Human rights, civil rights Books
Penguin Putnam Inc After the Last Border
Book SynopsisThe story of two refugee families and their hope and resilience as they fight to survive and belong in AmericaThe welcoming and acceptance of immigrants and refugees has been central to America''s identity for centuries--yet America has periodically turned its back at the times of greatest humanitarian need. After the Last Border is an intimate look at the lives of two women as they struggle for the twenty-first century American dream, having won the golden ticket to settle as refugees in Austin, Texas.Mu Naw, a Christian from Myanmar struggling to put down roots with her family, was accepted after decades in a refugee camp at a time when America was at its most open to displaced families; and Hasna, a Muslim from Syria, agrees to relocate as a last resort for the safety of her family--only to be cruelly separated from her children by a sudden ban on refugees from Muslim countries. Writer and activist Jessica Goudeau tracks the human impacts of America''s
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Alfred A. Knopf Shaking the Gates of Hell A Search for Family and
Book SynopsisOn growing up in the American South of the 1960s—an all-American white boy—son of a long line of Methodist preachers, in the midst of the civil rights revolution, and discovering the culpability of silence within the church. By the Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist and columnist for The Birmingham News.My dad was a Methodist preacher and his dad was a Methodist preacher, writes John Archibald. It goes all the way back on both sides of my family. When I am at my best, I think it comes from that sermon place.Everything Archibald knows and believes about life is refracted through the stained glass of the Southern church. It had everything to do with people. And fairness. And compassion.In Shaking the Gates of Hell, Archibald asks: Can a good person remain silent in the face of discrimination and horror, and still be a good person?Archibald had seen his father, the Rev. Robert L. Archibald, Jr., the son and grandson of Method
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Random House USA Inc For the People
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Random House USA Inc Nigger
Book SynopsisThe twentieth anniversary edition of one of the most controversial books ever published on race and language is now more relevant than ever in this season of racial reckoning—from “one of our most important and perceptive writers on race (The Washington Post).In addition to a brave and bracing inquiry into the origins, uses, and impact of the infamous word, this edition features an extensive new introduction that addresses major developments in its evolution during the last two decades of its vexed history. In the new introduction to his classic work, Kennedy questions the claim that “nigger” is the most tabooed term in the American language, faced with the implacable prevalence of its old-fashioned anti-Black sense. “Nigger” continues to be part of the loud soundtrack of the worst instances of racial aggression in American life—racially motivated assaults and murders, arson, intentional infliction of emoti
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Random House USA Inc Salvador Vintage International
Book SynopsisTerror is the given of the place. The place is El Salvador in 1982, at the ghastly height of its civil war. Didion brings the country to life (The New York Times), delivering an anatomy of a particular brand of political terror—its mechanisms, rationales, and intimate relation to United States foreign policy.As ash travels from battlefields to body dumps, Didion interviews a puppet president, and considers the distinctly Salvadoran grammar of the verb to disappear. Here, the bestselling, award-winning author of The Year of Magical Thinking and Let Me Tell You What I Mean gives us a book that is germane to any country in which bloodshed has become a standard tool of politics.
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DK The Feminism Book
Book SynopsisAre you born a woman… or do you become one? Can men ever truly be feminists? And do we still need feminism in the 21st century?This book answers these questions and many more, exploring the struggle for equality that stretches back over the centuries. Trace the history of feminism from its origins, through the suffrage campaigns of the late 19th century, to recent developments such as the Everyday Sexism Project and the #MeToo movement. Examine the ideas that underpin feminist thought through crucial figures, from Simone de Beauvoir to Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie, and discover the wider social, cultural, and historical context of their impact. Find out who campaigned for birth control, when the term “intersectionality” was coined, and what “postfeminism” really means in this comprehensive book. Using the Big Ideas series’ trademark combination of authoritative, accessible text and bold graphics, the most Trade Review“[T]his timely volume has a place in middle, high school, and public libraries.” —Booklist Online
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University of British Columbia Press By Law or In Justice
Book SynopsisThis insider’s account of the work of the Indian Specific Claims Commission takes an unflinching look at the development and implementation of Indigenous claims policy from 1991 to 2009.Table of ContentsIntroduction1 Specific Claims in Canada: A Brief History and Policy Roadmap2 Dependent on the Good Will of the Sovereign: Background to the Indian Specific Claims Commission3 The Indian Specific Claims Commission: Second Sober Thought4 Challenges to the Process: Applications for Inquiries and Constructive Rejections5 On the Road Again: Planning Conferences, Community Sessions, and the Integrity of the Process6 By Law or In Justice: Legal Arguments, Panel Deliberations, and the Murky Waters of the Mediation Unit7 Beyond Lawful Obligation: The Closure of the ICC and the Rise of the Specific Claims Tribunal8 The Legacy of the ICC and Lessons for the Future of Specific Claims Notes; Index
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Baker Publishing Group The Politics of Discipleship Becoming
Book SynopsisA world renowned theologian shows Christians what faithful political discipleship looks like under the realities of our global, post-everything world.
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Johns Hopkins University Press A Death in the Delta
Book SynopsisThough they were acquitted, these same defendants were soon being ostracized by their own neighbors, and within four months of Till's death, Southern blacks were staging the historic Montgomery bus boycott-the first major battle in the coming war against racial injustice that would lead to the passage of civil rights legislation a decade later.Trade ReviewTill's sensational case, succinctly reported here, imparted a crucially vital impulse to the civil rights movement of the '60s. Publishers Weekly Whitfield... is able to write with power, strength, and persuasion. -- Raymond T. Diamond American Journal of Legal HistoryTable of ContentsPrefaceAcknowledgementsChapter 1. The Ideology of LynchingChapter 2. Chicago BoyChapter 3. Trial by JuryChapter 4. The Shock of ExonerationChapter 5. Washington, D.C.Chapter 6. RevolutionChapter 7. Race and SexChapter 6. No Longer WhiteNotes BibliographyIndex
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Johns Hopkins University Press Framing the South
Book SynopsisShe concludes with a provocative analysis of Forrest Gump, identifying the popular film as a retelling of post-World War II Southern history.Trade ReviewA resourceful, imaginative, sure-handed analysis by an author who knows both how movies and television get made and how to get at what those products mean. -- Thomas Cripps Journal of Southern History This text would be an excellent place for readers who have very little background in film or media history to begin delving into the ongoing discussion of how much reality drives media and how much media drives reality. -- Dana L. Hettich Southern Historian The best book I have found that discusses popular cinema and the American South... Graham's is a groundbreaking study that locates both blacks and whites in post-World War II cultural history. Her scholarly monograph contributes significantly to historical and film studies... Graham's book is lively, aesthetically informed, and teeming with insightful observations about a variety of topics: white women in race-conscious films; the 'anarchic physicality' of the redneck; the centrality of the 'cracker' to our understanding of American racism; the southern delinquent as social activist; the corrupt southern lawman and the redemptive southern lawyer. -- Sharon Monteith Scope Provides a perfect critical lens through which to appreciate what lies behind all the representations of the South flashing across the screen... In this meticulously researched and accessibly written book, [Allison Graham] covers such issues as the eugenics movement and class politics, white women's sexuality, the star personae of Elvis and Andy Griffith, and the political power of Southern populists. Her methodology is part of what makes the book so readable: it's interdisciplinary but not jargon-laden, drawing on the most exciting recent academic studies in cinema, culture, class, history, sociology, whiteness, gender, sexuality, and politics. The close readings in the book are never so detailed that they become tedious, but even for readers unfamiliar with the primary sources, Graham's analysis is persuasive and fascinating to read. There is no way to adequately summarize all the ingenious bits of reading pleasure in this book. -- Julia Leyda Bright Lights Film Journal Provides detailed analysis of interactions among race, gender, and, crucially, class, often neglected in cultural studies. It draws upon an enormous range of evidence. Seemingly unlikely material such as 1950s films on teenage delinquency is convincingly woven into the analysis... Not least, the book is leavened with humor in a way that makes the argument more compelling... This book provides new insights, showing how varied and subtle is the encoding of major events and struggles. The argument is complex yet accessible, making it an invaluable teaching aid. It is a major contribution to scholarship on racism and the civil rights movement in America. -- John A. Silk Journal of American History Probing, provocative, lively... Graham's often original readings and entertaining renderings [of films and television shows]... chart the tangled route whereby race becomes subsumed by class and then rediscovered. She reaches widely in her literary, film, and television references, which she juxtaposes with civil rights events to suggest how the former 'framed' the latter but also how film and television fiction sometimes offered a competing narrative as to race and civil rights... Graham has written a book very much worth reading. It is at once entertaining and instructive, and it makes 'real' the reel South as no other book to date. -- Randall M. Miller American Historical Review In a series of interlocking essays, Graham deftly explores the ways Hollywood filmmakers and television producers tried to reformulate stock southern characters in light of rapidly changing social relations... A fascinating and compelling cultural history that should be of use to a wide array of scholars. -- Patrick D. Jones American Studies Perceptive... A sophisticated analysis of films produced during the civil rights era... Readers who wish to understand the ways popular media buttress conservative assessments of race in American life will do well to digest Graham's helpful volume. -- Andrew M. Manis Georgia Historical Quarterly She restores to our field of view media texts of real complexity that have been overlooked by previous analyses... An often poetic and crisply edited long essay. -- Kevin Jack Hagopian Journal of Communication 2005Table of ContentsContents: List of Illustrations Acknowledgments Introduction: Remapping DogpatchChapter 1 "The Purest of God's Creatures": White Women, Blood Pollution, and Southern Sexuality Chapter 2 Sentimental Educations: Romance, Race, and White Redemption Chapter 3 Natural Acts: Hillbillies, Delinquents, and the Disappearing Psyche Chapter 4 Reeducating the Southerner: Elvis, Rednecks, and Hollywood's "White Negro" Chapter 5 Civil Rights Films and the New Red Menace: The Legacy of the 1960sNotes Essay on Sources Index
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Johns Hopkins University Press Public Health and Human Rights EvidenceBased
Book SynopsisPart III confronts current policy approaches-such as Brazil's integration of rights, HIV/AIDS programming, and the contradictory and confounding global policies on illicit drugs-and offers recommendations for future programs and strategies.Trade ReviewMany of the case studies are powerful and hopeful... Recommended. Choice 2008 The strength of the book is the authors' and editors' insistence on 'evidence-based approaches' to abuse and harm. They explain why acquiring reliable evidence about the effects on health of abuses of human rights requires changing principles and methods that researchers in industrial countries take for granted. -- Daniel M. Fox, PhD JAMA 2008 The message of this book is clear... A rights-based analysis of our public health policies is a requirement of the times in which we live. -- William M. Valenti AIDS Reader 2008 The book is well constructed and provides insights into how to approach public health programs in unique situations where human rights violations constrain public health workers' ability to assist populations at risk... The examples in this book provide a set of tools to consider when we find ourselves in unique situations. -- Maryn Elizabeth Torner Doody's Review Service 2008 A good resource for students. It is a quick and interesting read. -- Catherine G. Chalin Canadian Journal of Public Health 2008 This engaging and important book is likely to interest a broad range of readers. -- Steven S. Coughlin European Journal of Public Health 2008 Valuable and enlightening... Mental health specialists will find here much to reflect about. Journal of Nervous and Mental Disease 2008 A good addition to the burgeoning literature on global health, and I would recommend it strongly to practitioners. -- Nana K. Poku Development in Practice 2008 The individual case studies are fascinating, and provide insight into the challenges of working in oppressive and dangerous environments. -- Kate van Dooren Critical Public Health 2008 Well researched and timely, and cites well-documented evidence. Journal of Health Care for the Poor and Underserved 2010Table of ContentsForeword, by Leonard S. RubensteinPrefaceContributorsList of AcronymsIntroduction: Human Rights and the Health of PopulationsPart I: Cases and Contexts1. Health and Human Rights in the Midst of a Drug War: The Thai Drug Uses' Network2. The Impact of Human Rights Violations on Health among Internally Displaced Persons in Conflict Zones: Burma3. Consequances of a Stalled Response: Iatrogenic Epidemic among Blood Donors in Central China4. Women's Health and Women's Rights: Selling Sex in Moscow5. Reducing Harm in Prisons: Lessons from the United States and WorldwidePart II: Methods6. using Molecular Tools to Track Epidemics and Investigate Human Rights and Disease Interactions7. Documenting the Effects of Trafficking in Women8. Documenting Sexual Violence among Internally Displaced Women: Sierra Leone9. The Crime of Genocide: Darfur10. Public Health Research in a Human Rights Crisis: The Effects of the Thai "War on Drugs"11. Maps in the Sand: Investigating Health and Human Rights in Afghanistan and Darfur12. Civil Conflict and Health Infromation: The Democratis Republic of CongoPart III: Policy13. From Human Rights Principles to Public Health Practice: HIV/AIDS Policy in Brazil14. Seeing Double: Mapping Contradictions in HIV Prevention and Illicit Drug Policy Worldwide15. Human Rights and Public Health Ethics: Responding to the Global HIV/AIDS pandemic16. Gender and Sexual Health Rights: Burma17. Advocacy Strategies for Affording the Right to HealthIndex
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Schocken Books Antisemitism
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Kensington Publishing Manifesting Justice
Book Synopsis“Just as the Black Lives Matter movement and recent protests have shown the leadership of women of color in organizing against the prison state, this book will show the leadership of women, which is too often ignored, in the innocence movement.” —Aya Gruber, Professor of Law, University of Colorado Law School, author of The Feminist War on Crime Through the lens of her work with the Innocence Movement and her client Leigh Stubbs—a woman denied a fair trial in 2000 largely due to her sexual orientation - innocence litigator, activist, and founder of the West Virginia Innocence Project Valena Beety examines the failures in America’s criminal legal system and the reforms necessary to eliminate wrongful convictions—particularly with regards to women, the queer community, and people of color… 2023 Winner of the Eric Hoffer Book Award’s Montaigne MedalWhen Valena Beety
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Beacon Press Dangerous Ideas
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Beacon Press Young Crusaders
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Beacon Press In a Single Garment of Destiny A Global Vision of
Book SynopsisThis collection of writings is the first to capture Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.’s global vision, revealing how his fight for human rights extended far beyond the United States. Too many people continue to think of Dr. King only as “a southern civil rights leader” or “an American Gandhi,” thus ignoring his impact on poor and oppressed people around the world. In a Single Garment of Destiny is the first book to treat King’s positions on global liberation struggles through the prism of his own words and activities. From the pages of this extraordinary collection, King emerges not only as an advocate for global human rights but also as a towering figure who collaborated with Eleanor Roosevelt, Albert J. Luthuli, Thich Nhat Hanh, and other national and international figures in addressing a multitude of issues we still struggle with today—from racism, poverty, and war to religious bigotry and intolerance.
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Hill & Wang Inc.,U.S. To Tell the Truth Freely The Life of Ida B Wells
Book SynopsisBorn to slaves in 1862, Ida B Wells became a fearless antilynching crusader, women's rights advocate, and journalist. This title captures Wells' legacy and life, from her childhood in Mississippi to her early career in late-nineteenth-century Memphis and her later life in Progressive-era Chicago.Trade Review"Remarkable... Finally, we have a biography worthy of one of the bravest and most influential activists in U.S. History." Michael Kazin, author of A Godly Hero: The Life of William Jennings Bryan. "Finely honed feminist biography of an impassioned crusader for civil rights in an era of vicious racial discrimination." - Kirkus Reviews"
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University Press of Kentucky Reflections on Freedom of Speech and the First
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The University Press of Kentucky Dalton Trumbo
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The University Press of Kentucky We Will Win The Day
Book SynopsisExamines the history of black activist athletes.Table of ContentsAcknowledgments Introduction Democracy in Action White Allies The Press and the People Deep Down in Dixie The Ban and the Banner African American Athletes and Activism The Revolt of the Black Athlete Epilogue Notes Bibliography Index About the Author
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The University Press of Kentucky The Struggle Is Eternal Gloria Richardson and
Book SynopsisExplores the largely forgotten but deeply significant life of Gloria Richardson, and her determination to improve the lives of black people. Using a wide range of source materials, Joseph R. Fitzgerald presents an all-encompassing narrative of one of the most influential and unsung leaders of the civil rihts movement.
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The University Press of Kentucky The Struggle Is Eternal Gloria Richardson and
Book SynopsisMany prominent and well-known figures greatly impacted the civil rights movement, but one of the most influential and unsung leaders of that period was Gloria Richardson. As the leader of the Cambridge Nonviolent Action Committee (CNAC), a multifaceted liberation campaign formed to target segregation and racial inequality in Cambridge, Maryland, Richardson advocated for economic justice and tactics beyond nonviolent demonstrations. Her philosophies and strategies -- including her belief that black people had a right to self--defense -- were adopted, often without credit, by a number of civil rights and black power leaders and activists. The Struggle Is Eternal: Gloria Richardson and Black Liberation explores the largely forgotten but deeply significant life of this central figure and her determination to improve the lives of black people. Using a wide range of source materials, including interviews with Richardson and her personal papers, as well as interviews with dozens of her frie
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The University Press of Kentucky Reflections on Freedom of Speech and the First
Book SynopsisIn Reflections on Freedom of Speech and the First Amendment, noted legal theorist George Anastaplo details the history and intellectual foundations of freedom of speech, using examples from Socrates, Jesus, and Sir Thomas More to demonstrate how freedom of speech has evolved over centuries.
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The University of Arizona Press Shameful Victory The Los Angeles didgers the Red
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University of Arizona Press American Indians and National Forests
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MP - University Of Minnesota Press The Marrying Kind Debating SameSex Marriage
Book SynopsisTable of ContentsContentsAbbreviationsAcknowledgmentsIntroduction. Marital Discord: Understanding the Contested Place of Marriage in the Lesbian and Gay MovementMary Bernstein and Verta TaylorPart I. Marital Discord1. What’s the Matter with Newark?: Race, Class, Marriage Politics, and the Limits of Queer LiberalismArlene Stein2. Same-Sex Marriage and Constituent Perceptions of the LGBT Rights Movement Kathleen E. Hull and Timothy A. Ortyl3. Beyond Queer vs. LGBT: Discursive Community and Marriage Mobilization in MassachusettsJeffrey KosbiePart II. Marriage Equality Opposition4. Winning for LGBT Rights Laws, Losing for Same-Sex Marriage: The LGBT Movement and Campaign TacticsAmy L. Stone5. Yes on Proposition 8: The Conservative Opposition to Same-Sex MarriageKatie OlivieroPart III. Marriage Activism6. Mobilization through Marriage: The San Francisco Wedding ProtestVerta Taylor, Katrina Kimport, Nella Van Dyke, and Ellen Ann Andersen7. The Long Journey to Marriage: Same-Sex Marriage, Assimilation, and Resistance in the HeartlandMelanie Heath8. Being Seen through Marriage: Lesbian Wedding Photographs and the Troubling of HeteronormativityKatrina KimportPart IV. The Impact of the Marriage Equality Movement 9. Normalization, Queer Discourse, and the Marriage Equality Movement in VermontMary Bernstein and Mary C. Burke10. What Happens When You Get What You Want?: The Relationship between Organizational Identity and Goals in the Movement for Same-Sex MarriageKristine A. Olsen11. Debating Same-Sex Marriage: Lesbian and Gay Spouses Speak to the LiteratureAdam Isaiah GreenContributorsIndex
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University of Minnesota Press Already Doing It
Book SynopsisTrade Review"Already Doing It is consistent and radical in its insistence on pleasure as a gauge for thinking about discourses of intellectual disability. It is an indispensable contribution to the burgeoning scholarship on sex and disability."—Robert McRuer, author of Crip Theory: Cultural Signs of Queerness and Disability"This book will provide new and interesting ideas for many people (LGBT or not) working at all levels of primary and secondary school, whether as teachers or otherwise...If lessons and ideas from this book were fully taken on board, I could see a real difference being made to the way sexuality is viewed in school."—Sex Education"An accessible and interesting read."—CHOICE"Michael Gill’s Already Doing It: Intellectual Disability and Sexual Agency is an important book at an important time in the history of sexuality and people with intellectual disability."—PsycCritiques"Provocative and thought provoking, the text, through specific examples, urges the reader to examine actual individuals and their varied sexual expression in a new light. A successful argument for rights of the intellectually disabled."—Lavender Magazine"A powerful call for the necessity of supporting sexual citizenship for persons with disability through liberatory action efforts that challenge sexual ableism."—H-NetTable of ContentsContentsPreface: Violations of Sexual LifeIntroduction: Sexual Ableism Exposed 1. Questions of Consent: Rethinking Competence and Sexual Abuse2. Pleasure Principles: From Harm Reduction to Diversity in Sex Education3. Sex Can Wait, Masturbate: The Politics of Masturbation Training4. Reproductive Intrusions: The Fight against Forced Sterilization5. Not Just an Able-Bodied Privilege: Toward an Ethics of Parenting6. Screening Sexuality: Media Representations of Intellectual Disability7. Smashing Disability: Sexual Transgression and the Lady Boys of BangkokConclusion: Dismantling Ableist AssumptionsAcknowledgmentsNotesIndex
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Hoover Institution Press,U.S. Andrei Sakharov The Conscience of Humanity Hoover
Book SynopsisAndrei Sakharov holds an honoured place in the pantheon of the world's greatest scientists, reformers, and champions of human rights. Drawing from a 2014 Hoover Institution conference focused on Sakharov's life and principles, this book tells the compelling story of his metamorphosis from a distinguished physical scientist into a courageous, outspoken dissident humanitarian voice.
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Hoover Institution Press,U.S. Invisible Slaves The Victims and Perpetrators of
Book SynopsisDiscusses slavery around the world, with research and firsthand stories that reframe slavery as a modern-day crisis, not a historical phenomenon or third-world issue. Identifying four types of slavery - chattel slavery, debt bondage, forced labour, and sex slavery - W. Kurt Hauser examines the efforts and failures of governments to address them.
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Hoover Institution Press Soviet Defectors The KGB Wanted List
Book SynopsisThe first work written by a defector about the phenonmenon of defection itself - its scope, characters, and trends. Its principal source is a secret Soviet document, the most KGB Wanted List, which provides information on the personal background, circumstances of defection, and current status of post-World War II defectors.
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Ohio University Press The Papers of Clarence Mitchell Jr. Volume II
Book SynopsisClarence Mitchell Jr. was the driving force in the movement for passage of civil rights laws in America.
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MJ - Ohio University Press The Papers of Clarence Mitchell Jr. Volume III
Book SynopsisBorn in Baltimore in 1911, Clarence Mitchell Jr. led the struggle for passage of the 1957 Civil Rights Act, the 1960 Civil Rights Act, the 1964 Civil Rights Act, the 1965 Voting Rights Act, and the 1968 Fair Housing Act. Volumes I (1942–1943) and II (1944–1946) of The Papers of Clarence Mitchell Jr.,Trade Review“Clarence Mitchell, Jr., for decades waged in the halls of Congress a stubborn, resourceful and historic campaign for social justice. The integrity of this ‘101st senator’ earned him the respect of friends and adversaries alike. His brilliant advocacy helped translate into law the protests and aspirations of millions consigned for too long to second-class citizenship. The hard-won fruits of his labors have made America a better and stronger nation.” * Citation on the Presidential Medal of Freedom, presented June 9, 1980 *“The Papers of Clarence Mitchell, Jr. is a primary source and analytical goldmine for scholars of civil rights and labor struggles in the twentieth-century United States…. Well organized, engagingly written, and edited with cogent commentary, these two volumes (III & IV) take us inside Mitchell’s activist office and let us hear his own words.” * The Journal of Southern History *
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Pilgrim Press Building Up a New World
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Wisconsin Historical Society Press The Great War Comes to Wisconsin Sacrifice
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Pathfinder Books Ltd WEBDuBois Speaks 192063 Speeches and Addresses
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Pathfinder Press Malcolm X The Last Speeches
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Pathfinder Books Ltd Two Speeches by Malcolm X
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MJ - Ohio University Press Human Rights in African Prisons
Book SynopsisPrisons are always a key focus of those interested in human rights and the rule of law. Human Rights in African Prisons looks at the challenges African governments face in dealing with these issues.WrittenTrade Review“(T)his is a lucid, well-informed and compelling overview of the critical issues in African correctional institutions.…essential reading for African scholars, legal experts, human rights workers, and even informed, socially-conscious general readers, and thus is a must for any academic library.” * African Studies Quarterly *
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University of Chicago Press Complicities The Peoples Republic of China in
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Picador USA Give Us the Ballot
Book SynopsisA National Book Critics Circle Award Finalist, NonfictionNamed a Notable Book of the Year by The New York Times Book Review and The Washington PostNamed a Best Book of the Year by NPR, The Boston Globe, and Kirkus Reviews (Best Nonfiction)Countless books have been written about the civil rights movement, but far less attention has been paid to what happened after the dramatic passage of the Voting Rights Act in 1965 and the turbulent forces it unleashed. In this groundbreaking narrative history, Ari Berman charts both the transformation of American democracy under the VRA and the counterrevolution that has sought to limit it from the moment the act was signed into law. The VRA is widely regarded as the crowning achievement of the civil rights movement, and yetmore than fifty years laterthe battles over race, representation, and political power continue, as lawmakers devise
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23rd St. Free Speech Handbook
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Holt McDougal How We Can Win
Book SynopsisA breakdown of the economic and social injustices facing Black people and other marginalized citizens, inspired by political activist Kimberly Jones's viral video How Can We WinSo if I played four hundred rounds of Monopoly with you and I had to play and give you every dime that I made, and then for fifty years, every time that I played, if you didn't like what I did, you got to burn it like they did in Tulsa and like they did in Rosewood, how can you win? How can you win? When Kimberly Jones declared these words amid the protests spurred by the murder of George Floyd, she gave a history lesson that in just over six minutes captured the economic struggles of Black people in America. Within days the video had been viewed by millions of people around the world, riveted by Jones's damningand stunningly succinctanalysis of the enduring disparities Black Americans face.In How We Can Win, Jones delves into the impacts of systemic racism and rev
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WW Norton & Co Looking for an Enemy 8 Essays on Antisemitism
Book SynopsisGreat Jewish thinkers offer salient historical commentary on the roots of antisemitism and its contemporary resurgence.Trade Review"One would be hard-pressed to find such a succinct and yet fulsome discussion on the state of antisemitism today as is found in this collection... A bold yet troubling treasure." -- Library Journal"Glanville brings together an impressive set of essays... The contributors bring a healthy diversity of experiences, and...the pieces, taken as a whole, transcend partisan positions for a larger look at 'antisemitism's resurgence.' The result is eye-opening." -- Publishers Weekly"Well-curated... The variety of perspectives in this slim collection captures the emotional intensity of [antisemitism] and the urgent need to address it." -- Kirkus Reviews"[A] tough, brilliant little book [that] pins down antisemitism in its fluorescent modern form, but with its bizarre, repetitious history.… This collection, full of vivid intelligence and wit,… tells stories that we need to think about right now" -- Jean Seaton - Observer"In this collection of essays, serious writers grapple with a serious and increasingly urgent question: What drives those who hate Jews, and why is that hatred stirring once more? Whether through careful analysis or evocative and moving memoir; whether writing from Europe, Israel or the US; and whether you agree with all, some or none of them, they combine to offer a timely perspective on what, rather bleakly, seems to be a timeless problem. Looking for an Enemy sheds fresh and revealing light on an ancient menace." -- Jonathan Freedland, journalist and host of The Long View"This collection of essays is demanding in the best possible way. It is tough because the authors, who do not all agree in their approach, do not compromise on this most explosive of topics. It is painful because there are narratives here that won’t leave you after you’ve put the book down." -- Sir Trevor Phillips, broadcaster and host of Trevor Phillips on Sunday"Like all the best meetings of Jewish minds, this book will make you think, argue and see the world anew." -- Hadley Freeman, author of House of Glass
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Houghton Mifflin The Defender
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John Wiley and Sons Ltd Hegels Philosophy of Right
Book SynopsisHegel''s Philosophy of Right presents a collection of new essays by leading international philosophers and Hegel scholars that analyze and explore Hegel''s key contributions in the areas of ethics, politics, and the law. The most comprehensive collection on Hegel''s Philosophy of Right available Features new essays by leading international Hegel interpreters divided in sections of ethics, politics, and law Presents significant new research on Hegel''s Philosophy of Right that will set a new standard for future work on the topic Trade Review“The essays are refreshingly free of complex jargon and, taken together, offer a good sampling of recent work in Hegelian moral and political philosophy. Summing Up: Recommended. Upper-division undergraduates through researchers/faculty; general readers.” (Choice, 1 October 2012)Table of ContentsNotes on Contributors vii Acknowledgments ix Introduction 1 Thom Brooks Part I Ethics 7 1 Consequentialism and Deontology in the Philosophy of Right 9 Dean Moyar 2 The Empty Formalism Objection Revisited: x135R and Recent Kantian Responses 43 Fabian Freyenhagen 3 On Hegel's Critique of Kant's Ethics: Beyond the Empty Formalism Objection 73 Robert Stern Part II Politics 101 4 Hegel and the Unified Theory of Punishment 103 Thom Brooks 5 Hard Work: Hegel and the Meaning of the State in his Philosophy of Right 124 Kimberly Hutchings 6 Gender, the Family, and the Organic State in Hegel's Political Thought 143 Alison Stone Part III Law 165 7 Natural Law Internalism 167 Thom Brooks 8 Hegel on the Relation between Law and Justice 180 Alan Brudner Index 209
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Johns Hopkins University Press Protesting Affirmative Action
Book SynopsisIn studying this phenomenon, Deslippe deepens our understanding of American democracy and neoconservatism in the late twentieth century and shows how the liberals' often contradictory positions of the 1960s and 1970s reflect the conflicted views about affirmative action many Americans still hold today.Trade ReviewA welcome examination of affirmative action opposition in the often-overlooked period before Bakke. Choice Deslippe's treatment of labor's resistance in particular is balanced, detailed, and nuanced, and he includes an excellent chapter on the precursor of Bakke, DeFunis v. Odegaard (1974)... A valuable discussion that clearly adds to the scholarship on this crucial subject. -- Kevin Yuill Journal of American History Ambitious and timely... The detail Deslippe provides in the creation of a 'reverse populism' that, in effect, made past discrimination into a union principle, is very powerful. -- Bill Barry Labor Studies Journal It is difficult to think of a more timely historical topic: persistent ambivalence about affirmative action again collides with an economic downturn as an increasingly conservative Supreme Court considers landmark cases that may resolve some legal questions but are unlikely to end the almost half-century-old moral and political debate. -- Serena Mayeri Journal of American Studies The detail Deslippe provides in the creation of a "reverse populism" that, in effect, made past discrimination into a union principle, is very powerful. -- Bill Barry Labor Studies Journal In uncovering the murky and complex pre-history of contemporary affirmative action debates, Deslippe shows how changing social and economic circumstances shaped diverse understandings of the meaning of race, sex, opportunity, and disadvantage. -- Katherine Turk American StudiesTable of ContentsAcknowledgmentsList of Acronyms and InitialismsIntroduction1. "The Best 'Affirmative Action Program' Is Creating Jobs for Everyone": Organized Labor Responds to Affirmative Action, 1960–19742. "This Strange Madness": The Origins of Opposition to Higher Education Affirmative Action, 1968–19723. "This Issue Is Getting Hotter": The Struggle over Affirmative Action Policy in the Early 1970s4. "Treat Him as a Decent American!": DeFunis v. Odegaard (1974) and Colorblindness in the Courtroom5. "Do Whites Have Rights?": White Detroit Policemen and the "Reverse Discrimination" Protests of the 1970s6. "The Fight for True Nondiscrimination": The Politics of Anti–Affirmative Action in the 1970sConclusionNotesEssay on SourcesIndex
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Johns Hopkins University Press Rebellion in Black and White
Book SynopsisSynnottJeffrey A. TurnerErica WhittingtonJoy Ann Williamson-LottTrade ReviewThis collection makes a strong contribution to the prevailing conversation about student activism with its less-told, and often surprising, narratives from the South. -- John Blythe North Carolina Historical Review An excellent starting point for anyone wanting to understand the protests of the 1960s... Essential. Choice This quality volume is an excellent foundation for scholars eager to further complicate our understanding of 1960s activism nationally. -- Benjamin Houston Journal of American History This fine volume on southern student activism in the 1960s offers a timely reminder -- several actually -- of a troubled and not so distant past... An impressive range of well-argued, fresh contributions. -- Charles J. Holden Journal of Southern History Taken together, this collection of taut, well-organized essays reveals the contest that the decade of the 1960s was, and its memory remains... This well-balanced collection should contribute in important ways to ongoing efforts to bring greater nuance to narratives of the 1960s, the South, and the nation as a whole. -- David Taft Terry HistoryTable of ContentsForeword. Deep South Campus Memories and the World the Sixties MadeOrigins and Acknowledgments Introduction. Prophetic Minority versus Recalcitrant Majority: Southern Student Dissent and the Struggle for Progressive Change in the 1960sPart I: Early Days: From Talk to ActionChapter 1. Freedom Now! SNCC Galvanizes the New Left Chapter 2. Student Free Speech on Both Sides of the Color Line in Mississippi and the Carolinas Chapter 3. Interracial Dialogue and the Southern Student Human Relations Project Chapter 4. Moderate White Activists and the Struggle for Racial Equality on South Carolina Campuses Part II: Campus Activism Takes ShapeChapter 5. The Rise of Black and White Student Protest in NashvilleChapter 6. Student Radicalism and the Antiwar Movement at the University of Alabama Chapter 7. Conservative Student Activism at the University of Georgia Part III: A Cultural Revolution and Its DiscontentsChapter 8. Sexual Liberation at the University of North Carolina Chapter 9. The Counterculture as Local Culture in Columbia, South Carolina Chapter 10. Government Repression of the Southern New LeftPart IV: Black Power and the Legacy of the Freedom MovementChapter 11. North Carolina A&T Black Power Activists and the Student Organization for Black Unity Chapter 12. Black Power and the Freedom Movement in Retrospect Historiographical Reflections Afterword List of ContributorsIndex
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