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A study of the rhetorical power of shame and its effect on reproductive politics

Not long ago, unmarried pregnant women in the United States hid in maternity homes and relinquished thei…]]> Fri, 21 Mar 2025 08:42:46 -0700 https://uscpress.com/book-post/3603060/Kugels-and-Collards
Bitter Southerner 2024 Summer Reading pick • Garden & Gun fall cookbooks pick • The Nosher Best Jewish Cookbooks of 2023 • The Local Palate Best Cookbooks of 2023 • Food Network 35 Best Jewish…]]> Fri, 21 Mar 2025 08:42:46 -0700 https://uscpress.com/book-post/3603062/Schooling-the-Movement
A fresh examination of teacher activism during the civil rights movement

Southern Black educators were central contributors and activists in the civil rights movement. They contributed…]]> Fri, 21 Mar 2025 08:42:46 -0700 https://uscpress.com/book-post/3603094/Finding-Francis
Winner of the 2023 College Language Association Book Award

Finding Francis, finding family, freeing history

Francis is found. Beyond Francis, a family is found—in archival materi…]]> Fri, 21 Mar 2025 08:42:46 -0700 https://uscpress.com/book-post/3603101/Another-Sojourner-Looking-for-Truth
"Vivid testimony from an energetic activist."—Kirkus Reviews

Memories and insights of a lifetime fighting for Black freedom and social justice

Millicent E. Brown's family home a…]]> Fri, 21 Mar 2025 08:42:46 -0700 https://uscpress.com/book-post/3603102/Hungry-Roots
2025 North Carolina Humanities North Carolina Reads pick

A journey through Southern Appalachia to explore the complex messages food communicates about the region

Depictions of Ap…]]> Fri, 21 Mar 2025 08:42:46 -0700 https://uscpress.com/book-post/3603105/Injustice-in-Focus
The powerful life story and photography of an esteemed Black photojournalist

Cecil Williams is one of the few Southern Black photojournalists of the civil rights movement. Born and rais…]]> Fri, 21 Mar 2025 08:42:46 -0700 https://uscpress.com/book-post/3603116/A-Gamecock-Odyssey
Meet the coaches, athletes, and notable characters that laid the foundation for today's Gamecock Nation.

The summer of 1971 was especially hot in Columbia and not just because of the w…]]> Fri, 21 Mar 2025 08:42:46 -0700 https://uscpress.com/book-post/3603126/What-the-Eyes-Cant-See
Winner of the 2023 Virginia Literary Award in Nonfiction, awarded by the Library of Virginia

The transformation of Governor Ralph Northam

Virginia Governor Ralph Northam's "black…]]> Fri, 21 Mar 2025 08:42:46 -0700 https://uscpress.com/book-post/3603137/Liberty-Street
A Good Morning America 2024 GMA Buzz Pick

Purchasing a historic Savannah home unlocks the sweeping story of a Southern Jewish family

As Jason K. Friedman renovated his flat in a…]]> Fri, 21 Mar 2025 08:42:46 -0700