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The first ladies
\"A novel about the extraordinary partnership between First Lady Eleanor Roosevelt and civil rights activist Mary McLeod Bethune--an unlikely friendship that changed the world, from the New York Times bestselling authors of the Good Morning America Book Club pick The Personal Librarian. The daughter of formerly enslaved parents, Mary McLeod Bethune refuses to back down as white supremacists attempt to thwart her work. She marches on as an activist and an educator, and as her reputation grows she becomes a celebrity, revered by titans of business and recognized by U.S. Presidents. Eleanor Roosevelt herself is awestruck and eager to make her acquaintance. Initially drawn together because of their shared belief in women's rights and the power of education, Mary and Eleanor become fast friends confiding their secrets, hopes and dreams-and holding each other's hands through personal and professional strife. When Franklin Delano Roosevelt is elected president, the two women begin to collaborate more closely, particularly as Eleanor moves toward her own agenda separate from FDR, a consequence of the devastating discovery of her husband's secret love affair. Eleanor becomes a controversial First Lady for her outspokenness, particularly on civil rights. And when she receives threats because of her strong ties to Mary, it only fuels the women's desire to fight together for justice and equality. This is the story of two different, yet equally formidable, passionate, and committed women, and the way in which their singular friendship helped form the foundation for the modern civil rights movement\"-- Provided by publisher.
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Women and the Civil Rights Movement, 1954-1965
Historians have long agreed that women--black and white--were instrumental in shaping the civil rights movement. Until recently, though, such claims have not been supported by easily accessed texts of speeches and addresses. With this first-of-its-kind anthology, Davis W. Houck and David E. Dixon present thirty-nine full-text addresses by women who spoke out while the struggle was at its most intense.
Beginning with the Brown decision in 1954 and extending through the Voting Rights Act of 1965, the editors chronicle the unique and important rhetorical contributions made by such well-known activists as Ella Baker, Fannie Lou Hamer, Daisy Bates, Lillian Smith, Mamie Till-Mobley, Lorraine Hansberry, Dorothy Height, and Rosa Parks. They also include speeches from lesser-known but influential leaders such as Della Sullins, Marie Foster, Johnnie Carr, Jane Schutt, and Barbara Posey.
Nearly every speech was discovered in local, regional, or national archives, and many are published or transcribed from audiotape here for the first time. Houck and Dixon introduce each speaker and occasion with a headnote highlighting key biographical and background details. The editors also provide a general introduction that places these public addresses in context.Women and the Civil Rights Movement, 1954-1965gives voice to stalwarts whose passionate orations were vital to every phase of a movement that changed America.
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The bone tree
Penn Cage is caught in the darkest maelstrom of his life. The death of his father's African-American nurse has fractured his family and turned Dr. Tom Cage into a fugitive. Penn has inadvertently started a war with an offshoot of the KKK, and Penn's fiancée, journalist Caitlin Masters, is chasing the biggest story of her career. Both Caitlin and Federal authorities believe Tom can lead them to evidence of America's most shameful history, a time when powerful men committed violent race murders to conceal a conspiracy involving the Mafia, the Double Eagles, and the assassination of JFK. In the end, all roads lead to the Bone Tree, a legendary killing site that may conceal far more than the remains of the forgotten.
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For My Daughter Kakuya: Imagining Children at the End(s) of the World
The COVID-19 pandemic revealed individual and institutional anxieties about the apocalypse. Pastors and activists alike turned to the depiction of the apocalypse in popular media to describe the urgency of decisive action. Implicitly, these depictions offer a curious method for engaging and imagining children. Assata Shakur writes compelling poetry in her autobiography about her hopes for the world. In one poem, entitled For My Daughter Kakuya, I argue that Shakur engages in Afrofuturist speculative fiction as she envisions a future world for her daughter. This paper explores how writers living through these times themselves imagine Black children at the end of the world. What would happen if we took seriously the notion that the “end of the world” is always at hand for Black people? This article explores the stomach-turning warning that Jesus offers in Mark 13:14–19 regarding those who are “pregnant and nursing in those days”. Using a reproductive justice lens, this paper explores the eternal challenge of imagining and stewarding a future in which Black children are safe and thriving. It also explores the limits and possibilities of partnering with radical Black faith traditions to this end.
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Civil Ghosts: Transatlantic (Il)literacy and Personhood
This dissertation aims to illuminate divergent ideologies of literacy and personhood in the United States and England, utilizing literary and non-literary texts from the nineteenth century to shed light on the historical constraints and conventions shaping our current moment. My version of the nineteenth century is a long one, since I look at nineteenth-century rewrites of the eighteenth-century novel Robinson Crusoe, and I reference a few works of contemporary historical fiction set in the nineteenth century. My analysis centers on trajectories of negative personhood—in particular prisoners, slaves, and vagrant laborers—in accordance with the idea that a nation is defined by how it treats its most oppressed citizens. By comparing a range of transatlantic literary responses to canonical texts, such as Uncle Tom’s Cabin and Bleak House, I demonstrate that American literature develops an increasingly exclusive model of literacy, whereas British literature advances towards a vision of universal literacy. Texts where African Americans do acquire literacy, such as The Life and the Adventures of a Haunted Convict, I argue, still perpetuate exclusion and perceived failure to achieve moral growth. I integrate these insights on transatlantic contexts surrounding literacy with contemporary continuities, particularly in prison education and the school-to-prison pipeline.
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NBA Legend And Civil Rights Activist Bill Russell Dead At 88; \Star Trek\ Actress Nichelle Nichols Dies At 89; At Least 28 Dead In Kentucky Floods, Many Still Missing; Protesters Gather At The Capitol Steps Over Burn Pits Bill; Biden Isolating After Positive Test For Rebound COVID; What To Expect 100 Days Until Midterm Election Night. Aired 6-7p ET
NBA legend and civil rights activist Bill Russell led theBoston Celtics to multiple championships, while groundbreaking actressNichelle Nichols played Lieutenant Uhura in \"Star Trek.\" There areflood warnings at least Monday in Southeastern Kentucky after wreakinghavoc in parts of the state. Protesters are calling out Republicanswho blocked bill expanding care for veterans exposed to burn pits.Infectious disease doctor answered viewers question about COVIDrebound and monkeypox. GUESTS: Amanda Barbosa, Rosie Torres, William Schaffner
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Sammy Davis Jr., Woody Strode, and the Black Westerner of the Civil Rights Era
“The Incident of the Buffalo Soldier,” an episode of the popular long-running WesternRawhidethat first aired on 6 January 1961, begins with Clint Eastwood’s Rowdy Yates and fellow cowboy Jim Quince sitting by a campfire, talking—or, rather, with Quince nervously (they are heading into Kiowa country) talking and nervously taking offense at everything Yates says in reply while Yates tries to get Quince to shut up so he can sleep. Out of the darkness, an African American man, played by Woody Strode, steps out of the brush and into the light. Tall, athletic, and in the uniform of
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