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James is a long-time author, editor and publisher from back in the GeoCities days with hand-coded, static HTML webpages. He founded The Multiracial Activist in 1997 and The Abolitionist Examiner in 2000. Those two publications, along with his personal blog make up the current roll call of Pious Pagan Publishing. Nearly 20 years of online publishing has led to multiple book citations; print, online and broadcast media coverage; background requests from professional media; and a long involvement in civil liberties issues.

Landrith still publishes original and syndicated content to The Multiracial Activist and The Abolitionist Examiner on an irregular basis, but is always open to new submissions.

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	Othello by William Shakespeare, James A. Landrith (Goodreads Author) (Editor) 3.89 avg rating — 441,568 ratings — published 1603 — 4587 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Anthem by Ayn Rand, James A. Landrith (Goodreads Author) (Editor) 3.61 avg rating — 168,523 ratings — published 1938 — 1321 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Narrative of the Life of Frederick Douglass: An American Slave by Frederick Douglass, James A. Landrith (Goodreads Author) (Editor) 4.13 avg rating — 136,839 ratings — published 1845 — 3836 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Incidents in the Life of a Slave Girl by Harriet Ann Jacobs, James A. Landrith (Goodreads Author) (Editor) 4.18 avg rating — 58,782 ratings — published 1861 — 1346 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	On Liberty by John Stuart Mill, James A. Landrith (Goodreads Author) (Editor) 3.96 avg rating — 43,823 ratings — published 1859 — 4 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Common Sense by Thomas Paine, James A. Landrith (Goodreads Author) (Editor) really liked it 4.00 avg rating — 40,191 ratings — published 1776 — 764 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Up From Slavery: An Autobiography by Booker T. Washington, James A. Landrith (Goodreads Author) (Editor) 4.11 avg rating — 36,498 ratings — published 1900 — 1371 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Tragedy of Pudd'nhead Wilson by Mark Twain, James A. Landrith (Goodreads Author) (Editor) 3.75 avg rating — 19,647 ratings — published 1893 — 3 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Autobiography of an Ex-Colored Man by James Weldon Johnson, James A. Landrith (Goodreads Author) (Editor) 3.93 avg rating — 11,476 ratings — published 1912 — 77 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Really Bad Poetry from the Eighties and Nineties: Seriously. (Well, not all of it.) 0.00 avg rating — 0 ratings — published 2015 — 2 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars

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