{"product_id":"black-freedom-a-visual-history-of-juneteenth-and-emancipation-days","title":"Black Freedom: A Visual History of Juneteenth and Emancipation Days","description":"\n\u003ctable align=\"center\" border=\"0\" cellpadding=\"2\" cellspacing=\"0\" width=\"100%\"\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd class=\"productDetailSmallElements\"\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eReview Quotes\u003c\/strong\u003e:\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\"\u003ci\u003eBlack Freedom \u003c\/i\u003edocuments the perseverance, resistance, and, more importantly, the unquenchable joy that is an indelible part of the Black American backstory. Kelley doesn't give us an account; she gives us our account. This is history as it should be told.\"\u003c\/p\u003e-- \n\u003ci\u003e\u003cb\u003eMichael Harriot, New York Times bestselling author of Black AF History\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eReview Quotes\u003c\/strong\u003e:\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\"Blair Kelley's language sings--each sentence shaped with a poet's care, each page alive with the unshakable resolve of Black people. \u003ci\u003eBlack Freedom \u003c\/i\u003eis more than a book; it is a chorus of memory and hope.\"\u003c\/p\u003e-- \n\u003ci\u003e\u003cb\u003eBettina Love, New York Times bestselling author of Punished for Dreaming\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eBiographical Note\u003c\/strong\u003e:\u003cbr\u003e\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tBlair LM Kelley is an award-winning author, historian, and scholar of the African American experience. She is also the president and director of the National Humanities Center, the only independent center for advanced study in the world dedicated exclusively to the humanities. Kelley is the author of \n\u003ci\u003eRight to Ride: Streetcar Boycotts and African American Citizenship\u003c\/i\u003e (2010) which was awarded the Letitia Woods Brown Memorial Book Prize and \n\u003ci\u003eBlack Folk: The Roots of the Black Working Class \u003c\/i\u003e(2023), which received the 2024 Brooklyn Library Book Award, the 2024 Robert F. Kennedy Human Rights Book Award, the 2024 Philip Taft Labor History Prize, and was a finalist for the \n\u003ci\u003eLos Angeles Times\u003c\/i\u003e Book Award in History.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eTable of Contents\u003c\/strong\u003e:\u003cbr\u003e\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tIntroduction \n\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e Emancipation: The Long Fight for Freedom \n\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e Texas and the Meaning of Juneteenth \n\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e Celebrations of Black Freedom \n\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e Jubilee Today \n\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eReview Quotes\u003c\/strong\u003e:\u003cbr\u003e\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\"This is a portal. This is time travel facilitated by one of the great historians of our time. Thanks to Blair Kelley, we can go to an important fissure in the story of domination. We can wonder new wonderings and ask new questions about freedom. We can look love in the face and see what it is asking of us now.\"-- \n\u003ci\u003e\u003cb\u003eAlexis Pauline Gumbs, award-winning author of Survival is a Promise: The Eternal Life of Audre Lorde\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eReview Quotes\u003c\/strong\u003e:\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\"An antidote to the images of Black suffering that seem to dominate the cultural imagination. . . \u003ci\u003eBlack Freedom\u003c\/i\u003e is an ode to joy, pride and resistance.\"\u003c\/p\u003e-- \n\u003ci\u003e\u003cb\u003eBookPage, STARRED REVIEW\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eReview Quotes\u003c\/strong\u003e:\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\"Engaging, illuminating commentary that establishes historical context. . . . Addictive browsing.\" \u003c\/p\u003e-- \n\u003ci\u003e\u003cb\u003eBooklist\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\n\n\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003c\/table\u003e\n","brand":"Black Dog \u0026 Leventhal Publishers","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51496236843286,"sku":"9780762486939","price":42.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0857\/9910\/8886\/files\/9780762486939.jpg?v=1783057829","url":"https:\/\/lusper.myshopify.com\/products\/black-freedom-a-visual-history-of-juneteenth-and-emancipation-days","provider":"Lusperbooks","version":"1.0","type":"link"}