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Book cover for "Harlem shuffle".
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Language:
English
Average Rating:
3.7 stars
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"Ray Carney was only slightly bent when it came to being crooked..." To his customers and neighbors on 125th street, Carney is an upstanding salesman of reasonably-priced furniture, making a life for himself and his family. He and his wife Elizabeth are expecting their second child, and if her parents on Striver's Row don't approve of him or their cramped apartment across from the subway tracks, it's still home. Few people know he descends from a...
Book cover for "Crook manifesto".
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Series:
Ray Carney volume 2
Harlem trilogy volume 2
Language:
English
Average Rating:
3.7 stars
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It’s 1971. Trash piles up on the streets, crime is at an all-time high, the city is careening towards bankruptcy, and a shooting war has broken out between the NYPD and the Black Liberation Army. Amidst this collective nervous breakdown furniture store owner and ex-fence Ray Carney tries to keep his head down and his business thriving. His days moving stolen goods around the city are over. It’s strictly the straight-and-narrow for him — until...
Book cover for "My Monticello".
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English
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"An irresistibly accessible yet startlingly bold book of short stories and a novella, inspired by Black lives in America and featuring the gripping eponymous work "My Monticello.""--
Book cover for "Dave at night".
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Lexile measure:
550L
Language:
English
Description:
When orphaned Dave is sent to the Hebrew Home for Boys where he is treated cruelly, he sneaks out at night and is welcomed into the music- and culture-filled world of the Harlem Renaissance.
Book cover for "Blues masters".
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Publisher:
Rhino Home Video
Pub. Date:
[2002]
Language:
English
Description:
Rare performances and historical footage tracing the development of American blues music.
Book cover for "When Broadway was Black".
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Pub. Date:
2023
Language:
English
Description:
"For readers of Hidden Figures and Something Wonderful, When Broadway Was Black is the story of New York in the roaring twenties and the first Broadway show with an all-Black cast and creative team to achieve success-and its impact on our popular culture. Amidst a culture actively whitewashing, controlling, or trying to prevent their stories from being told, these artists changed the course of American entertainment. This groundbreaking group of performers...
Book cover for "Rarities 1971-2003".
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Publisher:
Virgin Records
Pub. Date:
[2005]
Language:
English
Book cover for "Footnotes".
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Publisher:
Sourcebooks Inc
Pub. Date:
2021
Language:
English
Description:
The triumphant story of the all-Black Broadway musical that changed the world forever Opening night was going better than any of them could have expected, but the performers knew the rapturous applause was obscuring the truth: there was a good chance someone was going to get killed at any moment, and it was likely to be one of them. When the curtain rose on Shuffle Along in 1921, the first all-Black musical to succeed on Broadway, no one was sure...

9. Grrr!

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English
Book cover for "Jump back".
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Publisher:
Universal Music Company
Pub. Date:
[2009]
Language:
English

11. Covers

Book cover for "Covers".
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Publisher:
Sanctuary Records
Pub. Date:
2024
Language:
English
Book cover for "Undercover Retro".
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BTV / pitch
Pub. Date:
2011
Language:
English

13. Pop

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Publisher:
Warner Chappell Production Music
Pub. Date:
2008
Language:
English
Book cover for "Drew's Famous Instrumental Classic Rock Collection".
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Publisher:
TUTM Entertainment, Inc
Pub. Date:
2018
Language:
English
Book cover for "The Foundations: Live!".
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Publisher:
Sanctuary Records
Pub. Date:
2023
Language:
English
Book cover for "Spinnin' The Webb".
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Publisher:
GRP Records Inc
Pub. Date:
2005
Language:
English
Book cover for "Stick To Me".
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Publisher:
Mercury Records Limited
Pub. Date:
2019
Language:
English
Book cover for "The Duke's men".
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Publisher:
Columbia/Legacy
Pub. Date:
[1991]
Language:
English
Book cover for "Bebi Dol".
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Publisher:
Mascom Records
Pub. Date:
2006
Language:
English
Book cover for "Drew's Famous Step By Step Party Music".
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Publisher:
TUTM Entertainment, Inc
Pub. Date:
2017
Language:
English