Annette Gordon-Reed

New York

Univ. Prof.,Harvard. Pulitzer,Nat’l Bk Award for THOM.,On Juneteenth, 1 of NY Times 10 Best Books 2021, Mac “Genius”,SHEAR President,2018, SAH President,2022-23

Articles

A Dark Reminder of What American Society Has Been and Could Be Again

Nov 8, 2024 | newyorker.com | Annette Gordon-Reed

It is common, when some atrocious statement or action born of hatred comes to the fore, to hear people solemnly intone, “This is not who we”—meaning Americans—“are.” That sentiment leans heavily on the most idealistic vision of the United States, expressed most familiarly in our Declaration of Independence—the truths that “we hold” about equality and “life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness.”Of course, aspirations are necessary to strengthen the characters of individuals and societies.
THE STRATEGISTS | Kirkus Reviews

Aug 27, 2024 | kirkusreviews.com | Phillips Payson O'Brien |Tom Clavin |Annette Gordon-Reed

Buffs of the Old West will enjoy Clavin’s careful research and vivid writing. Rootin’-tootin’ history of the dry-gulchers, horn-swogglers, and outright killers who populated the Wild West’s wildest city in the late 19th century. The stories of Wyatt Earp and company, the shootout at the O.K. Corral, and Geronimo and the Apache Wars are all well known.
Kamala Harris Earned Her Place in History

Aug 21, 2024 | nytimes.com | Annette Gordon-Reed

As the Democratic Party's nominee for president of the United States, Vice President Kamala Harris has generated a remarkable level of enthusiasm almost from the moment President Joe Biden endorsed her. Observers along the political spectrum have been caught off guard by the Harris phenomenon.
The New Yorker Daily

Jun 19, 2024 | linkedin.com | Jon Anderson |Annette Gordon-Reed |Jelani Cobb |Anna Russell

To Madeline Halpert, on 2024-06-19 18:57 by In today’s edition, the avenger, and then: • A.I. comes to your phone • When the apocalypse is just another day • Andrew O’Hagan’s bonfire of the vanities Does President Daniel Noboa’s campaign against drug gangs imperil the democracy he claims to defend?
Book recommendations for celebrating Juneteenth National Independence Day

Jun 19, 2024 | einpresswire.com | Annette Gordon-Reed |Ralph Ellison

Juneteenth National Independence Day may be a relatively new federal holiday, but it has a long history. Here are some books about this holiday that celebrates the end of enslavement in the U.S. These books educate both adults and children about Juneteenth's history and significance. For more reading suggestions, visit the National Museum of African American History & Culture's website. This 2021 book captures the hardships of Black people in Texas before Juneteenth and after.
Book recommendations for celebrating Juneteenth National Independence Day

Jun 19, 2024 | splcenter.org | Annette Gordon-Reed |Ralph Ellison |W. Dwayne Jones |Tommie Boudreaux

Juneteenth National Independence Day may be a relatively new federal holiday, but it has a long history. Here are some books about this holiday that celebrates the end of enslavement in the U.S. These books educate both adults and children about Juneteenth’s history and significance. For more reading suggestions, visit the National Museum of African American History & Culture’s website.
Charleston

Apr 30, 2024 | audible.com | Susan Crawford |Annette Gordon-Reed |Sun Tzu |Rebecca Godfrey

At least thirteen million Americans will have to move away from American coasts in the coming decades, as rising sea levels and increasingly severe storms put lives at risk and cause billions of dollars in damages. In Charleston, South Carolina, denial, boosterism, widespread development, and public complacency about racial issues compound; the city, like our country, has no plan to protect its most vulnerable.
THE HEMINGSES OF MONTICELLO

Feb 18, 2024 | audiofilemagazine.com | Annette Gordon-Reed

Karen White’s strong reading of the 2008 winner of the National Book Award for Nonfiction takes the listener back to the world in which African-American slave (and half sister of Jefferson’s wife) Sally Hemings had a 38-year relationship with Thomas Jefferson. Remarkable detail paints a vivid scenario of a time in which such affairs were common—but never publicly acknowledged.
Black Writers of the Founding Era (Loa #366): A Library of America Anthology

Nov 14, 2023 | bookshop.org | Annette Gordon-Reed |James G. Basker |Nicole Seary

A radical new vision of the nation's founding era and a major act of historical recovery Featuring more than 120 writers, this groundbreaking anthology reveals the astonishing richness and diversity of Black experience in the turbulent decades of the American Revolution Black Writers of the Founding Era is the most comprehensive anthology ever published of Black writing from the turbulent decades surrounding the birth of the United States.
PRESIDENT GARFIELD

Jul 3, 2023 | kirkusreviews.com | Annette Gordon-Reed