New This Week: January 27th
This week, we’re excited to celebrate the newest title in our Ferris & Ferris imprint: The Legend of Wyatt Outlaw: From Reconstruction through Black Lives Matter by Sylvester Allen Jr. and Belle Boggs. Published today, this powerful work uncovers the life and legacy of Wyatt Outlaw—a Union League leader, business owner, and the first Black town constable and commissioner in Graham, North Carolina, whose 1870 murder by the Ku Klux Klan set off a cascade of political violence and resistance that continues to reverberate across generations.
The Legend of Wyatt Outlaw: From Reconstruction through Black Lives Matter by Sylvester Allen Jr. and Belle Boggs
Uncovering the history of a racist murder to set right the future
“Allen and Boggs excel as powerful and engaging storytellers in this book uncovering the largely forgotten story of Wyatt Outlaw. . . . [A] timely, informative, and deeply resonant book that will inspire reflection and action.”—Library Journal, STARRED review
“In their masterful account, Allen and Boggs demonstrate that Outlaw’s life and death were emblematic of the courageous and determined Black struggle for economic and political power during Reconstruction.”—Booklist, STARRED review
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