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February 22, 2012 (February 22, 2012)

The Catholic Church vs. Birth Control: The Sanger Papers Feature Early Rounds in this Epic Battle by Peter C. Engelman

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The current debate over the mandate for employers to cover contraception in health insurance plans harks back to earlier confrontations between the Catholic Church and family planning advocates. From the early […]

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February 17, 2012

Good Times for Equal Time

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Finished copies of Aniko Bodroghkozy’s book Equal Time: Television and the Civil Rights Movement just arrived from the printer and will be officially published on March 12, 2012.  Equal Time […]

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February 15, 2012 (February 15, 2012)

Pete Daniel in PBS program Slavery by Another Name

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Pete Daniel, author of the University of Illinois Press book The Shadow of Slavery: Peonage in the South, 1901-1969, explains in the documentary Slavery by Another Name why the 13th […]

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February 3, 2012

Q&A with Illinois in the War of 1812 author Gillum Ferguson

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On February 27, 2012, we will publish Gillum Ferguson’s book Illinois in the War of 1812.  Throughout this bicentennial year Ferguson will travel to museums, libraries, bookstores, and historical societies across the […]

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January 27, 2012 (January 27, 2012)

Q&A with Eugene Kinckle Jones author Felix Armfield

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Eugene Kinckle Jones (1885–1954) is an underknown figure in American history, but he was instrumental in professionalizing black social work in America. Author Felix L. Armfield discusses his discovery of […]

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January 18, 2012

Gone to the Country wins ARSC award

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Ray Allen’s book, Gone to the Country: The New Lost City Ramblers and the Folk Music Revival has been awarded a Certificate of Merit in the 2011 ARSC Awards in […]

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January 11, 2012 (January 11, 2012)

Q&A with Marty Robbins biographer Diane Diekman

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Author Diane Diekman has followed up her 2007 biography of country music star Faron Young with a new book on Marty Robbins.  Here she discusses the research and writing of Twentieth Century Drifter: […]

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January 10, 2012

NPR explores Beauty Shop Politics

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NPR’s Michel Martin speaks with Tiffany Gill, author of the University of Illinois Press book Beauty Shop Politics: African American Women’s Activism in the Beauty Industry on the December 28, […]

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December 22, 2011

Q&A with Mark Lause, author of A Secret Society History of the Civil War

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On December 26, 2011, we will publish Mark Lause’s A Secret Society History of the Civil War, which unravels the influence and power of antebellum secret societies.  Dr. Lause, a professor […]

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December 13, 2011 (December 14, 2011)

Interviews with author Koritha Mitchell

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Koritha Mitchell, author of Living with Lynching, gives two very different interviews. “It’s our success that beckons the mob.” Professor Mitchell argues that there is a need to move beyond […]

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November 30, 2011

Q&A with Daughter of the Empire State author Jacqueline A. McLeod

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On December 5, 2011, we will publish Daughter of the Empire State: The Life of Judge Jane Bolin, a biography of the nation’s first African American woman judge.  Author Jacqueline A. […]

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November 7, 2011

“Spirit of Rebellion” wins Missouri History Book Award

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Dr. Jarod Roll received the 2011 Missouri History Book Award at a ceremony in Columbia’s Tiger Hotel on November 5. Roll won the award for his book, Spirit of Rebellion: […]

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