City Lights Publishers featured title for black history month:
Twenty Dollars and Change:
Harriet Tubman and the Ongoing Fight for Racial Justice and Democracy
Harriet Tubman and the Ongoing Fight for Racial Justice and Democracy
Twenty Dollars and Change places Harriet Tubman’s life and legacy in a long tradition of resistance, illuminating the ongoing struggle to realize a democracy in which her emancipatory vision prevails. Dr. Clarence Lusane is an author, activist, scholar, and journalist. He is a Professor, former Chairman of Howard University’s Department of Political Science and currently the U.S. Independent Expert to the Council of Europe’s European Commission against Racism and Intolerance. He's been a political consultant to the Congressional Black Caucus Foundation and a former Commissioner for the DC Commission on African American Affairs. He frequently appears on MSNBC and C-SPAN, and was invited by the Obamas to speak at the White House. Author of many books, including The Black History of the White House, Lusane lives and works in the Washington, DC area. |