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Set in mid-60s Harlem and Alabama, two families grapple with the promise and brutality of the civil rights era in the American South, reckoning with family secrets, unresolved trauma, and the heavy question of what justice demands.

Grant Park", der dritte Roman des mit dem Pulitzer-Preis ausgezeichneten Miami-Herald-Kolumnisten Leonard Pitts Jr. spielt an zwei der eindrucksvollsten Schauplätze amerikanischer Geschichte: am Tag von Obamas Wahl zum Präsidenten im Herbst 2008 und beim Streik in Memphis, der 1968 zur Ermordung von Martin Luther King führte. In Malcolm Toussaint, dem gefeierten Kolumnisten der Chicago Post, verbinden sich die beiden Ereignisse. Mit 60 Jahren ...

Set in the first few months following the Confederate surrender and the assassination of Abraham Lincoln, Sam--a runaway slave who once worked for the Union Army--decides to leave his safe haven in Philadelphia and set out on foot to return to the war-torn South.

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<, div>, <, div>, The fatherless black family is a problem that grows to bigger proportions every year as generations of black children grow up without an adult male in their homes. As this dire pattern grows worse, what can men do who hope to break it, when there are so few models and so little guidance in their own homes and communities? Where can they learn to &, #8220, become Dad?&, #8221, &, nbsp, When Pulitzer Prize-winn...

A novel as significant as it is engrossing." -Booklist, starred review Grant Park is a page-turning and provocative look at black and white relations in contemporary America, blending the absurd and the poignant in a powerfully well-crafted narrative that showcases Pitts's gift for telling emotionally wrenching stories. Grant Park begins in 1968, with Martin Luther King's final days in Memphis. The story then moves to the eve of the 2008 ele...

This powerful debut novel by an award-winning journalist explores the challenges of fatherhood for three generations of black men.

Since 1976, when he was an 18-year-old junior at USC, Leonard Pitts' writing has been winning awards, including the Pulitzer and five National Headliner Awards. This book collects his best newspaper columns, along with select longer pieces. The book is arranged chronologically under three broad subject headings: "Waiting for Someday to Come, " about children and family, "White Men Can't Jump (and Other Stupid Myths), " about race, gender, sexu...