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Black Feminist Politics from Kennedy to Clinton
By Duchess Harris
Palgrave Macmillan, July 2009
A scholarly review of the involvement of black women in American politics from 1961 to 2001 that includes a range of areas including government roles, feminist organizations, literature, movies, and beauty pageants.
Thelonious Monk: The Life and Times of an American Original
By Robin D.G. Kelley
Simon and Schuster, October 2009
This long-awaited biography from Kelley, historian and music aficionado, draws from Monk's family archives and unreleased recordings to painstakingly capture the jazz composer and pianist's person, spirit, and often unrecognized genius. Kelly debunks the myths that surrounded Monk during his life and in his death, provides explanations for Monk's sometimes erratic behavior—which was partly due to untreated mental illness—and examines the artist’s contributions to the growth of jazz.
Read an excerpt of Thelonious Monk. Below, watch Robin Kelley discuss his motivations for writing the book.
Speech : Race and Barack Obama's "A More Perfect Union"
Edited by T. Denean Sharpley-Whiting
Bloomsbury USA, August 2009
Using President Obama's "A More Perfect Union," his popular 2008 speech on race, a diverse cross-section of intellectuals riff on the historical, political, and social impact of the highly-praised address. Read an excerpt of Speech posted on The Root.
Brother West: Living and Loving Out Loud
By Cornel West with David Ritz
Hay House, October 2009
With the help of an accomplished biographer, one of America's most well-known public intellectuals has penned his memoirs in efforts to probe what he considers, the "dark precincts" of his soul. West gets personal revisiting his schoolboy days, his growth into a flawed man and celebrated scholar, his battle with cancer, and provides introspection into his own human condition.
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Robin Kelley talks about his motivation to write Thelonious Monk.
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Taking an interdisciplinary approach, this book analyzes Black women's involvement in American political life, focusing on what they did to gain political power between 1961 and 2001, and why, in many cases, they did not succeed. Harris demonstrates that Black women have tried to gain centrality through their participation in Presidential Commissions, Black feminist organizations, theatrical productions, film adaptations of literature, beauty pageants, electoral politics, and Presidential appointments. Harris contends that 'success' in this area means that the feminist-identified Black women in the Congressional Black Caucus who voted against Clarence Thomas's appointment would have spoken on behalf of Anita Hill; Senator Carol Moseley Braun would have won re-election; Lani Gunier would have had a hearing; Dr. Joycelyn Elders would have maintained her post; and Congresswoman Barbara Lee wouldn't have stood alone in her opposition to the Iraq war resolution.
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