Rachel Ferguson discusses Black Liberation Through the Marketplace

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Dear
John,
I’m pleased to announce a new initiative, “The Book Gallery,” a series of virtual conversations that feature writers and scholars of non-fiction and fiction reviewed in the University Bookman or that we otherwise think our audience of imaginatively-inclined conservatives will find interesting. You can register for our first conversation here! ([link removed])

We hope that you will be a regular visitor to our virtual Book Gallery, which will be devoted to exhibiting books and creative or scholarly thinkers that are interesting to us. For the first episode of our virtual Book Gallery, University Bookman editor and principal Book Gallery host, Luke Sheahan, will be joined by Rachel S. Ferguson, co-author with Marcus M. Witcher of Black Liberation Through the Marketplace: Hope, Heartbreak, and the Promise of America. Many Americans are proud of the principles of our constitutional and economic order: property rights, freedom of contract, and the rule of law. They are also aware—and ashamed—of the tragedies of America’s racial past.
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In their thorough and wide-ranging book, Ferguson and Witcher argue that the unworthy aspects of America’s racial past are largely due to violations of the very principles most characteristic of the American tradition. Even so, many black Americans have beaten the odds and built thriving institutions and a vigorous culture when they were able to leverage property rights, freedom of contract, and the rule of law. There is much for all of us to learn from their experience in how to better protect the American tradition of giving opportunities to every American.

Dr. Ferguson is learned and lively! You won’t want to miss this discussion. She is a professor at Concordia University Chicago, Assistant Dean of the College of Business, and Director of the Free Enterprise Center, as well as an affiliate scholar of the Acton Institute.

Please join us on Tuesday, September 27, at 7 p.m. EST
Register for our Virtual Book Gallery with Rachel S. Ferguson ([link removed])

We look forward to engaging with your questions. And feel free to pass this invitation along to others who would be interested in hearing Dr. Ferguson on this topic.
Bookman Assistant Editors Named

In other Bookman news, I am happy to announce that Luke Sheahan has appointed two new assistant editors: David G. Bonagura, Jr., teacher and author of Steadfast in Faith and Staying with the Catholic Church, who has been named religion editor, and James Davenport, a Consultant with American Philanthropic and a former colleague of mine at the Intercollegiate Studies Institute. Both David and James are frequent contributors, talented writers, and are committed to advancing the Bookman’s legacy of high-quality conservative writing.

Here are two recent reviews by them:
Forgotten No More--Remembering M. Stanton Evans ([link removed])
by James Davenport

An Infinity of Imperfections ([link removed])
by David Bonagura

More reviews and essays can be found on the Kirk Center’s Bookman page ([link removed]) and new ones are posted each Sunday.

Thank you for being part of the Bookman community and supporting the renewal of culture. I hope you accept this invitation and join us in our virtual Book Gallery. And if you ever visit Mecosta, you can also browse the actual shelves of the nationally-recognized Mecosta Book Gallery that is operated by a legendary bookman, John Rau. In closing, let us recall the motto Russell Kirk included on the cover of the old print editions of the University Bookman: Deo adjuvante labor proficit.

Sincerely,
Jeffrey O. Nelson, Ph.D.
Executive Director & CEO
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