Reviews

Book cover of "First Class: The Legacy of Dunbar: America’s First Black Public High School" by Alison Stewart
Authored by: : Eugene Holley Jr.
Mon, 12/02/2013 - 23:18

"The Story of Dunbar shows what can happen in spite of huge, legal, societal and professional hurdles. It shows what is possible when a group of people focus and band together to make something better … Dunbar helped create the greatest generations of African-Americans."

book cover for "Martin’s Dream: My Journey and the Legacy of Martin Luther King Jr."
Authored by: : Eugene Holley Jr.
Wed, 08/28/2013 - 12:55

“Martin’s global historical vision led me to see that the African-American freedom struggle was only one aspect of what I have come to see as history’s greatest freedom struggle.”

Authored by: : Brett Zongker -...
Tue, 05/21/2013 - 00:00

BALTIMORE (AP) - Growing up in Britain, Kwame Kwei-Armah saw the American classic "A Raisin in the Sun" perhaps more often than any other play, with its powerful portrayal of race relations.

More than 50 years after the debut of "Raisin," the 2011 Pulitzer Prize-winning drama "Clybourne Park" picked up on the story. It was striking to Kwei-Armah for its frank take on race and made him want to respond.

Authored by: : Eugene Holley Jr.
Wed, 05/18/2011 - 00:00

“In this well written, comprehensive and concise book, Harvard professor James T. Kloppenberg details Obama’s complex intellectual influences, which includes political theory, social justice, theology and race.”

Authored by: : Eugene Holley Jr.
Tue, 03/01/2011 - 00:00

“I talk a lot now, but I used to sit down, shut up, and listen.”

Authored by: : Eugene Holley Jr.
Tue, 02/15/2011 - 00:00

“…racism was ‘their’ problem, not ours.”

Authored by: : Eugene Holley Jr.
Tue, 02/15/2011 - 00:00

“I talk a lot now, but I used to sit down, shut up, and listen.”


Despite having published three books, Listen up: The Lives of Quincy Jones, Q: The Autobiography, and The Complete Quincy Jones: My Journeys and Passions, producer, composer, arranger, humanitarian, Quincy Jones has never really talked exclusively about how he makes music – until now.

Authored by: : Eugene Holley Jr.
Fri, 10/08/2010 - 11:30

It’s easy to assume that the racial designation ‘white” has remained unchanged throughout history. But as Princeton historian Nell Irvin Painter – an award-winning historian of American history, and the author of several critically-acclaimed books including, Sojourner Truth, and Creating Black-Americans, methodically and masterfully argues in this important work – whiteness has never been fixed, and it has always been influenced by economic, social, religious, and political ideologies.

Authored by: : Eugene Holley Jr.
Fri, 09/03/2010 - 15:42

This concise and comprehensive book by Spelman College history professor William Jelani Cobb, explores the intricate historical, and political implications of what Obama's historic presidency means for black Americans.