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Issa Review: Never Caught: The Washingtons' Relentless Pursuit of Their Runaway Slave, Ona Judge by Erica Armstrong Dunbar

Issa Review: Never Caught: The Washingtons’ Relentless Pursuit of Their Runaway Slave, Ona Judge by Erica Armstrong Dunbar

37 Ink Published Feb 7th, 2017 253 Pages

When George Washington was elected president, he reluctantly left behind his beloved Mount Vernon to serve in Philadelphia, the temporary seat of the nation’s capital, after a brief stay in New York. In setting up his household he took Tobias Lear, his celebrated secretary, and nine slaves, including Ona Judge, about which little has been written. As he grew…

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How Dawn Davis is bringing marginalized voices into book stores across America

Davis is one of the very few women of color leading her own major-publishing-house imprint in a largely white industry.

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{New Releases} Week 40 (Sept 26-Oct 2) 

Check out this week's New Releases by some of your fav's @DSPbooks, @NateParker, @donnahill, @FarrahRochon, @IamCarlWeber, @KwanaWrites, @KikiSwinson, @brendahampton, and so many more!

Fiction

Holiday Temptation by:Donna Hill, Farrah Rochon, K.M. Jackson ’Tis the season to satisfy your holiday desires with this festive trio of sexy stories…

A GIFT OF LOVE by Donna Hill Drama professor Traci Long spends her free time at the CoffeeMate café, pursuing her true passion—writing her own plays. Meanwhile, sexy barista Noah Jefferson is doing his best to distract her. But once they get…

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{Book Attraction} Never Caught: Ona Judge, the Washingtons, and the Relentless Pursuit of their Runaway Slave by:Erica Armstrong Dunbar

Erica Armstrong Dunbar Tells The Untold Story of George and Martha Washington's Runaway Slave. #OnaJudge, #NeverCaught

A startling and eye-opening look into America’s First Family, Never Caught is the powerful narrative of Ona Judge, George and Martha Washington’s runaway slave who risked it all to escape the nation’s capital and reach freedom.

When George Washington was elected president, he reluctantly left behind his beloved Mount Vernon to serve in Philadelphia, the temporary seat of the nation’s capital,…

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{Book Attraction} The Birth of a Nation: Nat Turner and the Making of a Movement by:Nate Parker

Pre-Order to Your Copy of 'The Birth of a Nation: Nat Turner and the Making of a Movement by: @NateParker.'

This official tie-in to the highly acclaimed film, The Birth of a Nation, surveys the history and legacy of Nat Turner, the leader of one of the most renowned slave rebellions on American soil, while also exploring Turner’s relevance to contemporary dialogues on race relations.

Based on astounding events in American history, The Birth of a Nation is the epic story of one man championing the…

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(via Beverly Bond, Founder of Black Girls Rock!, to Write Book Celebrating Black Women)

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(via Kevin Hart to Publish a Memoir, "From the Hart", to be Released on Father's Day 2017)

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Books by Black Authors to Look Forward to in 2016

Books by Black Authors to Look Forward to in 2016

Black Deutschland, by Darryl Pinckney; Fuchsia, by Mahtem Shiferraw; Hunger, by Roxane Gay (MACMILLAN; NEBRASKA PRESS; HARPERCOLLINS)

article by Hope Wabuke via theroot.com

It is no secret that “African-American women are the largest group of readers in the country,” states Dawn Davis, head of Simon & Schuster’s 37 Ink imprint. It is also no secret that the publishing world is very, very white,…

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