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Author: Lonnie G Bunch ,
Jd Jackson
Publisher: HighBridge Audio
Imprint: HighBridge Audio
ISBN: 9781665117517
ISBN 10: 1665117516
Publication Date: 28 January 2020
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Format: Audio
Publisher's Status: Active
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Reviews
"""Bunch addresses the ways in which public spaces must be disrupted and dehierarchized to change cultural narratives."" -- ""Library Journal (starred review)"" ""JD Jackson's exemplary narration draws listeners in...to such a degree that listeners will be convinced they are hearing the author's own voice...Winner of the AudioFile Earphones Award."" -- ""AudioFile"" ""Tells a challenging and ultimately inspiring story of struggle, perseverence, and uplift."" -- ""Booklist"" ""This book begins like a mystery, unfolds like a thriller, and ends like a romance novel of love for a people whose heritage has been hostage to hostility and ignorance."" -- ""Michael Eric Dyson, New York Times bestselling author"""
Bunch addresses the ways in which public spaces must be disrupted and dehierarchized to change cultural narratives. -- Library Journal (starred review) JD Jackson's exemplary narration draws listeners in...to such a degree that listeners will be convinced they are hearing the author's own voice...Winner of the AudioFile Earphones Award. -- AudioFile Tells a challenging and ultimately inspiring story of struggle, perseverence, and uplift. -- Booklist This book begins like a mystery, unfolds like a thriller, and ends like a romance novel of love for a people whose heritage has been hostage to hostility and ignorance. -- Michael Eric Dyson, New York Times bestselling author
Author Information
Lonnie G. Bunch III is founding director of the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture, and now secretary of the Smithsonian Institution. Prior to becoming the director, he served as the president of the Chicago Historical Society and as the associate director for curatorial affairs at the Smithsonian National Museum of American History. Bunch is also coauthor of The American Presidency: A Glorious Burden and From No Return: The 221-Year Journey of the Slave Ship São Jose. J. D. Jackson is a theater professor, aspiring stage director, and award-winning audiobook narrator. He is a classically trained actor, and his television and film credits include roles on House, ER, Law & Order, Hack, Sherrybaby, Diary of a City Priest, and Lucky Number Slevin. He is the recipient of more than a dozen Earphones Awards for narration and an Odyssey Honor for G. Neri's Ghetto Cowboy, and he was also named one of AudioFile magazine's Best Voices of the Year for 2012 and 2013. An adjunct professor at Los Angeles Southwest College, he has an MFA in theater from Temple University.
