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Ellen on
28 July 2010, 2:38 pm
We welcome a guest post today from Jennifer Brier, author of Infectious Ideas: U.S. Political Responses to the AIDS Crisis. When the Obama administration announced a new HIV/AIDS strategy, we asked Brier to unpack the news and help give historical perspective to the new plan.–ellen Reading President Obama’s new HIV/AIDS strategy, released on July 13, [...] Read more »
Filed under Current Events, Gay / Lesbian Studies, Guest Bloggers, Health / Medicine, Politics, Public Policy.
Tagged aids policy, barack obama, hiv/aids, homophobia, jennifer brier, pepfar, usaid
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Alyssa on
24 June 2010, 1:10 pm
When former President Bill Clinton was elected nearly 18 years ago, there was heated debate about gays serving in the United States military. Originally, a proposed federal law was to ban all gays from the armed services; Clinton rallied support for a compromise and the “Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell” policy was born in 1993. Seven [...] Read more »
Filed under American Studies, Civil Rights, Cultural Studies, Gay / Lesbian Studies, Gender Studies, Military History, Military Studies, UNC Press Authors.
Tagged Allan Berube, don't ask don't tell, gay and lesbian veterans, gay rights movement, Gay/Lesbian studies, gays in the military, steve estes, u.s. military
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Ellen on
13 May 2010, 1:39 pm
We’ve blogged before about E. Patrick Johnson’s amazing Sweet Tea project–the book, the performances. Johnson is now starring in the one-man-show called Sweet Tea at the Viaduct Theater in Chicago through May 29. Here’s a taste of his preparation with director Daniel Alexander Jones. We have a special website dedicated to Sweet Tea, where you [...] Read more »
Filed under African American Studies, Gay / Lesbian Studies, Southern Studies, UNC Press Authors.
Tagged about face theatre, black gay men of the south, black theatre, chicago theater, countess vivian, daniel alexander jones, E. Patrick Johnson, homosexual men, Pouring Tea, Sweet Tea, theater, viaduct theater
Posted by
Tom on
23 September 2009, 10:13 am
I know we’re not supposed to have favorite authors here at the Press, but since I live in the IT World and rarely interact with our authors, I’ll provide myself with something of an exemption. Last September I wrote about E. Patrick Johnson’s newly released book, titled Sweet Tea: Black Gay Men of the South. [...] Read more »
Filed under African American Studies, Civil Rights, Gay / Lesbian Studies, Interviews, Southern Studies, UNC Press Authors, UNC Press News.
Tagged African American men, Gay/Lesbian studies, Northwestern University, performance, Pouring Tea, queer culture, south, Sweet Tea
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admin on
27 July 2009, 4:19 pm
Last week best-selling fiction writer E. Lynn Harris died at the age of 54. Harris’s closeted and openly gay black characters paved the way for a new and vibrant genre of popular literature with widespread appeal. Personally, Harris was a kind and generous man who sought to encourage and support other gay black writers, including [...] Read more »
Filed under African American Studies, Biography / Autobiography, Current Events, Gay / Lesbian Studies, Guest Bloggers, Literature, Southern Studies.
Tagged basil henderson, down low, e. lynn harris, E. Patrick Johnson, gay black characters, gay black writers, invisible life, james baldwin, just ast i am, lgbt novels, regulator bookshop, Sweet Tea
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admin on
12 June 2009, 1:01 pm
We welcome a guest post today from Fay Botham, author of the forthcoming book Almighty God Created the Races: Christianity, Interracial Marriage, and American Law. In her book, Botham demonstrates how Christianity was important to both racist and antiracist movements in the 19th and 20th centuries and how those movements influenced litigation over matters of [...] Read more »
Filed under African American Studies, Civil Rights, Gay / Lesbian Studies, Guest Bloggers, History, Law / Legal History, Religion, UNC Press Authors.
Tagged almighty god created the races, biblical interpretation, brown v board of education, chief justice earl warren, christian belief, discrimination, fay botham, heterosexism, interracial marriage, judge leon bazile, loving for all, loving v virginia, mildred jeter, mildred loving, miscegenation, racism, richard loving, same-sex marriage
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21 April 2009, 1:54 pm
New York, NY – Today! Tuesday 4/21 at 6 pm – Ann Marie Stock, author of On Location in Cuba: Street Filmmaking during Times of Transition (hot off the press!), will be speaking at the Havana Film Festival at the King Juan Carlos Center. Raleigh, NC – Wed., 4/22 at 11 am – Rob Christensen, [...] Read more »
Filed under African American History, African American Studies, American History, Birds & Birding, Cooking / Food, Cuba, Events, Gay / Lesbian Studies, Gender Studies, History, Local Indy Booksellers, Media Studies, Military Studies, Nature, North Carolina, Politics, Southern Studies, UNC Press Authors, UNC Press News, Women's Studies.
Tagged ann marie stock, armchair birder, bbq, cuban filmmakers, dale volberg reed, E. Patrick Johnson, gerda lerner, giovannis room, havana film festival new york, holy smoke, john shelton reed, john yow, joshua howard, malaprops bookstore, monticello, temple beth or raleigh nc, thomas jefferson
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admin on
11 March 2009, 11:50 am
The sun is just starting to break through the morning cloud cover on this warm spring day. Last day of sunshine before we roll into a week of rain here in the Triangle, say the weather forecasters, so let’s make the most of it! In the next few days, there will be several opportunities to [...] Read more »
Filed under African American Studies, American History, Biography / Autobiography, Civil War, Cooking / Food, Current Events, Events, Gay / Lesbian Studies, Gender Studies, Health / Medicine, History, Interviews, Local Indy Booksellers, Military History, Military Studies, North Carolina, Podcasts, Southern Studies, The Book Biz, UNC Press Authors, UNC Press News.
Tagged bbq, booksin140, civil war, dale volberg reed, E. Patrick Johnson, erin balser, gay agenda, jennifer ritterhouse, jim crow, john shelton reed, joshua howard, lawrence babits, library scent, nancy carter crump, nina silber, nortin hadler, race, regulator bookshop, revolutionary war
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admin on
18 November 2008, 10:51 am
On WUNC’s (91.5 FM Chapel Hill) The State of Things today at noon, Frank Stasio and a panel of guests will be discussing the legal and religious meanings of marriage in light of the passage of Prop 8 in California and similar amendments in other states. Guests will include UNC Press author E. Patrick Johnson, [...] Read more »
Filed under African American Studies, Civil Rights, Gay / Lesbian Studies, Gender Studies, History, Law / Legal History, Podcasts, Politics, Religion, TSoT, Theatre, UNC Press News.
Tagged black gay men, california, civil unions, definition of marriage, gay marriage, marriage, prop 8, proposition 8, right to marry, Sweet Tea
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admin on
11 November 2008, 4:41 pm
In addition to the many outstanding books UNC Press has published on Civil War battles, World War II military tactics, Cold War strategy, war heroes, and other military history, we have also brought to print stories of veterans sometimes left out of traditional American military narratives. In honor of all those who serve our country, [...] Read more »
Filed under African American History, African American Studies, American History, American Studies, Biography / Autobiography, Gay / Lesbian Studies, History, Military History, Military Studies, North Carolina.
Tagged african american veterans, andrew huebner, black marines, black veterans, gay and lesbian veterans, louis gossett jr., melton mclaurin, steve estes, veterans day, world war ii veterans
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admin on
14 October 2008, 8:25 am
The University of North Carolina Press was not the only out-of-towner attending the Southern Festival of Books in Nashville Oct. 10-Oct. 12. Comedian and actor Robin Williams strolled through the War Memorial Plaza on Sunday and checked out what UNC Press had to offer. He even purchased Lincoln and the Decision for War, by Russell [...] Read more »
Filed under Civil War, Cooking / Food, Events, Gay / Lesbian Studies, Juvenile, Military History, Native American Studies, Nature, The Book Biz, UNC Press News.
Tagged southern festival of books, tennessee
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admin on
25 September 2008, 2:13 pm
If you didn’t go check out the videos mentioned in Tom’s post on Sweet Tea a couple of weeks ago, go do it now. In fact, here’s a direct link to the page where the videos are. Go on. I’ll wait. . . . . . . Okay, I actually just went and re-watched all [...] Read more »
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admin on
4 August 2008, 10:56 am
The XVII International AIDS Conference takes place this week (Aug 3-8) in Mexico City. This is the first time the bi-annual conference has been held in a Latin American city. As we learn from Shawn Smallman, author of The AIDS Pandemic in Latin America, Latin American countries represent a mosaic of policies, cultures, and infection [...] Read more »
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30 July 2008, 10:05 am
Cool activist-esque things to do through the years: early 1960s: register African American voters in the South; late 1960s: protest Vietnam War/attend large-scale concert in upstate New York; 1970s: burn bra while reading Erica Jong; 1990s: wear a red ribbon on an expensive tuxedo; 2008: get involved in the electoral process. Considering the upcoming election [...] Read more »
Filed under African American History, African American Studies, American History, Civil Rights, Education, Environmental Studies, Gay / Lesbian Studies, Gender Studies, Health / Medicine, History, UNC Press News, Women's Studies.
Tagged Center for Civil Rights, civil rights movement, economic justice, environmental justice, gay rights movement, Mellon Foundation, resegregation, segregation, Southern Oral History Program, UNC Libraries, women's movement
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admin on
8 July 2008, 11:41 am
Maybe hearing it from retired officers in the armed services will push Congress to reconsider the “Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell” policy toward gays in the military: “Evidence shows that allowing gays and lesbians to serve openly is unlikely to pose any significant risk to morale, good order, discipline or cohesion.” A new study points to [...]
