Author: Matt Sedillo
Publisher:
ISBN: 9781953447890
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 112
Book Description
Hailed by historians and journalists alike as the "best political poet in America" and "poet laureate of struggle", Sedillo returns with another instant classic. City on the Second Floor is a meditation on how the world we build and rebuild every day attacks us in so very many unexamined ways. As its pages reveal, "the city was built against us."
City on the Second Floor
Author: Matt Sedillo
Publisher:
ISBN: 9781953447890
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 112
Book Description
Hailed by historians and journalists alike as the "best political poet in America" and "poet laureate of struggle", Sedillo returns with another instant classic. City on the Second Floor is a meditation on how the world we build and rebuild every day attacks us in so very many unexamined ways. As its pages reveal, "the city was built against us."
Publisher:
ISBN: 9781953447890
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 112
Book Description
Hailed by historians and journalists alike as the "best political poet in America" and "poet laureate of struggle", Sedillo returns with another instant classic. City on the Second Floor is a meditation on how the world we build and rebuild every day attacks us in so very many unexamined ways. As its pages reveal, "the city was built against us."
Fifty Years from the Basement to the Second Floor
Author: Tom Colbert
Publisher: FriesenPress
ISBN: 1039169708
Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 271
Book Description
In Fifty Years from the Basement to the Second Floor, Tom Colbert, former chief of justice of the Oklahoma Supreme Court, shares his extraordinary life story—a story of resilience, determination, and hope. From his great-great grandmother who, though born into slavery, lived to be over 100 years old to his great grandfather who fought to be enrolled as a member of Creek Tribal Nation to his grandfather who walked over a mile home after being shot in the chest, never giving up no matter how hard the journey was instilled into Tom at a very young age. Born on December 30, 1949, Tom was raised by his mother and grandparents in Sapulpa, Oklahoma, when segregation laws were in effect. In fact, a few days after Tom was born, Ada Lois Sipuel Fisher had just started her second semester as a law student at the University of Oklahoma Law School after fighting for three years to be admitted there, refusing to attend the makeshift “Black-only” law school set up in the basement of the State Capitol. Though racial segregation was deemed unconstitutional in 1954, integration was intentionally delayed in Tom’s town, and he didn’t attend an integrated school until the fall of 1965. Although some teachers at his high school were welcoming, many staff and students were not, and Tom and his friends experienced racism, bigotry, and hatred, despite being star athletes and diligent students. Though he grew up in poverty and a world entrenched in systemic racism as well as dealt with family tragedies, Tom beat impossible odds, proving the naysayers of his youth wrong. He not only worked hard and became an outstanding lawyer, but reached the pinnacle of judiciary—and became the first Black man in Oklahoma to do so. Just like Ada Lois Sipuel Fisher, Tom refused the “basement,” and that noble resistance led him all the way to the second floor of the Oklahoma State Capitol.
Publisher: FriesenPress
ISBN: 1039169708
Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 271
Book Description
In Fifty Years from the Basement to the Second Floor, Tom Colbert, former chief of justice of the Oklahoma Supreme Court, shares his extraordinary life story—a story of resilience, determination, and hope. From his great-great grandmother who, though born into slavery, lived to be over 100 years old to his great grandfather who fought to be enrolled as a member of Creek Tribal Nation to his grandfather who walked over a mile home after being shot in the chest, never giving up no matter how hard the journey was instilled into Tom at a very young age. Born on December 30, 1949, Tom was raised by his mother and grandparents in Sapulpa, Oklahoma, when segregation laws were in effect. In fact, a few days after Tom was born, Ada Lois Sipuel Fisher had just started her second semester as a law student at the University of Oklahoma Law School after fighting for three years to be admitted there, refusing to attend the makeshift “Black-only” law school set up in the basement of the State Capitol. Though racial segregation was deemed unconstitutional in 1954, integration was intentionally delayed in Tom’s town, and he didn’t attend an integrated school until the fall of 1965. Although some teachers at his high school were welcoming, many staff and students were not, and Tom and his friends experienced racism, bigotry, and hatred, despite being star athletes and diligent students. Though he grew up in poverty and a world entrenched in systemic racism as well as dealt with family tragedies, Tom beat impossible odds, proving the naysayers of his youth wrong. He not only worked hard and became an outstanding lawyer, but reached the pinnacle of judiciary—and became the first Black man in Oklahoma to do so. Just like Ada Lois Sipuel Fisher, Tom refused the “basement,” and that noble resistance led him all the way to the second floor of the Oklahoma State Capitol.
The Craftsman
Author:
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Art
Languages : en
Pages : 782
Book Description
An illustrated monthly magazine in the interest of better art, better work and a better more reasonable way of living.
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Art
Languages : en
Pages : 782
Book Description
An illustrated monthly magazine in the interest of better art, better work and a better more reasonable way of living.
Extension of Rent Control
Author: United States. Congress. Senate. Committee on Banking and Currency
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Housing
Languages : en
Pages : 1556
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Housing
Languages : en
Pages : 1556
Book Description
Year Book
Author: Shattuck School
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Military education
Languages : en
Pages : 234
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Military education
Languages : en
Pages : 234
Book Description
Extention of Rent Control, 1949
Author: United States Congress. House. Banking and Currency Committee
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 882
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 882
Book Description
The Builder
Author:
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Category : Architecture
Languages : en
Pages : 1170
Book Description
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ISBN:
Category : Architecture
Languages : en
Pages : 1170
Book Description
Municipal Record
Author:
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : City planning
Languages : en
Pages : 432
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : City planning
Languages : en
Pages : 432
Book Description
The City Record
Author: New York (N.Y.)
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : New York (N.Y.)
Languages : en
Pages : 686
Book Description
Includes Official canvas of votes (varies slightly) 1878-1943.
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : New York (N.Y.)
Languages : en
Pages : 686
Book Description
Includes Official canvas of votes (varies slightly) 1878-1943.
Woman's Home Companion
Author:
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ISBN:
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 490
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 490
Book Description