Francesca Royster's fantastic recent book Black Country Music is required reading - check out her discussions of Beyonce and so many other artists of the past and present. @utexaspress.bsky.social
2023 Ralph J. Gleason Music Book Award, Rock & Roll Hall of Fame 2023 ARSC Awards for Excellence in Historical Recorded Sound Research, Association for ...
Barbara Jordan was born on this day in 1936. Max Sherman's book SPEAKING THE TRUTH WITH ELOQUENT THUNDER brings together many major political speeches that articulate her most deeply held values and it's out now in paperback! utpress.utexas.edu/978147732504...
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Happy Black History Month, UTP fam! To kick off a month of rich history, culture, and celebration, we at the press have reflected (😉) and picked our books that we think best remind us that #BlackHistoryIsNowutpress.utexas.edu/black-histor...
We're thrilled to share awards! TEXAS LITHOGRAPHS by Ron Tyler 🏆 Kate Broocks Bates Award for Historical Research 🏆 Ron Tyler Award for Best Illustrated Book on Texas History & Culture BEFORE LAWRENCE V. TEXAS by Wesley Phelps 🏆 Coral Horton Tullis Memorial Prize for Best Book on Texas History
Similarly, BLACK-BROWN SOLIDARITY is an eye-opening study of contemporary allegiances between Black and Latinx communities in and around the Gulf South. utpress.utexas.edu/978147730216...
Houston is the largest city in the Gulf South, a region sometimes referred to as the “black belt” because of its sizeable African American population. Ye...
GRAPHIC MEMORIES OF THE CIVIL RIGHTS MOVEMENT is a study of 5 graphic novels or memoirs that have reshaped the narrative of civil rights in America—and an examination of the format’s power to allow readers to participate in the memory-making process. utpress.utexas.edu/978147731827...
This most recent edition of NO COLOR IS MY KIND, first published in 1997, places its uncommon chronicle of two men—one African American and one Jewish—within the context of America’s current struggles with race. utpress.utexas.edu/978147732373...
In 1959, a Black man named Eldrewey Stearns was beaten by Houston police after being stopped for a traffic violation. He was not the first to suffer such bru...
Barbara Jordan lived by a simple creed: “Ethical behavior means being honest, telling the truth & doing what you said you were going to do.” BARBARA JORDAN brings together several major political speeches that articulate Barbara Jordan’s most deeply held values. utpress.utexas.edu/978147732504...
Revered by Americans across the political spectrum, Barbara Jordan was "the most outspoken moral voice of the American political system," in the words of for...