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NewSouth Author Rheta Grimsley Johnson Named 2010 Clarence Cason Award Winner

NewSouth author and award-winning journalist Rheta Grimsley Johnson has been named the winner of the 2010 Clarence Cason Award in Nonfiction Writing. Established in 1997 to honor exemplary non-fiction writing over a long career, the Cason Award is given annually by the University of Alabama’s journalism department within the Alabama College of Communication and Information Sciences. Johnson will receive the award at a banquet in her honor at the Hotel Capstone in Tuscaloosa, Alabama on Tuesday, March 9 …

February 23, 2010 No Comments

Steve Suits Editorial Recalls Hugo Black’s Judicial Opinions

NewSouth author Steve Suitts recently contributed an op-editorial to the Daily Report, Fulton County Georgia’s leading source for legal news and information. In the editorial, Suitts, author of Hugo Black of Alabama: How His Roots and Early Career Shaped the Great Champion of the Constitution, discusses the historical context of a recent Supreme Court ruling which struck down congressional limits on corporate campaign contributions …

February 8, 2010 No Comments

Glen Browder Receives National Attention for Stealth Reconstruction

NewSouth author and former politician Glen Browder is receiving national attention for his new book Stealth Reconstruction: The Untold Story of Racial Politics in Recent Southern History, in which he and co-author Artemesia Stanberry discuss the fascinating history of the unheroic, quiet, practical, biracial work of some white politicians and black leaders …

January 29, 2010 No Comments

Paul Gaston Editorial Remembers Martin Luther King, Jr.

The Fredericksburg Free Lance-Star recently ran an op-ed piece, written by NewSouth author and historian Paul Gaston, honoring Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. and discussing his lasting influence on race relations and politics in the United States …

January 28, 2010 No Comments

Spike Lee’s Son of the South, Bob Zellner story, begins Alabama filming

Alabama recently played host to film crews as the cities of Greenville and Montgomery saw college students from across central Alabama cast as extras in Son of the South, a Spike Lee produced film based on NewSouth author Bob Zellner’s memoir The Wrong Side of Murder Creek: A White Southerner in the Freedom Movement …

January 5, 2010 No Comments

WSFA’s Tonya Terry Talks Tom Sawyer with Alabama Public Library Services and NewSouth

Rebecca Mitchell, Director of Alabama Public Library Services, and NewSouth Managing Editor Brian Seidman recently sat down with Tonya Terry on WSFA News at Noon’s “12 Talk” program to discuss The Adventures of Tom Sawyer and the origins of Alabama’s first ever statewide Big Read program …

December 22, 2009 No Comments

Eddie Phillips Receives Media Attention for The Other Side of Montgomery

The Montgomery Independent recently interviewed Eddie Phillips, author of the newly published The Other Side of Montgomery: Growing Up White in the Birthplace of the Civil Rights Movement, and spoke with him about his memories of a Montgomery, Alabama not often found in history books …

December 7, 2009 No Comments

New York Times Columnist John Harwood Quotes Julie Williams

The New York Times recently quoted Julie Hedgepeth Williams, author of the forthcoming Wings of Opportunity: The Wright Brothers in Montgomery, Alabama, 1910, in their “The Caucus” political column “If Fox is Partisan, It Is Not Alone” …

December 3, 2009 No Comments

Paul Gaston Recalls Lifetime of Activism in Interview with Charlottesville Daily Progress

Charlottesville, Virginia’s Daily Progress recently interviewed Paul Gastonâ€”renowned historian and author of the newly published Coming of Age in Utopia: The Odyssey of an Ideaâ€”in anticipation of his upcoming book launch and signing on December 3 at 5:30 p.m. at the New Dominion Bookshop. Professor emeritus at the University of Virginia, Gaston will be reading from his new memoir and leading what is sure to be a deeply engrossing discussion …

December 2, 2009 No Comments

Paul Gaston Interviewed for New Charlottesville Initiative on Race Relations

Maurice Jones of the city of Charlottesville, Virginia recently interviewed Paul Gaston â€” author of the NewSouth published Coming of Age in Utopia: The Odyssey of an Idea â€” for Dialogue On Race, a new city initiative designed to improve race relations. The new program promises to bring people of diverse races and backgrounds together to find new ways to move forward together as a community …

November 4, 2009 No Comments

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