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      -- The sixteen nineteen project
      By Hannah-Jones, Nikole  Roper, Caitlin  Silverman, Ilena  Silverstein, Jake  New York Times Company
       2021., Adult, One World Call No: BLK 973 H243s   Edition: First edition.    Availability:1 of 1     At Your Library Summary Note: "The animating idea of The 1619 Project is that our national narrative is more accurately told if we begin not on July 4, 1776, but in late August of 1619, when a ship arrived in Jamestown bearing a cargo of twenty to thirty enslaved people from Africa. Their arrival inaugurated a barbaric and unprecedented system of chattel slavery that would last for the next 250 years. This is sometimes referred to as the country's original sin, but it is more than that: It is the country's very origin. The 1619 Project tells this new origin story, placing the consequences of slavery and the contributions of Black Americans at the center of the story we tell ourselves about who we are as a country. Orchestrated by the editors of The New York Times Magazine, led by MacArthur "genius" and Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist Nikole Hannah-Jones, this collection of essays and historical vignettes includes some of the most outstanding journalists, thinkers, and scholars of American history and culture--including Linda Villarosa, Jamelle Bouie, Jeneen Interlandi, Matthew Desmond, Wesley Morris, and Bryan Stevenson. Together, their work shows how the tendrils of 1619--of slavery and resistance to slavery--reach into every part of our contemporary culutre, from voting, housing and healthcare, to the way we sing and dance, the way we tell stories, and the way we worship. Interstitial works of flash fiction and poetry bring the history to life through the imaginative interpretations of some of our greatest writers. The 1619 Project ultimately sends a very strong message: We must have a clear vision of this history if we are to understand our present dilemmas. Only by reckoning with this difficult history and trying as hard as we can to undersand its powerful influence on our present, an we prepare ourselves for a more just future.
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      -- Americans.
      By Weisberg, Joe, 1965-  Russell, Keri, 1976-  Rhys, Matthew, 1974-  Emmerich, Noah  Martindale, Margo, 1951-  Langella, Frank
       2018., Adult, Twentieth Century Fox Home Entertainment Call No: DVD Fic Americans 5    Availability:1 of 1     At Your Library Series Title: The Americans   Volume: 5Summary Note: "DANGER, DISILLUSIONMENT AND BETRAYAL reach an all-time high in the suspense-laced fifth season of The Americans, which every season makes multiple critics' lists fo r'The Best Show on Television.' KGB agents Philip and Elizabeth Jennings' (Emmy nominees Matthew Rhys and Keri Russell*) unwavering dedication to their work comes at even more of a personal cost than before. And as Paige (Holly Taylor) is drawn deeper into the reality of her parents' secret job, she realizes she will never have a normal life. Meanwhile, as Cold War tensions continue to escalate, Philip and Elizabeth are suspicious of Stan's (Noah Emmerich) new romance, and they become more acutely aware of the vast disparity between American abundance and Russian scarcity."--Container.
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      By Bonner, Raymond
       2012., Alfred A. Knopf Call No: BLK 345.75 B716a   Edition: 1st ed.    Availability:1 of 1     At Your Library Summary Note: This book is an incisive investigation into the many shortcomings of the justice system brought to light in the story of a grievously mishandled murder case in South Carolina that left an innocent man facing execution. At the age of twenty-three, Edward Lee Elmore, a black man, was arrested after the body of a white widow was found, brutally beaten, in the closet of her home. Elmore was an unlikely killer: semiliterate, mentally retarded with a fifth-grade education, gentle and loving with his family. His connection to the victim was minimal, but barely ninety days after the victim's body was found, he was tried, convicted, and sentenced to death. The author gives us an exhaustive account of the particulars of racism, prosecutorial misconduct, inept defense lawyers, and injustice in Elmore's case, which, the author makes clear, occur in courts throughout America. He carefully examines each stage of the initial trial, jury selection, the role of the lawyers and judge, the appeal process, and introduces us to the spirited young female lawyer who, for two decades, fought to get Elmore a fair trial. It is a vital contribution to our nation's ongoing, increasingly vehement debate about justice and inequality.
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      By Morris, Wanda M. (Wanda Michelle), 1959-
       2022., William Morrow, an imprint of HarperCollinsPublishers Call No: BLK Mys Fic Mor   Edition: First edition.    Availability:1 of 1     At Your Library Summary Note: After the murder of a white man in Jim Crow Mississippi, two Black sisters run away to different parts of the country...But can they escape the secrets they left behind? Two sisters on the run--one from the law, the other from social shame. What they don't realize is that there's a man hot on their trails. This man has his own brand of dark secrets and a disturbing motive for finding the sisters that is unknown to everyone but him.