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Jane Crow: The Life of Pauli Murray by Rosalind Rosenberg
epub |eng | 2017-03-18 | Author:Rosalind Rosenberg

Adding “Sex” to Title VII Murray faced not just divided women’s and civil rights movements but also a problem inherent in the Fourteenth Amendment. The Equal Protection Clause covered only ...
( Category: Women March 18,2018 )
The Skeptic and the Rabbi by Judy Gruen
epub |eng | 2017-03-18 | Author:Judy Gruen

Chapter 11 DECISION TIME 1986–1987 JEFF FREQUENTLY SAID THAT HE UNDERSTOOD and accepted my need to progress at my own pace. In reality, he had a short list of non-negotiable ...
( Category: Leaders & Notable People March 18,2018 )
Frank Lowy by Jill Margo
epub |eng | 2015-06-19 | Author:Jill Margo

Those calling the game for television could barely contain themselves. “At long last! At long last!” they cried. The victory was as intoxicating as it was uniting. “You are, we ...
( Category: Professionals & Academics March 18,2018 )
Francisco Goya, The Great Hispanic Heritage by Tim McNeese
epub |eng | 0101-01-01 | Author:Tim McNeese [McNeese, Tim]

a royal throne or ducal residence, but a real child, with natural petulance, or a delight in toys.”* Perhaps Goya took emotional comfort in their presence, since all but one ...
( Category: Biographies March 18,2018 )
New Expressions in Origami Art by Meher McArthur
epub |eng | | Author:Meher McArthur

Dancing Crane, Opus 460 Robert J. Lang, USA 2005, one uncut square of Korean hanji paper (Photo by the artist) The intersection of different media is also apparent in a ...
( Category: Ethnic & National March 17,2018 )
Black Fortunes by Shomari Wills
epub |eng | 2017-12-13 | Author:Shomari Wills

THE WORLD’S FAIR BEGAN ON APRIL 30, 1904, HAVING BEEN POSTPONED a year due to its growing in scope and size. The event was staged on a 1,272-acre park in ...
( Category: Americas March 17,2018 )
The Winona LaDuke Chronicles by Winona LaDuke
epub |eng | 2016-03-17 | Author:Winona LaDuke

GIIJIMIJ HARPER: CANADA ESCALATES WAR ON FIRST NATIONS (with Frank Jr. Molley) “It’s blackmail and it’s the most illegal thing ever done…We told the Minister it’s like you’re putting a ...
( Category: Social Sciences March 17,2018 )
A Surprised Queenhood in the New Black Sun by Angela Jackson
epub |eng | 2017-03-17 | Author:Angela Jackson [Jackson, Angela]

The Committee for the Arts began meeting in Chicago in 1966. In 1967, it would become the Organization of Black American Culture (OBAC). Its members included Gerald McWorter (later known ...
( Category: Poetry March 17,2018 )
Emancipation of a Black Atheist by D. K. Evans
epub |eng | 2017-03-17 | Author:D. K. Evans

Religion Can Be Beautiful Art in its many forms can be very powerful and deeply profound. Artists use their gifts in an attempt to capture the essence of life and ...
( Category: Social Sciences March 17,2018 )
When Basketball Was Jewish by Douglas Stark
epub |eng | 2017-07-05 | Author:Douglas Stark [Stark, Douglas]

Ossie Schectman 13. Ossie Schectman scored the first two points in NBA history on November 1, 1946. Courtesy of LIU Athletics. On November 1, 1946, Ossie Schectman made history by ...
( Category: World March 17,2018 )
Eloquent Rage by Brittney Cooper
epub, mobi |eng | | Author:Brittney Cooper

ORCHESTRATED FURY Respectability politics died the day Michelle Obama showed up to her last official engagement as First Lady with a thrown-together ponytail-bun combination and a facial expression fit for ...
( Category: Social Sciences March 16,2018 )
A Sick Life by Tionne "T-Boz" Watkins
epub |eng | 2017-03-16 | Author:Tionne "T-Boz" Watkins

CHAPTER 8 BC/AC My life has had two eras: BC and AC. They are divided by the birth of my daughter, Chase, who changed everything for me. Before she arrived, ...
( Category: Arts & Literature March 16,2018 )
42 Faith by Ed Henry
epub |eng | 2017-02-25 | Author:Ed Henry

A NETWORK OF SUPPORT Throughout the season, telegrams and letters poured in to Robinson from people all across America—white and black—telling him there was a prayer army out there rooting ...
( Category: Biographies March 16,2018 )
The Fetterman Massacre by Dee Brown
epub |eng | 2012-09-28 | Author:Dee Brown [Brown, Dee]

VIII. November: DEER RUTTING MOON Because the country was broken, because most of the officers had not been with me in reconnaissances and had recently arrived at post entirely unused ...
( Category: Americas March 15,2018 )
Levittown by David Kushner
epub, azw3, mobi |eng | 2009-03-14 | Author:David Kushner

Outside the Wechslers’ window, the mob forming in plain view of the police told a different story of America. Ordinarily, the Levittowners would be home tonight watching Dragnet or The ...
( Category: Historical March 14,2018 )

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