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Happy MLK Day! Ashley D. Farmer on Martin Luther King, Jr. and Black Power
New from UNC Press Blog Today, in honor of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. Day, we highlight a post written by Ashley D. Farmer, author of Remaking Black Power: How Black Women Transformed an Era, just...
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Interview: Randal Maurice Jelks on the Legacy of Benjamin Elijah Mays
New from UNC Press Blog Today is the publication day for Benjamin Elijah Mays, Schoolmaster of the Movement: A Biography, by Randal Maurice Jelks. The book is available in hardcover and e-book. In this...
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Excerpt: Benjamin Elijah Mays, Schoolmaster of the Movement, by Randal...
New from UNC Press Blog In the first full-length biography of Benjamin Elijah Mays (1894-1984), Randal Maurice Jelks chronicles the life of the man Martin Luther King Jr. called his “spiritual and...
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Gordon K. Mantler: For Latinos, It’s Not All about Immigration
New from UNC Press Blog We welcome a guest post today from Gordon K. Mantler, author of Power to the Poor: Black-Brown Coalition and the Fight for Economic Justice, 1960-1974. In a major...
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Gordon K. Mantler: Remembering that Other March on Washington
New from UNC Press Blog We welcome a guest post today from Gordon K. Mantler, author of Power to the Poor: Black-Brown Coalition and the Fight for Economic Justice, 1960-1974. In a major...
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Randal Maurice Jelks: Remembering “Letter from a Birmingham Jail”
New from UNC Press Blog We welcome a guest post today from Randal Maurice Jelks, author of Benjamin Elijah Mays, Schoolmaster of the Movement: A Biography. Martin Luther King Jr. called Mays his...
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Jonathan Scott Holloway: Whose Dream? Whose History?
New from UNC Press Blog How do we balance the desire for tales of exceptional accomplishment with the need for painful doses of reality? How hard do we work to remember our past or to forget it? These...
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Happy Rosa Parks Day: A Recommended Reading List
New from UNC Press Blog December 1st, 1955, marks the day civil rights activist Rosa Parks rejected a bus driver’s order, in Montgomery, Alabama, to give up her seat in the “colored” section of the bus...
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Martin Luther King Jr. Day: Recommended Reading List
New from UNC Press Blog True peace is not merely the absence of tension; it is the presence of justice.Martin Luther King Jr., Stride Toward Freedom Today marks the 36th annual observance of Martin...
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Women’s History Month 2022 Reading List (Curated by Susan Garrett)
New from UNC Press Blog Happy Women’s History Month! In celebration of this historical month, we’ll be sharing reading lists curated by our staff featuring all authors who identify as women. Today...
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What Ever Happened to Sheppard Mallory, Frank Baker, and James Townsend?
New from UNC Press Blog The following is a guest blog post by Elizabeth D. Leonard, author of Benjamin Franklin Butler: A Noisy, Fearless Life. Benjamin Franklin Butler was one of the most important...
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Martin Luther King Jr. and the “Coca Cola Scenario”
New from UNC Press Blog Sunday, August 28, we celebrate the anniversary of the March on Washington and Martin Luther King Jr.’s iconic “I Have a Dream” speech. In the following guest post, Daniel T....
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