Biography

Throughout the decades-long legal battle to end segregation, discrimination, and disfranchisement, attorney Alexander Pierre Tureaud was one of the most influential figures in Louisiana's courts. A More Noble Cause presents both the powerful story of one...

"A searing and emotionally gripping account of a young black girl growing up to become a strong black woman during the most difficult time of racial segregation."--Professor Charles Ogletree, Harvard Law School "Provides important context for an...

In her debut poetry collection, fantasy author MéShelle Fae takes readers and enthusiasts on an autobiographical journey to share the lessons and moments that have most influenced and shaped her. Within her poetry, which reflects her unique voice by...

Fifty years after President Dwight D. Eisenhower ordered troops to Little Rock, Arkansas, to enforce a federal court order desegregating the city's Central High School, a leading authority on Eisenhower presents an original and engrossing narrative that...

Few albums in the canon of popular music have had the influence, resonance, and endurance of John Coltrane's 1965 classic A Love Supreme-a record that proved jazz was a fitting medium for spiritual exploration and for the expression of the sublime...

An African Proverb says"it takes a village to raise a child", In this story, it takes two countries.

An African Proverb says"it takes a village to raise a child", In this story, it takes two countries.

McKay's account of his long odyssey from Jamaica to Harlem and then on to France, Britain, North Africa, Russia, and finally back to America. As well as depicting his own experiences, the author describes his encounters with such notable personalities as...

The original diaries as well as related documents and pictures are archived as "The Paul Mayer Papers" at the National Holocaust Museum in Washington, D.C. They can be accessed either on site by appointment at the Museum or through the website www...

Through great love and great loss and everything in between, "A Life Well Lived" is just that: The story of a woman who overcame tremendous hardships and found strength in deep friendships and strong family ties to keep living a life full of purpose,...

The family unit as we know it, is disintegrating before our eyes. Why is this an alarming problem? Because it is the family unit that shapes and molds us into the individuals that we are today.In this book I try to share with you not only my triumphs and...

A Legacy to Remember: "Recollections of a Common Man" is the story of a man who rose above all odds stacked against him. The Great Depression, divorced parents, living in poverty, World War II, the death of a child, divorce etc.--commonly known...