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| James Baker developed his passion for history and religion while in high school, during his days as a Bulldog. He is a graduate of Baylor and Florida State Universities and has for many years taught at Western Kentucky University. Throughout his career he has been a prolific writer, authoring 22 books and over 60 artic....[more] |
| Donald Bogle is the author of numerous books, including Dorothy Dandridge: A Biography and Toms, Coons, Mulattoes, Mammies, & Bucks. He teaches at the University of Pennsylvania and New York University and lives in New York City.
A MORE DETAILED BIOGRAPHY TO COME IN THE WEEKS AHEAD, INCLUDING CONTACT INFORMATION FOR....[more] |
| In 1996, Veronica Chambers wrote Mama's Girl, a memoir about growing up. Mama's Girl was a Book of the Month Club selection and an American Library Association Best Book of 1996. In 1991, she co-wrote her first book Poetic Justice: Filmmaking South Central Style with film-maker John Singleton. She had interviewed John ....[more] |
| Joie Davidiow lives in Rome, Italy , where she is the editor and webmaster of a weekly online magazine, www.InRomeNow.com.
In Los Angeles, she was a founder of the L.A. Weekly, founding editor and publisher of L.A. Style magazine, and co-founder of Sì magazine.
Her latest book, "I Wouldn't Leave Rome to Go to Hea....[more] |
| Writer, professor, and photographer Julius Lester was born in St. Louis, Missouri on January 27, 1939. He received a B.A. in English from Fisk University in 1960. Lester's photographs from the civil rights movement era have been exhibited by the Smithsonian Institution and are part of Howard University's permanent coll....[more] |
| Elementary School teacher in Guyana (formally British Guyana). Immigrated to Toronto, Canada in 1974. Community College Graduate in Business from Humber College of Applied Arts and Technology, Toronto, Canada. Has completed the Facility Management Certificate program from the University of Toronto, and his department w....[more] |
| David Owen has been a staff writer for The New Yorker since 1991. Before joining The New Yorker, he was a contributing editor at The Atlantic Monthly and, prior to that, a senior writer at Harper’s. He is also a contributing editor at Golf Digest. He is the author of more than a dozen books: High School, about the four....[more] |
| Born and raised in Kingston Jamaica and while growing up in the ghettoes of Trench Town created and invented the word- Reggae and with my brethrens such as Junior Braithwaite, and Garth Dennis gave the name -Wailing Wailers to Bob Marley, Peter Tosh, and Bunny Wailer. Bob then formed his group of singers and musicians ....[more] |
| Franklin Walters discovered an interest in writing early in life but he didn’t really pursue it. As a child his parents realized that he was gifted with the talent to sing and throughout his adolescent, teen and young adult life, Franklin spent many years developing this talent and used it singing in church.
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| W. Terry Whalin understands both sides of the editorial desk--as an editor and a writer. He worked as a magazine editor and his magazine work has appeared in more than 50 publications.
A former book acquisitions editor for several publishers and a former literary agent, Terry is a Vice President and Publisher at In....[more] |
| THE 90-SECOND AUTOBIOGRAPHY OF RANDALL WILLIAMS
I was born (1951) and mostly raised in Chambers County, Alabama, a place which also produced Joe Louis, one of our country’s greatest black athletes, and Cotton Tom Heflin, one of our greatest racist demagogues. You figure it.
My people, on both sides of the family....[more] |
| It is hard to find a more polarizing author than Austen, who was revered by her admirers and despised by her critics. Either way, her works demand a passionate response two hundred years after they were published. Born in 1775 in England to a middle-class family, Austen had her greatest success shortly before her death....[more] |
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One of the preeminent American writers of the 20th century, James Baldwin is known for his commentary on the situation of blacks in the United States, using the mediums such as plays, novels, and essays to express his opinions and beliefs. Baldwin was born in 1924 and grew up poor in Harlem. When he was just seventee....[more] |
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