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Archives of Sexuality & Gender includes gay and lesbian newspapers from more than 35 countries, reports, policy statements, interviews, personal letters, and other documents related to gay rights and health, including the worldwide impact of AIDS. Part of Gale’s Archives of Sexuality & Gender.
Author
Language
English
Description
In this book, Angelou details what brought her mother to send her away, and unearths the well of emotions she experienced long afterward as a result. For the first time, she reveals the triumphs and struggles of being the daughter of Vivian Baxter, an indomitable spirit whose petite size belied her larger-than-life presence, a presence absent during much of the author's early life. When her marriage began to crumble, Vivian famously sent three-year-old...
Author
Series
Publisher
Random House
Pub. Date
[1981]
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 5.6 - AR Pts: 15
Language
English
Description
This fourth autobiographical work by Maya Angelou tells of her entry into New York's circle of black artists and writers, her involvement in the civil rights movement, and changes in her personal life.
Author
Series
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 6.7 - AR Pts: 13
Language
English
Appears on list
Description
From the Publisher: A phenomenal #1 bestseller that has appeared on the New York Times bestseller list for nearly three years, this memoir traces Maya Angelou's childhood in a small, rural community during the 1930s. Filled with images and recollections that point to the dignity and courage of black men and women, Angelou paints a sometimes disquieting, but always affecting picture of the people-and the times-that touched her life.
11) Mildred Taylor
Author
Publisher
Rosen Central
Pub. Date
2005
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 8.6 - AR Pts: 3
Language
English
Description
Presents the life and work of the African American young adult author, who served in the Peace Corps in Ethiopia and who went on to win the 1977 Newbery Award for her work "Roll of Thunder, Hear My Cry."
12) Maya Angelou
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Series
Publisher
Lucent Books
Pub. Date
c2009
Language
English
Description
Profiles the life and career of writer Maya Angelou.
15) White girls
Author
Publisher
McSweeney's
Pub. Date
[2013]
Language
English
Description
Weaving together his brilliant analyses of literature, art, and music with fearless insights on race, gender, and history. The result is an extraordinary, complex portrait of "white girls," as Als dubs them--an expansive but precise category that encompasses figures as diverse as Truman Capote and Louise Brooks, Malcolm X and Flannery O'Connor. In pieces that hairpin between critique and meditation, fiction and nonfiction, high culture and low, the...
17) Tyler Perry
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Publisher
Lucent Books
Pub. Date
c2010
Language
English
Description
Discusses the life of actor, playwright, screenwriter, theater director, film director, television director, film producer, and television producer Tyler Perry, his early years, life in New Orleans, Louisiana, and the evolution of the Tyler Perry Studios in Atlanta, Georgia.
Author
Pub. Date
2008
Language
English
Formats
Description
Dedicated to the daughter she never had but sees all around her, Letter to My Daughter reveals Maya Angelou's path to living well and living a life with meaning. Whether she is recalling such lost friends as Coretta Scott King and Ossie Davis, extolling honesty, decrying vulgarity, explaining why becoming a Christian is a "lifelong endeavor," or simply singing the praises of a meal of red rice--Maya Angelou writes from the heart to millions of women...
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