Branch Rickey: Baseball’s Ferocious Gentleman by Lee Lowenfish “[F]or the first time, a complete background on the man who made the decision to challenge baseball’s unwritten color biases, Dodgers GM Branch Rickey, has been chronicled in delicious detail. . . . The acclaim for Lowenfish’s meticulous research and mellifluous writing style already has impressed baseball’s noted historians.”—Inside Pitch Magazine “[A] wonderfully written tale. . . . The ferocious gentleman has made an everlasting impact on the sport of baseball and Lowenfish’s [work] is the wonderful story of how that happened.”—At Homeplate.com Read previous praise for Branch Rickey Continue reading More Praise for Branch Rickey

by Mary Ridder Organic.  Marketing cooperative. Community owned. These and other words thrill some people and throw chills into others. They’re risky. They’re new (or very, very old). And they describe some of the creative activity described in Roots of Change whereby energetic folks are working hard to add value to their products in order to retain more of the profit dollars, wholesomeness, and control of their business’ destiny. Some of the endeavors in Roots never made it, never even got off the ground. Others are a testament to tremendous drive and talent. All of these fascinating profiles can, however, … Continue reading Creating Public Change

by Anna-Lisa Cox The extraordinary story of Covert, Michigan’s radical integration and racial equality has long fascinated me, and, like any author, I could not help but be changed by my years of research into its history.  Yet, my experience with the contemporary community of Covert has also profoundly affected me.  I still remember visiting Covert many years ago to conduct an oral history interview.  I was to meet with the elderly descendants of some of the first black pioneers to settle in Covert.  I was in graduate school at the time, and had just finished taking a seminar on … Continue reading An Integrated Intimacy