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2. The Hate U Give - Wikipedia

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   444. ISBN. 978-0-06-249853-3. Preceded by. Concrete Rose. The Hate U Give is a 2017 young adult novel by Angie Thomas. It is Thomas's debut novel, expanded from a short story she wrote in college in reaction to the police shooting of Oscar Grant. The book is narrated by Starr Carter, a 16-year-old African-American girl from a poor neighborhood ...

3. The Bluford Series - Wikipedia

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   The Bluford Series is a widely read collection of contemporary American young adult novels set in the fictional inner-city high school of Bluford High in Southern California. Bluford is named for Guion "Guy" Bluford, the first African-American astronaut. [1] The series was created and published by Townsend Press [2] and was co-distributed by ...

4. List of Black New York Times Best Selling Authors - Wikipedia

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   This is a list of books written by black authors that have appeared on The New York Times Best Sellers list in any ranking or category. The New York Times Fiction Best Seller list , in the Combined Print & E-Book Fiction category.

5. List of African-American writers - Wikipedia

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   Harriet E. Wilson (1825–1900), author of Our Nig and the first African-American novelist. Kathy Y. Wilson (d. 2022), journalist, columnist, playwright, and commentator. William Julius Wilson (born 1935), author of When Work Disappears, The Truly Disadvantaged, and The Declining Significance of Race.

6. Darkness Before Dawn - Wikipedia

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   Darkness Before Dawn is a realistic young adult novel written by author Sharon M. Draper in 2001. The novel is the third and final installment in the Hazelwood High Trilogy. It depicts the story of an eighteen-year-old African American senior Keisha Montgomery, who is attracted to the twenty-three-year-old track coach Jonathan Hathaway.

7. Gloria Ladson-Billings - Wikipedia

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   Gloria Jean Ladson-Billings FBA (born 1947) is an American pedagogical theorist and teacher educator known for her work in the fields of culturally relevant pedagogy and critical race theory, and the pernicious effects of systemic racism and economic inequality on educational opportunities. [1] [2] Her book The Dreamkeepers: Successful Teachers ...