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Slaves for Peanuts deftly weaves together the natural and human
history of a crop
that transformed the lives of millions. Author Jori Lewis reveals how demand
for peanut oil in Europe ensured that slavery in Africa would persist well
into the twentieth century, long af...
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Bedlam: The Life & Mind of Earl Sedgwick details the frustrating
life of Earl Sedgwick, owner and operator of a mental institution. Earl
grew up in the business and subsequently took it over despite his avowed
hatred of how the business robbed him of his childhood. He...
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Yinka Oladeji is 30-something, Oxford-educated, and up for a promotion
at her impressive bank job. She has a supportive network of friends and
family who love her dearly, but her personal and professional success
doesn’t stop her many "aunties" from constantly asking w...
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Richard Brown is a Portland community activist and photographer who has
spent decades working to bridge the divide between police and the Black
community. This Is Not for You: An Activist's Journey of Resistance and
Resilience traces how and why Brown became an engaged...
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In the Authors Note, Watson and Hannah-Jones state their
intention to “show that Black Americans have their own proud origin story,
one that does not begin in slavery, in struggle, and in strife but that
bridges the gap between Africa and the United States of America...
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Ray Owens and Wentemi Kante, members of Portland's Well-Read Black Girls
Book Club, discuss the importance of the group beyond sharing good reads.
Both women emphasize its importance as a safe and supportive space where
Black women can fellowship with their sisters, a rari...
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Every season Portland's Profile Theatre identifies a community that
their Featured Playwright is intimately involved with and creates a free
writing workshop for that specific group. The workshop is called "Community
Profile". The 2020-21 season Featured Playwright was Lyn...
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Black Book Talk welcomed Dr Manning Marable, author of Living Black
History: How Reimagining the African- American Past Can Remake America's
Racial Future. The founding director of Columbia University's Institute
for Research in African-American Studies and author of 19 b...
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Author Charlotte Sherman writes, "I love being brown and wanted to write a
poem to highlight the splendor of this underestimated color for young boys
and girls, so they too will love the skin they are in. When I first heard a
beautiful, radiant, brown-skinned child say, “I’...
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We reprise Emma Jackson Ford’s May, 2018 interview with poet Kwame
Alexander and his musical accompanist, guitarist Randy Preston. The
interview focusses on Rebound, the follow-up to his Newbery medal-winning
middle-grade novel, The Crossover.
Alexander is a poet, educato...
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