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Strength Through Grace: Celebrating Black Heritage

Celebrate Black ballerinas in these fiction and non-fiction titles, as well as acclaimed works written by influential Black authors. This is in support of our "Strength Through Grace" event series highlighting the stories of both local and national Black icons from the world of professional ballet. -Jesse, MCFL Bookmobile

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39 items

  • Black Joy

    Stories of Resistance, Resilience, and Restoration

    Lewis-Giggetts, Tracey M.,
    Book, 2022New York : Gallery Books, 2022 — 305.896 Lewis-Giggetts, T
  • Book, 2019New York : Kokila, [2019] — E Cherry
  • Belonging Without Othering

    How We Save Ourselves and the World

    Powell, John A., 1947-
    Book, 2024Stanford, California : Stanford University Press, [2024] — 305 Powell
  • Book, 2014New York, NY : G.P. Putnam's Sons, an imprint of Penguin Group (USA), [2014] — E Copeland
  • Ready to Fly

    How Sylvia Townsend Became the Bookmobile Ballerina

    Lyon, Lea, 1945-
    Book, 2020New York : Harper, an imprint of HarperCollinsPublishers, [2020] — J Bio TOWNSEND
  • Parker Shines on

    Another Extraordinary Moment

    Curry, Parker,
    Book, 2021New York : Aladdin, 2021 — E Curry
  • Trailblazer

    the Story of Ballerina Raven Wilkinson

    Schubert, Leda,
    Book, 2018New York, NY : Little Bee Books, 2018 — J B Wilkinson, R by Schubert
  • Ballerina Body

    Dancing and Eating Your Way to a Leaner, Stronger, and More Graceful You

    Copeland, Misty,
    Book, 2017New York : Grand Central Life & Style, 2017 — 792.8 Copeland
  • Black Ballerinas

    My Journey to Our Legacy

    Copeland, Misty,
    Book, 2021New York, New York : Aladdin, 2021 — J 792.802 Copeland
  • Book, 2020New York : G. P. Putnam's Sons, [2020] — E Copeland
  • Letters to Misty

    How to Move Through Life With Confidence and Grace

    Copeland, Misty
    Book, 2025New York : Aladdin, 2025 — J Bio Copeland
  • Life in Motion

    An Unlikely Ballerina

    Copeland, Misty,
    Book, 2016New York : Aladdin, 2016 — J Bio COPELAND
  • The Wind at My Back

    Resilience, Grace, and Other Gifts From My Mentor, Raven Wilkinson

    Copeland, Misty,
    Book, 2022New York : Grand Central Publishing, [2022] — Bio COPELAND, M
  • Large Print, 2016Waterville, Maine : Thorndike Press, a part of Gale Cengage Learning, 2016 — 305.8 Coates, T
  • Large Print, 2019New York : Random House Large Print, 2019 — 305.8009 Kendi, I
  • Four Hundred Souls

    a Community History of African America, 1619-2019

    Book, 2021New York : One World, [2021] — 973 Four
  • The 1619 Project

    a New Origin Story

    Book, 2021New York : One World, 2021 — 973 Sixteen