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Author: Buchi Emecheta
Publisher: Heinemann
Published: 1994
Total Pages: 196
ISBN-13: 9780435909918
DOWNLOAD EBOOKAdah's desire to write is pitted against the forces of an egotistical and unfeeling husband and a largely indifferent white society.
Author: Stephen P. Halbrook
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Published: 1995
Total Pages: 74
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DOWNLOAD EBOOKAuthor: Harold Herman Punke
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Published: 1972
Total Pages: 5
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DOWNLOAD EBOOKAuthor: Michael G. Long
Publisher: Macmillan
Published: 2007-10-02
Total Pages: 517
ISBN-13: 142992019X
DOWNLOAD EBOOKNever-before-published letters offer a rich portrait of the baseball star as a fearless advocate for racial justice at the highest levels of American politics Jackie Robinson's courage on the baseball diamond is one of the great stories of the struggle for civil rights in America, and his Hall of Fame career speaks for itself. But we no longer hear Robinson speak for himself; his death at age fifty-three in 1972 robbed America of his voice far too soon. In First Class Citizenship, Jackie Robinson comes alive on the page for the first time in decades. The scholar Michael G. Long has unearthed a remarkable trove of Robinson's correspondence with—and personal replies from—such towering figures as Dwight Eisenhower, Richard Nixon, John F. Kennedy, Lyndon Johnson, Martin Luther King, Malcolm X, Hubert Humphrey, Nelson Rockefeller, and Barry Goldwater. These extraordinary conversations reveal the scope and depth of Robinson's effort during the 1950s and 1960s to rid America of racism. Writing eloquently and with evident passion, Robinson charted his own course, offering his support to Democrats and to Republicans, questioning the tactics of the civil rights movement, and challenging the nation's leaders when he felt they were guilty of hypocrisy—or worse. Through his words as well as his actions, Jackie Robinson truly personified the "first class citizenship" that he considered the birthright of all Americans, whatever their race.
Author: M. Avilés-Santiago
Publisher: Springer
Published: 2014-11-26
Total Pages: 294
ISBN-13: 1137452870
DOWNLOAD EBOOKPuerto Rican soldiers have been consistently whitewashed out of the narrative of American history despite playing parts in all American wars since WWI. This book examines the online self-representation of Puerto Rican soldiers who served during the War on Terror, focusing on social networking sites, user-generated content, and web memorials.
Author: Christopher Green
Publisher: Routledge
Published: 2015-11-19
Total Pages: 272
ISBN-13: 1317539397
DOWNLOAD EBOOKThe Privileges or Immunities Clause of the Fourteenth Amendment is arguably the most historically important clause of the most significant part of the US Constitution. Designed to be a central guarantor of civil rights and civil liberties following Reconstruction, this clause could have been at the center of most of the country's constitutional controversies, not only during Reconstruction, but in the modern period as well; yet for a variety of historical reasons, including precedent-setting narrow interpretations, the Privileges or Immunities Clause has been cast aside by the Supreme Court. This book investigates the Clause in a textualist-originalist manner, an approach increasingly popular among both academics and judges, to examine the meanings actually expressed by the text in its original context. Arguing for a revival of the Privileges or Immunities Clause, author Christopher Green lays the groundwork for assessing the originalist credentials of such areas of law as school segregation, state action, sex discrimination, incorporation of the Bill of Rights against states, the relationship between tradition and policy analysis in assessing fundamental rights, and the Fourteenth Amendment rights of corporations and aliens. Thoroughly argued and historically well-researched, this book demonstrates that the Privileges or Immunities Clause protects liberty and equality, and it will be of interest to legal academics, American legal historians, and anyone interested in American constitutional history.
Author: Donald Emil Fouts
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Published: 1962
Total Pages: 184
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DOWNLOAD EBOOKAuthor: Raquel Lauren Farmer
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Published: 1996
Total Pages: 132
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DOWNLOAD EBOOKAuthor: T H (Thomas Humphrey) Marshall
Publisher: Hassell Street Press
Published: 2021-09-09
Total Pages: 176
ISBN-13: 9781014060402
DOWNLOAD EBOOKThis work has been selected by scholars as being culturally important and is part of the knowledge base of civilization as we know it. This work is in the public domain in the United States of America, and possibly other nations. Within the United States, you may freely copy and distribute this work, as no entity (individual or corporate) has a copyright on the body of the work. Scholars believe, and we concur, that this work is important enough to be preserved, reproduced, and made generally available to the public. To ensure a quality reading experience, this work has been proofread and republished using a format that seamlessly blends the original graphical elements with text in an easy-to-read typeface. We appreciate your support of the preservation process, and thank you for being an important part of keeping this knowledge alive and relevant.
Author: Henry Louis Gates, Jr.
Publisher: Oxford University Press
Published: 2012-05-24
Total Pages: 859
ISBN-13: 0195188055
DOWNLOAD EBOOKCollection of essays tracing the historical evolution of African American experiences, from the dawn of Reconstruction onward, through the perspectives of sociology, political science, law, economics, education and psychology. As a whole, the book is a systematic study of the gap between promise and performance of African Americans since 1865. Over the course of thirty-four chapters, contributors present a portrait of the particular hurdles faced by African Americans and the distinctive contributions African Americans have made to the development of U.S. institutions and culture. --From publisher description.
