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Black History Month
HIS DAY IS DONE
A Nelson Mandela Tribute
by Maya Angelou As the world mourns the passing of Nelson Mandela, international icon and champion for peace, Maya Angelou delivers a heartrending tribute to commemorate his life and legacy. His Day Is Done celebrates Mandela’s courageous spirit and his commitment to forgiveness. Random House | HC | 978-0-8129-9701-9 | 64pp. | $15.00/$17.00 Can. e-Book: 978-0-8129-9702-6 | $6.99/$7.99 Can.
NEGROES AND THE GUN
The Black Tradition of Arms
by Nicholas Johnson Surprising and informative, this well-researched book strips away many stock assumptions of conventional wisdom on the issue of guns and the black freedom struggle, and presents an array of examples from the pre-Civil War era to today.
“Definitive and compelling. . . . This is must-reading for those who are interested in the history of race in America and in the enduring controversy over the right to bear arms.” —Robert J. Cottrol, Harold Paul Green Research Professor of Law and professor of history and sociology, the George Washington University Prometheus Books | TR | 978-1-61614-839-3 | 340pp. | $19.95/$21.00 Can. e-Book: 978-1-61614-840-9 | $11.99/$11.99 Can.
THE REBELLIOUS LIFE OF MRS. ROSA PARKS
by Jeanne Theoharis Presenting a corrective to the popular notion of Rosa Parks as the quiet seamstress who, with a single act, birthed the modern civil rights movement, Theoharis shows readers how Parks sought to eradicate the American racial-caste system. “Theoharis brings all of her talents as a political scientist and historian of the civil rights movement to bear on this illuminating biography of the great Rosa Parks.” —Henry Louis Gates Jr. Beacon Press | TR | 978-0-8070-3332-6 | 320pp. | $17.50/$20.50 Can. e-Book: 978-0-8070-5048-4 | $27.95/$33.00 Can.
UNFINISHED AGENDA
Urban Politics in the Era of Black Power
by Junius Williams; Foreword by Tom Hayden Unfinished Agenda chronicles the turbulent times during the civil rights movement and Williams’s participation, including his experiences on the front lines of racial riots in Newark and the historic riot in Montgomery, Alabama, with Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. “An activist combining ivy-league sophistication and street smarts, Junius Williams helped make the urban North’s civil rights revolution . . . [he] still inspires and instructs a new generation for whom this should be recommended reading.” —Nell Irvin Painter, Edwards Professor of American History, Emerita, Princeton University
North Atlantic Books | TR | 978-1-58394-722-7 | 432pp. | $18.95/$21.95 Can. e-Book: 978-1-58394-723-4 | $18.95/$18.95 Can.
Forthcoming April 2014
THE HARLEM HELLFIGHTERS
by Max Brooks; Illustrated by Caanan White From bestselling author Max Brooks comes the riveting story of the highly decorated, barrier-breaking, historic black regiment—the Harlem Hellfighters. The illustrated story of the 369th takes students from the enlistment lines in Harlem to the trenches in France. Broadway Books | TR | 978-0-307-46497-2 | 272pp. | $16.95/$19.95 Can.
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