Black History Month

{"id":4785182965849,"title":"Sutton E. Griggs — Chakkalakal","handle":"jim-crow-literature-and-the-legacy-of-sutton-e-griggs","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eEdited by \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/www.bowdoin.edu\/profiles\/faculty\/tchakkal\/index.html\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"Tess Chakkalakal faculty profile\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"\u003eTess Chakkalakal\u003c\/a\u003e, Peter M. Small Associate Professor of Africana Studies and English, Director of Africana Studies Program, and Kenneth W. Warren\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003ci data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eImperium in Imperio\u003c\/i\u003e (1899) was the first black novel to countenance openly the possibility of organized black violence against Jim Crow segregation. Its author, a Baptist minister and newspaper editor from Texas, Sutton E. Griggs (1872-1933), would go on to publish four more novels; establish his own publishing company, one of the first secular publishing houses owned and operated by an African American in the United States; and help to found the American Baptist Theological Seminary in Tennessee. Alongside W. E. B. Du Bois and Booker T. Washington, Griggs was a key political and literary voice for black education and political rights and against Jim Crow.\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003ci data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eJim Crow, Literature, and the Legacy of Sutton E. Griggs\u003c\/i\u003e examines the wide scope of Griggs's influence on African American literature and politics at the turn of the twentieth century. Contributors engage Griggs's five novels and his numerous works of nonfiction, as well as his publishing and religious careers. By taking up Griggs's work, these essays open up a new historical perspective on African American literature and the terms that continue to shape American political thought and culture.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e-From the publisher\u003c\/p\u003e","published_at":"2021-02-03T16:55:42-05:00","created_at":"2021-02-03T16:49:02-05:00","vendor":"The Bowdoin Store","type":"Book","tags":["Bowdoin Faculty","Non-Fiction"],"price":2995,"price_min":2995,"price_max":2995,"available":true,"price_varies":false,"compare_at_price":2995,"compare_at_price_min":2995,"compare_at_price_max":2995,"compare_at_price_varies":false,"variants":[{"id":32371826229337,"title":"Default Title","option1":"Default Title","option2":null,"option3":null,"sku":"WBF266-Chakkalakal","requires_shipping":true,"taxable":true,"featured_image":null,"available":true,"name":"Sutton E. 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Griggs, edited by Tess Chakkalakal","id":7516082634841,"position":1,"preview_image":{"aspect_ratio":1.0,"height":550,"width":550,"src":"\/\/store.bowdoin.edu\/cdn\/shop\/products\/wbf266-chakkalakal-jim.jpg?v=1614030919"},"aspect_ratio":1.0,"height":550,"media_type":"image","src":"\/\/store.bowdoin.edu\/cdn\/shop\/products\/wbf266-chakkalakal-jim.jpg?v=1614030919","width":550}],"requires_selling_plan":false,"selling_plan_groups":[],"content":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eEdited by \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/www.bowdoin.edu\/profiles\/faculty\/tchakkal\/index.html\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"Tess Chakkalakal faculty profile\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"\u003eTess Chakkalakal\u003c\/a\u003e, Peter M. Small Associate Professor of Africana Studies and English, Director of Africana Studies Program, and Kenneth W. Warren\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003ci data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eImperium in Imperio\u003c\/i\u003e (1899) was the first black novel to countenance openly the possibility of organized black violence against Jim Crow segregation. Its author, a Baptist minister and newspaper editor from Texas, Sutton E. Griggs (1872-1933), would go on to publish four more novels; establish his own publishing company, one of the first secular publishing houses owned and operated by an African American in the United States; and help to found the American Baptist Theological Seminary in Tennessee. Alongside W. E. B. Du Bois and Booker T. Washington, Griggs was a key political and literary voice for black education and political rights and against Jim Crow.\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003ci data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eJim Crow, Literature, and the Legacy of Sutton E. Griggs\u003c\/i\u003e examines the wide scope of Griggs's influence on African American literature and politics at the turn of the twentieth century. Contributors engage Griggs's five novels and his numerous works of nonfiction, as well as his publishing and religious careers. By taking up Griggs's work, these essays open up a new historical perspective on African American literature and the terms that continue to shape American political thought and culture.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e-From the publisher\u003c\/p\u003e"}

{"id":4785166319705,"title":"The Labor of Faith — Casselberry","handle":"the-labor-of-faith-gender-and-power-in-black-apostolic-pentecostalism","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eBy Judith Casselberry, Associate Professor of Africana Studies\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eIn \u003ci\u003eThe Labor of Faith\u003c\/i\u003e Judith Casselberry examines the material and spiritual labor of the women of the Church of Our Lord Jesus Christ of the Apostolic Faith, Inc., which is based in Harlem and one of the oldest and largest historically Black Pentecostal denominations in the United States. This male-headed church only functions through the work of the church's women, who, despite making up three-quarters of its adult membership, hold no formal positions of power. Casselberry shows how the women negotiate this contradiction by using their work to produce and claim a spiritual authority that provides them with a particular form of power. She also emphasizes how their work in the church is as significant, labor intensive, and critical to their personhood, family, and community as their careers, home and family work, and community service are. Focusing on the circumstances of producing a holy black female personhood, Casselberry reveals the ways twenty-first-century women's spiritual power operates and resonates with meaning in Pentecostal, female-majority, male-led churches.\u003c\/p\u003e","published_at":"2021-02-03T16:11:37-05:00","created_at":"2021-02-03T16:11:32-05:00","vendor":"The Bowdoin Store","type":"Book","tags":["Bowdoin Faculty","Non-Fiction"],"price":2495,"price_min":2495,"price_max":2495,"available":true,"price_varies":false,"compare_at_price":2495,"compare_at_price_min":2495,"compare_at_price_max":2495,"compare_at_price_varies":false,"variants":[{"id":32371785465945,"title":"Default Title","option1":"Default Title","option2":null,"option3":null,"sku":"WBF263-Casselberry","requires_shipping":true,"taxable":true,"featured_image":null,"available":true,"name":"The Labor of Faith — Casselberry","public_title":null,"options":["Default Title"],"price":2495,"weight":0,"compare_at_price":2495,"inventory_quantity":3,"inventory_management":"shopify","inventory_policy":"deny","barcode":"9780822369035","requires_selling_plan":false,"selling_plan_allocations":[]}],"images":["\/\/store.bowdoin.edu\/cdn\/shop\/products\/wbf263-casselberry-labor.jpg?v=1614104961"],"featured_image":"\/\/store.bowdoin.edu\/cdn\/shop\/products\/wbf263-casselberry-labor.jpg?v=1614104961","options":["Title"],"media":[{"alt":"Cover of Labor of Faith by Judith Casselberry","id":7518548197465,"position":1,"preview_image":{"aspect_ratio":1.0,"height":550,"width":550,"src":"\/\/store.bowdoin.edu\/cdn\/shop\/products\/wbf263-casselberry-labor.jpg?v=1614104961"},"aspect_ratio":1.0,"height":550,"media_type":"image","src":"\/\/store.bowdoin.edu\/cdn\/shop\/products\/wbf263-casselberry-labor.jpg?v=1614104961","width":550}],"requires_selling_plan":false,"selling_plan_groups":[],"content":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eBy Judith Casselberry, Associate Professor of Africana Studies\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eIn \u003ci\u003eThe Labor of Faith\u003c\/i\u003e Judith Casselberry examines the material and spiritual labor of the women of the Church of Our Lord Jesus Christ of the Apostolic Faith, Inc., which is based in Harlem and one of the oldest and largest historically Black Pentecostal denominations in the United States. This male-headed church only functions through the work of the church's women, who, despite making up three-quarters of its adult membership, hold no formal positions of power. Casselberry shows how the women negotiate this contradiction by using their work to produce and claim a spiritual authority that provides them with a particular form of power. She also emphasizes how their work in the church is as significant, labor intensive, and critical to their personhood, family, and community as their careers, home and family work, and community service are. Focusing on the circumstances of producing a holy black female personhood, Casselberry reveals the ways twenty-first-century women's spiritual power operates and resonates with meaning in Pentecostal, female-majority, male-led churches.\u003c\/p\u003e"}

{"id":4463677764,"title":"Until There Is Justice — Scanlon","handle":"until-there-is-justice-the-life-of-anna-arnold-hedgeman","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eBy Jennifer Scanlon\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/www.bowdoin.edu\/profiles\/faculty\/jscanlon\/index.html\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"Jennifer Scanlon faculty page\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eProfessor of Gender, Sexuality, and Women's Studies; Senior Vice President and Dean for Academic Affairs\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eA demanding feminist, devout Christian, and savvy grassroots civil rights organizer, Anna Arnold Hedgeman played a key role in over half a century of social justice initiatives. Like many of her colleagues, including A. Philip Randolph, Betty Friedan, and Martin Luther King, Jr., Hedgeman ought to be a household name, but until now has received only a fraction of the attention she deserves. \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eIn \u003cem\u003eUntil There Is Justice,\u003c\/em\u003e author Jennifer Scanlon presents the first-ever biography of Hedgeman. Through a commitment to faith-based activism, civil rights, and feminism, Hedgeman participated in and led some of the 20th century's most important developments, including advances in education, public health, politics, and workplace justice. Simultaneously a dignified woman and scrappy freedom fighter, Hedgeman's life upends conventional understandings of many aspects of the civil rights and feminist movements. She worked as a teacher, lobbyist, politician, social worker, and activist, often crafting and implementing policy behind the scenes. Although she repeatedly found herself a woman among men, a black American among whites, and a secular Christian among clergy, she maintained her conflicting identities and worked alongside others to forge a common humanity. \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eFrom helping black and Puerto Rican Americans achieve critical civil service employment in New York City during the Great Depression to orchestrating white religious Americans' participation in the 1963 March on Washington, Hedgeman's contributions transcend gender, racial, and religious boundaries. Engaging and profoundly inspiring, Scanlon's biography paints a compelling portrait of one of the most remarkable yet understudied civil rights leaders of our time. \u003cem\u003eUntil There Is Justice\u003c\/em\u003e is a must-read for anyone with a passion for history, biography, and civil rights.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e-From Oxford University Press\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2016\/02\/28\/books\/review\/until-there-is-justice-by-jennifer-scanlon.html?_r=1\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"\u003e\u003cem\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eNew York Times Sunday Book Review: 'Until There Is Justice,' by Jennifer Scanlon\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","published_at":"2017-10-18T15:08:27-04:00","created_at":"2016-02-25T09:36:12-05:00","vendor":"The Bowdoin Store","type":"Book","tags":["Biography","Bowdoin Faculty"],"price":3495,"price_min":3495,"price_max":3495,"available":true,"price_varies":false,"compare_at_price":3495,"compare_at_price_min":3495,"compare_at_price_max":3495,"compare_at_price_varies":false,"variants":[{"id":15245770116,"title":"Default Title","option1":"Default Title","option2":null,"option3":null,"sku":"WBF235-Scanlon","requires_shipping":true,"taxable":true,"featured_image":null,"available":true,"name":"Until There Is Justice — Scanlon","public_title":null,"options":["Default Title"],"price":3495,"weight":0,"compare_at_price":3495,"inventory_quantity":5,"inventory_management":"shopify","inventory_policy":"deny","barcode":"9780190248598","requires_selling_plan":false,"selling_plan_allocations":[]}],"images":["\/\/store.bowdoin.edu\/cdn\/shop\/products\/wbf235-scanlon-until.jpg?v=1614113939"],"featured_image":"\/\/store.bowdoin.edu\/cdn\/shop\/products\/wbf235-scanlon-until.jpg?v=1614113939","options":["Title"],"media":[{"alt":"Cover of Until There Is Justice: The Life of Anna Arnold Hedgeman by Jennifer Scanlon","id":7518726520921,"position":1,"preview_image":{"aspect_ratio":1.0,"height":550,"width":550,"src":"\/\/store.bowdoin.edu\/cdn\/shop\/products\/wbf235-scanlon-until.jpg?v=1614113939"},"aspect_ratio":1.0,"height":550,"media_type":"image","src":"\/\/store.bowdoin.edu\/cdn\/shop\/products\/wbf235-scanlon-until.jpg?v=1614113939","width":550}],"requires_selling_plan":false,"selling_plan_groups":[],"content":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eBy Jennifer Scanlon\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/www.bowdoin.edu\/profiles\/faculty\/jscanlon\/index.html\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"Jennifer Scanlon faculty page\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eProfessor of Gender, Sexuality, and Women's Studies; Senior Vice President and Dean for Academic Affairs\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eA demanding feminist, devout Christian, and savvy grassroots civil rights organizer, Anna Arnold Hedgeman played a key role in over half a century of social justice initiatives. Like many of her colleagues, including A. Philip Randolph, Betty Friedan, and Martin Luther King, Jr., Hedgeman ought to be a household name, but until now has received only a fraction of the attention she deserves. \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eIn \u003cem\u003eUntil There Is Justice,\u003c\/em\u003e author Jennifer Scanlon presents the first-ever biography of Hedgeman. Through a commitment to faith-based activism, civil rights, and feminism, Hedgeman participated in and led some of the 20th century's most important developments, including advances in education, public health, politics, and workplace justice. Simultaneously a dignified woman and scrappy freedom fighter, Hedgeman's life upends conventional understandings of many aspects of the civil rights and feminist movements. She worked as a teacher, lobbyist, politician, social worker, and activist, often crafting and implementing policy behind the scenes. Although she repeatedly found herself a woman among men, a black American among whites, and a secular Christian among clergy, she maintained her conflicting identities and worked alongside others to forge a common humanity. \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eFrom helping black and Puerto Rican Americans achieve critical civil service employment in New York City during the Great Depression to orchestrating white religious Americans' participation in the 1963 March on Washington, Hedgeman's contributions transcend gender, racial, and religious boundaries. Engaging and profoundly inspiring, Scanlon's biography paints a compelling portrait of one of the most remarkable yet understudied civil rights leaders of our time. \u003cem\u003eUntil There Is Justice\u003c\/em\u003e is a must-read for anyone with a passion for history, biography, and civil rights.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e-From Oxford University Press\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2016\/02\/28\/books\/review\/until-there-is-justice-by-jennifer-scanlon.html?_r=1\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"\u003e\u003cem\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eNew York Times Sunday Book Review: 'Until There Is Justice,' by Jennifer Scanlon\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e"}