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Sellout by James W. Lewis Official Book Trailer

2010-08-11T00:09:35.231Z

Check out a scene from the summers hottest book, SELLOUT by James W. Lewis, about what happens when a black woman, black man, and white woman find themselves helplessly attracted to someone from another race. Now available on Amazon.com, BN.com, smashwords.com, and goodreads.com!

Book Video Trailer: The Strange Case of Ruby McCollum - By Zora Neale Hurston

2009-03-06T22:14:57.830Z

In 1952, the Pittsburgh Courier hired Zora Neale Hurston to cover the trial of Ruby McCollum, a wealthy African-American wife who shot and killed her white lover, a prominent physician and recently elected state senator. Hurston dug deep into the story and eventually found that the case - filled with a scandalous interracial affair, drugs, and a fortune built on illicit gambling - had all the drama and varied play of human emotions that fill the pages of great literature from Plutarch to Shakespeare. Now, in this richly illustrated volume, Hurston admirers can read the story told through her voice and see the people and places that she saw.

Book Video Trailer: Zora Hurston And The Strange Case Of Ruby McCollum

2008-12-15T19:38:18.706Z

In 1952, the Pittsburgh Courier hired Zora Neale Hurston to cover the trial of Ruby McCollum, a wealthy African-American wife who shot and killed her white lover, a prominent physician and recently elected state senator. Hurston dug deep into the story and eventually found that the case - filled with a scandalous interracial affair, drugs, and a fortune built on illicit gambling - “had all the drama and varied play of human emotions that fill the pages of great literature from Plutarch to Shakespeare.” Now, in this richly illustrated volume, Hurston admirers can read the story told through her voice and see the people and places that she saw.

Book Video Trailer: Promotion Denied

2008-12-02T03:20:37.593Z

While commander of the USAF Academy’s Security Police Squadron, Lt. Col. Joseph W. Hoffler was on the fast track for promotion to colonel. To his surprise, though, just prior to meeting the promotion board, senior officers at the USAF Academy conspired to ensure that his promotion would be denied. The reason? Racism. Rumor has it that certain white senior officers and members of Hoffler’s squadron thought that his squadron’s command element was "too Black" and were of the opinion that Blacks should be "kept in their place." As a result, racist forces within the USAF Academy targeted Hoffler with one goal in mind: to deny him promotion to colonel. A distinguished officer, Hoffler followed military protocol and pursued justice through appropriate channels, but to no avail. In the pages of this explosive new book, Hoffler blows the lid off the shameful secret of the USAF Academy’s history of racism and clearly illustrates why the USAF Academy was known by some Black airmen stationed there as "the plantation."