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African American Interest Grace After Midnight: A Memoir by Felicia Snoop Pearson Published 2007 by Grand Central Publishing Hardcover, English. ISBN: 9780446195188 Find this book in our catalog. Jacket Notes: Pearson, who plays Snoop on the HBO hit series "The Wire," reveals her incredible, hard-knock life story, one that dramatically parallels the life of her character on TV. More... The Colfax Massacre: The Untold Story of Black Power, White Terror and the Death of Reconstruction by Leeanna Keith Published 2008 by Oxford University Press, USA Hardcover, English. ISBN: 9780195310269 Find this book in our catalog. Jacket Notes: On Easter Sunday, 1873, in the tiny hamlet of Colfax, Louisiana, more than 150 members of an all-black Republican militia, defending the towns courthouse, were slain by an armed force of rampaging white supremacists. This work gives both a gripping narrative account of that portentous day and a nuanced historical analysis of its far-reaching repercussions. More... Leaving Cecil Street by Diane McKinney-Whetstone Published 2004 by William Morrow & Company Hardcover, English. ISBN: 9780688163853 Find this book in our catalog. Jacket Notes: More... Blonde Faith by Walter Mosley Published 2007 by Little Brown and Company Hardcover, English. ISBN: 9780316734592 Find this book in our catalog. Jacket Notes: In this tenth supercharged novel in Walter Mosley's Easy Rawlins series, L.A.'s most reluctant detective finds himself immersed in a sea of problems--and in a world of danger. More...