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"All that fifteen-year-old Ella Fitzgerald wants is to perform. She lives to dance. But in 1932, at the height of the Great Depression, dancing is an impossible option--especially when tragedy explodes at the Fitzgerald household. Soon Ella is homeless, working for the mob to support herself and her family. But even darker battles await. From the Harlem streets to a terrible "reform school" infamous for its harsh treatment of its Black inmates, Ella...
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2024.
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"In this sweeping second chance romance from debut author Myah Ariel, the unexpected spark of two former flames may force them to choose between their dreams and each other. Kaliya Wilson has paid her dues. But all the years behind the reception desk at a flashy film studio have only pushed her movie-making dreams further out of reach. That is, until a surprise reunion presents an opportunity that could make her career, or break her heart...a second...
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2024.
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Twenty-five-year-old Black reporter, Gen, when her ex, Jude, a prominent CEO, hires her to write the first-ever authorized profile of him, realizes, between the racist backlash from her colleagues and her conflicting feelings toward Jude, that it may be more than just her career on the line.
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"Set in the tumultuous year of 1968 in southern Virginia, a racially-charged murder case sets a duo of white and Black lawyers against a deeply unfair system as they work to defend their wrongfully-accused Black defendants. When two wealthy white landowners are found dead, the whole country immediately thinks it must be Jerome Washington, the hired help, who killed them. He was standing over the bodies when the police responded to an anonymous call...
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