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The Florida Curriculum: Reading to Guide You Through DeSantisLand

June 07, 2023

By Christian Coleman | Ah, Florida! The hottest tourist getaway where you can refine your tan, stoke your adrenaline on Disney World rides, and soak up state-sanctioned prejudice and ignorance under the sun. Joining fellow civil rights groups League of United Latin American Citizens and Equality Florida, the NAACP issued a travel advisory for the Sunshine State to warn tourists about the laws and policies that are “openly hostile toward African Americans, people of color, and LGBTQ+ individuals.” If Stefon from SNL were in charge of promoting DeSantisLand—gawd forbid!—he’d say this hot spot has everything. Read more →

Posted at 04:25 PM in A Queer History of the United States for Young People, American Society, An African American and Latinx History of the United States, Asian American Histories of the United States, Christian Coleman, History, How to Be Less Stupid About Race, Not “A Nation of Immigrants”, Now More Than Ever, Queer Perspectives, Race and Ethnicity in America, Racial Innocence, Stand Your Ground, Transgender Warriors, Unapologetic, Where Do We Go From Here?, White Borders, You Are Not American, You're in the Wrong Bathroom | | Comments (0)

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Back in the Swing of Things: Beacon Press Returns to In-Person OAH Annual Meeting

April 13, 2022

By Avery Cook | After two long years of conference Zoom rooms, we donned our lanyards once again and set up our table-skirted shop at the 2022 Annual Meeting of the Organization of American Historians (OAH) in Boston, from March 31 through April 3. With the conference in our backyard this year, we attended with numbers and enthusiasm, enjoying for the first time since 2019 the privilege of being surrounded by our books and chatting in person with some of our authors. Read more →

Posted at 05:20 PM in A Black Women’s History of the United States, An Afro-Indigenous History of the United States, An Indigenous Peoples’ History of the United States, Asian American Histories of the United States, Avery Cook, Beacon Press News, Beacon Staff, Five Dollars and a Pork Chop Sandwich, History Teaches Us to Resist, Not “A Nation of Immigrants”, Sex Workers Unite, Until I Am Free | | Comments (0)

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Beacon’s Batch of Best-Of Books Is Bursting During Our Holiday Sale!

December 17, 2021

This is it. The final hurrah for 2021! Yes, we’re ending in the phase of Omicron rising, but many of our titles were selected for a number of best-of lists and holiday gift guides for the year. So many! Let’s raise a glass to our authors to congratulate them! And guess what? Our holiday sale is in full swing! Read more →

Posted at 11:40 AM in A Black Women’s History of the United States, A Treasury of African-American Christmas Stories, Boomerang / Bumerán, Boyz n the Void, Christian Coleman, Collected Poems, Dangerous Ideas, Dear Specimen, Not “A Nation of Immigrants”, Palmares, Pregnant Girl, The Behavioral Code, The Rebellious Life of Mrs. Rosa Parks: Adapted for Young People, The Water Defenders, Until I Am Free, Women and Other Monsters | | Comments (0)

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Making Ways Out of No Way: A Native American Heritage Month Reading List

November 16, 2021

President Biden sure is making up for lost time. At this year’s tribal nations summit, skipped over the previous four years by you know who, he signed an executive order for the US to take steps to protect tribal lands and address the epidemic of missing and murdered Native Americans. He proposed a ban on federal oil and gas leases on the sacred tribal site of Chaco Canyon in northwestern New Mexico. And in his official White House proclamation for Native American Heritage Month, he listed more commitments the country will make to Indian Country. Read more →

Posted at 06:09 PM in Activism, All the Real Indians Died Off, American Society, An Afro-Indigenous History of the United States, An Indigenous Peoples’ History of the United States, As Long As Grass Grows, Christian Coleman, Dina Gilio-Whitaker, Eileen Truax, Environment and Conservation, Gregory D. Smithers, History, How Does It Feel to Be Unwanted?, Kyle T. Mays, Linda Hogan, Literature and the Arts, Not “A Nation of Immigrants”, Queer Perspectives, Race and Ethnicity in America, Reclaiming Two-Spirits, Roxanne Dunbar-Ortiz, The Radiant Lives of Animals | | Comments (0)

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