BIG STORY: ICE arrested, shackled and separated Israel and Max Makoka as they were about to board their school bus in Diamondhead, Miss.
While one brother endured confinement and pressure to self-deport in a Louisiana prison, the other was sent to a youth home in Texas.
Now, they tell their story.
Such sad news. We're honored to have been able to work with Redhawk Publications to distribute Clarence’s memoir THE LAST OF THE LIONS. His legacy and impact will continue to resonate for generations and we extend our heartfelt sympathies to his family, friends, and community 💚
Today is the official release date for my new book about free people of color in the Civil War era. My first book events are coming up next month in the Boston area. I’ll be at the Cambridge Public Library on 5/13 and the Museum of African American History on 5/14. Both events start at 6 pm.
After their arrests by ICE in Mississippi, brothers Israel and Max Makoka share their stories of detention and isolation.
I’m stoked to be live on Reddit @askhistorians.bsky.social today talking about my book, Opium Slavery, and answering questions about the history of drugs. Join us and ask me anything! 🗃️ www.reddit.com/r/AskHistori...
It's release day! My and Golshan Golriz's new edited volume, LGBTQ Religious Activism: Rethinking Identity, Faith, and Social Change, is now out in the world.
Order the book at the @uncpress.bsky.social
website - uncpress.org/978146969292... - and use the discount code 01DAH40 to get 40% off.
Little sneak preview of @uncpress.bsky.social's gorgeous new seasonal catalog...isn't she lovely? 😍📚✍️
Did you know that the inventor of the birth control pill was Catholic?
I didn't until I read @samirakmehta.bsky.social's fascinating new book GOD BLESS THE PILL, out this month.
Check out this excerpt in @literaryhub.bsky.social ⤵️
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Did you know that we publish novels? Our Radical Souths series reclaims and reprints some of the most revolutionary works of southern literature from the twentieth century 📖
https://uncpress.org/series/radical-souths/
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Amidst the Food and Drug Administration’s approval of the first oral contraceptive in 1960, an ongoing—if surprising—conversation emerged within the Catholic Church about the morality of birth cont…
Clarence B. Jones, a confidant, lawyer and speechwriter for the Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. during the civil rights movement, who helped plan the March on Washington and drafted part of Dr. King’s celebrated “I Have a Dream” speech, died on Friday. He was 95.
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A confidant and lawyer for Martin Luther King, he was an unseen hand behind major civil rights events, including the 1963 March on Washington.
Triangle friends: come out tomorrow (April 21) to celebrate the publication of Bill Link's excellent new book on Jesse Helms at Flyleaf books.
John Drescher and I will be on a panel with Link discussing the book and Helms' legacy. Should be fun. Will be even more fun if you're there.
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