Author: Nash Buckingham
Publisher:
ISBN: 9780924357169
Category : Sports & Recreation
Languages : en
Pages :
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Mr Buck
Author: Nash Buckingham
Publisher:
ISBN: 9780924357169
Category : Sports & Recreation
Languages : en
Pages :
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Publisher:
ISBN: 9780924357169
Category : Sports & Recreation
Languages : en
Pages :
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My Life and An Era
Author: John Hope Franklin
Publisher: LSU Press
ISBN: 0807167266
Category : Literary Criticism
Languages : en
Pages : 322
Book Description
“My father’s life represented many layers of the human experience—freedman and Native American, farmer and rancher, rural educator and urban professional.”—John Hope Franklin Buck Colbert Franklin (1879–1960) led an extraordinary life; from his youth in what was then the Indian Territory to his practice of law in twentieth-century Tulsa, he was an observant witness to the changes in politics, law, daily existence, and race relations that transformed the wide-open Southwest. Fascinating in its depiction of an intelligent young man's coming of age in the days of the Land Rush and the closing of the frontier, My Life and an Era is equally important for its reporting of the triracial culture of early Oklahoma. Recalling his boyhood spent in the Chickasaw Nation, Franklin suggests that blacks fared better in Oklahoma in the days of the Indians than they did later with the white population. In addition to his insights about the social milieu, he offers youthful reminiscences of mustangs and mountain lions, of farming and ranch life, that might appear in a Western novel. After returning from college in Nashville and Atlanta, Franklin married a college classmate, studied law by mail, passed the bar, and struggled to build a practice in Springer and Ardmore in the first years of Oklahoma statehood. Eventually a successful attorney in Tulsa, he was an eyewitness to a number of important events in the Southwest, including the Tulsa race riot of 1921, which left more than 100 dead. His account clearly shows the growing racial tensions as more and more people moved into the state in the period leading up to World War II. Rounded out by an older man’s reflections on race, religion, culture, and law, My Life and an Era presents a true, firsthand account of a unique yet defining place and time in the nation's history, as told by an eloquent and impassioned writer.
Publisher: LSU Press
ISBN: 0807167266
Category : Literary Criticism
Languages : en
Pages : 322
Book Description
“My father’s life represented many layers of the human experience—freedman and Native American, farmer and rancher, rural educator and urban professional.”—John Hope Franklin Buck Colbert Franklin (1879–1960) led an extraordinary life; from his youth in what was then the Indian Territory to his practice of law in twentieth-century Tulsa, he was an observant witness to the changes in politics, law, daily existence, and race relations that transformed the wide-open Southwest. Fascinating in its depiction of an intelligent young man's coming of age in the days of the Land Rush and the closing of the frontier, My Life and an Era is equally important for its reporting of the triracial culture of early Oklahoma. Recalling his boyhood spent in the Chickasaw Nation, Franklin suggests that blacks fared better in Oklahoma in the days of the Indians than they did later with the white population. In addition to his insights about the social milieu, he offers youthful reminiscences of mustangs and mountain lions, of farming and ranch life, that might appear in a Western novel. After returning from college in Nashville and Atlanta, Franklin married a college classmate, studied law by mail, passed the bar, and struggled to build a practice in Springer and Ardmore in the first years of Oklahoma statehood. Eventually a successful attorney in Tulsa, he was an eyewitness to a number of important events in the Southwest, including the Tulsa race riot of 1921, which left more than 100 dead. His account clearly shows the growing racial tensions as more and more people moved into the state in the period leading up to World War II. Rounded out by an older man’s reflections on race, religion, culture, and law, My Life and an Era presents a true, firsthand account of a unique yet defining place and time in the nation's history, as told by an eloquent and impassioned writer.
Buck
Author: M.K. Asante
Publisher: Random House
ISBN: 0812983629
Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 274
Book Description
“A story of surviving and thriving with passion, compassion, wit, and style.”—Maya Angelou “In America, we have a tradition of black writers whose autobiographies and memoirs come to define an era. . . . Buck may be this generation’s story.”—NPR A coming-of-age story about navigating the wilds of urban America and the shrapnel of a self-destructing family, Buck shares the story of a generation through one original and riveting voice. MK Asante was born in Zimbabwe to American parents: his mother a dancer, his father a revered professor. But as a teenager, MK was alone on the streets of North Philadelphia, swept up in a world of drugs, sex, and violence. MK’s memoir is an unforgettable tale of how one precocious, confused kid educated himself through gangs, rap, mystic cults, ghetto philosophy, and, eventually, books. It is an inspiring tribute to the power of literature to heal and redeem us.
Publisher: Random House
ISBN: 0812983629
Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 274
Book Description
“A story of surviving and thriving with passion, compassion, wit, and style.”—Maya Angelou “In America, we have a tradition of black writers whose autobiographies and memoirs come to define an era. . . . Buck may be this generation’s story.”—NPR A coming-of-age story about navigating the wilds of urban America and the shrapnel of a self-destructing family, Buck shares the story of a generation through one original and riveting voice. MK Asante was born in Zimbabwe to American parents: his mother a dancer, his father a revered professor. But as a teenager, MK was alone on the streets of North Philadelphia, swept up in a world of drugs, sex, and violence. MK’s memoir is an unforgettable tale of how one precocious, confused kid educated himself through gangs, rap, mystic cults, ghetto philosophy, and, eventually, books. It is an inspiring tribute to the power of literature to heal and redeem us.
Investigation of Concentration of Economic Power
Author: United States. Congress. House. Temporary National Economic Committee
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : United States
Languages : en
Pages : 1686
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : United States
Languages : en
Pages : 1686
Book Description
Investigation of Improper Activities in the Labor Or Management Field
Author: United States. Congress. Senate. Select Committee on Improper Activities in the Labor or Management Field
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 1472
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 1472
Book Description
Hearings
Author: United States. Congress Senate
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 2576
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 2576
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Investigation of Concentration of Economic Power
Author: United States. Temporary National Economic Committee
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Big business
Languages : en
Pages : 1982
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Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Big business
Languages : en
Pages : 1982
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Investigation of Welfare Funds and Racketeering
Author: United States. Congress. House. Committee on Education and Labor
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Extortion
Languages : en
Pages : 524
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Extortion
Languages : en
Pages : 524
Book Description
Investigation of Welfare Funds and Racketeering ... Hearings ... on H.Res. 115 .. Nov. 23, 24, 25, and 27, 1953.83-1
Author: United States. Congress. House. Committee on Education and Labor
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 726
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Publisher:
ISBN:
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 726
Book Description
Hearings
Author: United States. Congress. House. Committee on Education
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 1688
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 1688
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