Posts Tagged ‘memoir’
Which Musical Artist Was a Principal Financier of the Civil Rights Movement?
Did you ever wonder how the leaders of the Civil Rights Movement were able to organize huge demonstrations and travel around the country to speak to groups large and small?
Read MoreMilwaukee Public Library Hosts ABHM Book Club
Join the Milwaukee Public Library and America’s Black Holocaust Museum (ABHM) as we partner to discuss Dr. James Cameron’s 1982 memoir, A Time of Terror, and showcase a collection of Dr. Cameron’s self-published writings.
Read MoreABHM Book Club: A Time of Terror
In honor of our late founder’s birthday in February, we will once again be reading and discussing Dr. James Cameron’s memoir, A Time of Terror. We will discuss this important book that is at the heart of ABHM on Thursday, February 27th at 6 PM via Zoom.
Read MoreViola Davis earns coveted EGOT
The talented Viola Davis joins an exclusive club of entertainers after her recent Grammy win for her audiobook.
Read MoreABHM Book Club Presents: A Time of Terror
Dr. James Cameron is the only known survivor of a lynching to write and publish a memoir about such an experience. We will discuss his memoir on February 23, 2023.
Read MoreJustice Jackson working on a memoir, titled ‘Lovely One’
The most recent Supreme Court justice, Ketanji Brown Jackson, has announced an upcoming book about her life and experiences.
Read MoreNFL Veteran R.K. Russell Vows To Break More Barriers For LGBTQ People With New Memoir
Former football player R.K. Russell came out about his sexuality in 2019 and is set to tell all in his forthcoming memoir
Read MoreABHM Book Club presents Long Walk to Freedom: The Autobiography of Nelson Mandela
ABHM Book Club is reading A Long Walk to Freedom: the Autobiography of Nelson Mandela during June and July. Sign up for the free Book Club meetings here and learn more about the world-touring exhibition about Mandela currently at the Milwaukee Public Museum.
Read MoreToo Many of Them Have Been Wrong’: Black Ex-Prosecutor Exposes Misdeeds of Los Angeles Legal System In Volume of Online Stories
A former LA proscecutor’s online memoir details his “good fight” against an “assembly-line of incarceration.”
Read MoreAnnotated Bibliography – Whiteness: Framed, De-framed and Counter-Framed
This annotated bibliography includes a thorough listing of works about the concept and experience of being white in America. It contains many nonfiction books, but also autobiographies, novels, stories, articles, and videos.
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