Political Science:

Freedom and Foundation

Written by Thomas Reeves

Format: eBook
On Sale: April 3, 2013
Price: $15.99

Freedom and the Foundation is a study in depth of the first and most controversial of the tax-exempt foundations dedicated to research and public education in the field of civil liberties and civil rights: The Fund for the Republic. 
 
The story of its struggle for survival, as Mr. Reeves demonstrates...

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Agony of American Left

Written by Christopher Lasch

Format: eBook
On Sale: March 20, 2013
Price: $15.99

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Reaping the Whirlwind

Written by Robert Jefferson Norrell

Format: eBook
On Sale: February 13, 2013
Price: $15.99

Bringing us close to the complex history of the civil rights movement in the American South—the currents that involved thousands of communities and millions of individual lives—this book looks deeply into the experiences of a single Alabama town, Tuskegee, and its surrounding Macon County. It is based on interviews with the... Read more >

Cheating Justice
How Bush and Cheney Attacked the Rule of Law and Plotted to Avoid Prosecution? and What We Can Do about It
Written by Elizabeth Holtzman and Cynthia Cooper

Format: Trade Paperback
On Sale: February 5, 2013
Price: $18.00

Holtzman and Cooper reveal how the Bush-Cheney administration broke the law—and why and how the people can bring them to justice.
 
Deceiving Congress about the war in Iraq, illegal wire-tapping, and torture are only a few of the ways that the Bush-Cheney administration transgressed the law. Yet, they remain unindicted... Read more >

The Rebellious Life of Mrs. Rosa Parks

Written by Jeanne Theoharis

Format: Hardcover, 320 pages
On Sale: January 29, 2013
Price: $27.95

The definitive political biography of Rosa Parks examines her six decades of activism, challenging perceptions of her as an accidental actor in the civil rights movement

Presenting a corrective to the popular notion of Rosa Parks as the quiet seamstress who, with a single act, birthed the modern civil rights movement, Theoharis...

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The Rebellious Life of Mrs. Rosa Parks

Written by Jeanne Theoharis

Format: eBook, 336 pages
On Sale: January 29, 2013
Price: $27.95

The definitive political biography of Rosa Parks examines her six decades of activism, challenging perceptions of her as an accidental actor in the civil rights movement

Presenting a corrective to the popular notion of Rosa Parks as the quiet seamstress who, with a single act, birthed the modern civil rights movement, Theoharis...

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"In a Single Garment of Destiny"
A Global Vision of Justice
Written by Martin Luther Jr. King
Edited by Lewis V. Baldwin
Foreword by Charlayne Hunter-Gault

Format: Hardcover, 272 pages
On Sale: January 15, 2013
Price: $26.95

An unprecedented and timely collection that captures the global vision of Dr. King—in his own words
 
Too many people continue to think of Dr. King only as “a southern civil rights leader” or “an American Gandhi,” thus ignoring his impact on poor and oppressed people around the world. "In a... Read more >

"In a Single Garment of Destiny"
A Global Vision of Justice
Written by Martin Luther Jr. King
Edited by Lewis V. Baldwin
Foreword by Charlayne Hunter-Gault

Format: eBook
On Sale: January 15, 2013
Price: $26.95

An unprecedented and timely collection that captures the global vision of Dr. King—in his own words
 
Too many people continue to think of Dr. King only as “a southern civil rights leader” or “an American Gandhi,” thus ignoring his impact on poor and oppressed people around the world. "In a... Read more >

Manufacturing Hysteria
A History of Scapegoating, Surveillance, and Secrecy in Modern America
Written by Jay Feldman

Format: Trade Paperback, 416 pages
On Sale: November 13, 2012
Price: $16.00

A riveting and unsettling history of the assault on civil rights and liberties in America—from World War I to the War on Terror—by the acclaimed author of When the Mississippi Ran Backwards.
 
In this ambitious and wide-ranging account, Jay Feldman takes us from the run-up to World War I and its anti-German...

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Showdown
JFK and the Integration of the Washington Redskins
Written by Thomas Smith

Format: Trade Paperback, 288 pages
On Sale: September 4, 2012
Price: $18.00

A classic NFL/civil rights story—the showdown between the Washington Redskins and the Kennedy White House
 
In Showdown, sports historian Thomas G. Smith captures a striking moment, one that held sweeping implications not only for one team’s racist policy but also for a sharply segregated city and for the nation as... Read more >

Rights at Risk
The Limits of Liberty in Modern America
Written by David K. Shipler

Format: Hardcover, 400 pages
On Sale: March 6, 2012
Price: $28.95

An enlightening, intensely researched examination of violations of the constitutional principles that preserve individual rights and civil liberties from courtrooms to classrooms.
 
With telling anecdote and detail, Pulitzer Prize–winner David K. Shipler explores the territory where the Constitution meets everyday America, where legal compromises—before and since 9/11—have undermined the criminal... Read more >

Rights at Risk
The Limits of Liberty in Modern America
Written by David K. Shipler

Format: eBook, 400 pages
On Sale: March 6, 2012
Price: $12.99

An enlightening, intensely researched examination of violations of the constitutional principles that preserve individual rights and civil liberties from courtrooms to classrooms.
 
With telling anecdote and detail, Pulitzer Prize–winner David K. Shipler explores the territory where the Constitution meets everyday America, where legal compromises—before and since 9/11—have undermined the criminal... Read more >

Raceball
How the Major Leagues Colonized the Black and Latin Game
Written by Rob Ruck

Format: Trade Paperback, 288 pages
On Sale: February 21, 2012
Price: $18.00

From an award-winning writer, the first linked history of African Americans and Latinos in Major League Baseball

After peaking at 27 percent of all major leaguers in 1975, African Americans now make up less than one-tenth--a decline unimaginable in other men's pro sports. The number of Latin Americans, by contrast, has exploded... Read more >

The Rights of the People
How Our Search for Safety Invades Our Liberties
Written by David K. Shipler

Format: Trade Paperback, 496 pages
On Sale: February 14, 2012
Price: $16.95

An impassioned, incisive look at the violations of civil liberties in the United States that have accelerated over the past decade—and their direct impact on our lives.

How have our rights to privacy and justice been undermined? What exactly have we lost? Pulitzer Prize–winner David K. Shipler searches for the answers to...

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Cheating Justice
How Bush and Cheney Attacked the Rule of Law and Plotted to Avoid Prosecution? and What We Can Do about It
Written by Elizabeth Holtzman and Cynthia Cooper

Format: Hardcover, 224 pages
On Sale: February 7, 2012
Price: $26.95

Holtzman and Cooper reveal how the Bush-Cheney administration broke the law—and why and how the people can bring them to justice.
 
Deceiving Congress about the war in Iraq, illegal wire-tapping, and torture are only a few of the ways that the Bush-Cheney administration transgressed the law. Yet, they remain unindicted... Read more >

Cheating Justice
How Bush and Cheney Attacked the Rule of Law and Plotted to Avoid Prosecution? and What We Can Do about It
Written by Elizabeth Holtzman and Cynthia Cooper

Format: eBook
On Sale: February 7, 2012
Price: $26.95

President George W. Bush and Vice President Cheney deceived Congress and the people to drive us into a war in Iraq; they claimed the right to wiretap illegally and to eavesdrop on citizens; and they authorized torture, unilaterally upending laws and violating international treaty obligations. Yet, both Bush and Cheney are... Read more >

"All Labor Has Dignity"

Written by Martin Luther King, Jr.
Edited by Michael K. Honey

Format: Trade Paperback, 264 pages
On Sale: January 10, 2012
Price: $17.00

An unprecedented and timely collection of Dr. King’s speeches on labor rights and economic justice
 
Covering all the civil rights movement highlights--Montgomery, Albany, Birmingham, Selma, Chicago, and Memphis--award-winning historian Michael K. Honey introduces and traces Dr. King's dream of economic equality. Gathered in one volume for the first time, the majority of... Read more >

"Thou, Dear God"
Prayers That Open Hearts and Spirits
Written by Martin Luther King, Jr.
Edited by Lewis V. Baldwin
Foreword by Reverend Dr. Julius R. Scruggs

Format: Hardcover, 288 pages
On Sale: November 29, 2011
Price: $20.00

"Thou, Dear God" is the first and only collection of sixty-eight prayers by Martin Luther King, Jr. Arranged thematically in six parts--with prayers for spiritual guidance, special occasions, times of adversity, times of trial, uncertain times, and social justice--Baptist minister and King scholar Lewis Baldwin introduces the book and each section... Read more >

The Trumpet of Conscience

Written by Martin Luther King, Jr.

Format: Trade Paperback, 96 pages
On Sale: November 1, 2011
Price: $12.00

In November and December 1967, Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr., delivered five lectures for the renowned Massey Lecture Series of the Canadian Broadcasting Corporation. Immediately released under the title Conscience for Change after King’s assassination, it was republished as The Trumpet of Conscience. Each oration speaks prophetically to today’s perils, addressing issues...

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MLK
A Celebration in Word and Image
Written by Martin Luther King, Jr.
Edited by Bob Adelman
Introduction by Charles Johnson

Format: Hardcover, 64 pages
On Sale: October 25, 2011
Price: $15.00

 MLK: A Celebration in Word and Image is an unprecedented collection of black-and-white photographs combined with stirring quotations by Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.
 
This treasured collection includes images by legendary photographers such as Henri Cartier-Bresson, Bob Adelman, and Flip Schulke, and is an unparalleled photobiography  that presents intimate... Read more >

Showdown
JFK and the Integration of the Washington Redskins
Written by Thomas G. Smith

Format: Hardcover, 256 pages
On Sale: September 6, 2011
Price: $26.95

In 1961—as America crackled with racial tension—the Washington Redskins stood alone as the only professional football team without a black player on its roster. In fact, during the entire twenty-five-year history of the franchise, no African American had ever played for George Preston Marshall, the Redskins’ cantankerous principal owner. With slicked-down... Read more >

Showdown
JFK and the Integration of the Washington Redskins
Written by Thomas G. Smith

Format: eBook
On Sale: September 6, 2011
Price: $26.95

In 1961—as America crackled with racial tension—the Washington Redskins stood alone as the only professional football team without a black player on its roster. In fact, during the entire twenty-five-year history of the franchise, no African American had ever played for George Preston Marshall, the Redskins’ cantankerous principal owner. With slicked-down... Read more >

Simple Justice
The History of Brown v. Board of Education and Black America's Struggle for Equality
Written by Richard Kluger

Format: eBook, 880 pages
On Sale: August 24, 2011
Price: $19.99

Simple Justice is the definitive history of the landmark case Brown v. Board of Education and the epic struggle for racial equality in this country. Combining intensive research with original interviews with surviving participants, Richard Kluger provides the fullest possible view of the human and legal drama in the years before... Read more >

Manufacturing Hysteria
A History of Scapegoating, Surveillance, and Secrecy in Modern America
Written by Jay Feldman

Format: Hardcover, 400 pages
On Sale: August 23, 2011
Price: $28.95

A vital, engaging, and sometimes troubling story of modern America’s struggle to live up to its ideals.
 
In this ambitious and wide-ranging history, Jay Feldman takes us from the run-up to World War I and its anti-German hysteria through the September 11 attacks and Arizona’s current anti-immigration movement. What we see is...

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Manufacturing Hysteria
A History of Scapegoating, Surveillance, and Secrecy in Modern America
Written by Jay Feldman

Format: eBook, 432 pages
On Sale: August 23, 2011
Price: $11.99

A vital, engaging, and sometimes troubling story of modern America’s struggle to live up to its ideals.
 
In this ambitious and wide-ranging history, Jay Feldman takes us from the run-up to World War I and its anti-German hysteria through the September 11 attacks and Arizona’s current anti-immigration movement. What we see is...

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