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BCALA Book Award Winners

"First presented at the Second National Conference of African American Librarians in 1994, the BCALA (Black Caucus of the American Library Association) Literary Awards acknowledge outstanding works of fiction and nonfiction for adult audiences by African American authors"
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100 Amazing Facts About the Negro (Henry Louis Gates, Jr.)
100 Amazing Facts About the Negro
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Henry Louis Gates, Jr.
1919 (Eve L.Ewing)
1919
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Eve L.Ewing
Africaville (Jeffrey Colvin)
Africaville
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Jeffrey Colvin
After (Marita Golden)
After
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Marita Golden
Ain't Nobody's Business If I Do (Valerie W. Wesley)
Ain't Nobody's Business If I Do
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Valerie W. Wesley
An American Marriage (Tayari Jones)
An American Marriage
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Tayari Jones
An Open Weave (Devorah Major)
An Open Weave
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Devorah Major
An Original Man: The Life and Times of Elijah Muhammad (Claude Andrew Clegg)
An Original Man: The Life and Times of Elijah Muhammad
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Claude Andrew Clegg
Another Brooklyn (Jacqueline Woodson)
Another Brooklyn
9
Jacqueline Woodson
Appalachian Elegy (Bell Hooks)
Appalachian Elegy
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Bell Hooks
The Armageddon of Funk (Michael Warr)
The Armageddon of Funk
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Michael Warr
Attraversiamo (Monique Ferrell)
Attraversiamo
12
Monique Ferrell
The Audacity of Hope (Barack Obama)
The Audacity of Hope
13
Barack Obama
Becoming (Michelle Obama)
Becoming
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Michelle Obama
Benjamin Elijah Mays: Schoolmaster of the Movement (Randal Maurice Jelks)
Benjamin Elijah Mays: Schoolmaster of the Movement
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Randal Maurice Jelks
Black Crescent (Michael A. Gomez)
Black Crescent
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Michael A. Gomez
Black Fortunes (Shomari Wills)
Black Fortunes
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Shomari Wills
The Black Notebooks (Toi Derricotte)
The Black Notebooks
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Toi Derricotte
Black Titan (Carol Jenkins)
Black Titan
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Carol Jenkins
The Blackbird Papers (Ian Smith)
The Blackbird Papers
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Ian Smith
Book of Hours (Kevin Young)
Book of Hours
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Kevin Young
The Breakthrough: Politics and Race in the Age of Obama (Gwen Ifill)
The Breakthrough: Politics and Race in the Age of Obama
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Gwen Ifill
Brotherman: The Odyssey of Black Men in America (Herb Boyd)
Brotherman: The Odyssey of Black Men in America
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Herb Boyd
Buying Time (Pamela Samuels Young)
Buying Time
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Pamela Samuels Young
Carried by Six (Allen Ballard)
Carried by Six
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Allen Ballard
Chasing Utopia (Nikki Giovanni)
Chasing Utopia
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Nikki Giovanni
Chester B. Himes (Lawrence P. Jackson)
Chester B. Himes
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Lawrence P. Jackson
Citizens Creek (Lalita Tademy)
Citizens Creek
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Lalita Tademy
Cold Running Creek (Zelda Lockhart)
Cold Running Creek
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Zelda Lockhart
A Continent for the Taking: The Tragedy and Hope of Africa (Howard W. French)
A Continent for the Taking: The Tragedy and Hope of Africa
30
Howard W. French
Counting Descent (Clint Smith)
Counting Descent
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Clint Smith
Creating Their Own Image (Lisa E. Farrington)
Creating Their Own Image
32
Lisa E. Farrington
The Cutting Season (Attica Locke)
The Cutting Season
33
Attica Locke
Dapper Dan: Made in Harlem (Daniel R. Day)
Dapper Dan: Made in Harlem
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Daniel R. Day
The Darkest Child (Delores Phillips)
The Darkest Child
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Delores Phillips
Defining Moments in Black History (Dick Gregory)
Defining Moments in Black History
36
Dick Gregory
Difficult Women (Roxane Gay)
Difficult Women
37
Roxane Gay
Dorothy Porter Wesley at Howard University (Janet Sims-Woods)
Dorothy Porter Wesley at Howard University
38
Janet Sims-Woods
Dorothy West's Paradise: A Biography of Class and Color (Cherene Sherrard-Johnson)
Dorothy West's Paradise: A Biography of Class and Color
39
Cherene Sherrard-Johnson
Douglass' Women (Jewell Parker Rhodes)
Douglass' Women
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Jewell Parker Rhodes
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