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Yinka, Where Is Your Huzband? A Novel by Lilzzie Damilola Blackburn

January 20, 2022 Sojourner’s Truth

c.2022, Pamela Dorman Books / Viking          $26.00                  384 pages By Terri Schlichenmeyer The Truth Contributor   “I just want you to be happy.” […]

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You Don’t Know Us Negroes and Other Essays by Zora Neale Hurston, edited and with an introduction by Genevieve West and Henry Louis Gates, Jr.

January 13, 2022 Sojourner’s Truth

c.2022, Amistad                  $29.99                        464 pages By Terri Schlichenmeyer The Truth Contributor That’s just the way it […]

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Sickening: Anti-Black Racism and Health Disparities in the United States by Anne Pollock

January 6, 2022 Sojourner’s Truth

c.2021, University of Minnesota Press $21.95 / higher in Canada 203 pages By Terri Schlichenmeyer The Truth Contributor Something inside isn’t working quite right. Your stomach hurts, your lungs are on fire, you gurgle where […]

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The Best Books of 2021

December 29, 2021December 29, 2021 Sojourner’s Truth

By Terri Schlichenmeyer The Truth Contributor There’s still a lot of winter left. That’s the fact staring you in the face. Once the holiday decorations are down, the toys are all put away, and you’ve […]

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Prince: A Portrait of the Artist in Memories & Memorabilia by Paul Sexton, foreword by Susan Rogers

December 9, 2021December 9, 2021 Sojourner’s Truth

c.2021, Welbeck Publishing $24.95 / higher in Canada 143 pages By Terri Schlichenmeyer The Truth Contributor The cover promised greatness. Just a whisper over 12 inches square, you knew there was magic inside; even its […]

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Make Good the Promises: Reclaiming Reconstruction and Its Legacies, edited by Kinshasha Holman Conwill and Paul Gardullo

December 2, 2021December 2, 2021 Sojourner’s Truth

c.2021, Amistad $29.99 / $36.99 Canada 224 pages By Terri Schlichenmeyer The Truth Contributor Scout’s honor. It’s a pledge, hope to die, and pinky swear. Someone’s offered their word and now you have expectations. They’ve […]

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Reclamation: Sally Hemings, Thomas Jefferson, and a Descendant’s Search for Her Family’s Lasting Legacy by Gayle Jessup White

November 26, 2021 Sojourner’s Truth

c.2021, Amistad $27.99 / $34.99 Canada 288 pages By Terri Schlichenmeyer The Truth Contributor Sometimes, you feel like a tree. Like a sentinel standing tall, you bend with the wind but never break. Small children […]

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Change Sings: A Children’s Anthem by Amanda Gorman, pictures by Loren Long

November 18, 2021 Sojourner’s Truth

c.2021, Viking Penguin      $18.99 / $24.99 Canada        32 pages By Terri Schlichenmeyer The Truth Contributor You don’t like that. It wasn’t what you wanted. You didn’t ask for it and […]

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Carefree Black Girls: A Celebration of Black Women in Popular Culture by Zeba Blay

November 10, 2021 Sojourner’s Truth

c.2021, St. Martin’s Press $16.99 / $22.99 Canada 260 pages By Terri Schlichenmeyer The Truth Contributor You used to like to skip. Filled with delight, you danced down the sidewalk, not minding at all who […]

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Until I Am Free: Fannie Lou Hamer’s Enduring Message to America by Keisha N. Blain

November 4, 2021 Sojourner’s Truth

c.2021, Beacon Press $25.95 / $34.95 Canada 200 pages By Terri Schlichenmeyer The Truth Contributor Tis the season of giving. A few coins in a bucket, folded dollars in an envelope, an extra donation to […]

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