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Depicts the early career of Jackie Robinson as he became the first African American Major League Baseball player when he was signed to the 1947 Brooklyn Dodgers.
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Black Panther
When T'Challa rises to the throne as the King of Wakanda, he faces challenges to his nation and turns to his powers as the Black Panther to save the kingdom.
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The Golden Thirteen: How Black Men Won the Right to Wear Navy Gold
by Dan C. Goldberg
An award-winning journalist, through oral histories and original interviews with surviving family members, recounts the story of 13 courageous black men — the first to wear gold stripes — who integrated the officer corps of the US Navy during World War II.
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His Truth is Marching on: John Lewis and the Power of Hope
by Jon Meacham
The Pulitzer Prize-winning author of The Hope of Glory presents a timely portrait of veteran congressman and civil rights hero John Lewis that details the life experiences that informed his faith and shaped his practices of non-violent protest.
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The Nickel Boys
by Colson Whitehead
A follow-up to the Pulitzer Prize- and National Book Award-winning, The Underground Railroad, follows the harrowing experiences of two African-American teens at an abusive reform school in Jim Crow-era Florida.
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Recorder: The Marion Stokes Project
A portrait of television producer, civil rights activist, and avid archivist Marion Stokes, who recorded television news on VHS tapes twenty-four hours a day for thirty years in order to preserve history for future generations.
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Centerville Library 111 W. Spring Valley Rd. Centerville, OH 45458 (937) 433-8091
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Woodbourne Library 6060 Far Hills Avenue Centerville, OH 45459 (937) 435-3700
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