Kevin Powell and Soft Skull

Brooklyn-based independent publisher, Soft Skull, will publish Kevin Powell's next book, Some Day We'll All Be Free. Release date is slated for August 28, 2006.

Description from Soft Skull:

Hurricane Katrina and 9/11 may have been wake-up calls to Americans insulated from the effects of poverty and terrorism, but according to Kevin Powell, similar disasters have been happening in slow motion throughout America for years. Instead of through floods and bombs, these disasters take place via things like rampant unemployment and police brutality, with consequences that are ultimately longer lasting and more damaging. Full of uncomfortable truths and difficult facts, Someday We’ll All Be Free lays out Powell's case for how freedom and democracy are being subverted in 21st-century America. More than just a catalog of sins, Someday We'll All Be Free also finds Powell loudly calling for African-Americans to stand up and finish the work begun by MLK. The most blistering book yet from an author equally recognized for intellectual rigor and scalding rhetoric, Someday We’ll All Be Free firmly establishes why Powell is widely considered one of America’s brightest leaders and thinkers.