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She Was Battling Virginia Segregation at the Age of 9
The Daily Beast via Yahoo News· 10 months agoJessica Rinaldi/The Boston Globe via Getty ImagesSometimes you can tell a book by its cover. That’s...
Shellys: Looking at 'necessary trouble' to find equality, justice for all
Amarillo Globe-News via Yahoo News· 9 months agoRecently, Drew Gilpin Faust, Harvard University President Emerita, wrote a memoir titled, "Necessary...
How a girl in the old South grew up to be a civil rights historian and a Harvard president
LA Times via Yahoo News· 10 months agoDrew Gilpin Faust's memoir, "Necessary Trouble," documents how a privileged Virginia girl became a civil rights activist, historian and Harvard president.
How a NY high school student set the record straight for a Black Civil War vet
USA TODAY via Yahoo News· 1 year agoBuried under a weathered gravestone in Milltown Rural Cemetery in Brewster, New York, lies Pvt....
‘The Demon of Unrest’ Review: The Seeds of Civil War
The Wall Street Journal· 2 weeks agoBOOKSHELF The arrival of a new Erik Larson book is a genuine event, a feast of historical insight and narrative verve even when it focuses on a twice- or...
George Chauncey wins $500,000 Library of Congress award
Associated Press via Yahoo News· 2 years agoHistorian George Chauncey has received a $500,000 lifetime achievement award from the Library of Congress, the John W. Kluge Prize, the first time the honor has gone to a scholar in LGBTQ studies ...
Publishers Weekly Best-Selling Books
Associated Press via Yahoo News· 9 months agoHARDCOVER FICTION 1. “Holly” by Stephen King (Scribner) 2. “Fourth Wing” by Rebecca Yarros (Red Tower) 3. “Payback in Death” by J.D. Robb (St. Martin's Press) 4. “Look Out for the Little Guy ...
