Introducing Dorothy Dandridge. Poster of the 1999 movie and cover of the 1997 book, Dorothy Dandridge : A Portrait in Black
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Dorothy Dandridge : A Portrait in Black
Earl Mills, 1997
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Martha Coolidge, 1999

An acclaimed stage performer, Dorothy struggled with the challenge of her color in Hollywood. She beat out many more famous rivals for the role of ‘ ‘Carmen Jones’ ‘, and became the first black woman ever nominated for a Best Actress Academy Award. Seductive and easily seduced, she was born to be a star. Here was a woman who wouldn’t wait in the wings.


The Water Is Wide. Poster of the 2006 movie and cover of the 1972 book, The Water is Wide
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The Water is Wide
Pat Conroy, 1972
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John Kent Harrison, 2006

Pat Conroy, an ambitious and somewhat rebellious idealistic teacher, agrees to the offer from the school board superintendent of Bennington County, SC, to teach the impoverished African American children in the fishing community on Yamacrew Island. The school’s leader, the inept and rigid headmistress Brown, embodies ignorance and strict adherence to rules, relying on scolding and physical punishment as her teaching methods.


U.S. Marshals. Poster of the 1998 movie and cover of the book novelization
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U.S. Marshals
Max Allan Collins, 1998
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Stuart Baird, 1998

Two Diplomatic Security Service (DSS) agents are killed while trying to intercept a briefcase exchange taking place in a United Nations parking garage in New York City. The murders are caught on a security camera, but the criminal escapes with top secret information.


The Watsons Go to Birmingham. Poster of the 2013 movie and cover of the 1995 book, The Watsons Go to Birmingham - 1963
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The Watsons Go to Birmingham - 1963
Christopher Paul Curtis, 1995
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Kenny Leon, 2013

The movie documents the regular exchanges and daily rituals of the Watsons, a family of African American descent residing in Flint, Michigan. Their lives take a profound turn when they visit Grandma in Alabama during the summer of 1963.


Juanita. Poster of the 2019 movie and cover of the 2002 book, Dancing on the Edge of the Roof
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Dancing on the Edge of the Roof
Sheila Williams, 2002
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Clark Johnson, 2019

A Columbus, Ohio woman takes a Greyhound bus to Butte, Montana, where she reinvents herself and meets an interesting cast of characters at a French restaurant.