PS3573.A425 Z47 1996	AVAILABLE

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The Richer, The Poorer : Stories, Sketches, And Reminiscences

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Dorothy West
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Book, 1st ed, Doubleday, 1995
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West, Dorothy, · 1909- · Biography · African Americans · Social life and customs · Fiction · African American women authors · 20th century · West, Dorothy, 1909-
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(UPPER LEVEL) PS3545.E82794 R53 1995 AVAILABLE

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(UPPER LEVEL)	PS3545.E82794 R53 1995	AVAILABLE

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The Pen Is Ours : A Listing Of Writings By And About African- American Women Before 1910 With Secondary Bibliography To The Present

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compiled by Jean Fagan Yellin, Cynthia D. Bond
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Book, Oxford University Press, 1991
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This bibliography of writing by and about African-American women provides a much needed research tool to scholars and researchers in the field. (automatically summarized from Amazon.com)
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American literature · African American authors · History and criticism · Bibliography · Women authors · 19th century · African American women · History · African American women authors · Biography · Women and literature · United States · African American women in literature · African Americans in literature · Yellin, Jean Fagan · Bond, Cynthia D
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(UPPER LEVEL) PS153.N5 Y44 1991 AVAILABLE

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(UPPER LEVEL)	PS153.N5 Y44 1991	AVAILABLE

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The Harlem Renaissance And Beyond : 100 Black Women Writers, 1900-1950

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Lorraine Elena Roses, Ruth Elizabeth Randolph
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Book, G.K. Hall, 1989
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In this ground-breaking collection of literary biographies, many with pictures, authors Lorraine Elena Roses and Ruth Elizabeth Randolph chronicle the lives and works of 100 black women novelists, short-story writers, playwrights, poets, essayists, critics, historians, journalists, and editors writing in the United States between 1900 and 1945. (automatically summarized from Amazon.com)
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American literature · African American authors · Dictionaries · Authors, American · 20th century · Biography · African American women authors · Women and literature · United States · Women authors · African Americans in literature · Harlem Renaissance · Roses, Lorraine Elena, 1943- · Randolph, Ruth Elizabeth
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(UPPER LEVEL) PS153.N5 R65 1989 AVAILABLE

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(UPPER LEVEL)	PS153.N5 R65 1989	AVAILABLE

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Afro-American Women Writers, 1746-1933 : An Anthology And Critical Guide

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[edited by] Ann Allen Shockley
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Book, G.K. Hall, 1988
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American literature · African American authors · Women authors · African American women · Literary collections · Bio- bibliography · Bio-bibliography · Women and literature · United States · African American women authors · Biography · Women authors, American · Authors, American · Shockley, Ann Allen
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(UPPER LEVEL) PS508.N3 A36 1988 AVAILABLE

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(UPPER LEVEL)	PS508.N3 A36 1988	AVAILABLE

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A Portrait Of Maya Angelou

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executive producers, Mert Koplin, Charles Grinkler ; produced and directed by David Grubin ; directed by Sidney Smith
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Video, PBS Video, 1981
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Angelou, Maya · African American women authors · Biography · LAMSON LIBRARY VIDEO RECORDINGS · Koplin, Mert · Grinker, Charles · Grubin, David · Moyers, Bill D · Smith, Sid · PBS Video · Corporation for Entertainment and Learning
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MEDIA: VIDEO (MAIN) PS3551.N464 Z56 AVAILABLE

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MEDIA: VIDEO (MAIN)	PS3551.N464 Z56	AVAILABLE

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