Alan Gribben’s Mark Twain’s Literary Resources exposes classic author’s reading habits
Some books end up mentioned in the local newspaper. Others make it to Publishers Weekly or Kirkus Reviews. Alan Gribben’s Mark Twain’s Literary Resources has accomplished all of the above, and more! Dr. Gribben’s new book—an exploration of the library and literary opinions of the “un-read” Mark Twain—has received praise from or been featured in: Publishers Weekly […]
NewSouth Books acquired by University of Georgia Press
We are pleased to announce that NewSouth Books has been acquired by the University of Georgia Press. Effective July 1, UGA Press will continue to support NewSouth’s existing catalog of titles under the NewSouth Books imprint while adding new titles acquired by NewSouth principals Suzanne La Rosa and Randall Williams. NewSouth was cofounded in 2000 […]
Historian Joseph Caver pays tribute to Tuskegee Airman Charles McGee
Charles McGee, one of the famed Tuskegee Airmen, passed away on Sunday, January 16th at age 102. According to the Washington Post, when the all-Black flying unit was formed during World War II, “some officers questioned whether African Americans had the skill, intelligence and courage to become military pilots”. McGee and his fellow pilots proved […]
NewSouth Books author Rod Davis busy protesting and celebrating, all in the name of literature
NewSouth Books author Rod Davis (East of Texas, West of Hell among others) responded this autumn to radical right-wing attacks from the Texas governor and members of the state legislature on books in schools that could cause student “distress.” Davis asked the Texas House of Representatives General Investigating Committee that one of his works join […]
NewSouth Books author Rod Davis busy protesting and celebrating, all in the name of literature
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Overturning Brown author Steve Suitts writes that ‘school freedom’ twists meaning of civil rights movement
The Nation just published an article reporting on how former secretary of state Mike Pompeo and former education secretary Betsy DeVos were stumping in New Hampshire last week to promote one of the GOP’s favorite issues, “school choice.” This struck a nerve with Steve Suitts, author of the recent new book, Overturning Brown: The Segregationist Legacy of the Modern School Choice Movement. […]
Just Another Day on the Plains
The recent death of Harold Franklin, Auburn University’s first Black student, caused me to reflect back on the day he registered and attended his first class. January 4, 1964, was the start of winter quarter and I had driven in from Tuskegee that morning not expecting the tight security and tension that was in the […]
Freedom Rides Museum Director Dorothy Walker remembers Ernest ‘Rip’ Patton
This week we mourn the loss of a true American hero. Freedom Rider Dr. Ernest “Rip” Patton has passed away at the age of eighty-one after a brief illness. Dr. Patton was a twenty-one-year-old student drum major in the band at Tennessee A&I (now Tennessee University) when he joined the Freedom Rides in May 1961. […]
On his 100th birthday, NewSouth celebrates the life of the Rev. J. Phillips Noble
One of the recent losses from the pandemic was the cancellation in Decatur, Georgia, on last Sunday of a celebration of one of our authors turning one hundred years old: the Reverend J. Phillips Noble. NewSouth Books published his memoir, Beyond the Burning Bus: The Civil Rights Revolution in a Southern Town, in 2003. Reverend Noble was […]
CNN’s Don Lemon, Dr. Bernice King, and others reflect on legacy of civil rights icon C.T. Vivian upon publication of his memoir, It’s in the Action
C.T. Vivian, who died on the same day as his close friend John Lewis roughly one year ago, was celebrated this month in a program featuring some notable guests: Don Lemon, CNN host; Bernice King, daughter of Martin Luther King Jr.; Andrew Young, civil rights leader and former US ambassador; Al Vivian, son of C.T.; […]