Confessions in B-flat / Donna Hill.
By: Hill, Donna (Donna O.) [author.].
Material type: TextPublisher: Parker, CO : Sideways, Entangled Publishing, LLC, 2020Copyright date: ©2020Edition: First edition.Description: 343 pages : illustrations ; 22 cm.Content type: text Media type: unmediated Carrier type: volumeISBN: 9781640638297; 1640638296; 9781640638990; 1640638997.Subject(s): African Americans -- Civil rights -- Fiction | Nineteen sixties -- Fiction | FICTION -- Romance -- Historical -- 20th Century | FICTION -- Romance -- African American | FICTION -- Romance -- General | African Americans -- Civil rights | Nineteen sixties | Harlem (New York, N.Y.) -- Fiction | New York (State) -- New York -- HarlemGenre/Form: Fiction. | Historical fiction. | Novels. | Romance fiction. | Historical fiction. | Historical fiction. | Romance fiction. | Novels.Summary: Follows the 1964 Civil Rights-era relationship between a passive-resistance protégé of Martin Luther King, Jr. and a Harlem black culture supporter of Malcolm X.Item type | Current library | Collection | Shelving location | Call number | Status | Date due | Barcode | Item holds | |
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Book - Paperback | Ferry Ave. | African American | Adult | F Hil (Browse shelf(Opens below)) | Available | 05000011042830 | |||
Book - Paperback | South County | Fiction | Adult | F Hil (Browse shelf(Opens below)) | Available | 05000009343570 |
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Optioned for film by Amblin Partners with Octavia Spencer to produce.
Essence bestselling author Donna Hill brings us an emotional love story set against the powerful backdrop of the civil rights movement that gripped a nation--a story as timely as it is timeless...
The year is 1963. In Harlem, the epicenter of Black culture, the fight for equality has never been stronger. The time is now. Enough is enough. Yet even within its ranks, a different kind of battle rages. Love thy neighbor? Or rise up against your oppressors?
Jason Tanner has just arrived in New York to help spread the message of his mentor, Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr., of passive resistance, while beat poet Anita Hopkins believes the teachings of Malcolm X with all her heart: that the way to true freedom is "by any means necessary." When Jason sees Anita perform her poetry at the iconic B-Flat lounge, he's transfixed. And Anita has never met anyone who can match her wit for wit like this...
One movement, two warring ideologies--can love be enough to unite them?
Confessions in B-Flat is a celebration of the hard-won victories of those who came before us, and a stark reminder of just how far we still have to go.
Follows the 1964 Civil Rights-era relationship between a passive-resistance protégé of Martin Luther King, Jr. and a Harlem black culture supporter of Malcolm X.