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African American Fiction April 2024
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The mayor of Maxwell Street
by Avery Cunningham
An epic love story that explores the American Dream between the monolith of Jim Crow, the inflexible world of the original Black upper class, and the violence of 1920s Chicago
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Let us descend : a novel
by Jesmyn Ward
In the years before the Civil War, Annis, sold south by the white enslaver who fathered her, struggles through the miles-long march, seeks comfort from memories of her mother and stories of her African warrior grandmother, opening herself to a world beyond this world
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Promise kept
by K'wan
In this stunning sequel to Promise Broken , K'wan spins a pulse-pounding story about surviving, thriving, and the consequences of love. Bestselling author K'wan weaves a tangled web of complex relationships and power struggles in Promise Kept , a tale peopled with gangstas, drug dealers, dreamers, and schemers from both sides of the Hudson.
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The queen of Sugar Hill : a novel of Hattie McDaniel
by ReShonda Tate Billingsley
The first African-American woman to win an Academy Award, Hattie McDaniel, when the Oscar curse sets in, is thrust in the middle of two worlds—black and white—and is not welcomed in either but, through it all, continued her fight to pave a path for other Negro actors.
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The side effects of loving you
by Kaylha Karrington
Draya wants to trust and believe, but she doesn’t know how. Will this couple get it together, or will the memories of what they want disappear right before their eyes?
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The new naturals : a novel
by Gabriel Bump
After losing their child, a husband and wife construct a separate society, where everyone can feel loved and wanted, but when others hear about the place and want in, it doesn't take long for problems to develop, for conflicts to surface, and for the children to crave life beyond this place.
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The laws of loyalty
by T. C. Littles
Used to getting everything she wants, Morgan, intrigued by danger and longing to experience life in the fast lane, decides to run off with Javon Bates, one of the most dangerous thugs in Detroit.
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Journey's revenge : a #1544 novel
by Simone Kelly
Ty Carter has to come to grips with reality, as his trouble is far from over. He is now under suspicion for a crime he didn't commit. His estranged daughter with powerful psychic gifts doesn't want to face the music of her sins and twisted tricks of manipulation...With all of the stress of being under investigation, Ty battles depression, but lucky for him, he's supported by two women who love him
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Deus X
by Stephen Mack Jones
A former Detroit police officer investigates the suspicious suicide of a local priest while grappling with his own faith and a zealous representative from the Vatican, in the fourth novel of the series following Dead of Winter.
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