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  • Shocking the Conscience

    A Reporter's Account of the Civil Rights Movement

    by Simeon Booker ...
    Within a few years of its first issue in 1951, Jet, a pocket-size magazine, became the "bible" for news of the civil rights movement. It was said, only half-jokingly, "If it wasn't in Jet, it didn't happen." Writing for the magazine and its glossy, big sister Ebony, for fifty-three years, longer than any other journalist, Washington bureau chief Simeon Booker was on the front lines of virtually ... Read more

    $33.99 CAD

  • Shocking the Conscience

    A Reporter's Account of the Civil Rights Movement

    by Simeon Booker ...
    Within a few years of its first issue in 1951, Jet, a pocket-sized magazine, became the “bible” for news of the civil rights movement. It was said, only half-jokingly, “If it wasn’t in Jet, it didn't happen.” Writing for the magazine and its glossy, big sister Ebony, for fifty-three years, longer than any other journalist, Washington bureau chief Simeon Booker was on the front lines of virtually ... Read more

    $28.99 CAD

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  • Why I’m No Longer Talking to White People About Race

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  • You Can't Say That In Canada

    Canada's Most Influential Columnist Reflects on Life, Politics and the Pursuit of Happiness

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    The Letters of Julia Child & Avis DeVoto

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    This revealing correspondence between the legendary French chef Julia Child and her dear friend is "a delicious read" ( People).With her outsize personality, Julia Child is known by her first name alone. But how much do we really know of the inner Julia? Now more than 200 letters exchanged between Julia and Avis DeVoto, her friend and unofficial literary agent memorably introduced in the hit movie ... Read more

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  • Place, Not Race

    A New Vision of Opportunity in America

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