Author: Nashieqa Washington
Publisher: yourblackfriend.com
ISBN: 0977792102
Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 103
Book Description
This book is a clever approach to race relations wherein the author answers commonly asked questions about African-Americans in a non-judgmental and sometimes comical matter of fact tone.
Why Do Black People Love Fried Chicken? and Other Questions You've Wondered But Didn't Dare Ask
Author: Nashieqa Washington
Publisher: yourblackfriend.com
ISBN: 0977792102
Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 103
Book Description
This book is a clever approach to race relations wherein the author answers commonly asked questions about African-Americans in a non-judgmental and sometimes comical matter of fact tone.
Publisher: yourblackfriend.com
ISBN: 0977792102
Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 103
Book Description
This book is a clever approach to race relations wherein the author answers commonly asked questions about African-Americans in a non-judgmental and sometimes comical matter of fact tone.
Not Free, Not for All
Author: Cheryl Knott
Publisher: UMass + ORM
ISBN: 1613764332
Category : Social Science
Languages : en
Pages : 269
Book Description
Americans tend to imagine their public libraries as time-honored advocates of equitable access to information for all. Through much of the twentieth century, however, many black Americans were denied access to public libraries or allowed admittance only to separate and smaller buildings and collections. While scholars have examined and continue to uncover the history of school segregation, there has been much less research published on the segregation of public libraries in the Jim Crow South. In fact, much of the writing on public library history has failed to note these racial exclusions. In Not Free, Not for All, Cheryl Knott traces the establishment, growth, and eventual demise of separate public libraries for African Americans in the South, disrupting the popular image of the American public library as historically welcoming readers from all walks of life. Using institutional records, contemporaneous newspaper and magazine articles, and other primary sources together with scholarly work in the fields of print culture and civil rights history, Knott reconstructs a complex story involving both animosity and cooperation among whites and blacks who valued what libraries had to offer. African American library advocates, staff, and users emerge as the creators of their own separate collections and services with both symbolic and material importance, even as they worked toward dismantling those very institutions during the era of desegregation.
Publisher: UMass + ORM
ISBN: 1613764332
Category : Social Science
Languages : en
Pages : 269
Book Description
Americans tend to imagine their public libraries as time-honored advocates of equitable access to information for all. Through much of the twentieth century, however, many black Americans were denied access to public libraries or allowed admittance only to separate and smaller buildings and collections. While scholars have examined and continue to uncover the history of school segregation, there has been much less research published on the segregation of public libraries in the Jim Crow South. In fact, much of the writing on public library history has failed to note these racial exclusions. In Not Free, Not for All, Cheryl Knott traces the establishment, growth, and eventual demise of separate public libraries for African Americans in the South, disrupting the popular image of the American public library as historically welcoming readers from all walks of life. Using institutional records, contemporaneous newspaper and magazine articles, and other primary sources together with scholarly work in the fields of print culture and civil rights history, Knott reconstructs a complex story involving both animosity and cooperation among whites and blacks who valued what libraries had to offer. African American library advocates, staff, and users emerge as the creators of their own separate collections and services with both symbolic and material importance, even as they worked toward dismantling those very institutions during the era of desegregation.
The African American Quiz Book for All Americans
Author: Milton A. Combs
Publisher:
ISBN: 9781587901218
Category : African American arts
Languages : en
Pages : 0
Book Description
THE AFRICAN AMERICAN QUIZ BOOK for ALL AMERICANS contains a wealth of information about a select group of individuals whose achievements, heroic acts, and creation of landmark organizations have contributed significantly to the creation and greatness of the United States. This information is presented through a compilation of more than 350 non-trivial questions and answers designed to stimulate learning and critical thinking, especially for students in middle grades, high school and college. The organized question and answer format can also easily and readily be used by teachers, families, churches, sororities and fraternities, and other organizations. Included is a glossary and an extensive list of references for further study and research. THE AFRICAN AMERICAN QUIZ BOOK FOR ALL AMERICANS is an excellent supplemental text book for all classes in U.S. History and Culture.
Publisher:
ISBN: 9781587901218
Category : African American arts
Languages : en
Pages : 0
Book Description
THE AFRICAN AMERICAN QUIZ BOOK for ALL AMERICANS contains a wealth of information about a select group of individuals whose achievements, heroic acts, and creation of landmark organizations have contributed significantly to the creation and greatness of the United States. This information is presented through a compilation of more than 350 non-trivial questions and answers designed to stimulate learning and critical thinking, especially for students in middle grades, high school and college. The organized question and answer format can also easily and readily be used by teachers, families, churches, sororities and fraternities, and other organizations. Included is a glossary and an extensive list of references for further study and research. THE AFRICAN AMERICAN QUIZ BOOK FOR ALL AMERICANS is an excellent supplemental text book for all classes in U.S. History and Culture.
Game of Privilege
Author: Lane Demas
Publisher: UNC Press Books
ISBN: 1469634236
Category : Sports & Recreation
Languages : en
Pages : 384
Book Description
This groundbreaking history of African Americans and golf explores the role of race, class, and public space in golf course development, the stories of individual black golfers during the age of segregation, the legal battle to integrate public golf courses, and the little-known history of the United Golfers Association (UGA)--a black golf tour that operated from 1925 to 1975. Lane Demas charts how African Americans nationwide organized social campaigns, filed lawsuits, and went to jail in order to desegregate courses; he also provides dramatic stories of golfers who boldly confronted wider segregation more broadly in their local communities. As national civil rights organizations debated golf’s symbolism and whether or not to pursue the game’s integration, black players and caddies took matters into their own hands and helped shape its subculture, while UGA participants forged one of the most durable black sporting organizations in American history as they fought to join the white Professional Golfers’ Association (PGA). From George F. Grant’s invention of the golf tee in 1899 to the dominance of superstar Tiger Woods in the 1990s, this revelatory and comprehensive work challenges stereotypes and indeed the fundamental story of race and golf in American culture.
Publisher: UNC Press Books
ISBN: 1469634236
Category : Sports & Recreation
Languages : en
Pages : 384
Book Description
This groundbreaking history of African Americans and golf explores the role of race, class, and public space in golf course development, the stories of individual black golfers during the age of segregation, the legal battle to integrate public golf courses, and the little-known history of the United Golfers Association (UGA)--a black golf tour that operated from 1925 to 1975. Lane Demas charts how African Americans nationwide organized social campaigns, filed lawsuits, and went to jail in order to desegregate courses; he also provides dramatic stories of golfers who boldly confronted wider segregation more broadly in their local communities. As national civil rights organizations debated golf’s symbolism and whether or not to pursue the game’s integration, black players and caddies took matters into their own hands and helped shape its subculture, while UGA participants forged one of the most durable black sporting organizations in American history as they fought to join the white Professional Golfers’ Association (PGA). From George F. Grant’s invention of the golf tee in 1899 to the dominance of superstar Tiger Woods in the 1990s, this revelatory and comprehensive work challenges stereotypes and indeed the fundamental story of race and golf in American culture.
Reflections of an Anxious African American Dad
Author: Eric L. Heard
Publisher: iUniverse
ISBN: 1663216444
Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 70
Book Description
The purpose of this book is an awkward discussion of Eric Heard’s life to his son. He talks about his life in a candid way that tries to explain his anxiety as an African American dad. It is an open and honest account of his life through the life of a child that has been through a lot in his life. It is a reflection on his life that has been shaped by his childhood experiences.
Publisher: iUniverse
ISBN: 1663216444
Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 70
Book Description
The purpose of this book is an awkward discussion of Eric Heard’s life to his son. He talks about his life in a candid way that tries to explain his anxiety as an African American dad. It is an open and honest account of his life through the life of a child that has been through a lot in his life. It is a reflection on his life that has been shaped by his childhood experiences.
The Negro Motorist Green Book
Author: Victor H. Green
Publisher: Colchis Books
ISBN:
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 222
Book Description
The Negro Motorist Green Book was a groundbreaking guide that provided African American travelers with crucial information on safe places to stay, eat, and visit during the era of segregation in the United States. This essential resource, originally published from 1936 to 1966, offered a lifeline to black motorists navigating a deeply divided nation, helping them avoid the dangers and indignities of racism on the road. More than just a travel guide, The Negro Motorist Green Book stands as a powerful symbol of resilience and resistance in the face of oppression, offering a poignant glimpse into the challenges and triumphs of the African American experience in the 20th century.
Publisher: Colchis Books
ISBN:
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 222
Book Description
The Negro Motorist Green Book was a groundbreaking guide that provided African American travelers with crucial information on safe places to stay, eat, and visit during the era of segregation in the United States. This essential resource, originally published from 1936 to 1966, offered a lifeline to black motorists navigating a deeply divided nation, helping them avoid the dangers and indignities of racism on the road. More than just a travel guide, The Negro Motorist Green Book stands as a powerful symbol of resilience and resistance in the face of oppression, offering a poignant glimpse into the challenges and triumphs of the African American experience in the 20th century.
Black Faces, White Spaces
Author: Carolyn Finney
Publisher: UNC Press Books
ISBN: 1469614480
Category : Nature
Languages : en
Pages : 194
Book Description
Black Faces, White Spaces: Reimagining the Relationship of African Americans to the Great Outdoors
Publisher: UNC Press Books
ISBN: 1469614480
Category : Nature
Languages : en
Pages : 194
Book Description
Black Faces, White Spaces: Reimagining the Relationship of African Americans to the Great Outdoors
Driving While Black: African American Travel and the Road to Civil Rights
Author: Gretchen Sorin
Publisher: Liveright Publishing
ISBN: 1631495704
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 332
Book Description
Bloomberg • Best Nonfiction Books of 2020: "[A] tour de force." The basis of a major PBS documentary by Ric Burns, this “excellent history” (The New Yorker) reveals how the automobile fundamentally changed African American life. Driving While Black demonstrates that the car—the ultimate symbol of independence and possibility—has always held particular importance for African Americans, allowing black families to evade the dangers presented by an entrenched racist society and to enjoy, in some measure, the freedom of the open road. Melding new archival research with her family’s story, Gretchen Sorin recovers a lost history, demonstrating how, when combined with black travel guides—including the famous Green Book—the automobile encouraged a new way of resisting oppression.
Publisher: Liveright Publishing
ISBN: 1631495704
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 332
Book Description
Bloomberg • Best Nonfiction Books of 2020: "[A] tour de force." The basis of a major PBS documentary by Ric Burns, this “excellent history” (The New Yorker) reveals how the automobile fundamentally changed African American life. Driving While Black demonstrates that the car—the ultimate symbol of independence and possibility—has always held particular importance for African Americans, allowing black families to evade the dangers presented by an entrenched racist society and to enjoy, in some measure, the freedom of the open road. Melding new archival research with her family’s story, Gretchen Sorin recovers a lost history, demonstrating how, when combined with black travel guides—including the famous Green Book—the automobile encouraged a new way of resisting oppression.
Jim Crow Wisdom
Author: Jonathan Scott Holloway
Publisher: UNC Press Books
ISBN: 1469610701
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 289
Book Description
Jim Crow Wisdom: Memory and Identity in Black America since 1940
Publisher: UNC Press Books
ISBN: 1469610701
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 289
Book Description
Jim Crow Wisdom: Memory and Identity in Black America since 1940
African American Quiz Bowl: Honoring the Legacy
Author: Brenda Lang-Knapp
Publisher: Xlibris Corporation
ISBN: 1483681718
Category : Reference
Languages : en
Pages : 92
Book Description
Brenda Lang-Knapp's African American Quiz Bowl adds the African American truth to American history. It is an interactive, participatory way to learn an important chapter in the history making of the USA. This is an offering to African American children and others to ask questions and journey deeper into the workings and lives of African American contributions and successes, in a country that didn't always embrace their initiatives and aspirations. This book will enrich the lives of those who navigate this historical and cultural opportunity. Jae Agu, retired teacher and administrator.
Publisher: Xlibris Corporation
ISBN: 1483681718
Category : Reference
Languages : en
Pages : 92
Book Description
Brenda Lang-Knapp's African American Quiz Bowl adds the African American truth to American history. It is an interactive, participatory way to learn an important chapter in the history making of the USA. This is an offering to African American children and others to ask questions and journey deeper into the workings and lives of African American contributions and successes, in a country that didn't always embrace their initiatives and aspirations. This book will enrich the lives of those who navigate this historical and cultural opportunity. Jae Agu, retired teacher and administrator.