Ghetto Gastro Presents Black Power Kitchen
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Ghetto Gastro Knowledge Is Power Part cookbook. Part manifesto. Created with big Bronx energy, Black Power Kitchen combines 75 mostly plant-based, layered-with-flavor recipes with immersive storytelling, diverse voices, and... ArtAutobiography & Memoir
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Shikeith: Notes Towards Becoming a Spill
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L.A. Object
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Enunciated Life
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Theaster Gates
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Dancehall
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Who Says, Who Shows, What Counts
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SKEW Magazine
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Kerry James Marshall
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Reimagining Design
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The Black Experience in Design
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Latinx Photography in the United States
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Mel D. Cole
American Protest: Photographs 2020-2021
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Somaya Critchlow
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Dream in Color
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Tré Seals This large-format book features 30 removable posters by 30 inspiring Black creatives from around the world. Artists and designers such as the London-based muralist Lakwena... ArtBooks
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Faith Ringgold
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Lorna Simpson
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Brave. Black. First. Puzzle
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Reggie Burrows Hodges
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Histories of Dance
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Steve McQueen
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Of Our Spiritual Strivings
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Devan Shimoyama
All the Rage
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This Must Be the Place
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Betye Saar: Black Doll Blues
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Dawoud Bey & Carrie Mae Weems
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Really Free
The Radical Art of Nellie Mae Rowe
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How to See a Work of Art in Total Darkness
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Art on My Mind
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Black Gathering
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Space Is the Place
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Mickalene Thomas
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L.A. Graffiti Black Book
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The Hip-Hop Queens Oracle Deck
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Arthur Jafa
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