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Revolution in Our Time: The Black Panther Party’s Promise to the People
Price: $19.99
Pub Date: August 8, 2023
Format: Paperback
“Exceedingly well researched, illustrated, and sourced. . . . This rounded accounting of a pivotal but often-overlooked time in U.S. history should be widely read.” —Booklist (starred review)
In this National Book Award Finalist, Kekla Magoon introduces readers to the Black Panther Party, from their history to their community activism, which taught Black Americans how to protect and support themselves in a country that treated them like second-class citizens. For too long the Panthers’ story has been treated as a footnote to the civil rights movement rather than what it was: a revolutionary socialist movement that drew thousands of members—mostly women—and became the target of one of the most sustained repression efforts ever made by the U.S. government against its own citizens.
A Coretta Scott King Author Award Honor Book, Revolution in Our Time puts the Panthers in the proper context of Black American history, from the first arrival of enslaved people to the Black Lives Matter movement of today. Kekla Magoon’s eye-opening work invites a new generation of readers grappling with injustices in the United States to learn from the Panthers’ history and courage, inspiring them to take their own place in the ongoing fight for justice.
The Suffragist Playbook: Your Guide to Changing the World
Price: $9.99
Pub Date: September 27, 2022
Format: Paperback
“An outstanding and inspirational guide to women’s history for today’s political activists.” —Kirkus Reviews (starred review)
The women’s suffrage movement was decades in the making and came with many harsh setbacks. But it resulted in a permanent victory: women’s legal right to vote in the United States. How did the suffragists do it? Just over one hundred years later, an eye-opening look at their playbook shows familiar strategies from women’s marches to publicity stunts, petitions to lobbying, fundraising to writing articles. From moments of inspiration to some of the movement’s darker aspects—including the racism of some suffragist leaders, violence against picketers, and hunger strikes in jail—this clear-eyed view takes in the role of key figures: Susan B. Anthony, Lucy Stone, Sojourner Truth, Elizabeth Cady Stanton, Ida B. Wells, Alice Paul, and more. Engagingly narrated by Lucinda Robb and Rebecca Boggs Roberts, whose friendship goes back generations (to their grandmothers, Lady Bird Johnson and Lindy Boggs, and their mothers, Lynda Robb and Cokie Roberts), this unique melding of history and tactics is sure to capture the attention of today’s activists-in-the-making.
Master of Deceit
J. Edgar Hoover and America in the Age of Lies
Price: $14.99
Pub Date: March 12, 2019
Format: Paperback
“A masterpiece of historical narrative, with the momentum of a thrilling novel and the historical detail of the best nonfiction.” — Kirkus Reviews (starred review)
In this unsparing exploration of one of the most powerful Americans of the twentieth century, Sibert Medalist Marc Aronson unmasks the man behind the Federal Bureau of Investigation — his tangled family history and personal relationships; his own need for secrecy, deceit, and control; and the broad trends in American society that shaped his world. Hoover may have given America the security it wanted, but the secrets he knew gave him — and the Bureau — all the power he wanted. Using photographs, cartoons, movie posters, and FBI transcripts, Master of Deceit gives readers the necessary evidence to make their own conclusions. Back matter includes an epilogue, an author’s note, source notes, a bibliography, and an index.

Revolution in Our Time: The Black Panther Party’s Promise to the People
Price: $19.99
Pub Date: August 8, 2023
Format: Paperback
“Exceedingly well researched, illustrated, and sourced. . . . This rounded accounting of a pivotal but often-overlooked time in U.S. history should be widely read.” —Booklist (starred review)
In this National Book Award Finalist, Kekla Magoon introduces readers to the Black Panther Party, from their history to their community activism, which taught Black Americans how to protect and support themselves in a country that treated them like second-class citizens. For too long the Panthers’ story has been treated as a footnote to the civil rights movement rather than what it was: a revolutionary socialist movement that drew thousands of members—mostly women—and became the target of one of the most sustained repression efforts ever made by the U.S. government against its own citizens.
A Coretta Scott King Author Award Honor Book, Revolution in Our Time puts the Panthers in the proper context of Black American history, from the first arrival of enslaved people to the Black Lives Matter movement of today. Kekla Magoon’s eye-opening work invites a new generation of readers grappling with injustices in the United States to learn from the Panthers’ history and courage, inspiring them to take their own place in the ongoing fight for justice.
The Suffragist Playbook: Your Guide to Changing the World
Price: $9.99
Pub Date: September 27, 2022
Format: Paperback
“An outstanding and inspirational guide to women’s history for today’s political activists.” —Kirkus Reviews (starred review)
The women’s suffrage movement was decades in the making and came with many harsh setbacks. But it resulted in a permanent victory: women’s legal right to vote in the United States. How did the suffragists do it? Just over one hundred years later, an eye-opening look at their playbook shows familiar strategies from women’s marches to publicity stunts, petitions to lobbying, fundraising to writing articles. From moments of inspiration to some of the movement’s darker aspects—including the racism of some suffragist leaders, violence against picketers, and hunger strikes in jail—this clear-eyed view takes in the role of key figures: Susan B. Anthony, Lucy Stone, Sojourner Truth, Elizabeth Cady Stanton, Ida B. Wells, Alice Paul, and more. Engagingly narrated by Lucinda Robb and Rebecca Boggs Roberts, whose friendship goes back generations (to their grandmothers, Lady Bird Johnson and Lindy Boggs, and their mothers, Lynda Robb and Cokie Roberts), this unique melding of history and tactics is sure to capture the attention of today’s activists-in-the-making.
Master of Deceit
J. Edgar Hoover and America in the Age of Lies
Price: $14.99
Pub Date: March 12, 2019
Format: Paperback
“A masterpiece of historical narrative, with the momentum of a thrilling novel and the historical detail of the best nonfiction.” — Kirkus Reviews (starred review)
In this unsparing exploration of one of the most powerful Americans of the twentieth century, Sibert Medalist Marc Aronson unmasks the man behind the Federal Bureau of Investigation — his tangled family history and personal relationships; his own need for secrecy, deceit, and control; and the broad trends in American society that shaped his world. Hoover may have given America the security it wanted, but the secrets he knew gave him — and the Bureau — all the power he wanted. Using photographs, cartoons, movie posters, and FBI transcripts, Master of Deceit gives readers the necessary evidence to make their own conclusions. Back matter includes an epilogue, an author’s note, source notes, a bibliography, and an index.