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“The best way to get introduced to Toni Morrison as a novelist is to discover the themes, narrative styles, and ideas that were top of her mind at the beginning of her career as an author. She began The Bluest Eye as an undergraduate student but did not complete it until she returned to her writing after her divorce. The Bluest Eye captures some of her early concerns about the intersection of race, class, and gender. Part of the attraction of the novel is that it resonates with the concerns of Black women and girls, how we navigate our lives with an acute awareness of the disregard and disrespect directed toward Black individuals, families and communities. “ Read more...
Marilyn Mobley, Literary Scholar
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Hands on the Freedom of the Plow: Personal Accounts by Women in SNCC
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Milo's Museum
by Purple Wong (Illustrator) & Zetta Elliott -
Firebird
by Misty Copeland
