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Narrative of the Life of Frederick Douglass, an American Slave Incidents in the Life of a Slave Girl by Harriet Jacobs Frederick Douglass
epub |eng | 2019-01-13 | Author:Harriet Jacobs, Frederick Douglass

C HAPTER II My master’s family consisted of two sons, Andrew and Richard; one daughter, Lucretia, and her husband, Captain Thomas Auld. They lived in one house, upon the home ...
( Category: African-American Studies March 15,2020 )
Luxury Fever by Robert H. Frank
epub |eng | 2018-09-29 | Author:Robert H. Frank

Many forms of collective action—both laws and informal social norms—have a direct impact on the specific consumption imbalances that are our focus here. For example, it has been a common ...
( Category: Economic Conditions March 15,2020 )
Remembering Jim Crow by William H. Chafe
epub |eng | | Author:William H. Chafe

Men’s meeting on “Black Billy Sunday,” Mt. Calvary Baptist Church, March 20, 1912, New Iberia, Louisiana. (New Iberia Parish Library, New Iberia, Louisiana) I’ll go back further to the 1930s. ...
( Category: Discrimination & Racism March 15,2020 )
Tribes of the Sioux Nation by Michael G Johnson
epub |eng | | Author:Michael G Johnson

Curley, the famous Crow scout who brought the news of Custer’s defeat to the US Army headquarters on the steamer Far West, thereafter becoming something of a celebrity. Here he ...
( Category: Native American Studies March 15,2020 )
Unleash Different by Rich Donovan
epub |eng | 2018-09-04 | Author:Rich Donovan

Chapter Sixteen The Physics of Markets When I joined Merrill, the traditional trading desk was dying. The portfolio trading team was tasked with building the automated system that would represent ...
( Category: Disabled March 15,2020 )
Los Angeles's Little Tokyo by Little Tokyo Historical Society
epub |eng | 2011-09-29 | Author:Little Tokyo Historical Society

Amy Kawase, Naomi Takeshita, and Genevieve Uyeda are shown playing “Dibs” at the Maryknoll School Carnival in 1957. (Courtesy of Harry Honda.) Pictured are the Sunday school teacher and girls ...
( Category: Asian American Studies March 15,2020 )
Matzo Balls for Breakfast by Alan King
epub |eng | 2005-07-15 | Author:Alan King

#xa0; Growing Up with the Holocaust Joel Siegel Joel Siegel is film critic and entertainment editor for ABC-TV’s Good Morning America. In his youth, he also served as a joke ...
( Category: Ethnic Studies March 15,2020 )
Burial for a King by Rebecca Burns
epub |eng | 2011-03-14 | Author:Rebecca Burns

While the march took place, the ongoing investigation into King’s death continued. Thomas Powers of the Chicago Tribune reported that investigators had traced the gun found in the mysterious “bundle” ...
( Category: Discrimination & Racism March 15,2020 )
The Children of Chinatown by wendy rouse jorae
epub |eng | 2018-09-05 | Author:wendy rouse jorae

GUARDIANSHIP DISPUTES While the children resided temporarily in the mission homes, missionaries attempted to secure guardianship rights through the courts. Court battles typically occurred when parents or Chinatown criminals challenged ...
( Category: Asian American Studies March 15,2020 )
Mysticism and Social Action by Richard Boeke
epub |eng | | Author:Richard Boeke

LAWRENCE LECTURERS ON RELIGION AND SOCIETY 1977-78 PLANNING COMMITTEE Lawrence Berger, Chair Martha Helming Helen Lipton Jacomina Maybeck Estelle Nagel Sam Oni Hyman Roudman ADVISORY COMMITTEE Richard Boeke Minister - ...
( Category: African-American Studies March 15,2020 )
People Wasn't Made to Burn by Joe Allen
epub |eng | 2011-06-23 | Author:Joe Allen

On August 1, 1947, the Cook County Grand Jury ruled that James Hickman with “malice aforethought by shooting did kill and murder David Coleman contrary to the Statute, and against ...
( Category: African-American Studies March 15,2020 )
In the Cause of Freedom by Makalani Minkah;
epub |eng | 2010-03-14 | Author:Makalani, Minkah;

The International Conference of Negro Workers Several of the black delegates to the Frankfurt Congress held a series of meetings on their final two days in Frankfurt to lay the ...
( Category: African-American Studies March 15,2020 )
Jackson Heights Chronicles by Orlando Tobon
epub |eng | 2008-07-15 | Author:Orlando Tobon

The comment made Fernando’s heart ache, and he had to hold back his tears from the sudden wave of emotion. He could almost hear his own mother right then, admonishing ...
( Category: Minority Studies March 15,2020 )
Beyond Black and White by Manning Marable
epub |eng | | Author:Manning Marable

THIRTEEN BENJAMIN CHAVIS AND THE CRISIS OF BLACK LEADERSHIP The 1994 controversy over the tenure of Benjamin Chavis as executive director of the NAACP, which resulted in his firing, was ...
( Category: Discrimination & Racism March 14,2020 )
Black History For Beginners by Denise Dennis
epub |eng | 2013-03-14 | Author:Denise Dennis

The power of the black vote was evident in the 1868 Presidential election. 450,000 blacks voted for Grant: the Democratic candidate lost by 300,000. Blacks gave Grant the decisive edge. ...
( Category: African-American Studies March 14,2020 )

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