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The Birth of Black Power

Historian Aram Goudsouzian talks with Chapter 16 about the fiftieth anniversary of James Meredith’s March Against Fear

June 2, 2016 As Aram Goudsouzian recounts in his book Down to the Crossroads, the Meredith March Against Fear represented a crucial turning point in civil-rights history. In commemoration of the fiftieth anniversary of the march, Goudsouzian will discuss Down to the Crossroads at the National Civil Rights Museum in Memphis on June 9, 2016, at 6 p.m.

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Jane Austen and the Reformation

Jane Austen and the Reformation

Jane Austen and the Reformation

Roger E. Moore
Routledge
170 pages
$149.95

“Moore’s beautifully researched, original, and compelling work of scholarship provides a full and nuanced account of the nostalgia for Catholic monasteries evident in Austen’s work. The book is revelatory, and will open the eyes of many a reader to Austen’s deep game of historical and cultural critique.”

–Laura Mooneyham White, University of Nebraska

Making the Unequal Metropolis

Making the Unequal Metropolis

Making the Unequal Metropolis

Ansley T. Erickson
University Of Chicago Press
416 pages
$40

” Nobody has done more to illuminate these hidden decisions and deceptions than Erickson. And nobody can understand our current educational impasse without reading her meticulous and inspired book.”

–Jonathan Zimmerman, New York University

Waylon

Waylon

Waylon

Terry Jennings
Hachette Books
272 pages
$27

“This book is a terrific tribute, from a son to his father.”

—Willie Nelson

Confessions of a Serial Songwriter

Confessions of a Serial Songwriter

Confessions of a Serial Songwriter

Shelly Peiken
Backbeat Books
288 pages
$19.99

”I’m eternally grateful to professional songwriters, the unsung heroes of many giant careers. Shelly Peiken provides fascinating insight into this least understood profession to the thorough delight of the reader.”

— Clive Davis

Anatomy of a Schism

Anatomy of a Schism

Anatomy of a Schism

Eileen Campbell-Reed
Univ Tennessee Press
212 pages
$34.95

“Eileen Campbell-Reed has taken a fascinating denominational schism and rendered it in a new and plausible way…”

—Barry Hankins, author of Baptists in America: A History

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