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My Journey with God: A twisting, turning tale of tragedy and triumph!

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Report copyright infringementby Rachel E. Ford Thm (Author), Gail C. Leonard (Introduction by), Terri Carol Peterson (Afterword by)I share how my relationship with God, My Journey with God, brought me to joy and success. I share how His strength and guidance brought me through the difficulty of two sexual assaults and how God was with me in the USAF. When our son, survived a life-threatening insult through a miracle by God, My Journey with God took another turn on my already twisted path.as I...

The John Carlos Story: The Sports Moment That Changed the World

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Report copyright infringementby Dave Zirin (Author), John Wesley Carlos (Author), Cornel West (Foreword by)John Carlos, the man behind the most iconic moment of the Black Power movement, tells his story.Author BiographyJohn Wesley Carlos: John Carlos is an African American former track and field athlete and professional football player. He was a founding member of the Olympic Project for Human Rights and won the bronze-medal in the 200 meters race at the 1968 Summer Olympics. His black power ...

African American Women Educators: A Critical Examination of Their Pedagogies, Educational Ideas, and Activism from the Nineteenth to the Mid-twentieth

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Report copyright infringementby Karen A. Johnson (Editor), Abul Pitre (Editor), Kenneth L. Johnson (Editor)This book examines the lived experiences and work of African American women educators during the 1880s to the 1960s.Author BiographyKaren A. Johnson is an Associate Professor at the University Utah where she teaches graduate-level courses in the Department of Education, Culture, and Society. She also teaches in the Ethnic Studies Program and is the Coordinator in the African American Stu...

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Report copyright infringementby James L. Jr. Conyers (Editor)Africana Theory, Policy, and Leadership is an eclectic work that examines Africana issues from multiple angles, including literature, ethnography, gender, aesthetics, and diversity Number of Pages: 186 Dimensions: 0.4 x 9 x 6 IN Publication Date: July 01, 2016

David Walker: The Politics of Racial Egalitarianism

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Report copyright infringementby Sherrow O. Pinder (Author)David Walker, a free (with a small f) black man, was one of the most significant African-American abolitionists of the nineteenth century. Born in a slave society before moving to Boston where, after the American Revolutionary War, slavery was abolished, Walker devoted his life to fighting slavery and antiblack racism. In this book, Sherrow O. Pinder brings to light Walker's lived experience, activism, and the synchronizing of his Chri...

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Report copyright infringementby Tehani Wessely (Editor), Tansy Rayner Roberts (Editor)Warriors, pirates, murderers and queens... Throughout history, women from all walks of life have had good reason to be cranky. Some of our most memorable historical figures were outspoken, dramatic, brave, feisty, rebellious and downright ornery. Cranky Ladies of History is a celebration of 22 women who challenged conventional wisdom about appropriate female behaviour, from the ancient world all the way thro...

W.E.B. Du Bois and Race: Essays Celebrating the Centennial Publication of the Souls of Black Folk

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Report copyright infringementby Chester J. Fontenot (Editor), Mary Alice Morgan (Editor), Sarah Gardner (Editor)This collection of essays emerged from a symposium held at Mercer University which examined the ways in which W. E. B. Du Bois's theories of race have shaped racial discussion and public policy in the twentieth-century. The essays also examine the application of Du Bois's theories to the new millennium, as well as his contributions to the study of the humanities. Number...

And Gently He Shall Lead Them: Robert Parris Moses and Civil Rights in Mississippi

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Report copyright infringementby Eric Burner (Author)The story of the remarkable life of Civil Rights leader Bob Moses From his role as one of the architects of the civil rights movement to his work with inner city children late into his life, Robert Moses was one of America's most courageous, energetic, and influential leaders. Wary of the cults of celebrity he saw surrounding Martin Luther King, Jr. and Malcolm X and fueled by a philosophy that shunned leadership, Moses always labored behind...

D. H. Lawrence: Dying Game 1922 1930: The Cambridge Biography of D. H. Lawrence

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Report copyright infringementby David Ellis (Author)Originally published in 1998, the final volume of the Cambridge Biography of D. H. Lawrence chronicles his progress from leaving Europe in 1922 to his death in Venice in 1930. Based on much previously unfamiliar material, it describes his travels in Ceylon, Australia, the USA and Mexico in an increasingly desperate search for an ideal community. With his return to Europe in 1925, there is a detailed account of his rediscovery of painting, hi...

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Report copyright infringementby Andrew Wrobel (Author)Ordinarily Unusual: The Quiet Reinvention of Ukrainian Women is a powerful collection of first-person narratives that explore the resilience, courage, and reinvention of women whose lives were irrevocably altered by Russia's full-scale invasion of Ukraine in February 2022. From displaced professionals to mothers-turned-entrepreneurs, these deeply personal accounts shed light on how ordinary women responded to extraordinary circumstances. S...

America's First Black Socialist: The Radical Life of Peter H. Clark

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Report copyright infringementby Nikki M. Taylor (Author)In pursuit of his foremost goal, full and equal citizenship for African Americans, Peter Humphries Clark (1829-1925) defied easy classification. He was, at various times, the country's first black socialist, a loyal supporter of the Republican Party, and an advocate for the Democrats. A pioneer educational activist, Clark led the fight for African Americans' access to Ohio's public schools and became the first black principal in the stat...

Blacks and Social Change: Impact of the Civil Rights Movement in Southern Communities

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Report copyright infringementby James W. Button (Author), James W. Button (Preface by)This book is a long-term empirical analysis of the impact of the civil rights movement on the real-life situations of southern blacks. Looking at the period from the late 1950s to the mid-1980s, it assesses the role of black political participation in six Florida cities. Originally published in 1989. The Princeton Legacy Library uses the latest print-on-demand technology to again make available previously ou...

My Larger Education: Being Chapters From My Experience (1911)

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Report copyright infringementby Booker T. Washington (Author)This scarce antiquarian book is a facsimile reprint of the original. Due to its age, it may contain imperfections such as marks, notations, marginalia and flawed pages. Because we believe this work is culturally important, we have made it available as part of our commitment for protecting, preserving, and promoting the world's literature in affordable, high quality, modern editions that are true to the original work. Nu...

Other African Americans: Contemporary African and Caribbean Families in the United States

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Report copyright infringementby Yoku Shaw-Taylor (Editor), Steven A. Tuch (Editor)America's black population is becoming increasingly diverse and the presence of Caribbean and, especially, African immigrants continues to grow throughout the country. The Other African Americans seeks to broaden our understanding of these groups by exploring the changing intraracial dynamics among African Americans as new immigrants settle in the U.S. and become Americans. This edited volume of original researc...

The Man in the Monster: Inside the Mind of a Serial Killer

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Report copyright infringementby Martha Elliott (Author)An astonishing portrait of a murderer and his complex relationship with a crusading journalist Michael Ross was a serial killer who raped and murdered eight young women between 1981 and 1984. In 2005, the state of Connecticut put him to death by lethal injection. His crimes were horrific, and he paid the ultimate price for them. When journalist Martha Elliott first heard of Ross, she learned what the world knew of him--that he had been ...

The Accidental Asian: Notes of a Native Speaker

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Report copyright infringementby Eric Liu (Author)Beyond black and white, native and alien, lies a vast and fertile field of human experience. It is here that Eric Liu, former speechwriter for President Clinton and noted political commentator, invites us to explore. In these compellingly candid essays, Liu reflects on his life as a second-generation Chinese American and reveals the shifting frames of ethnic identity. Finding himself unable to read a Chinese memorial book about his father's lif...

From Antiquities to Heritage: Transformations of Cultural Memory

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Report copyright infringementby Anne Eriksen (Author) Eighteenth-century gentleman scholars collected antiquities. Nineteenth-century nation states built museums to preserve their historical monuments. In the present world, heritage is a global concern as well as an issue of identity politics. What does it mean when runic stones or medieval churches are transformed from antiquities to monuments to heritage sites? This book argues that the transformations concern more than words alone: They re...

Camp!: The Story of the Attitude That Conquered the World - Hardcover

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by Paul Baker (Author)By the bestselling author of Fabulosa! and Outrageous!, this reappraisal of camp across time and in all its glorious forms shows how this inescapable part of popular culture has also played an important role in equality movements as a form of protest or resistance. The following things have seemed impossibly camp to me at one point or another: a doll whose body acts as a cover for a toilet roll, a peacock chair, a wig being pulled off and flushed down the toilet, a tantr...

Make Break Remix: The Rise of K-Style - Paperback

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by Fiona Bae (Author)K-pop, K-fashion, K-drama, K-beauty: over the last decade, K-style has exploded onto the global scene. What is behind this phenomenon? Where does K-Style go from here? Make, Break, Remix: The Rise of K-Style makes no attempt to define or categorize, instead celebrating the eclectic, multi-faceted nature of K-Style and its home city of Seoul. Through interviews with eighteen tastemakers who are shaping K-style across creative sectors, from 1Million Studio's Lia Kim to lead...

The Color of Law: A Forgotten History of How Our Government Segregated America - Hardcover

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by Richard Rothstein (Author)In this groundbreaking history of the modern American metropolis, Richard Rothstein, a leading authority on housing policy, explodes the myth that America's cities came to be racially divided through de facto segregation--that is, through individual prejudices, income differences, or the actions of private institutions like banks and real estate agencies. Rather, The Color of Law incontrovertibly makes clear that it was de jure segregation--the laws and policy dec...

Finding Joy on Death Row: Unexpected Lessons from Lives We Discarded - Paperback

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by Dewey Williams (Author), Rev Dr Braxton D. Shelley (Foreword by)Based on the sermon series that garnered top honors from Yale Divinity School, Finding Joy on Death Row is the powerful story of a broken preacher's transformative experience learning about joy from Death Row prisoners, combined with dramatic handwritten responses from more than twenty men currently sentenced to die. In Finding Joy on Death Row: Unexpected Lessons from Lives We Discarded, Williams journeys into the hearts and ...

Insurgent Beauty: Indigenous Art in Urban Panama

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Report copyright infringementby Peter Szok (Author), Duiren Wagua (Contribution by), Naypiler Hackin (Contribution by)Insurgent Beauty: Indigenous Art in Urban Panama examines artistic and political developments from 1968 to the present, exploring how Native American artists leveraged Panama's populist military reforms from 1968 to 1989, and the subsequent neoliberal transition, to assert their presence in society. Breaking new ground, the book situates Indigenous art in previously overlooked...

Nature's Wild: Love, Sex, and Law in the Caribbean

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Report copyright infringementby Andil Gosine (Author)In Nature's Wild, Andil Gosine engages with questions of humanism, queer theory, and animality to examine and revise understandings of queer desire in the Caribbean. Surveying colonial law, visual art practices, and contemporary activism, Gosine shows how the very concept of homosexuality in the Caribbean (and in the Americas more broadly) has been overdetermined by a colonially influenced human/animal divide. Gosine refutes this presuppose...

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Report copyright infringementby Melissa Hook (Author), Jasmine Reed (Author)Unlock Healing Through Creativity: An Interactive Notebook for Grieving Hearts; Process Grief with Art & Restore HopeEmbark on a transformative journey of healing with Memory Journal: Interactive Notebook. This unique and compassionate interactive journal, created by seasoned professionals Melissa Hook and Jasmine Reed, is a powerful tool designed for individuals who have faced the profound pain of losing a loved ...

Contemporary British Artists of African Descent and the Unburdening of a Generation

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Report copyright infringementby Monique Kerman (Author)This book explores the notable roles that contemporary British artists of African descent have played in the multicultural context of postwar Britain. In four key case studies-- Magdalene Odundo, Veronica Ryan, Mary Evans, and Maria Amidu--Monique Kerman charts their impact through analysis of works, activities, and exhibitions. The author elucidates each of the artists' creative response to their unique experience and examines how their ...

African Americans in the History of Mass Communication: A Reader

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Report copyright infringementby David Copeland (Other), Clark Naeemah (Editor)African Americans in the History of Mass Communication offers a variety of stories focusing on how African Americans use the media to educate, advocate, empower, and serve others. Stories ranging from the Civil War to the Civil Rights Era, which include different forms of media from cinema and music to newspapers and public relations, offer perspectives that have yet to be told.Author BiographyNaeemah Clark received...

Visualising Slavery: Art Across the African Diaspora

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Report copyright infringementby Celeste-Marie Bernier (Editor), Hannah Durkin (Editor)The purpose of this book is to excavate and recover a wealth of under-examined artworks and research materials directly to interrogate, debate and analyse the tangled skeins undergirding visual representations of transatlantic slavery across the Black diaspora. Living and working on both sides of the Atlantic, as these scholars, curators and practitioners demonstrate, African diasporic artists adopt radical ...

The Routledge Companion to African American Art History

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Report copyright infringementby Eddie Chambers (Editor)This Companion authoritatively points to the main areas of enquiry within the subject of African American art history. This book will be of interest to graduate students, researchers and professors and may be used in African American art, visual culture, and culture classes.Author BiographyEddie Chambers is Professor in the Department of Art and Art History, at the University of Texas, Austin. Number of Pages: 522 ...

Planning in the USA: Policies, Issues, and Processes

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Report copyright infringementby Roger W. Caves (Author), J. Barry Cullingworth (Author)Extensively revised, this textbook continues to provide a comprehensive introduction to the policies, theory and practice of planning. Outlining land use, urban planning, and environmental protection policies, it explains the nature of the planning process and the way in which policy issues are identified, defined, and approached.Author BiographyRoger W. Caves is Professor Emeritus of City Planning at the S...

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Report copyright infringementby Mollie Thomas (Author)Gain inspiration from Bigfoot and his friends with this fun miniature cryptid magnet set featuring 13 different cryptids! Specifications: 13 adorable full-color rubber magnets featuring Bigfoot, Yeti, Mothman, the Loch Ness monster, and more with inspirational quotes Display backdrop: A 2-sided magnetic background to build fun scenes of cryptids in their natural habitats Illustrated Mini Book: Includes background on cryptid lore and ...

Blue-Green Rehabilitation: Urban Planning, Leisure and Tourism in River Cities

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Report copyright infringementby Philip Hayward (Editor)In recent decades there has been a burgeoning interest in the development of blue-green corridors: areas where waterways are complemented by adjoining green spaces and related paths and leisure facilities. Urban planners have increasingly favoured such zones as a means of refreshing inner-city spaces. In many cases, such projects have involved the rehabilitation of former industrial and/or otherwise polluted waterways and adjacent land. T...

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Report copyright infringementby David Hudson (Author)Global Finance and Development describes and explains the variety of relationships between finance and development. Finance is broken down into its various aspects in separate chapters on aid, debt, portfolio investment, FDI, microfinance and remittances. The text will help the reader develop a critical understanding of the nature of finance and development. Throughout the text the reader is encouraged to see financial processes as embedded...