October 2008--Volume VI, Issue 10

A Critical History of Soul Train on Television
by Christopher P. Lehman

As a wildly popular Chicago dance show, Soul Train gave African-American teens their first significant chance to see and identify with their peers on television. Get on board to learn about Soul Train as it went national and established host Don Cornelius as one of the most successful pioneers of African-American TV production.

Tim & Tom
An American Comedy in Black and White
by Tim Reid, Tom Dreesen, & Ron Rappaport

As the heady promise of the 1960s sagged under the weight of widespread violence, rioting, and racial unrest, two young men--one black and one white--took to stages across the nation to help Americans confront their racial divide: by laughing at it. This work tells the story of that pioneering duo, Tim Reid and Tom Dreesen.

If Memory Serves
by Vanessa Davis Griggs

Vanessa Davis Griggs, the bestselling author of The Rose of Jericho, presents a thrilling new novel filled with scandalous secrets, impossible choices, and supreme tests of faith, in this culmination of her superb Blessed Trinity series.