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1) The Clark Sisters: First Ladies of Gospel

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English

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The authorized musical of incomparable gospel singers, The Clark Sisters, recounts the story of the highest selling female gospel group in history and their trailblazing mother, Mattie Moss Clark.

2) Lovecraft Country: The complete first season

Pub. Date

[2021]

Language

English

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Based on Matt Ruff's novel, this series follows Korean war vet Atticus Freeman, his friend Letitia and his Uncle George on a journey across 1950's Jim Crow America where they face racist terrors and the terrifying monsters of an H.P. Lovecraft paperback.

3) Destination Tokyo

Pub. Date

[2002], c2001

Language

English

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"Lovely and amazing is an intimate family portrait of four hapless but resilient women and the bitter sweet lessons they learn in keeping up with the hectic demands of their individual neuroses"--Packaging

4) The Color Purple (2023)

Pub. Date

[2024]

Language

English

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A decades-spanning tale of love and resilience and of one woman's journey to freedom. Celie faces many hardships in her life, but ultimately finds remarkable strength and hope in the unbreakable bonds of sisterhood.

5) Hitting a straight lick with a crooked stick: stories from the Harlem Renaissance

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Hurston, Zora Neale

Language

English

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Book, eAudiobook, eBook, Kindle

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From "one of the greatest writers of our time" (Toni Morrison)—the author of Barracoon and Their Eyes Were Watching God—a collection of remarkable stories, including eight "lost" Harlem Renaissance tales now available to a wide audience for the first time.

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6) Hitting a Straight Lick with a Crooked Stick: Stories from the Harlem Renaissance

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Neale Hurston, Zora

Pub. Date

2020

Language

English

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7) Pimp

Author

Palmer, Keke

Language

English

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An urban love story set on the hard streets of the Bronx. A struggling female Pimp, named Wednesday, grows up learning the game from her dad. But once he's gone she's left to look out for her prostitute mother and girlfriend Nikki.

8) Lovely and Amazing

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Keener, Catherine

Language

English

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The four women in the Marks family seemingly have nothing in common. That is except for one thing; the battle that they are all facing against their lack of self-esteem.

9) Of Mind and Music

Author

Almeida, Joaquim De

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English

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A lyrical and extraordinarily beautiful story woven together by the music that permeates New Orleans and the jazz that made it famous. Renowned Neuroscientist Dr. Alvaro Cruz (Joaquím De Almeida) returns home from a lecture in Paris and in his absence his mother has succumbed to Alzheimer's disease.

10) 61st Street - Season 1: Over the Wall

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Vance, Courtney B

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English

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Moses reunites with an old acquaintance and Officer Logan gets a new position.

11) 61st Street - Season 1: Pilot

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Vance, Courtney B

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English

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Moses Johnson is swept into a world of chaos and corrupt policing during a presumed drug sting.

12) 61st Street - Season 1: Chess Moves and Poker Chips

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Vance, Courtney B

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English

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After stumbling on evidence of police misconduct, Franklin adjusts his defense.

13) 61st Street - Season 1: The Hunter and the Hunted

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Vance, Courtney B

Language

English

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Moses makes contact with the one person who could save him. Martha chases political aspirations.

14) 61st Street - Season 1: Barefoot and Dangerous

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Vance, Courtney B

Language

English

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Officer Logan begins to question his own department and Brannigan presses Moses for a confession.

15) 61st Street - Season 1: The Two Trials

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Vance, Courtney B

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English

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Moses' trial begins. Brannigan testifies and a discovery threatens to derail Franklin's defense.

16) 61st Street - Season 1: Man on Fire

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Vance, Courtney B

Language

English

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Franklin faces a setback. Moses takes the stand. A verdict is read.

17) 61st Street - Season 1: Sins of the Fathers

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Vance, Courtney B

Language

English

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Moses fights influences in prison and begins to doubt Franklin's motives.

18) The Subject

Author

Biggs, Jason

Language

English

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A successful documentarian (Jason Biggs) deals with the fallout from his previous film, which caught the murder of a Black teen on tape. As he shoots his latest doc, someone tapes his every move, upending his idyllic life.

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Aunjanue Ellis

1) The Clark Sisters: First Ladies of Gospel

2) Lovecraft Country: The complete first season

3) Destination Tokyo

4) The Color Purple (2023)

5) Hitting a straight lick with a crooked stick: stories from the Harlem Renaissance

6) Hitting a Straight Lick with a Crooked Stick: Stories from the Harlem Renaissance

7) Pimp

8) Lovely and Amazing

9) Of Mind and Music

10) 61st Street - Season 1: Over the Wall

11) 61st Street - Season 1: Pilot

12) 61st Street - Season 1: Chess Moves and Poker Chips

13) 61st Street - Season 1: The Hunter and the Hunted

14) 61st Street - Season 1: Barefoot and Dangerous

15) 61st Street - Season 1: The Two Trials

16) 61st Street - Season 1: Man on Fire

17) 61st Street - Season 1: Sins of the Fathers

18) The Subject