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FAMILY PAGES
The Reid-Turner-Galt And Allen-Breaux Families Of California, Virginia, Georgia, South Carolina, Louisiana, Texas, Madagascar, The Coast Of West Africa, And Several Other States, Countries, and Territories Not Yet Identified
SUGAREE RISING
Upcoming novel of the Black South by J. Douglas Allen-Taylor
COUNTERPOINTS
Occasional Dispatches From The Deep East Of The Far West By An African-American Progressive Traditionalist
ANYBODY BUT PERATA
Website Operated By J. Douglas Allen-Taylor During The 2010 Oakland Mayoral Campaign To Highlight The Political History Of Oakland Mayoral Candidate Don Perata
HOW VERY JERRY
Website Collection Of Columns Written By J. Douglas Allen-Taylor During The 1999-2006 Administration OF Then-Oakland Mayor Jerry Brown
WRITING PAGES
Journalism, Commentary, Features, Literary Criticism And Reviews From A Lifetime Of Writing
THE GONEWAYS
Tributes To The Spirits I Honor And Miss The Most
Contact Me
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FREEDOM VOICES TO PUBLISH BAY AREA AUTHOR'S NOVEL ON SOUTH CAROLINA BLACK LAND BATTLE
 February 1, 2012
Independent San Francisco Bay Area publishers Freedom Voices announced this week the acquisition of publishing rights for “Sugaree Rising,” Bay Area author, journalist, and political columnist J. Douglas Allen-Taylor’s first novel.
A publication date has not yet been set, but is expected sometime in late 2012.
Set in the South Carolina coastal area Lowcountry in the late Depression years, “Sugaree Rising” is the story of community resistance to a massive community relocation forced by a Tennessee Valley Authority (TVA)-style dam building and rural electrification project. The novel also details the struggles of a unique group of Lowcountry African-American people—commonly known as “the Gullah”—to maintain a religion and culture largely based in their ancestral African homeland.
Allen-Taylor’s novel is loosely based upon the Santee Cooper Project, the 1930’s era initiative that carved out two major lakes in the heart of South Carolina, brought electrification to scores of rural communities, but in the process dislocated more than 900 families, most of them African-American.
Freedom Voices editor B. Jesse Clarke calls “Sugaree Rising” “a very solid piece of work. The characterizations and the evocation of place and time are consistent, intelligent and well paced. The weave between spirit and practicality is nearly seamless. Mr. Allen-Taylor certainly had a wide range of publishing choices for such a quality novel. We’re very happy that he has chosen to publish with Freedom Voices.”
Because Allen-Taylor’s novel crosses several established genres, Freedom Voices expects “Sugaree Rising” to have success in the African-American, women’s, historical fiction, literary fiction, and Southern fiction markets. [More...]
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