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Hip-hop family tree volume 2.
Series:
Hip-hop family tree volume 2
Publisher:
Fantagraphics Books
Pub. Date:
2014
Language:
English
Description:
"Book 2 covers the early years of 1981-1983, when Hip Hop has made a big transition from the parks and rec rooms to downtown clubs and vinyl records. The performers make moves to separate themselves from the paying customers by dressing more and more flamboyantly until a young group called RUN-DMC comes on the scene to take things back to the streets. This volume covers hits like Afrika Bambaataa's "Planet Rock," Grandmaster Flash and the Furious...
Author:
NoveList Series:
Hip-hop family tree volume 3.
Series:
Hip-hop family tree volume 3
Publisher:
Fantagraphics Books
Pub. Date:
2015
Language:
English
Average Rating:
5 stars
Description:
The third volume of the popular webcomic tells the true story of hip-hoppers The Beastie Boys, Run DMC, The Fat Boys, and many more.
Author:
NoveList Series:
Hip-hop family tree volume 1.
Series:
Hip-hop family tree volume 1
Publisher:
Fantagraphics Books
Pub. Date:
2013
Language:
English
Description:
Captures the history of the formative years of hip-hop, including such rap pioneers as Afrika Bambaataa, MC Sha Rock, and DJ Kool Herc.
"Yes yes, y'all! Acclaimed young cartoonist Ed Piskor (Wizzywig) schools you on the old school in this essential, explosively entertaining, encyclopedic cultural chronicle of an American art form that changed the world. Hip Hop Family Tree (originally serialized online at Boing Boing) takes you form the parks and...
Author:
NoveList Series:
Hip-hop family tree volume 4.
Series:
Hip-hop family tree volume 4
Publisher:
Fantagraphics Books
Pub. Date:
2016
Language:
English
Description:
Ed Piskor's acclaimed graphic novel series continues! Hip Hop Family Tree Book 4 charts the rise of Dr. Dre and Def Jam records, and introduces new branches on the 'tree': Will Smith, Salt-N-Pepa, Rakim and Biz Markie. This volume is also jam-packed with films Hollywood released in an attempt to cash in on the phenomenon, like Breakin', Breakin' 2 Electric Boogaloo, Beat Street, Krush Groove and more.
Author:
Publisher:
Fantagraphics Books Inc
Pub. Date:
2016
Language:
English
Description:
Originally serialized on the hugely popular website Boing Boing, The Hip Hop Family Tree is an encyclopedic comics history of the formative years of hip hop capturing the vivid personalities and magnetic performances of old-school pioneers and early stars.
Author:
NoveList Series:
Series:
Publisher:
Fantagraphics
Pub. Date:
[2023]
Language:
English
Description:
"Discover the history of hip hop in graphic novel form -- this omnibus collection of the New York Times best-selling series includes over 140 pages of extras in a deluxe hardcover for the first time!"--
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Publisher:
The New Press
Language:
English
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Description:
"Carving Out a Humanity gathers some of our country's brightest progressive legal stars in a volume that illuminates the facets of the law that have continued to perpetuate racial inequality and to confound our nation at the start of a new millennium. Originally delivered as Derrick Bell Lectures in a series at NYU School of Law, begun in 1995 and running up through 2019, Carving Out a Humanity offers an unprecedented array of today's most creative...
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Youth Services Mcpld
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272 titles are in this list.
Description:
Fiction and non-fiction children’s books by and about Black Americans and other people of African descent. Most of the books on this list are written and/or illustrated by African-American creators.
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Series:
Publisher:
Houghton Mifflin Harcourt
Pub. Date:
2017
Language:
English
Description:
The Best American Comics showcases the work of both established and up-and-coming contributors and highlights both fiction and nonfiction from graphic novels, pamphlet comics, newspapers, magazines, in galleries, minicomics, and the web.
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Pub. Date:
2022
Language:
English
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Description:
"RISE is a love letter to and for Asian Americans--a vivid scrapbook of voices, emotions, and memories from an era in which our culture was forged and transformed, and a way to preserve both the headlines and the intimate conversations that have shaped our community into who we are today. When the Hart-Celler Act passed in 1965, opening up US immigration to non-Europeans, it ushered in a whole new era. But even to the first generation of Asian Americans...
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Series:
Publisher:
Houghton Mifflin Harcourt
Pub. Date:
2014
Language:
English
Average Rating:
4 stars
Description:
"The Best American Comics showcases the work of both established and up-and-coming contributors and highlights both fiction and nonfiction--from graphic novels, pamphlet comics, newspapers, magazines, minicomics, and the Web--to make a unique, stunning collection. Frank Miller (Sin City, 300) called guest editor Scott McCloud 'just about the smartest guy in comics.'"--from publisher's description.
14. Graphic Novels
Publisher:
Little, Brown and Company
Pub. Date:
2024
Language:
English
Description:
In this comprehensive and vibrant poetry anthology, bestselling author and poet Kwame Alexander curates a collection of contemporary anthems at turns tender and piercing and deeply inspiring throughout. Featuring work from well-loved poets such as Rita Dove, Jericho Brown, Warsan Shire, Ross Gay, Tracy K. Smith, Terrance Hayes, Morgan Parker, and Nikki Giovanni, This Is the Honey is a rich and abundant offering of language from the poets giving voice...
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