Black Arcadia
Author: Kristine Ong Muslim
Publisher:
Published: 2017
Total Pages: 86
ISBN-13: 9789715428163
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Charlotte, North Carolina
Author: Vermelle Diamond Ely
Publisher: Arcadia Publishing
Published: 2001
Total Pages: 134
ISBN-13: 9780738513751
DOWNLOAD EBOOKAs in many cities in the early 20th-century South, the African-American citizens of Charlotte created their own society that mirrored the larger white community. Yet, black Charlotte was always self-sustaining, with its own schools, library, and businesses. Second Ward High School (1923-1969) was the area's first high school for blacks, and although the school and much of its surroundings have since been razed, the photo archive at the Second Ward Alumni House Museum helps keep alive the memories of the school and the entire black community.
Cincinnati
Author: Gina Ruffin Moore
Publisher: Arcadia Publishing
Published: 2007
Total Pages: 132
ISBN-13: 9780738551449
DOWNLOAD EBOOKLocated on the banks of the Ohio River, Cincinnati was a major stop on the Underground Railroad and the gateway to the North for thousands of African Americans during the Great Migration after the Civil War. This heritage is revealed through fascinating images of African-American life in the community, churches, education, politics, entrepreneurship, civil rights, and sports.
Pleasant City, West Palm Beach
Author: Everee Jimerson Clarke
Publisher: Arcadia Publishing
Published: 2012-09-18
Total Pages: 132
ISBN-13: 1439629773
DOWNLOAD EBOOKPleasant City, a neighborhood of West Palm Beach, Florida, is the oldest African-American community in Palm Beach County. The first black settlers came to a place called the Styx--later owned by white millionaires who then rented their backyards to black workers--to work on the railroad and Henry Flagler's hotel and mansion. Forced out when the land became valuable, the blacks purchased land and settled Pleasant City. Pleasant City was marketed as a "High Class Colored Subdivision" in 1913, and many of the pioneers still have descendants in the area today.
Black in the Middle
Author: Terrion L. Williamson
Publisher: Arcadia Publishing
Published: 2020-09-01
Total Pages: 223
ISBN-13: 1948742888
DOWNLOAD EBOOKAn ambitious, honest portrait of the Black experience in flyover country. One of The St. Louis Post Dispatch's Best Books of 2020. Black Americans have been among the hardest hit by the rapid deindustrialization and
H. P. Lovecraft's Dark Arcadia
Author: Gavin Callaghan
Publisher: McFarland
Published: 2013-05-28
Total Pages: 287
ISBN-13: 1476602395
DOWNLOAD EBOOKThis volume attempts an objective reassessment of the controversial works and life of American horror writer H. P. Lovecraft. Ignoring secondary accounts and various received truths, Gavin Callaghan goes back to the weird texts themselves, and follows where Lovecraft leads him: into an arcane world of parental giganticism and inverted classicism, in which Lovecraft's parental obsessions were twisted into the all-powerful cosmic monsters of his imaginary cosmology.
Black Diamond Mines Regional Preserve
Author: Traci Parent
Publisher: Arcadia Publishing
Published: 2009
Total Pages: 132
ISBN-13: 9780738569956
DOWNLOAD EBOOKFrom the 1860s to the turn of the 20th century, the Mount Diablo Coal Field was the largest coal-producing region in California and once boasted five thriving communities. With the decline of coal mining some residents turned to ranching. Later rich deposits of sand were mined for glass and foundry use. In 1973, the East Bay Regional Park District acquired the land. Today visitors to Black Diamond Mines Regional Preserve, located 45 miles east of San Francisco, can explore miles of trails, tour the Hazel-Atlas silica sand mine, and visit historic Rose Hill Cemetery.
Tallahassee Florida
Author: Althemese Barnes
Publisher: Arcadia Publishing
Published: 2000
Total Pages: 132
ISBN-13: 9780738505510
DOWNLOAD EBOOKCaptioned images of noteworthy people and events which chronicle the history and achievements of the black community of Tallahassee, Florida.
The Age of Blight
Author: Kristine Ong Muslim
Publisher: Unnamed Press
Published: 2016
Total Pages: 144
ISBN-13: 9781939419569
DOWNLOAD EBOOKAge of Blight explores a kind of post-future, in which the human race is finally abandoned to the end of its history. Muslim's poetic vignettes explore the nature of dystopia itself, often to darkly humorous effect, as when the spirit of Laika (the Russian space dog that perished on Sputnik 2) tries to befriend a satellite, or when Beth, the narrator's older sister, returns from the dead. The collection is illustrated throughout by the charcoal drawings of RISD artist Alessandra Hogan.
Idlewild
Author: Ronald Jemal Stephens
Publisher: Arcadia Publishing
Published: 2001
Total Pages: 132
ISBN-13: 9780738518909
DOWNLOAD EBOOKOnce considered the most famous African-American resort community in the country, Idlewild was referred to as the Black Eden of Michigan in the 1920s and '30s, and as the Summer Apollo of Michigan in the 1950s and '60s. Showcasing classy revues and interactive performances of some of the leading black entertainers of the period, Idlewild was an oasis in the shadows of legal segregation. Idlewild: Black Eden of Michigan focuses on this illustrative history, as well as the decline and the community's contemporary renaissance, in over 200 rare photographs. The lively legacy of Lela G. and Herman O. Wilson, and Paradise Path is included, featuring images of the Paradise Club and Wilson's Grocery. Idlewild continued its role as a distinctive American resort throughout the 1950s, with photographs ranging from Phil Giles' Flamingo Club and Arthur Braggs's Idlewild Revue.
