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    <![CDATA[The Memphis Blues Again: Six Decades of Memphis Music Photographs]]>
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    <![CDATA[Memphis, the legendary birthplace of the blues, has throbbed with  the sounds of some of the greatest American popular music in the twentieth  century: from ragtime and jazz, through the blues, r&amp;b, and rock and roll, to  gospel, soul, and funk. And for over fifty years Ernest Withers has documented  the Memphis music scene in and around Beale Street. So many of the great  musicians and performers are included: W. C. Handy, Muddy Waters, B.B. King,  Elvis Presley, Sam Cooke, Otis Redding, Aretha Franklin, Ike and Tina Turner, Al  Green, Isaac Hayes, and many more. And Withers photographed them in situ: in the  dancehalls, recording studios, auditoriums, churches, and streets of Memphis.  These photographs are a fundamental visual archive of the musical legacy of  Memphis&#151;and one powerful aspect of the photographic legacy of Ernest  Withers.<br/><br/> The photographs are reproduced in stunning duotone plates and were selected by  award-winning author Daniel Wolff who also wrote the introduction and the  extended captions. See Ray Charles playing piano at the WDIA Goodwill Revue,  Elvis Presley bumping and grinding at the Club Paradise in 1960, Aretha Franklin  and Coretta Scott King at the SCLC Convention in 1968, and Count Basie jamming  with Billy Eckstine at the Hippodrome in 1953, and many more. No serious fan of  blues, rock and roll, or soul can afford to be without this handsome  photographic portrait of a whole world of American music.<br/><br/> Text by Daniel Wolff.]]>
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    <![CDATA[Tuggle Books Presents an Analysis of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.'s Letter from Birmingham Jail: &quot;Why We Can't Wait&quot;]]>
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    <![CDATA[Long before blacks gained entrance into major league baseball, some of the greatest athletes ever to play the game were performing remarkable feats in the Negro Leagues. Fans today look back on the legendary Negro Leagues with reverence and awe, yet there has been woefully little visual documentation of the leagues' history. This treasure trove of images by Ernest Withers, the unofficial team photographer for the Memphis Red Sox, captures the peak of Negro League action through the years of groundbreaking integration, as well as the community in which black baseball was played.<br/><br/>Satchel Paige, Jackie Robinson, and Hank Aaron are among the superstars portrayed in 150 photographs, reproduced in stunning duotone plates, introduced by baseball legend Willie Mays, and accompanied by an informative text by Daniel Wolff. From pictures of Indianapolis clown King Tut, the baseball equivalent of a Harlem Globetrotter, and pitcher Charley Pride, who went on to become a country/western singing star, to shots of visiting celebrities and ballplayers relaxing at local clubs, these astonishing photographs evoke a long-gone era and form an essential visual archive of a near-mythological aspect of baseball history. AUTHOR BIO: Ernest C. Withers has photographed the African-American community for more than 50 years, documenting the struggle for civil rights, the black social world, and the Negro Leagues. He lives and works in Memphis. Daniel Wolff has published poetry, short stories, and critical writing on photography, as well as a biography of Sam Cooke, <em>You Send Me</em>. He lives in Nyack, New York. Willie Mays, the baseball Hall of Famer, began his career in 1948 with the Negro Leagues and went on to play in 24 All-Star games and participate in four World Series.]]>
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    <![CDATA[Let Us March On! Selected Civil Rights Photographs of Ernest C. Withers, 1955-1968]]>
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