Alicia Keys
1) Alicia
Author
Language
English
Formats
Description
Fresh off her second time as the host of the Grammy Awards, Alicia Keys releases her eighth studio album. It includes the new single Underdog.
Publisher
Magnolia Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
[2014]
Language
English
Description
"Located alongside the Tennessee River, Muscle Shoals, Alabama has helped create some of the most important and resonant songs of all time. Overcoming crushing poverty and staggering tragedies, Rick Hall brought black and white together to create music for the generations. He is responsible for creating the 'Muscle Shoals sound' and the Swampers, the house band at FAME Studios that eventually left to start its own successful studio known as Muscle...
Publisher
20th Century Fox Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
c2008
Language
English
Description
Lily Owens is a young girl who lives on the peach farm that her abusive father owns. Rosaleen is a black woman hired by Lily's father to be a stand-in mother for Lily. When Rosaleen and Lily walk into town they are approached by some white men. Rosaleen insults these racists by standing up for her rights. The angry men give her a beating and she ends up in the hospital. Lily's father rescues Lily but not Rosaleen so Lily talks Rosaleen into running...
Language
English
Description
Annie is a young girl from a working-class neighborhood who suddenly finds herself working as a nanny for a wealthy family in Manhattan's Upper East Side. Between catering to the every whim of her employers and their precocious son and falling in love with their gorgeous neighbor, Annie tries to figure out what she wants to do with her life.
Author
Publisher
HarperDesign an imprint of HarperCollins Publishers
Pub. Date
[2014]
Language
English
Description
Introduction -- Opening: seeing new worlds -- Ready for the revolution -- The musician's life -- Say it loud -- Motherhood and Mother Earth -- Back to Benin -- Voodoo child -- The messenger -- Mutoto Kwanza -- Batonga -- My father's voice -- Epilogue -- Recipes.
The singer, songwriter, and activist shares her story of escape from Africa, where her voice was censored by the Communist regime, to become a Grammy Award-winning, Billboard-topping musician...
10) The blueprint 3
Author
Publisher
Roc Nation
Language
English
Description
Shawn Carter, better known as Jay-Z, has been an unmistakable force since he came on the scene in 1996. This highly anticipated 11th studio album includes the buzzworthy single D.O.A (Death of Auto-Tune).
Publisher
PBS Distribution
Pub. Date
2021.
Language
English
Description
Take an unprecedented look at the intersection of African American women artists, politics and entertainment and hear the story of how six trailblazing performers - Lena Horne, Abbey Lincoln, Diahann Carroll, Nina Simone, Cicely Tyson and Pam Grier - changed American culture through their films, fashion, music, and politics.
13) Girl rising
Publisher
Docurama Films
Pub. Date
[2014]
Language
English
Description
View a groundbreaking film, which tells the stories of nine extraordinary girls from nine countries, written by nine celebrated writers and narrated by nine renowned actors. Viewers will see a showcase of strength from the human spirit and the power of education to change the world.
