10/06/2026
Park Books of Maryland would like to welcome back Pulitzer Prize winning author Steven A. Holmes to our Sykesville location. Steven will be in the store for an open signing and talk about his book, Black Messiahs. Steven will be in the store from 12pm to 2pm-Be sure to stop by say hello and pick up his book!
About the book:
"A truly engaging, richly crafted narrative." -Kirkus Reviews
In December 1941, Amos and Samuel Johnson, brothers from Chicago's Southside, enlist in the US Army, one from a sense of duty, the other seeking adventure and an escape from his family's expectations. But the segregated Army is slow to use Black soldiers, and they must grapple with the contradiction of fighting for the freedom of others in the name of a country that still treats them as second-class citizens.
About Steven A. Holmes:
Steven A. Holmes has worked as a correspondent or editor at some of the country's top news organizations, including Time, The Washington Post, CNN, and The New York Times, where he won the 2001 Pulitzer Prize for National Reporting. His previous book, Ron Brown: An Uncommon Life, is a biography of the ground-breaking political operative. He is a graduate of City College of New York and is in CCNY's School of Journalism's Hall of Fame. He is married, with two daughters and two granddaughters.
