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A mysterious name initiates a journey to discover one family's past, and reveals more than was expected

It began with a name. Sancho. Gleaned from the memory of his oldest living relat…]]> Wed, 11 Mar 2026 06:28:59 -0700 https://uscpress.com/book-post/4817368/A-True-Likeness
Extraordinary photos that reveal the social, economic, and cultural realities of the Black South

A True Likeness showcases the extraordinary photography of Richard Samuel Roberts (1880-…]]> Wed, 11 Mar 2026 06:28:59 -0700 https://uscpress.com/book-post/4817383/Crossings-and-Encounters
A collection of essays detailing how individuals remapped race, gender, and sexuality through their lived experiences and in the cultural imagination

For centuries the Atlantic world ha…]]> Wed, 11 Mar 2026 06:28:59 -0700 https://uscpress.com/book-post/4817389/Black-Freedom-in-the-Age-of-Slavery
Prior to the abolition of slavery, thousands of African-descended people in the Americas lived in freedom. Their efforts to navigate daily life and negotiate the boundaries of racial differenc…]]> Wed, 11 Mar 2026 06:28:59 -0700 https://uscpress.com/book-post/4817391/Stories-of-Struggle
In this pioneering study of the long and arduous struggle for civil rights in South Carolina, longtime journalist Claudia Smith Brinson details the lynchings, beatings, bombings, cross burning…]]> Wed, 11 Mar 2026 06:28:59 -0700 https://uscpress.com/book-post/4817392/Gullah-Spirit
A celebration of the life and culture of the Gullah people of the South Carolina Lowcountry in 179 new paintings

Jonathan Green is best known for his vibrant depictions of the Gullah li…]]> Wed, 11 Mar 2026 06:28:59 -0700 https://uscpress.com/book-post/4817398/The-Grim-Years
A striking account of South Carolina's tumultuous beginnings

The Grim Years: Settling South Carolina, 1670-1720 is a graphic account of South Carolina's tumultuous beginnings, when cala…]]> Wed, 11 Mar 2026 06:28:59 -0700 https://uscpress.com/book-post/4817403/Howard-Thurman
Although he is best known as a mentor to the Reverend Martin Luther King, Jr., Howard Thurman (1900-1981) was an exceptional philosopher and public intellectual in his own right. In Howard Thu…]]> Wed, 11 Mar 2026 06:28:59 -0700 https://uscpress.com/book-post/4817409/White-Lawyer-Black-Power
Inspired by a colleague's involvement in the Mississippi Summer Project of 1964, Wall Street attorney Donald A. Jelinek traveled to the Deep South to volunteer as a civil rights lawyer during…]]> Wed, 11 Mar 2026 06:28:59 -0700 https://uscpress.com/book-post/4817441/Hosea-Williams
The first comprehensive study of one of America's most gifted civil rights activists and political mavericks

When civil rights leader Hosea Lorenzo Williams died in 2000, U.S. Congressm…]]> Wed, 11 Mar 2026 06:28:59 -0700