David Margolick

C'était l'époque où un Noir disait mon cul à un public blanc et le montrait.

En 1939, quand Billie Holiday interprète pour la première fois Strange Fruit, elle n'a que 24 ans et déjà un nom dans le milieu du jazz. Or, peu de poncifs racistes et sexistes lui furent épargnés. Non sans susciter le scandale, Billie Holiday... Lire la suite

The story of the song that foretold a movement and the Lady who dared sing it.
Billie Holiday's signature tune, 'Strange Fruit', with its graphic and heart-wrenching portrayal of a lynching in the South, brought home the evils of racism as well... Lire la suite

Texte écrit dans les années 30, par un homme qui recueillit les enfants Rosenberg après l’exécution de leurs parents : au travers du « pourquoi » de la chanson qui donne son titre au livre, un portrait en pied, peu flatteur, de la société américaine... Lire la suite

American author John Horne Burns (1916–1953) led a brief and controversial life, and as a writer, transformed many of his darkest experiences into literature. Burns was born in Massachusetts, graduated from Andover and Harvard, and went on to teach... Lire la suite

Nothing in the annals of sports has aroused more passion than the heavyweight fights in New York in 1936 and 1938 between Joe Louis and Max Schmeling — bouts that symbolized the hopes, hatreds, and fears of a world moving toward total war. Acclaimed... Lire la suite

"A fascinating, elegiac account" of the bond between two of the Civil Rights Era's most important leaders—from the journalist and author of Strange Fruit ( Chicago Tribune). With vision and political savvy, Martin Luther King, Jr. and Robert F.... Lire la suite

"The first book of real magnitude to come out of the last war." —John Dos Passos John Horne Burns brought The Gallery back from World War II, and on publication in 1947 it became a critically-acclaimed bestseller. However, Burns's early death at the... Lire la suite

**FINALIST FOR THE PEN/JACQUELINE BOGRAD WELD AWARD FOR BIOGRAPHY • FINALIST FOR THE MARFIELD PRIZE • FEATURED ON CBS SUNDAY MORNING • From longtime New York Times and Vanity Fair writer David Margolick comes the first definitive biography of Sid... Lire la suite

"Through Eckford and Bryan's tangled lives, [Margolick] hopes to capture the complexity of race, forgiveness, and reconciliation in modern America." —Kevin Boyle, The Washington Post The names Elizabeth Eckford and Hazel Bryan Massery may not be... Lire la suite