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Becoming Spectacular: The Rhythm of Resilience from the First African American Rockette by Jennifer Jones

February 20, 2025 Sojourner’s Truth

c.2025, Amistad $26.99 208 pages By Terri Schlichenmeyer The Truth Contributor Step, step, kick. Twirl, step, and kick again. Left, right, step. The choreography is all new to you, but you’ll get it eventually, no […]

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Fearless and Free: A Memoir by Josephine Baker, translated by Anam Zafar and Sophie Lewis, foreword by Ijeoma Oluo

February 13, 2025 Sojourner’s Truth

c.2025, Tiny Reparations Books                $32.00            304 pages By Terri Schlichenmeyer The Truth Contributor You march to the tun of your own drummer because […]

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Black History Month books for Kids by various authors and illustrators

February 6, 2025 Sojourner’s Truth

c.2024, 2025 $17.95 – $18.99      various page counts By Terri Schlichenmeyer The Truth Contributor Your mother tells you stories. She talks about things that happened before you were born; Grandpa does it, too, […]

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In Open Contempt: Confronting White Supremacy in Art and Public Space by Irvin Weathersby Jr.

January 30, 2025 Sojourner’s Truth

c.2025, Viking                $30.00                    256 pages By Terri Schlichenmeyer The Truth Contributor The issue appears to be permanent. It’s been […]

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Slavery After Slavery: Revealing the Legacy of Forced Child Apprenticeships on Black Families, from Emancipation to the Present by Mary Frances Berry

January 23, 2025January 23, 2025 Sojourner’s Truth

c.2024,Beacon Press $27.95 184 pages By Terri Schlichenmeyer The Truth Contributor Your kids will have a better life than you had. You’ll make sure of it, saving for their education, demanding excellence from them, requiring […]

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New Prize for These Eyes: The Rise of America’s Second Civil Rights Movement by Juan Williams

January 16, 2025January 16, 2025 Sojourner’s Truth

c.2025, Simon & Schuster    $28.99      271 pages By Terri Schlichenmeyer The Truth Contributor You’re not letting go that easily. No, you’re on the right side of justice and you’re not letting go […]

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The Best of 2024!

January 9, 2025January 9, 2025 Sojourner’s Truth

By Terri Schlichenmeyer The Truth Contributor Once the holidays are over, you may look around you at a floor full of spent wrapping paper and sad ribbons and wonder, “What’s next?” A whole new year, […]

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End of Year Book Roundup – A Few of the Year’s Best!! Part I

December 24, 2024 Sojourner’s Truth

By Terri Schlichenmeyer The Truth Contributor So you looked at the calendar the other day and… eeeek. We’re in the middle of the holidays already – but there is always time to gift someone … […]

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In Slavery’s Wake: Making Black Freedom in the World, edited by Paul Gardullo, Johanna Obenda, and Anthony Bogues, written by various contributors

December 21, 2024December 21, 2024 Sojourner’s Truth

c.2024, Smithsonian Books                      $39.95                    240 pages By Terri Schlichenmeyer The Truth Contributor Ever since you learned […]

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Books for Dad or Grandpa by various authors

December 21, 2024December 21, 2024 Sojourner’s Truth

c.2024, various publishers            $26.00 – $32.95        various page counts By Terri Schlichenmeyer The Truth Contributor Your gift list this year has a lot of empty spaces. You’ve […]

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