Civil Rights Attorney Fred Gray Awarded NAACP's Highest Honor
On July 17, the NAACP will honor civil rights attorney Fred Gray, NewSouth author of Bus Ride for Justice, with the William Robert Ming Advocacy Award for his long-standing civil rights contributions....
View ArticleBlack Belt civil rights pioneer Hulett passes
John Hulett, the first black office holder in one of the historic Black Belt counties of Alabama, and the co-founder of the Lowndes County Freedom Organization, died August 21 at his home in Mosses,...
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Reverend Fred Shuttlesworth was a giant of the Movement
That breeze you feel this morning must be one of two things: either it is caused by Bull Connor spinning in his grave over the international expressions of sympathy for the passing and admiration for...
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Atlanta Journal-Constitution praises Emigration to Liberia book as African...
In the aftermath of the Civil War, approximately 500 African Americans left the Chattahoochee Valley of north Georgia and Alabama to make new lives in the West African Republic of Liberia. Though some...
View ArticleOn MLK’s Holiday, a Few Words About the Poor
Today is the MLK holiday, although in Alabama the adoption of the holiday passed the legislature only by designating it as also being in honor of the birth of Robert E. Lee, who coincidentally shares...
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Huffington Post blog spotlights Voices Beyond Bondage: An Anthology of Verse...
A Huffington Post blog entry by Erika DeSimone spotlights Voices Beyond Bondage: An Anthology of Verse by African Americans of the 19th Century, co-edited by DeSimone and Fidel Louis and recently...
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Tavis Smiley Show, Associated Press spotlight Voices Beyond Bondage poetry...
Voices Beyond Bondage: An Anthology of Verse by African Americans of the 19th Century, which seeks to reveal the largely unknown literary heritage of enslaved and free African Americans of that era,...
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Eugene Bullard wins Moonbean Children’s Book Award, finalist for New...
Eugene Bullard: World’s First Black Fighter Pilot has won the Gold Moonbeam Children’s Book Award in the Nonfiction category. The mission of the awards is to “celebrat[e] youthful curiosity and...
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Fred Gray on Case Western, Cuba Gooding Jr. in Selma
Esteemed civil rights lawyer Fred Gray grew up in Montgomery, Alabama, in the 1940s-50s, but to pursue his goal of “destroy[ing] everything segregated that I could find,” he had to leave the state to...
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NPR’s Here and Now interviews Voices Beyond Bondage editor Erika DeSimone
Voices Beyond Bondage editor Erika DeSimone was interviewed last week on National Public Radio’s “Here and Now.” In a lively exchange, DeSimone told host Peter O’Dowd about the 19th century African...
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Robert R. Taylor biography featured in Journal of Architectural Education
A new review in the Journal of Architectural Education calls Ellen Weiss’s biography of African American architect Robert R. Taylor “a vital addition to architectural history, African American studies,...
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Eugene Bullard named to Booklist Top 10 Multicultural Nonfiction Books for...
2014 proved to be a banner year for the YA biography Eugene Bullard: World’s First Black Fighter Pilot by Larry Greenly, and the honors continue with the new year. After receiving two awards for YA...
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US Postal Service dedicates Robert R. Taylor Black Heritage stamp
The US Postal Service inducted Robert R. Taylor, the United States’ first academically trained African American Architect, into their Black Heritage Stamp series this past week. In a ceremony at the...
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Ellen Weiss discusses legacy of Robert R. Taylor with US Postal Service
Dr. Ellen Weiss, author of Robert R. Taylor and Tuskegee: An African American Architect Designs for Booker T. Washington (NewSouth Books, 2011), recently spoke with the US Postal Service in an...
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Clifton Taulbert reflects on Charleston church tragedy in Huffington Post
At the same time bestselling author and motivational speaker Clifton Taulbert participated in the GlobalMindED leadership conference in Denver last week along with an audience of college students, a...
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National Trust for Historic Preservation names Robert R. Taylor and Tuskegee...
The National Trust for Historic Preservation named Robert R. Taylor and Tuskegee: An African-American Architect Designs for Booker T. Washington, by Dr. Ellen Weiss, to its “End of Summer Reads for the...
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Civil rights attorney Fred Gray honored by Congressional Black Caucus Foundation
NewSouth Books salutes distinguished civil rights attorney Fred Gray, author of Bus Ride to Justice: Changing the System by the System, the Life and Works of Fred Gray, who received a Phoenix Award...
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Civil rights pioneer Fred Gray shares podium with Hillary Clinton at...
Fred Gray was among the civil rights pioneers honored by a new state historical marker to be unveiled at Alabama State University. Attorney Gray spoke at a ceremony on December 1 at 3:00 pm, joining...
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New novel Forsaken named 2016 Okra Pick by Southern Independent Booksellers...
The historical novel Forsaken by Ross Howell Jr., due for release on February 1, has been named a Winter 2016 Okra Pick by the Southern Independent Booksellers Alliance. The Picks recognize “the best...
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AJC, Richmond Times-Dispatch review Forsaken by Ross Howell Jr.: “An...
Forsaken by Ross Howell Jr. had an auspicious publishing debut this week, with stellar reviews from the Richmond Times-Dispatch and The Atlanta Journal-Constitution in addition to being featured in O....
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