by danelljones | Oct 3, 2019 | The Latest
It’s A Finalist for the High Plains Book Award for Nonfiction! As if that were not exciting enough, here’s even more wonderful news: Melbourne Garber, Merriman-Labor’s great nephew, is coming to Montana! He and I will be having a discussion at This...
by danelljones | Sep 6, 2019 | The Latest
Then you should definitely try to get to the Lambeth Local History Fair. It promises to be a fantastic event focused on Black British history. I promise you will not want to miss writer and historian Steve Martin’s talk on A.B.C. Merriman-Labor at 2:30.I had the...
by danelljones | Jul 14, 2019 | The Latest
A.B.C. Merriman-LaborFreetown, Sierra Leone, circa 1904 One hundred years ago today, July 14, 1909, A.B.C. Merriman-Labor died of tuberculosis in the Lambeth Workhouse Infirmary, age 41.The building still stands in South London. I remember the haunting day my husband...
by danelljones | Apr 3, 2019 | The Latest
So, have you been wanting to know a little bit more about A.B.C. Merriman-Labor and An African in Imperial London? Curious to learn a few tidbits that didn’t make it into the book? Or perhaps stories about what it was like to research the life of an African man...
by danelljones | Dec 12, 2018 | The Latest
POP QUIZ: How many books are published in the U.S. each month? ANSWER: 50,000. Or maybe 100,000. The experts disagree. Either way, it’s mind-boggling. For our purposes here, let’s stick with 50,000. Remember, that’s 50,000 books each month. Just to keep...
