On this day, Dial Press published Judas, My Brother, a novel by Frank Yerby, one of the first Black American authors to gain international acclaim for historical fiction. The book is a bold reimagining of the life and times of Jesus, told from a skeptical and humanist perspective. Yerby, often noted for challenging racial barriers in publishing, was the first African American to publish a bestseller (The Foxes of Harrow, 1946) and to have a book bought for a Hollywood film.
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