![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() She lives in Atlanta, Georgia with her husband and son. Based on the true story of one of the most famous designers of the twenties through the sixties who has since been unjustly forgotten, By Her Own Design is an unforgettable novel of determination despite countless obstacles and a triumph celebrated by the world. She is a literature professor at Clark-Atlanta University and blogs about the history behind her novels at. Listed in the Textile Arts category on Art In Fiction, By Her Own Design (2022) by Piper Huguley is the incredible story of Ann Lowe, a Black woman and granddaughter of slaves, who rose above personal struggles and racial prejudice to design and create one of Americas most famous wedding dresses of all time. Her next historical fiction book, American Daughters (2024), is the story of the decades-long interracial friendship between Alice Roosevelt and Portia Washington, the rebel teenage daughters of President Theodore Roosevelt and Booker T. She is also the author of Sweet Tea by Hallmark Publishing and the author of two historical romance series: “Migrations of the Heart”, about the Great Migration and “Home to Milford College”. By Her Own Design was a Booklist top 100 Editor’s Choice selection for 2022 and was named one of the top 100 books of 2022 in Canada by the Globe and Mail newspaper. Huguley’s biographical historical fiction, By Her Own Design: a novel of Ann Lowe, Fashion Designer to the Social Register (William Morrow Publishing) tells the inspiring story of the Black fashion designer of Jackie Kennedy’s wedding dress. ![]()
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![]() ![]() Four Hundred Souls is a unique one-volume "community" history of African Americans. It takes us to the present, when African Americans, descendants of those on the White Lion and a thousand other routes to this country, continue a journey defined by inhuman oppression, visionary struggles, stunning achievements, and millions of ordinary lives passing through extraordinary history. ![]() Jones on Jamestown's first slaves to historian Annette Gordon-Reed's portrait of Sally Hemings to the seductive cadences of poets Jericho Brown and Patricia Smith, Four Hundred Souls weaves a tapestry of unspeakable suffering and unexpected transcendence."- O: The Oprah Magazine The story begins in 1619-a year before the Mayflower-when the White Lion disgorges "some 20-and-odd Negroes" onto the shores of Virginia, inaugurating the African presence in what would become the United States. a gateway to the solo works of all the voices in Kendi and Blain's impressive choir."- The Washington Post "From journalist Hannah P. LONGLISTED FOR THE ANDREW CARNEGIE MEDAL - "A vital addition to curriculum on race in America. ![]() Kendi, author of How to Be an Antiracist, and Keisha N. ![]() #1 NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER - A chorus of extraordinary voices tells the epic story of the four-hundred-year journey of African Americans from 1619 to the present-edited by Ibram X. ![]() |