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SPOTLIGHT ON........Audio Visuals
 

Celebrate Black History Month with these recommended titles by, for and about African Americans.

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The Best of Anita Baker
Anita Baker (Rhino Entertainment, c2002)
Shelf Number: R&B/BAK/COMPACT/DISC

This 2002 compilation contains all of her hits — both the pop crossovers and songs that were big only on the R&B charts.

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The Complete Blind Willie Johnson
Blind Willie Johnson (Columbia Records / Sony Music Entertainment, c1993)
Shelf Number: BLUES/JOH/COMPACT/DISC

A bottleneck guitarist of great skill, Blind Willie Johnson was a traveling evangelist who preached the gospel by playing and singing spiritual messages in a gruff bass.  This album collects everything the artist ever recorded, and makes a case for Johnson as one of the most passionate, affecting bluesmen of all time.
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Eyes on the Prize
(Blackside. PBS Video, c2006)
Shelf Number: 323.0973/EY97e/V.1/VIDEO/DISC

Finally, the long-awaited DVD version of the classic PBS series.   Contains 7 volumes, each volume with 2 programs, each program covering an era in America's civil rights movement.   Won six Emmys and numerous other awards, including an Academy Award nomination, the George Foster Peabody Award, and the top duPont-Columbia award for excellence in broadcast journalism.
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Gold
Brian McKnight (Hip-O Records /Universal Music Enterprises, p2007)
Shelf Number: R&B/MCK/COMPACT/DISC

This two-disc set is the definitive McKnight best-of which includes his adult-contemporary R&B chart hits.
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Good Girl Gone Bad
Rihanna (Island Def Jam Music Group, c2007)
Shelf Number: R&B/RIH/COMPACT/DISC

The music of Barbados-born singer Rihanna is a blend of hip-hop, commercial pop, and Caribbean flavors.  The third album by the multi-platinum, award-winning artist features hits such as Umbrella and Shut Up and Drive.
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