Author: Dwight Davis
Publisher: Dwight Davis
ISBN:
Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 704
Book Description
Autobiographical Assessment of the Black Experience study inquiry of God and Man.
America Damn
Author: Dwight Davis
Publisher: Dwight Davis
ISBN:
Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 704
Book Description
Autobiographical Assessment of the Black Experience study inquiry of God and Man.
Publisher: Dwight Davis
ISBN:
Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 704
Book Description
Autobiographical Assessment of the Black Experience study inquiry of God and Man.
Damn Near White
Author: Carolyn Marie Wilkins
Publisher: University of Missouri Press
ISBN: 0826272401
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 202
Book Description
Carolyn Wilkins grew up defending her racial identity. Because of her light complexion and wavy hair, she spent years struggling to convince others that she was black. Her family’s prominence set Carolyn’s experiences even further apart from those of the average African American. Her father and uncle were well-known lawyers who had graduated from Harvard Law School. Another uncle had been a child prodigy and protégé of Albert Einstein. And her grandfather had been America's first black assistant secretary of labor. Carolyn's parents insisted she follow the color-conscious rituals of Chicago's elite black bourgeoisie—experiences Carolyn recalls as some of the most miserable of her entire life. Only in the company of her mischievous Aunt Marjory, a woman who refused to let the conventions of “proper” black society limit her, does Carolyn feel a true connection to her family's African American heritage. When Aunt Marjory passes away, Carolyn inherits ten bulging scrapbooks filled with family history and memories. What she finds in these photo albums inspires her to discover the truth about her ancestors—a quest that will eventually involve years of research, thousands of miles of travel, and much soul-searching. Carolyn learns that her great-grandfather John Bird Wilkins was born into slavery and went on to become a teacher, inventor, newspaperman, renegade Baptist minister, and a bigamist who abandoned five children. And when she discovers that her grandfather J. Ernest Wilkins may have been forced to resign from his labor department post by members of the Eisenhower administration, Carolyn must confront the bittersweet fruits of her family's generations-long quest for status and approval. Damn Near White is an insider’s portrait of an unusual American family. Readers will be drawn into Carolyn’s journey as she struggles to redefine herself in light of the long-buried secrets she uncovers. Tackling issues of class, color, and caste, Wilkins reflects on the changes of African American life in U.S. history through her dedicated search to discover her family’s powerful story.
Publisher: University of Missouri Press
ISBN: 0826272401
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 202
Book Description
Carolyn Wilkins grew up defending her racial identity. Because of her light complexion and wavy hair, she spent years struggling to convince others that she was black. Her family’s prominence set Carolyn’s experiences even further apart from those of the average African American. Her father and uncle were well-known lawyers who had graduated from Harvard Law School. Another uncle had been a child prodigy and protégé of Albert Einstein. And her grandfather had been America's first black assistant secretary of labor. Carolyn's parents insisted she follow the color-conscious rituals of Chicago's elite black bourgeoisie—experiences Carolyn recalls as some of the most miserable of her entire life. Only in the company of her mischievous Aunt Marjory, a woman who refused to let the conventions of “proper” black society limit her, does Carolyn feel a true connection to her family's African American heritage. When Aunt Marjory passes away, Carolyn inherits ten bulging scrapbooks filled with family history and memories. What she finds in these photo albums inspires her to discover the truth about her ancestors—a quest that will eventually involve years of research, thousands of miles of travel, and much soul-searching. Carolyn learns that her great-grandfather John Bird Wilkins was born into slavery and went on to become a teacher, inventor, newspaperman, renegade Baptist minister, and a bigamist who abandoned five children. And when she discovers that her grandfather J. Ernest Wilkins may have been forced to resign from his labor department post by members of the Eisenhower administration, Carolyn must confront the bittersweet fruits of her family's generations-long quest for status and approval. Damn Near White is an insider’s portrait of an unusual American family. Readers will be drawn into Carolyn’s journey as she struggles to redefine herself in light of the long-buried secrets she uncovers. Tackling issues of class, color, and caste, Wilkins reflects on the changes of African American life in U.S. history through her dedicated search to discover her family’s powerful story.
Damned Nation
Author: Kathryn Gin Lum
Publisher: Oxford University Press, USA
ISBN: 0199843112
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 329
Book Description
Hell mattered in the United States' first century of nationhood. The fear of fire-and-brimstone haunted Americans and shaped how they thought about and interacted with each other and the rest of the world. Damned Nation asks how and why that fear survived Enlightenment critiques that diminished its importance elsewhere.
Publisher: Oxford University Press, USA
ISBN: 0199843112
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 329
Book Description
Hell mattered in the United States' first century of nationhood. The fear of fire-and-brimstone haunted Americans and shaped how they thought about and interacted with each other and the rest of the world. Damned Nation asks how and why that fear survived Enlightenment critiques that diminished its importance elsewhere.
Lies, Damn Lies, and Statistics
Author: Michael Wheeler
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Political Science
Languages : en
Pages : 326
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Political Science
Languages : en
Pages : 326
Book Description
America Alienation Nation
Author: Edward R. Ingram BA, MA Credentialed Teacher
Publisher: Dorrance Publishing
ISBN:
Category : Poetry
Languages : en
Pages : 178
Book Description
America Alienation Nation: Alienation Machination Poetry By: Edward R. Ingram BA, MA Credentialed Teacher America Alienation Nation: Alienation Machination Poetry is about the horror good patriotic Americans face as a result of the utter chaos caused to this great country by the disaster that is Donald Trump—spoon-fed lies, hatred, deception, negligence, corruption. He was impeached twice, causing the worst attack on the American government (January 6th) since the Civil War. Our lives, freedoms, right to vote, to work and prosper are under assault from within our union. We now see democracy is fragile and needs a booster shot, more people talking truth to power. Edward R. Ingram’s message to his readers is to speak out against GOP Authoritarianism as unsustainable and destructive.
Publisher: Dorrance Publishing
ISBN:
Category : Poetry
Languages : en
Pages : 178
Book Description
America Alienation Nation: Alienation Machination Poetry By: Edward R. Ingram BA, MA Credentialed Teacher America Alienation Nation: Alienation Machination Poetry is about the horror good patriotic Americans face as a result of the utter chaos caused to this great country by the disaster that is Donald Trump—spoon-fed lies, hatred, deception, negligence, corruption. He was impeached twice, causing the worst attack on the American government (January 6th) since the Civil War. Our lives, freedoms, right to vote, to work and prosper are under assault from within our union. We now see democracy is fragile and needs a booster shot, more people talking truth to power. Edward R. Ingram’s message to his readers is to speak out against GOP Authoritarianism as unsustainable and destructive.
America's Original Sin
Author: John Rhodehamel
Publisher: JHU Press
ISBN: 1421441616
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 481
Book Description
The first book to explicitly name white supremacy as the motivation for Lincoln's assassination, America's Original Sin is an important and eloquent look at one of the most notorious episodes in American history.
Publisher: JHU Press
ISBN: 1421441616
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 481
Book Description
The first book to explicitly name white supremacy as the motivation for Lincoln's assassination, America's Original Sin is an important and eloquent look at one of the most notorious episodes in American history.
Damn the Man!
Author: Tom Dalzell
Publisher: Courier Corporation
ISBN: 0486475913
Category : Language Arts & Disciplines
Languages : en
Pages : 210
Book Description
A fascinating exploration of the role of language in the culture of resistance, this volume features hundreds of colorful expressions, with examples of defiant slang from books, movies, periodicals, and other media. Sources include communities of African Americans, immigrant minorities, poor whites, gay men, the armed forces, prisoners, the workplace, and countercultures. Hardcover edition.
Publisher: Courier Corporation
ISBN: 0486475913
Category : Language Arts & Disciplines
Languages : en
Pages : 210
Book Description
A fascinating exploration of the role of language in the culture of resistance, this volume features hundreds of colorful expressions, with examples of defiant slang from books, movies, periodicals, and other media. Sources include communities of African Americans, immigrant minorities, poor whites, gay men, the armed forces, prisoners, the workplace, and countercultures. Hardcover edition.
The American Language
Author: Henry Louis Mencken
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Americanisms
Languages : en
Pages : 526
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Americanisms
Languages : en
Pages : 526
Book Description
American Jihad
Author: Steven Emerson
Publisher: Simon and Schuster
ISBN: 0743477502
Category : Political Science
Languages : en
Pages : 272
Book Description
Leading the second wave of post 9/11 terrorist books, American Jihad reveals that America is rampant with Islamic terrorist networks and sleeper cells and Emerson, the expert on them, explains just how close they are to each of us.
Publisher: Simon and Schuster
ISBN: 0743477502
Category : Political Science
Languages : en
Pages : 272
Book Description
Leading the second wave of post 9/11 terrorist books, American Jihad reveals that America is rampant with Islamic terrorist networks and sleeper cells and Emerson, the expert on them, explains just how close they are to each of us.
The New White Nationalism in America
Author: Carol M. Swain
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
ISBN: 9780521808866
Category : Political Science
Languages : en
Pages : 566
Book Description
The author hopes to educate the public regarding white nationalists.
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
ISBN: 9780521808866
Category : Political Science
Languages : en
Pages : 566
Book Description
The author hopes to educate the public regarding white nationalists.