About the Author

PHILLIP THOMAS TUCKER, Ph.D., is a national award-winning historian who has won recognition as America's most prolific and groundbreaking "NEW LOOK" historian in multiple fields of history. Best known for presenting fresh perspectives, original ideas, and new theories, Tucker has authored more than 125 works, both scholarly books and articles, of groundbreaking history that have consistently overturned outdated books of traditional history. The winner of prestigious national awards and well-known as "a creative, innovative thinker, who has a gift for conceiving and outlining original works in serious history," this literary scholar has emerged as America's most iconoclastic and prolific historian in the 21st Century. Tucker's groundbreaking history books have been widely praised on both sides of the Atlantic from the New York Times to the London Times. A fellow Ph.D. in history and professional historian emphasized how "Tucker is one of the most innovative, hardest working, and diligently productive" historians in America. Presenting vibrant historical narrative and cutting edge history distinguished by new perspectives and insights, the author has written nearly 70 highly-original books of unique distinction. More than 20 of Tucker's books have been written about the distinguished legacies of black heroes and heroines, including a new book about the forgotten mother of the Civil Rights Movement, the remarkable Claudette Colvin; five volumes devoted to heroine Harriet Tubman; four volumes devoted to the most famous and distinguished black regiment (the 54th Massachusetts) of the Civil War; and three volumes devoted to black female freedom fighters of the "Haitian Revolutionary Women Series." He has written nearly a dozen books about unforgettable black women to reveal their rich and distinctive contributions to America's story and Caribbean history. Very few historians have so expertly combined academic and popular history to recreate the past from meager scraps of historical evidence to continuously break new ground and present fresh perspectives, while shattering myths and providing distinctive "New Look" perspectives to historical narratives. Unlike traditionally told historical narratives from only one side, the author has allowed readers to view the most ignored side, especially black history and women's history, to bestow a more balanced and honest perspective to the historical record. The author's most recent book has been devoted to the incredible saga of teenage Claudette Colvin, which is a heroic story of defiance and protest in the face of impossible odds. Tucker's CLAUDETTE COLVIN, FORGOTTEN MOTHER OF THE CIVIL RIGHTS MOVEMENT is an especially timely and important work for all Americans today. Dr. Tucker has been the most prolific and groundbreaking author in black history in the last 30 years. Tucker's books are distinguished by an un