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Now more than ever.\"-- Patrisse Cullors, co-founder Black Lives Matter and New York Times bestselling author of When They Call You a Terrorist\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cmeta charset=\"utf-8\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\"In a culture where Black women are often portrayed as unqualified, uninspiring, and un-American, \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ci\u003eThe Conjuring of America\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cspan\u003e makes clear that their innovations are woven into the very fabric of American identity, and that Black women continue to shape who we are and how we live.\"-- \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ci\u003eBookPage\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Legacy Lit","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51960974115104,"sku":null,"price":30.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/1010\/4465\/0272\/files\/conjuringofamerica.jpg?v=1783596418"},{"product_id":"disability-visibility-first-person-stories-from-the-twenty-first-century","title":"Disability Visibility: First-Person Stories from the Twenty-First Century","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cmeta charset=\"utf-8\"\u003eA groundbreaking collection of first-person writing on the joys and challenges of the modern disability experience: \u003ci\u003eDisability Visibility \u003c\/i\u003ebrings together the voices of activists, authors, lawyers, politicians, artists, and everyday people whose daily lives are, in the words of playwright Neil Marcus, \"an art . . . an ingenious way to live.\"\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cmeta charset=\"utf-8\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003eAccording to the last census, one in five people in the United States lives with a disability. 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