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  • Clinging to Mammy

    The Faithful Slave in Twentieth-Century America

    by Micki McElya ...
    When Aunt Jemima beamed at Americans from the pancake mix box on grocery shelves, many felt reassured by her broad smile that she and her product were dependable. She was everyone's mammy, the faithful slave who was content to cook and care for whites, no matter how grueling the labor, because she loved them. This far-reaching image of the nurturing black mother exercises a tenacious hold on the ... Read more

    $37.99 USD

  • The Politics of Mourning

    by Micki McElya ...
    Arlington National Cemetery is America’s most sacred shrine, a destination for four million visitors who each year tour its grounds and honor those buried there. For many, Arlington’s symbolic importance places it beyond politics. Yet as Micki McElya shows, no site in the United States plays a more political role in shaping national identity. ... Read more

    $15.99 USD

  • The Politics of Mourning

    Death and Honor in Arlington National Cemetery

    by Micki McElya ...
    Pulitzer Prize FinalistWinner of the John Brinckerhoff Jackson Book PrizeWinner of the Sharon Harris Book AwardFinalist, Jefferson Davis Award of the American Civil War MuseumArlington National Cemetery is one of America’s most sacred shrines, a destination for millions who tour its grounds to honor the men and women of the armed forces who serve and sacrifice. It commemorates their heroism, yet ... Read more

    $20.99 USD

  • Liberation Summer

    The Moment That Changed the Women's Movement and the Future of American Politics

    by Micki McElya ...
    A sweeping, definitive work of history exploring the road to the September 1968 protests of the Miss American Pageant—one led by women’s liberationists and the other organized by the emergent Miss Black America Pageant—and the birth of a new politics of beauty.A revolution was brewing. In the dying days of the summer of 1968, during one unprecedented Pageant weekend, Atlantic City played host not ... Read more

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    Liberation Summer

    The Moment That Changed the Women's Movement and the Future of American Politics

    by Micki McElya ...
    Narrated by Em Grosland ...

    Unabridged

    20 hours 25 min

    A sweeping, definitive work of history exploring the road to the September 1968 protests of the Miss American Pageant—one led by women’s liberationists and the other organized by the emergent Miss Black America Pageant—and the birth of a new politics of beauty.A revolution was brewing. In the dying days of the summer of 1968, during one unprecedented Pageant weekend, Atlantic City played host not ... Read more

    $32.99 USD

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    The Tough Stuff of American Memory

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  • Robert E. Lee and Me

    A Southerner's Reckoning with the Myth of the Lost Cause

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  • Master American History in 1 Minute A Day

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    Contesting the Past in the United States since 1865

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