Cultural Literature

From 1961 to 1985, a period of massive social change for African Americans, Freedomways Quarterly published the leaders and artists of the black freedom movement. Figures of towering historical stature wrote for the journal, among them Paul Robeson, W.E...

The United States has been moving away from Constitutional government for a hundred years, and now appears to be on the brink of a headlong rush into socialism. The American Dream is about to evaporate. What can be done? "Freedom. You Can Handle It. But...

This book is an inspiration for getting through life's valley with self-determination, faith, and joy and ultimately reaching one's pinnacle achievements and goals. In this story our writer Dr. Reeves, shows how Melissa maintains her vision, hope and...

"This is a powerful, vitally important story, and Lane brings it to life with not only vast amounts of research but with a remarkable gift for storytelling that makes the pages fly by." --Candice Millard, author of The River of Doubt and Hero of the...

"This is a powerful, vitally important story, and Lane brings it to life with not only vast amounts of research but with a remarkable gift for storytelling that makes the pages fly by." --Candice Millard, author of The River of Doubt and Hero of the...

The first comprehensive history of the vital role women--both black and white--played in the civil rights movement. In this groundbreaking and absorbing book, credit finally goes where credit is due--to the bold women who were crucial to the success of...

Freedom National is a groundbreaking history of emancipation that joins the political initiatives of Lincoln and the Republicans in Congress with the courageous actions of Union soldiers and runaway slaves in the South. It shatters the widespread...

Freedom Knows My Name takes readers on a poetic journey of seeking collective and personal freedom as a Black woman. By scanning the QR code on the back of the book, readers are transported to the author reading selected poems such: "For the Women Who...

Following up Betty DeRamus's Essence bestselling Forbidden Fruit, Freedom by Any Means follows the story of extraordinary acts of courage and love by Blacks in the American slave era with beautifully written and inspiring stories of how slaves used the...

In America we like to think we live in a land of liberty, where everyone can say whatever they want. Throughout our history, however, we have also been quick to censor people who offend or frighten us. We talk a good game about freedom of speech, then we...

Speech is the life blood of democracy, but only if we understand its true meaning, and its role in sustaining our government. Key texts from the U.S. Supreme Court, John Stuart Mill, Alexander Meiklejohn, Catherine MacKinnon and Charles Lawrence...

Neither in Europe, nor in the States, has anyone published a volume dealing with contemporary jazz problems in such a concise and detailed manner.--Jazz Forum When originally published in 1974, Ekkehard Jost's Free Jazz was the first examination of the...

Robert Martin shines the spotlight of truth on the dismal state of free speech in Canada. With impeccable research and a clear, conversational tone, Robert provides devastating commentary on the absurdity of political correctness and post-modern...

Born into but escaped from slavery, Frederick Douglass--orator, journalist, autobiographer; revolutionary on behalf of a just America--was a towering figure, at once consummately charismatic and flawed. His Narrative of the Life of Frederick Douglass...

Former slave, orator, journalist, autobiographer; revolutionary on behalf of a just America, Frederick Douglass was a towering figure, at once consummately charismatic and flawed. His Narrative of the Life of Frederick Douglass (1845) galvanized the...