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A Passionate Mind in Relentless Pursuit: The Vision of Mary McLeod Bethune by Noliwe Rooks

August 29, 2024August 29, 2024 Sojourner’s Truth

c.2024, Penguin Press  $28.00      208 pages By Terri Schlichenmeyer The Truth Contributor Ten feet tall. Larger than life. Surely, that describes the person in history you most admire. He was a giant among […]

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The Insatiable City: Food and Race in New Orleans by Theresa McCulla

August 22, 2024August 22, 2024 Sojourner’s Truth

c.2024, The University of Chicago Press    $32.50    345 pages By Terri Schlichenmeyer The Truth Contributor You’ve spent a lot of time scouring the internet in search of menus. Will you try this dish, […]

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Kid Olympians: Summer by Robin Stevenson, illustrated by Allison Steinfeld

August 15, 2024 Sojourner’s Truth

c.2024, Quirk Books    $14.99          240 pages By Terri Schlichenmeyer The Truth Contributer You can kick a ball harder than any kid you know. You just haul your leg back, point […]

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Blessings by Chukwuebuka Ibeh

August 8, 2024 Sojourner’s Truth

c.2024, Doubleday    $28.00              288 pages By Terri Schlichenmeyer The Truth Contributor Sometimes, you just need to step back a minute. You need time to regroup, to think things […]

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The Outsider Advantage: Because You Don’t Need to Fit In to Win by Ciera Rogers

August 1, 2024 Sojourner’s Truth

c.2024, Portfolio    $29.00 272 pages By Terri Schlichenmeyer The Truth Contributor Some say that you march to a different drummer. You follow the music you hear in your soul, blazing your own path while […]

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54 Miles by Leonard Pitts, Jr.

July 25, 2024 Sojourner’s Truth

c.2024, Agate          $19.95                    344 pages By Terri Schlichenmeyer The Truth Contributor Deep down inside, there’s a part of you that always wants […]

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Sharks Don’t Sink: Adventures of a Rogue Shark Scientist by Jasmin Graham

July 18, 2024 Sojourner’s Truth

c.2024, Pantheon Books $28.00      213 pages By Terri Schlichenmeyer The Truth Contributor Oh, those teeth! Your finger practically bleeds just looking at them: three rows of perfect, razor-sharp white triangles that you know […]

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Treating Violence: An Emergency Room Doctor Takes On a Deadly American Epidemic by Rob Gore, MD

July 11, 2024 Sojourner’s Truth

c.2024, Beacon Press    $27.95      200 pages By Terri Schlichenmeyer The Truth Contributor Well, thank you so much to your co-worker. That’s where you got this ick, this scratchy-throat, achy-body, upset-stomach, can’t-sleep virus. […]

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Traveling without Moving: Essays from a Black Woman Trying to Survive in America by Taiyon J. Coleman

July 4, 2024 Sojourner’s Truth

c.2024, University of Minnesota Press  $18.95            160 pages By Terri Schlichenmeyer The Truth Contributor One step forward, two steps back. That’s how it goes: every time you think you’re getting […]

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Books About the Civil War by Various Authors

June 26, 2024 Sojourner’s Truth

c.2024, various publishers        $29.00 – $32.00        various page counts By Terri Schlichenmeyer The Truth Contributor You’re already familiar with the argument. Chances are, in this contentious climate we live […]

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