E-mail a friendNovember 29, 2004
Pulitzer Prize-winning author Diane McWhorter sees the civil rights movement as an American history story. Teen singing sensation Joss Stone says she sings soul music because it is most believable.
Diane McWhorter
Diane McWhorter
Journalist Diane McWhorter contributes regularly to USA Today's op-ed pages and The New York Times. She's written on race, politics and other topics for numerous publications, including The Wall Street Journal, The Washington Post and People. McWhorter's first book, Carry Me Home - a history of the civil rights struggle in her native Birmingham, AL - won the Pulitzer Prize for General Nonfiction in '02. Her new book, A Dream of Freedom, is an illustrated civil rights history for children.
Joss Stone
Joss Stone
A unique talent, Joss Stone challenges old notions of race and music. The 17-year-old UK native has a voice that sounds like the 60s or 70s artists from soul capitals such as Memphis. Inspired to become a singer by the first album she bought, "Aretha Franklin's Greatest Hits," she left home at 16. She landed in New York and signed with S-Curve Records. Stone's well-received first album, 'The Soul Sessions,' was a redo of old-school R&B tunes. "Mind, Body & Soul" is her new CD.