Lawrence P Jackson
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"Winner of the 2012 Book Award, College Language Association" "Winner of the 2012 Literary Award for Nonfiction, Black Caucus of the American Library Association, Inc." "Winner of the 2011 PROSE Award in Literature, Association of American Publishers" "Finalist for the 2011 Hurston/Wright Legacy Award in Nonfiction, The Hurston/Wright Foundation" "Finalist for the 2011 National Book Award, Benjamin L. Hooks Institute for Social Change, University...
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English
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An African American studies scholar traces his family lineage to a Black Virginia neighborhood in the era of Reconstruction in this historical memoir.
As an expectant father, Lawrence P. Jackson decides to go looking for his late grandfather's home in Pittsylvania County, Virginia, an old house by the railroad tracks in Blairs. Armed with nothing but childhood memories, his journey evolves into a kind of detective story as he uncovers his ancestral...
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English
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The definitive biography of the groundbreaking African American author who had an extraordinary legacy on black writers globally. In his Chester B. Himes (1909-1984), Lawrence P. Jackson depicts the improbable life of the controversial writer whose novels confront sexuality, racism, and social injustice. In absorbing detail, Jackson explores Chester Himes's middle-class origins, eight years in prison, painful odyssey as a black World War II-era artist,...