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Toward Justice

…a commanding and often charismatic curiosity, chronicling aloud in court, for instance, their crushingly bad decisions (“You people don’t want the truth. … All you wanted was a conviction.”), as…

The Faithful Dog: A Civil War Novel

Black Rose Writing
224 pages
$19.95


“Based on a true story and the history of the Fifty-Eighth Illinois, The Faithful Dog powerfully illustrates the unwavering bond of devotion between dogs and their humans.” 

~ the publisher

The Story of Juneteenth

Worthy Kids
24 pages
$7.99


“With simple, age-appropriate language and colorful illustrations, this little board book introduces children to the events of June 19, 1865, when Union General Gordon Granger arrived in Galveston, Texas, to inform the people of Texas that all enslaved people were declared free and the Civil War had ended.”

~ the publisher

When the Looking Changes

…this earth had acquired its color from the blood that had dripped down from these trees.” He also relates a story from The Selma Times-Journal about a stolen parade costume:…

And We Rise

Viking Books for Young Readers
160 pages
$17.99


“In stunning verse and vivid use of white space, Erica Martin’s debut poetry collection walks readers through the Civil Rights Movement—from the well-documented events that shaped the nation’s treatment of Black people, beginning with the “Separate but Equal” ruling—and introduces lesser-known figures and moments that were just as crucial to the Movement and our nation’s centuries-long fight for justice and equality.”

~ from the publisher

On Rising Ground: The Life and Civil War Letters of John M. Douthit, Fifty-Second Georgia Volunteer Infantry Regiment

Mercer University Press
176 pages
$27


“Elaine Palencia has written a richly-researched, and, in the end, poignant account of a Confederate foot soldier from the mountains of North Georgia.”

~ W. Clifford Roberts, Jr., president of the General Barton Stovall Association

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