Zocalo 2009 Book List

Bill Barich’s A Pint of Plain
Morris Dickstein’s Dancing in the Dark
Kal Raustiala’s Does the Constitution Follow the Flag?
Vali Nasr’s Forces of Fortune
Arika Okrent’s In the Land of Invented Languages
Sandra Mackey’s Mirror of the Arab World
Neil MacFarquhar’s The Media Relations Department of Hizbollah Wishes You a Happy Birthday
Archie Brown’s The Rise and Fall of Communism
Hannah Holmes’s The Well-Dressed Ape
Tom Zoellner’s Uranium

The Root 100

Debo Adegbile
Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie
Adaora Adimora
David Adjaye
Semhar Araia
Tyra Banks
Melody Barnes
Cornell Belcher
Jerry Bias
Cory A. Booker
Richard Buery, Jr.
Len Burnett
Cassandra Butts
Majora Carter
Maverick Carter
Shawn "Jay-Z" Carter
Staceyann Chin
Delman Coates
Cathy J. Cohen
Cheryl Contee
Audie Cornish
Kimberle Crenshaw
Edwidge Danticat
Angela J. Davis
Artur Davis
Shelley Davis
Junot Diaz
Derek Douglas
Joshua Dubois
Phaedra Ellis-Lamkins
Adrian Fenty
Harold Ford, Jr.
James Forman Jr
Roland Fryer, Jr.
Dean Garfield
Sheldon Gilbert
Robin Givhan
Thelma Golden
Allan C. Golston
F. Gary Gray
Tamron Hall
Hill Harper
Kamala Harris
Maya Harris
Melissa Harris-Lacewell
Mellody Hobson
Anna Holmes
Steven Horsford
Dora Hughes
Jamila Hunter
Christopher Jackson
Ben Jealous
Jessica Johnson
Kevin Johnson
Matthew Johnson
Alia M. Jones
Timothy B. Jones
Marc Lamont Hill
Alfred Liggins III
Suzanne Malveaux
Bryant Marks
Roland Martin
Shireen Mitchell
Otis Moss III
Dambisa Moyo
Elie Mystal
Mark Anthony Neal
Soledad O'Brien
Donna Payne
Steve Perry
Tyler Perry
Gina Prince-Bythewood
Shonda Rhimes
Ian V. Rowe
Francesca T. Royster
James Rucker
Seth Schiesel
James H. Shelton
Lateefah Simon
Tavis Smiley
Dr. Ian K. Smith
Winston "Wole" Soboyejo
Michael Sorrell
Deirdre Stanley
Rabbi Alysa Stanton
Alison Stewart
Steve Stoute
Naomi Tempies
Baratunde Thurston
Raphael G. Warnock
Craig Watkins
Yelberton "Yebbie" Watkins
Carlos Watson
Denmark West
Tony West
Dwight Williams
Norries Wilson
Anthony Woods
Frederic Yonnet
TV on the Radio

XXX

Roman Thirty (11)
Adult Rating (11)
Movie Rating (11)
Moonshine Label (14)
Mason Label (10)
Jug Label (8)
Written Kisses (11)
Bowling Turkey (13)
Chi Chi Chi Fraternity (19)
Tic Tac Toe Winner (15)
Marks the Spots?
Poisonous Potion

People's History

Fathers and Children, Michael Rogin
Violence in the American Experience: Winning the West, Richard Brinnon
Alabama = “Here we may rest”
The Disinherited, Dale Van Every

Treaty of Dancing Rabbit Creek
Treaty of Holston
Treaty of Washington

abrogate(d) = to abolish by formal or official means; annul by an authoritative act; repeal: to abrogate a law.
perfidy = an act or instance of faithlessness or treachery.
brevet = a commission promoting a military officer to a higher rank without increase of pay and with limited exercise of the higher rank, often granted as an honor immediately before retirement.

Treaty of Camp Moultrie
Trail of Tears, October 1, 1838

Nueces River
Santa Anna
Democratic Review, John O’Sullivan
Mr. Polk’s War, John Shroeder