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Bertice
Berry
The Ties That Bind
978-0-7679-2414-6 | $23.95 |
Broadway | HC
Peeling away the layers of her family's history,
Bertice Berry came to learn that the history of slavery cannot
be quantified in simple, black-and-white terms of “good”
and “evil” but is rather a complex tapestry of roles
and relations, of choices and individual responsibility. In this
poignant memoir, she relays the evolution of relations between
the races, from slavery to the present day.
Cynthia
Jacobs Carter
Freedom in My Heart: Voices from the United
States National Slavery Museum
978-1-4262-0127-1 | $35.00 |
National Geographic | HC
Unlike any other book on the market today,
this richly illustrated companion volume uses the remarkable
artifacts, images, and documents of the United States National
Slavery Museum to trace the entire history of slavery in North
America, from the societies of ancient Africa to the repercussions
still faced by Americans today—and to celebrate the perseverance
and ultimate triumph of a people.
Edited
by E. Lynn Harris
The Best African American Fiction: 2009
978-0-553-80689-2 | $23.00 |
Bantam | HC
From stories that depict black life in times
gone to those that address today, this volume gathers the best
recent African American fiction. Created during a period of
electrifying political dialogue and social change that is sure
to captivate the imaginations of readers for years to come,
the short stories and excerpts collected here explore a rich
variety of subjects.
Also available: Best
African American Essays, 2009
Dana
Canedy
A Journal for Jordan
978-0-307-39579-5 | $25.95 |
Crown | HC
On October 14, 2006, First Sgt. Charles Monroe
King died in Iraq, leaving behind his fiancé, New York Times
editor Dana Canedy, and the seven-month-old son he had longed
for all his life. A Journal for Jordan is a fallen
soldier’s hopes and life lessons for the son he would never
know. It is also a mother’s fervent quest to pass on the meaning
of his life.
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Bob
Neer
Barack Obama for Beginners
978-1-934389-38-6 | $7.95 |
Steerforth | TR
The fastest and most reliable way to get up to
speed on the next President of the United States, Barack Obama
for Beginners condenses Obama's personal and political history
to provide a complete introduction. The text covers the candidate's
family history and life experiences and beliefs, and discusses
his strengths and weaknesses as a campaigner, legislator, and
manager of people and resources. Updated version to publish
in April 2009.
978-1-58642-144-1 | $25.95 |
Steerforth | HC
This is the great American story of Nascar’s
first black driver. It is thick with period detail and breaks
new ground by telling an important civil rights and sports story
for the first time. Wendell Scott’s relentless, bittersweet
struggle embodied the peculiar contradictions of race relations
in 20th century America. Beautifully written by Brian Donovan,
a Pulitzer Prize-winning author.
Kevin
Young
Dear Darkness: Poems
978-0-307-26434-3 | $26.95 |
Knopf | HC
Las Vegas, Nashville, despair, the Midwest, “Bar-B-Q
Heaven” and his family’s Louisiana home: these are
the American places that Kevin Young visits in his powerful, heartfelt
sixth book of poetry. Begun as a reflection on family and memory,
Dear Darkness became a book of elegies after the sudden
death of the poet’s father, a violent event that nearly
silenced Young with grief.
Gwen
Ifill
The Breakthrough: Politics and Race in the Age
of Obama
978-0-385-52501-5 | $24.95 |
Doubleday | HC
In The Breakthrough, veteran journalist
Gwen Ifill surveys the American political landscape, shedding
new light on the impact of Barack Obama’s stunning presidential
victory and introducing the emerging young African American politicians
forging a bold new path to political power.
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