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Cover of "Clifford's Blues," by John A. Williams, featuring a drawing of a Black man wearing a tuxedo and playing the piano.

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A novel by John A. Williams April 1, 1999 • 6 x 9 • 304 pages • 978-1-56689-080-9 Africans and African Americans in the Holocaust. If there is an undiscovered aspect of the black experience, it will be found by John A. Williams, one of the ...

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