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Obama's Race to the White House
Dempsey Travis chronicles the campaigns of each African-American who has run for President prior to Barack Obama in his new book, Obama's Race to the White House. Find out about the details of Obama's life and his work as a community organizer before his involvement in politics, his wife, and Hillary Clinton, his campaign rival before he won the nomination. Discover the mystery regarding the six black presidents America has had in the past and why Obama is not the nation's first black president. Wrapping it all up is an in-depth chapter specific to Obama's life in politics and how he came to win the Election with his "Yes We Can!" slogan and his speeches about hope and "Change We Can Believe In." He has shown the American people that change is necessary and how he plans to bring it about, like so many leaders before him. |
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Harold:
The People’s Mayor
This is a book for the many thousands of
Chicagoans who revere the late Mayor Harold Washington, who
seems destined to become more legendary with each passing year.
Travis may be the only writer in America who regularly sat down
with Washington for long, tape recorded interviews. For those
who want to relive Washington’s three mayoral campaigns, the
book provides an extensive blow by blow account. —- Chicago
Tribune Travis, a long-time friend of mayor Harold Washington,
provides some fresh details about Washington’s youth and his
early life. Few people are more knowledgeable about Washington
than Travis. —- Chicago Sun-Times Catalog Card# 0-941484-08-4
349pp/200 illus Cloth 6 3.8 x 9 1/2 |
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Racism:
American Style
His message is straightforward and perhaps shocking
to those in the corporate world who believe that both law and
cultural change have diminished racism in U.S. businesses and
opened up many opportunities for blacks seeking to join and
progress in the ranks of management. — Chicago Tribune In this
book, Chicago author Dempsey Travis captures the personal struggle
of African American executives and other professionals to overcome
racism and achieve their full potential. It is based in 122
interviews with Black men and women who have endured racism
in Fortune 500 corporations, prestigious universities, leading
hospitals, the military, the media, the banking industry, employment
agencies, religion and country clubs. The anguish, rage, fear,
shock and despair described by these veterans in the battle
against racism grabs the reader on an emotional level and does
not let go. — Chicago Tribune Catalog Card #0-941484-09-2 230pp
Cloth 6 3/8 x 9 1/2” |
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An
Autobiography of Black Chicago
Travis is an unbashed Black Horatio
Alger and this is history as an object lesson, pure and simple.
He earns your respect as well as your affection with his humorous
observations on the Travis household, and in an age when a two-hour
television movie is devoted to the exploits of a demented sociopath
whose only accomplishment was the bungling of a third-rate burglary.
Travis’ writing is surprisingly free of anger at the thousand
petty injustices that sear the soul of Black America. — Chicago
Journal This book makes excellent reading for serious students
of Black history. — Chicago Tribune Travis’ saga is An Autobiography
of Black Chicago gives us useful, energetic insights into the
involvement and backbone of Chicago’s sprawling Black middle
class. — Chicago Magazine Catalog Card# 0-91484-01-7 400pp/150
illus Paper 6 3/8 x 9 1/2” |
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Norman
Granz: The White Moses of Black Jazz
Dempsey Travis knows the
history of jazz because he’s been there, soaking it up - at
the Grand Terrace, the White Emporium and other Chicago Jazz
hot spots now sadly lost. His latest jazz book is Norman Granz:
The White Moses of Black Jazz his stories of the stars with
recollections of the late impresario who brought their music
to a wider audience. This book is a sequel to Dempsey Travis’
best selling book An Autobiography of Black Jazz. — Chicago
Magazine, December 2002 Catalog Card# 0-94184-34-3 352pp Cloth
6 1/4 x 9 1/4 |
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Real
Estate is The Gold in Your Future
The definitive layman’s guide
for creating wealth in the field of real estate. This howto
book details the process of buying, maintaining, mortgaging
and selling real estate. Rags-to-riches case studies provide
various pathways to becoming a real estate millionaire. Travis’
easy-to-follow language helps the reader move through Real Estate
Gold quickly and with complete comprehension. The extensive
glossary in the book gives necessary vocabulary for those who
are serious about creating wealth through ownership of real
estate. After four decades in the real estate business, Travis
is sharing the principles that can make your old age of the
golden age. Let real estate be the gold in your future! |
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The
Victory Monument: The Beacon of Chicago’s Bronzeville Caxtonian
Dempsey J. Travis has published his 16th book, The Victory Monument:
The Beacon of Chicago’s Bronzeville. The book is a pleasant
story of African-Americans’ involvement in many deeds of war
and the importance of Chicago’s Bronzeville neighborhood in
deeds of war. — Caxtonian Journal Catalog Card# 0-941484-30-0
132pp Cloth 6 1/4 x 9 1/4 |
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Refuse To Learn To Fail
The autobiography of Dempsey J. Travis,
Chicago’s real estate tycoon, millionaire and civil rights activist;
who wouldn’t let racism, discrimination or illiteracy stop him
from achieving his goals. An inspirational book for today’s
youth. Catalog Card# 00-941484-12-2 198pp/illus Cloth 6 x 8
1/2” |
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Views
From The Back of The Bus
During WWII and Beyond The author doesn’t
need to be reminded of World Ward II. The bullet lodged near
his right hip is memento enough. The author tells his story
with those of more than two dozen of his African American comrades-in-arms,
The book recounts how legions of patriotic Black soldiers fought
for a country that denies them the most basic rights granted
even to captured German prisoners of war. In Views From The
Back of The Bus During WWII and Beyond the story is told. Catalog
Card# 0-941484-24 301pp Cloth 6 3/8 x 9 1/4” |
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Racism:
‘Round ‘n’ ‘Round It Goes
Dempsey J. Travis has provided us
with another work that delineates the impact of racism on African
Americans. His vehicle was the voices of twenty interviewees
that hurled themselves over the barricade of bigotry in route
to developing successful careers. — Carl C. Bell, M.D., F.A.P.A.
Professor of Clinical Psychiatry University of Illinois School
of Medicine Catalog Card# 0-941484-27- |
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An
Autobiography of Black Politics
This book is a comprehensive
political analysis of Blacks in the Illinois political structure.
The work contains considerable empirical and analytic detail
about the operation of Black politics at both the municipal
and state level. A monumental work...the kind of book that I
hope is read throughout the country. — Mayor Harold Washington
Combines historical accuracy with a great storytelling ability.
— Sen. Paul Simon A portrait of Black political development
in Chicago...spotlights the careers of seminal figures like
Oscar DePriest and Williams L. Dawson and contains recollections
by some of the participants in Harold Washington’s historic
campaign for mayor of Chicago. — Ebony Magazine Catalog Card
# 0-941494-05-X 704pp/400 illus Cloth 7 1/2 x 9 1/2 |
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Don't stop me now
A
rags to riches odyssey as told by an African American who refused
to let his color be a handicap. Catalog Card #78-123809 64pp
Paper 5x7 |
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J.
Edgar Hoover’s FBI Wired The Nation
‘Hoover was a complex person,”
says author Dempsey Travis. ‘ He was waving the flag, saying,
‘Let me protect you,’ and taking away liberty at the same time.”
Travis’ latest book, J. Edgar Hoover’s FBI Wired The Nation,
explores the intimidation and thinly veiled racism that were
hallmarks of Hoover’s 47-year regime as FBI director, during
which he zealously collected files on person s with real or
perceived liberal slants. For the book, the 80-year old real
estate mogul gathered documents on 16 legends of the 20th century,
including Louis Armstrong, Ernest Hemingway, and former Illinois
Governor Adlai Stevenson. —- Chicago Magazine Catalog Card#
0-941484-31-9 436pp Cloth 7 1/4 x 9 1/2 |
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The
FBI Files: On The Tainted and the Damned
Dempsey Travis became
a phenomenal literary genius, an exceptional pianist, a leader
among musicians, an astute real estate tycoon and most of all
a prolific author of 19 books. The last two, J. Edgar Hoover;s
FBI Wired The Nation and The FBI Files: On The Tainted and The
Damned are sensational. Currently, America is raging with fear
over the terrorist attacks of September 11, 2001. In his newly
released book The FBI Files: On The Tainted and The Damned published
by Urban Research Press, Inc. Travis provides for readers details
on one of the most terrorized eras in the United States, one
that personally affected individuals in high places. It was
led by the Federal Bureau of Investigation and J. Edgar Hoover;
a ruthless man who tormented thousands of people. The Author,
in his account of the actions of the FBI, provides indepth accounts
of the fear by which entertainers, actors and others lived,
a brutal, emotional atmosphere that enveloped them in gross
darkness. Catalog Card# 0-94181-32-7 432pp Cloth 7 1/2 x 9 1/2 |
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The
Negro as A Capitalist
The Negro as A Capitalist is a well researched
and documented classical work covering the success, failure
and personal histories of African Americans in both banking
and general commerce from the Pre-Civil War period to 1992.
The book was written by the late Dr. Abram L. Harris, an economist
and professor at the University of Chicago. A prologue and epilogue
updating Abram’s classic work was written by Dempsey J. Travis,
a successful Chicago businessman, banker and author of 19 bestselling
books. Catalog Card #0-941484-13-0 253pp/illus Cloth 6” 9 1/4” |
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The
Duke Ellington Primer
Travis has written, as the title states,
a primer; it briefly surveys Ellington’s life in a pleasant
and general way, Incidentally, on credit for the music, Travis
is straightforward; From 1939 on, Ellington “did very few arrangements,”
turning nearly “all of that writing over to Billy Strayhorn.”
This is a good introduction to the life and music of Ellington
and his times. The book is lavishly and electrically illustrated.
—- Bonnie Smothers Booklist/May 15, 1996 Catalog Card# 0-041484-3-25-4
202pp/139 illus Cloth 6 3/8 x 9 1/2” |
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An
Autobiography of Black Jazz
The affectionate work stands up
as a valuable slice of socio-ethnological history. Profusely
illustrated. — Los Angeles Times Travis’ new book is a richly
evocative memoir of jazz in Chicago. The photographs by themselves
are worth the price of the book. Strongly recommended for the
medium-size to large jazz literature collection. — American
Library Association Travis’ book may be the best chronicle of
how Chicago mobsters and jazz entrepreneurs led the musicians
into a form of ante-bellum slavery, forcing them to work only
certain clubs and certain cities. — Chicago Tribune Catalog
Card# 0-941484-10-6 560pp/470 illus 7 1/2 x 9 1/2 |
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An
American Story In Red, White and Blue
“Dempsey Travis, one of
the most insightful chronicles of the city of Chicago, has written
an important and timely book that makes a panoramic view of
America’s past that returns race to the center of he American
experience. His works passionately and clearly demonstrates
the manner in which race has permeated and informed all aspects
of American history from the lives of the founding fathers to
the patterns and personalities of America’s urban centers to
scientific priorities to presidential leadership. Ultimately
Travis reminds the reader of how profoundly the issue of race
has shaped the lives of all Americans - and how it will continue
to do so in the future.” —- Lonnie G. Bunch, Ph.D. President
Chicago Historical Society Catalog Card# 0-941484-33-5 |
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Jimmy
Lunceford: THE KING of Jazznocracy
Dempsey Travis has done it
again. His book, Jimmie Lunceford: The King of Jazznocracy,
captures the rhythm, the roots, and the impact of African American
music during the era of the “Big Bands.” Travis colorfully depicts
the lives and influences of musicians like Jimmie Lunceford,
Count Basie, and Duke Ellington and helps us better understand
the correlation between the urban experience, race, and musical
creativity. The story of Jimmie Lunceford is particularly illuminating.
Travis demonstrates just how Lunceford was able to create a
new sound that catapulted his band to stardom, while not neglecting
the impact of racism on Lunceford’s career and ultimately on
his life. This is a wonderful book that is alive with music,
personalities, and stories that are well told. This publication
is a must for all who are interested in the history of swing
music, and all who are interested in African American history.
—- Lonnie G. Bunch, Ph.D. President Chicago Historical Society
Catalog Card# 0-941484-35-1 |
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They
Heard A Thousand Thunders
Dempsey J. Travis’ They Heard A Thousand
Thunders’ is a powerful novel seen through the eyes of Frank
Hunter, a man who could see forever and had ears that could
amplify the sound of an ant spitting on cotton. In this book,
the scenes are far flung with action that takes place from Shenango,
Pennsylvania to Bourgaltroff, France and many stops in between.
They Heard a Thousand Thunders lowers the polite barriers and
tells the shocking truth about what it is really like to be
an African American. Catalog Card# 0-941484-28-9 |
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The
Chosen, The Damned and Other People
True to form, Dempsey Travis
has once again, at 87 years young, given us “participant- observation,‘
sharing a part of his history, and our, “with his eyes wide
open, his ears attuned and ever-ready to listen as well as to
ask questions.” His latest book, The Chosen, The Damned and
Other People is a look at the lives of notorious Americans,
some gifted...The Chosen, and some overcome by their own bad
choices and circumstances...the Damned. And, then there are
those persons, events and locales, which effected history by
their mere presence, like the Club DeLisa, Like smooth jazz,
these persons, events and locales don’t have to do anything
but absorb the rhythm of the time (era) to feel the impact of
their presence, and their very existence...the Other People.
Catalog Card# 0-941484-29-7 |
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The
Life and Times of Redd Foxx
Redd Foxx and the author lived within
a block of each other in the Third Ward on the Southside of
Chicago in their early teenage years. They were both students
at DuSable High School in 1939. Foxx, John H. Johnson and the
author were honorees at a DuSable High School assembly program
in 1973 and also the subjects of a CBS television documentary
entitled “Beating The Odds”. Redd Foxx’s name has surfaced in
three books written by the author, namely an autobiography of
Black Chicago”, “An Autobiography of Black Jazz”, and “Harold:
The People’s Mayor”. Catalog Card# 0-941484-29-7 |
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