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Now, the truth about one of America's most shameful moments is revealed in The Sterilization of Carrie Buck. On October 27, 1927, 21-year-old Carrie Buck was sterilized without her understanding or consent – and with the blessings of the United States Supreme Court.Through 1972, this act led to the sterilization of over 50,000 American citizens without their consent, and was the forerunner of the Hereditary Health Law which initiated the slaughter of millions of Jews, Catholics, homosexuals, Gypsies and others opposing the goals of Nazi Germany. At the Nuremberg War Trials, the Carrie Buck case was cited as the precedent for the Nazi race hygiene programs.Here is the shattering chronicle of Carrie Buck's life: her lonely childhood, her harassment at school, the birth of her child, her commitment to the same institution as her mother, the trial at which she was robbed of her ability to have children, and the final decision by Supreme Court Justice Oliver Wendell Holmes that «three generations of imbeciles are enough.», essentially because she was young, poor and powerless.The warning of Carrie Buck's tragedy remains with us even today.

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In this landmark autobiography by one of the very few women treated as a peer by the leaders of the Civil Rights Movement, former Kentucky State Senator Georgia Davis Powers breaks her long silence to reveal her fascinating life story, including her often-hinted-about relationship with Reverend Martin Luther King, Jr.A veteran of the Selma and Frankfort marches, she reveals new insights not only on King, but also on Jesse Jackson, Ralph Abernathy, Andrew Young, Vernon Jordan, Benjamin Hooks and others. She also casts new light, from the feminine perspective, on the influence of the Baptist Ministry and the role of women in the Civil Rights Movement.Named «one of the black women who changed America» and «one of the fifty who made Kentucky,» she recounts her extraordinary journey from the two-room cabin where she was born the niece of a Wilson County slave, to the Senate floor where she introduced and championed such bills as the first Open Housing Law in Kentucky, displaced homemaker legislation and prohibition of employment discrimination. She also details the call from King on his way to Memphis — «Senator, I need you, please come» — and her memories of the tragedy at the Lorraine Hotel.I Shared the Dream is an important book with a compelling new vision of a major period in history and the remarkable woman who was part of it.

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One hundred years ago the nation reeled at the brutal rape and murder of thirteen-year-old Mary Phagan and the arrest of her accused killer, Leo Frank. Frank's trial and conviction generated fiery emotions in the people of Georgia and across the nation. When John Slaton, governor of Georgia, commuted Frank's sentence from death to life imprisonment, a group of prominent, well-known men broke into the prison. They kidnapped and lynched Leo Frank. The repercussions are still being felt.Now, the great-niece and namesake of Mary Phagan, whose startling resemblance to the murdered girl has haunted her life, breaks the vow of silence imposed on the Phagan family by Fannie Phagan Coleman, mother of little Mary. She discloses for the first time the family's side of the affair. She recounts in ghastly detail Mary Phagan's murder and its grim legacy. She reveals the heretofore private Phagan family records: her grandfather's secret meeting with Jim Conley, whose testimony convicted Leo Frank; her meetings with the Georgia State Board of Pardons and Paroles; and her interview with Alonzo Mann, whose revelations about Jim Conley and Leo Frank in 1982 brought the nation's attention back to the case and led to Leo Frank's posthumous pardon.The Murder of Little Mary Phagan is the definitive account of one of the most famous crimes of the century and its continuing aftermath.

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Acclaimed author Percival Everett will take an atheist’s-eye-view of the little-known “Jefferson Bible,” the third president’s response to the King James Bible.Percival Everett’s novel Erasure won the Hurston/Wright Legacy Award, and his most recent, A History of the African-American People [Proposed] by Strom Thurmond, as told to Percival Everett and James Kincaid [A Novel] ruffled many Confederate feathers.

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"Powerful…Every page is saturated with the 1930s milieu as the sisters navigate the adversities of their reality on a sea rough with the unrealistic expectations of well-intended idealists both religious and secular. As if to highlight those expectations, Taylor periodically interrupts her third-person narrative with Greek chorus-type commentary from the Scranton-based Isabelle Lumley Bible Class, including excerpts from a 1929 sex manual for women. The overall result is a thought-provoking book club discussion cornucopia."–Booklist, Starred review"Set in the 1930s, Taylor's suspenseful and intricate follow-up to Sing in the Morning, Cry at Night tells the story of sisters Violet and Lily Morgan…Taylor delivers startling plot twists and incisive commentary on the social unrest of a coal-mining town during the Great Depression. Covering a six-year span, the novel reveals the consequences of arduous labor and widespread sterilizations that came with the eugenics movement. Among the prostitutes, mobsters, and miners is a web of interconnected lives that come together for a breathtaking ending in Taylor's fine sequel."–Publishers Weekly"A good selection for book clubs, All Waiting Is Long is set in Pennsylvania coal country in the 1930s, a time of tumultuous change and social unrest, including the rise of the eugenics movement. Barbara Taylor's characters–a cast of nuns and prostitutes, mobsters and miners, social activists and church busybodies–reflect the varying pressures and expectations of small-town life with rich, insightful prose and dialogue that rings true to each character's voice. Will the web of lies the two sisters weave around themselves survive? You''ll have to read it yourself to find out. Recommended."–Historical Novel Review"Barbara J. Taylor has created another suspenseful page-turner . . . revealing shocking details of enlightened thinking in the 1930s against the backdrop of political corruption, unions, rampant prostitution, coal mine strikes, and judgmental Christians. But it's Taylor's finely honed characters and plot twists that make All Waiting Is Long an unforgettable novel."–BookMark on WPSU"In this richly populated community, old ties are either torn or tightened, and the characters left behind when the sisters went off are nicely fleshed out…Ms. Taylor writes with total mastery of her craft. Her similes and metaphors are born of a highly developed abstractive sensitivity, and her dialogues are unerringly true to their respective speakers."–BookPleasuresThe latest novel in Akashic's Kaylie Jones Books imprint.All Waiting Is Long tells the stories of the Morgan sisters, a study in contrasts. In 1930, twenty-five-year-old Violet travels with her sixteen-year-old sister Lily from Scranton, Pennsylvania, to the Good Shepherd Infant Asylum in Philadelphia, so Lily can deliver her illegitimate child in secret. In doing so, Violet jeopardizes her engagement to her longtime sweetheart, Stanley Adamski. Meanwhile, Mother Mary Joseph, who runs the Good Shepherd, has no idea the asylum's physician, Dr. Peters, is involved in eugenics and experimenting on the girls with various sterilization techniques.Five years later, Lily and Violet are back home in Scranton, one married, one about to be, each finding her own way in a place where a woman's worth is tied to her virtue. Against the backdrop of the sweeping eugenics movement and rogue coal mine strikes, the Morgan sisters must choose between duty and desire. Either way, they risk losing their marriages and each other.The novel picks up sixteen years after the close of Barbara J. Taylor's debut novel, Sing in the Morning, Cry at Night–a Publishers Weekly Best Summer Book of 2014–and continues her Dickensian exploration of the Morgan

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Frederick Douglass never lived in Brooklyn, but from the early 1850s onward, his frequent visits to the fast-growing city invariably attracted considerable attention. Brooklyn was home to several leading abolitionists who were key allies of Douglass, a roster led by Henry Ward Beecher, Theodore Tilton, and Rev. James and Elizabeth Gloucester. Yet through the Civil War, pro-Confederacy sentiment also ran strong, as evidenced by the Brooklyn Daily Eagle’s vitriolic attacks on Douglass and his friends.Akashic's position as a centerpiece in the Brooklyn literary world will help position this title.Preface and Afterword to be contributed by a notable scholar and another public figure.Theodore Hamm is a well-respected New York journalist who was a founding editor of The Brooklyn Rail.Theodore Hamm is currently the chair of journalism and media studies at St. Joseph's College in Brooklyn.Akashic's promotion will have a strong social media componentGalleys available in March 2016.

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Nominated for a 2014 Lime Award for Excellence in FictionNamed a Best Book of Summer 2014 by Publishers WeeklyNamed a Pick of the Week for the week of June 30th by Publishers Weekly"An earnest, well-done historical novel that skillfully blends fact and fiction."–Publishers Weekly"A profound story of how one unforeseen event may tear a family apart, but another can just as unexpectedly bring them back together again."–Publishers Weekly, Best Book of Summer 2014 Pick"Solomon enticingly described the novel Sing in the Morning, Cry at Night by Barbara J. Taylor (Akashic), set in a coal-mining town in 1913, as 'one of those sit on the couch and don't bother me' reads."–Shelf Awareness, NCIBA Spring Rep Picks"An absolute gem of a book filled with beautiful characters and classical writing techniques rarely seen in modern literature."–The Christian Manifesto, Top Fiction Pick of 2014"This story is at once poignant and hopeful, spiced up by such characters as Billy Sunday, the revivalist, and Grief, the specter who haunts Grace to the very edge of sanity. A rich debut."–Historical Novel Society"Like Dickens, the novel faces family tragedy, in this case the town blaming 8-year-old Violet Morgan for her older sister's death. As her parents fall victim to their own vices, Violet learns how to form her own friendships to survive."–Arts.Mic"A fantastic novel worthy of the greatest accolades. Writing a book about a historical event can be difficult, as is crafting a bestseller, but Barbara J. Taylor is successful at both."–Downtown Magazine"Taylor's careful attention to detail and her deep knowledge of the community and its people give the novel a welcome gravity."–The Columbus Dispatch"One of the most compelling books I've ever read…a haunting story that will stay with the reader long after reading this novel."–Story Circle Book Reviews"Rave reviews are pouring in for this historical novel of a family tragedy."–The Halifax Reader, «6 New Books to Look for in July»"This well-written book is peopled with characters the reader can really care about and captures the feeling of a gritty twentieth century coal mining community."–Breakthrough, newsletter of the Osteogenesis Imperfecta Foundation"Like all good historical fiction, I learned from this novel."–Time 2 Read"This book has…prizewinner written all over it....Worth the read!"–I've Read This"This haunting story of tragedy and hope in an early twentieth century mining town is…an expertly crafted arrow that shoots straight for the heart. Reminiscent of classics such as How Green Was My Valley…this book is a must-read for fans of character-driven, authentic historical fiction."–Amy Drown BlogAlmost everyone in town blames eight-year-old Violet Morgan for the death of her nine-year-old sister, Daisy. Sing in the Morning, Cry at Night opens on September 4, 1913, two months after the Fourth of July tragedy. Owen, the girls' father, «turns to drink» and abandons his family. Their mother Grace falls victim to the seductive powers of Grief, an imagined figure who has seduced her off-and-on since childhood. Violet forms an unlikely friendship with Stanley Adamski, a motherless outcast who works in the mines as a breaker boy. During an unexpected blizzard, Grace goes into premature labor at home and is forced to rely on Violet, while Owen is «off being saved» at a Billy Sunday Revival. Inspired by a haunting family story, Sing in the Morning, Cry at Night blends real life incidents with fiction to show how grace can be found in the midst of tragedy.

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Publicize to major dailies, weeklies, radio/TV; Schalit’s book will appeal to readers across the political spectrum; the Obama Administration’s approach to Middle East politics will figure prominently in the book.

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–Abani's last novel, «GraceLand,» was a selection of the TODAY SHOW BOOK CLUB, winner of the PEN Hemingway Award, a Silver Medal in the California Book Awards, and was a finalist for several other prizes including the Los Angeles Times Book Prize.

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