Book Launch: Longing for Justice & From Uncle Tom's Cabin to The Help | Communication Arts

Jennifer S. Simpson and Vershawn Young will speak about their books at the University of Waterloo Bookstore.

Longing for justice: Higher Education and Democracy's Agenda by Professor Simpson is a timely and persuasive argument for Higher Education’s obligations to our democratic society, Longing for Justice combines personal narrative with critical analysis to make the case for educational practices that connect to questions of democracy, justice, and the common good.

Professor Young's edited volume (with Clair Oberon Garcia and Charise Pimentel), From Uncle Tom's Cabin to The Help: Critical Perspectives on White-Authored Narratives of Black Life, boldly investigates the promise and perils of racial ventriloquism, that is, when white authors appropriate the history and stories of black life.