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Biography and Memoir August 2020 |
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Black Radical: The Life and Times of William Monroe Trotter by Kerri K. Greenidge Who it's about: William Monroe Trotter, the Harvard-educated activist and publisher who founded the Black newspaper Boston Guardian in 1901.
Read it for: An incisive and well-researched portrait of an unyielding figure whose radical political views courted controversy -- and presaged contemporary civil rights battles.
| | Reporter by Seymour M. Hersh What it's about: Investigative journalist Seymour M. Hersh's five-decade career spent chasing high-profile stories around the globe.
Topics include: The 1968 My Lai massacre in Vietnam (for which Hersh's reporting won a Pulitzer Prize); the Watergate scandal; American military abuses post-9/11.
Also availabe in eBook & eAudiobook on OverDrive | | Mary McGrory: The Trailblazing Columnist Who Stood Washington on Its Head by John Norris Starring: Mary McGrory, whose reportage on the Watergate scandal earned her a spot on Richard Nixon's "enemies list" -- and a Pulitzer Prize for Commentary in 1975.
What sets it apart: This richly detailed page-turner is the first biography of the charismatic "grand dame of Washington reporters."
Don't miss: The humble epitaph McGrory requested for her tombstone. | | Prisoner: My 544 Days in an Iranian Prison --Solitary Confinement, a Sham Trial... by Jason Rezaian What it is: A powerful, briskly paced memoir chronicling Iranian American journalist Jason Rezaian's 18-month imprisonment in Tehran.
What happened: Arrested on trumped-up espionage charges, Rezaian's release was used as a bargaining chip in Iran's nuclear deal negotiations with the Obama administration.
What's inside: Frank discussions concerning U.S.-Iran relations and Rezaian's complicated relationship with his family's homeland. | | Under Fire: Reporting from the Front Lines of the Trump White House by April Ryan; foreword by Tamron Hall What it's about: The tumultuous first year of the Trump administration as seen through the eyes of White House correspondent April Ryan, a frequent target of the president and his acolytes.
Read it for: An impassioned chronicle of what it's like to be one of the few Black reporters working for the White House press corps.
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