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Author: Sylvia Hart Wright
Publisher: Enavant Press
Published: 2020-02-14
Total Pages: 336
ISBN-13: 9781733012355
DOWNLOAD EBOOKActivist Odyssey is Sylvia Hart Wright's candid and witty account of over forty years of her social and political activism, from 1960s Berkeley, outspoken support and actions for civil and women's rights, against war and the arms race, and more. Her story is a warrior's stand for the social and political issues at an important time in America.
Author: Thomas Sowell
Publisher: Simon and Schuster
Published: 2001-02-28
Total Pages: 321
ISBN-13: 0743215087
DOWNLOAD EBOOKThis is the gritty story of one man's lifelong education in the school of hard knocks, as his journey took him from Harlem to the Marines, the Ivy League, and a career as a controversial writer, teacher, and economist in government and private industry. It is also the story of the dramatically changing times in which this personal odyssey took place. The vignettes of the people and places that made an impression on Thomas Sowell at various stages of his life range from the poor and the powerless to the mighty and the wealthy, from a home for homeless boys to the White House, as well as ranging across the United States and around the world. It also includes Sowell's startling discovery of his own origins during his teenage years. If the child is father to the man, this memoir shows the characteristics that have become familiar in the public figure known as Thomas Sowell already present in an obscure little boy born in poverty in the Jim Crow South during the Great Depression and growing up in Harlem. His marching to his own drummer, his disregard of what others say or think, even his battles with editors who attempt to change what he has written, are all there in childhood. More than a story of the life of Sowell himself, this is also a story of the people who gave him their help, their support, and their loyalty, as well as those who demonized him and knifed him in the back. It is a story not just of one life, but of life in general, with all its exhilaration and pain.
Author: Sylvia Hart Wright
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Published: 2019-12-18
Total Pages: 336
ISBN-13: 9781733012317
DOWNLOAD EBOOKAuthor: Paul M. Gaston
Publisher: NewSouth Books
Published: 2010-01-01
Total Pages: 362
ISBN-13: 1588382257
DOWNLOAD EBOOKIn this exquisitely wrought memoir of a committed life, historian, and civil rights activist, Paul Gaston reveals his deep roots in Fairhope---the unique Utopian community founded in 1894 by his grandfather on the shores of Mobile Bay, Alabama. Fairhope grew into a unique political, economic, and educational experiment and a center of radical economic and educational ideals. As time passed, however, Fairhope's radical nature went into decline. By the early 1950s, the author began to look outward for ways to take part in the coming struggle---the civil rights movement. Gaston's career at the University of Virginia, where he taught from 1957-97, forms the core of Coming of Age in Utopia.
Author: David Demers
Publisher: Marquette Books
Published: 2013
Total Pages: 204
ISBN-13: 9780983347651
DOWNLOAD EBOOKDemocracy. Free expression. Due process. Accountable government. Individualism. Americans and their institutions love their civil liberties and the activists who promote them. Or do they? This book, which is the first in a trilogy, follows the life-story of journalist-turned-professor David Demers, who discovers that three American institutions most expected to defend civil liberties -- universities, the courts and news organizations -- often fail to practice what they preach. Some of the anti-liberty actions are attributable to conservative politics. But the lion's share, Demers argues, can be explained by increasing bureaucratization of everyday life. In fact, bureaucracies often discourage individual activism and encourage consensus decision-making, even fostering an "other-directed" need for approval from others.
Author: Michael Kindman
Publisher: MSU Press
Published: 2011-06-01
Total Pages: 472
ISBN-13: 1609172302
DOWNLOAD EBOOKIn 1963, Michigan State University, the nation’s first land grant college, attracted a record number of National Merit Scholars by offering competitive scholarships. One of these exceptional students was Michael Kindman. After the beginning of the Free Speech Movement in Berkeley, Kindman, in line to be editor-in-chief of the official MSU student newspaper, felt compelled to seek a more radical forum of intellectual debate. In 1965, he dropped out of school and founded The Paper, one of the first five members of Underground Press Syndicate. This gripping autobiography follows Kindman’s inspiring journey of self-discovery, from MSU to Boston, where he joined the staff of Avatar, unaware that the large commune that controlled the paper was a charismatic cult. Five years later, he fled the commune’s outpost in Kansas and headed to San Francisco, where he came out as a gay man, changed his name to Mica, and continued his work as an activist and visionary.
Author: Marek Halter
Publisher: Flammarion-Pere Castor
Published: 2010
Total Pages: 232
ISBN-13:
DOWNLOAD EBOOKThirty years ago, I wrote a preface to The Book of Abraham by Marek Halter, the amazing saga of a Jewish family, his own, across two thousand years of history. Today, with The Jewish Odyssey, the story of that Jewish family has become the history of the Jewish people. A history of four millenniums, which, under the pen of Marek Halter, reads like an intelligent novel. Shimon Peres, president of the State of Israel and recipient of the 1994 Nobel Peace Prize --
Author: Mark Hertsgaard
Publisher: Crown Publishing Group (NY)
Published: 1999
Total Pages: 385
ISBN-13: 0767900596
DOWNLOAD EBOOKBased on his extensive investigation of the global environmental crisis, in which he explored five continents, "Earth Odyssey" recounts Hertsgaard's search for the answer to the essential question of our time: Is the future of the human species at risk?
Author: Katherine Butler Jones
Publisher: CreateSpace
Published: 2013-12
Total Pages: 372
ISBN-13: 9781490451411
DOWNLOAD EBOOKDeeper Roots: An American Odyssey takes us on a captivating quest both near and far discovering Katherine Butler Jones' family ancestry. Her adventures in New York, Jamaica, W.I., Africa and Europe highlight two deep-rooted beliefs-the importance of knowing one's history and that true learning is often achieved through a connection to the larger world. From the hallways of 409 Edgecombe Avenue in Harlem, her childhood home where her neighbors included future Supreme Court Justice Thurgood Marshall and social scientist and civil rights activist W.E.B. Du Bois, to the halls of academia and the front lines of the civil rights movement, Butler Jones' life is a timeless journey of curiosity, discovery and enlightenment. As a result of their life experiences and insight, educator, writer, historian and social activist Butler Jones and her husband - social worker and civic organizer Hubey Jones - instilled in each of their eight children a commitment to education, activism and community. Their children continue the quest. "We are keepers of the dream, the prophets of the future, and the instruments of change." Katherine Butler Jones At the very core of Katherine Butler Jones' captivating memoir is her memory of Harlem, particularly her days at 409 Edgecombe, a historic landmark in the community that Jones recalls so vividly that it's as if the walls were talking. How wonderful to relive these splendid moments with a superb storyteller. Herb Boyd Editor, The Harlem Reader Katherine Butler Jones has written a deeply personal story of strong family and community support. A vivid African American story of overcoming obstacles and forging bonds with Africans, and a moving story of civic participation in pursuit of equality and justice for all. Vivian Johnson, Ed.D. Associate Professor Emerita School of Education, Boston University
Author: Bill Ayers
Publisher: Beacon Press
Published: 2013-10-08
Total Pages: 241
ISBN-13: 080703293X
DOWNLOAD EBOOKIn this sequel to Fugitive Days, Ayers charts his life after the Weather Underground, when he becomes the GOP’s flaunted “domestic terrorist,” a “public enemy.” Labeled a "domestic terrorist" by the McCain campaign in 2008 and used by the radical right in an attempt to castigate Obama for "pallin' around with terrorists," Bill Ayers is in fact a dedicated teacher, father, and social justice advocate with a sharp memory and even sharper wit. Public Enemy tells his story from the moment he and his wife, Bernardine Dohrn, emerged from years on the run and rebuilt their lives as public figures, often celebrated for their community work and much hated by the radical right. In the face of defamation by conservative media, including a multimillion-dollar campaign aimed solely at demonizing Ayers, and in spite of frequent death threats, Bill and Bernardine stay true to their core beliefs in the power of protest, demonstration, and deep commitment. Ayers reveals how he has navigated the challenges and triumphs of this public life with steadfastness and a dash of good humor—from the red carpet at the Oscars, to prison vigils and airports (where he is often detained and where he finally "confesses" that he did write Dreams from My Father), and ultimately on the ground at Grant Park in 2008 and again in 2012.
