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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 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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January 6, 2012 (January 6, 2012)

Ronald Smith interviewed by Urbana-Champaign NPR affiliate about college athletic reform

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On January 3, 2012, Ronald Smith, professor emeritus of sports history at Penn State University and author of the recent book Pay for Play: A History of Big-Time College Athletic Reform, […]

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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 16, 2011 (December 16, 2011)

Q&A with We Are the Union author Dana Cloud

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On December 5, 2011, we published We ARE the Union: Democratic Unionism and Dissent at Boeing by Dana Cloud, an associate professor of communication studies at the University of Texas, […]

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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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December 2, 2011

Becoming Ray Bradbury in Illinois Issues

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The December 2011 edition of Illinois Issues magazine includes a feature on Jonathan Eller’s new book Becoming Ray Bradbury. “Eller, who has known Bradbury since the 1980s, focused his book […]

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December 1, 2011

Sean Burns discusses Archie Green on Berkeley’s KPFA radio

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Sean Burns, author of the new book Archie Green: The Making of a Working-Class Hero, was a guest on KPFA radio’s Against the Grain program. Hear Sean’s hour-long interview with co-host Sasha […]

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November 21, 2011

NBC’s Nightly News interviews Ronald Smith

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Visit msnbc.com for breaking news, world news, and news about the economy On November 20, 2011, NBC’s Nightly News interviewed Ronald A. Smith, professor emeritus of sports history at Penn […]

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November 3, 2011

Q&A with Matt Carlson, author of On the Condition of Anonymity

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On May 2, 2011, we published Matt Carlson’s On the Condition of Anonymity: Unnamed Sources and the Battle for Journalism, which illustrates how unattributed information can be both an effective tool in uncovering necessary information about vital […]

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October 26, 2011 (October 26, 2011)

Q&A with Sean Burns, author of Archie Green: The Making of a Working-Class Hero

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On November 7, 2011, we will publish Sean Burns’s Archie Green: The Making of a Working-Class Hero, which celebrates one of the most revered folklorists and labor historians of the twentieth century.  […]

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