A brilliant, lively account of the Black Renaissance that burst forth in Pittsburgh from the 1920s through the 1950s—“Smoketown will appeal to anybody interested in black history and anybo
The executive vice president of CNN Worldwide shares his investigation into the lives and interracial marriage of his parents, an African scholar descendant of slaves and a member of the French resist
In a dramatic, moving work of historical reporting and personal discovery, Mark Whitaker, award-winning journalist, sets out to trace the story of what happened to his parents, a fascinating but star-
"The first major biography of an American icon, comedian Bill Cosby. Based on extensive research and in-depth interviews with Cosby and more than sixty of his closest friends and associates, it is a f
The other great Renaissance of black culture, influence, and glamour burst forth joyfully in what may seem an unlikely place—Pittsburgh, PA—from the 1920s through the 1950s.Today black Pit
Sivaram Dharmeratnam (1959-2005) was a longtime activist with Sri Lanka's People's Liberation Organization of Tamil Eelam (PLOTE) and a former General Secretary of PLOTE's political wing, the Democrat
James Clerk Maxwell (1831-1879) had a relatively brief, but remarkable life, lived in his beloved rural home of Glenlair, and variously in Edinburgh, Aberdeen, London and Cambridge. His scholarship al
