It's All About Team: Exposing the Black Talented Tenth
It's All About Team: Exposing the Black Talented Tenth

Author: Burgess Owens

Publisher: Paperless Publishing LLC

Published: 2012-08-20

Total Pages:

ISBN-13: 9780985765460

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Former Superbowl Champion Burgess Owens takes an in depth look at the black community in America, analyzing the progress and setbacks the community has experienced since the beginning of the twentieth century. Owens examines the paths presented to the black community, the growth of the NAACP, and offers solutions for lifting the community out of the less than ideal position in which it currently finds itself, including NOT re-electing our nation's first black president, Barack Obama.

The Talented Tenth
The Talented Tenth

Author: W E B Du Bois

Publisher: Independently Published

Published: 2020-10-13

Total Pages: 36

ISBN-13:

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Taken from "The Talented Tenth" written by W. E. B. Du Bois: The Negro race, like all races, is going to be saved by its exceptional men. The problem of education, then, among Negroes must first of all deal with the Talented Tenth; it is the problem of developing the Best of this race that they may guide the Mass away from the contamination and death of the Worst, in their own and other races. Now the training of men is a difficult and intricate task. Its technique is a matter for educational experts, but its object is for the vision of seers. If we make money the object of man-training, we shall develop money-makers but not necessarily men; if we make technical skill the object of education, we may possess artisans but not, in nature, men. Men we shall have only as we make manhood the object of the work of the schools-intelligence, broad sympathy, knowledge of the world that was and is, and of the relation of men to it-this is the curriculum of that Higher Education which must underlie true life. On this foundation we may build bread winning, skill of hand and quickness of brain, with never a fear lest the child and man mistake the means of living for the object of life.

Driving While Black: African American Travel and the Road to Civil Rights
Driving While Black: African American Travel and the Road to Civil Rights

Author: Gretchen Sorin

Publisher: Liveright Publishing

Published: 2020-02-11

Total Pages: 332

ISBN-13: 1631495704

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Bloomberg • Best Nonfiction Books of 2020: "[A] tour de force." The basis of a major PBS documentary by Ric Burns, this “excellent history” (The New Yorker) reveals how the automobile fundamentally changed African American life. Driving While Black demonstrates that the car—the ultimate symbol of independence and possibility—has always held particular importance for African Americans, allowing black families to evade the dangers presented by an entrenched racist society and to enjoy, in some measure, the freedom of the open road. Melding new archival research with her family’s story, Gretchen Sorin recovers a lost history, demonstrating how, when combined with black travel guides—including the famous Green Book—the automobile encouraged a new way of resisting oppression.

Living Racism
Living Racism

Author: Theresa Rajack-Talley

Publisher: Lexington Books

Published: 2017-12-15

Total Pages: 223

ISBN-13: 1498544320

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Living Racism is based on the premise that race and racism are well-entrenched elements of US society. The contributors of this volume argue that race and racism are more than mere concepts; instead, they see and treat these as part of the fabric that constitutes and organizes everyday life. Consequently, race and racism are maintained through structures such as social institutions (e.g., schools, criminal justice system, media, etc.) and are carried by individual actors through racial ideologies and a racial etiquette (beliefs, practices, traditions, and customs) that inform how people relate to and interact with one another (or not). As expressed throughout this book, the notion of living racism is twofold. On the one hand, living racism denotes the ways in which racism is embodied and active, much like a living organism. On the other hand, living racism connects with the ways that people must navigate racism in their individual and collective lives.

Western Civilization
Western Civilization

Author: Margaret L. King

Publisher: Prentice Hall

Published: 2002-06

Total Pages: 542

ISBN-13: 9780130450043

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For introductory courses in Western Civilization. These texts explain why western civilization is worth knowing about. Taking a topical approach, they stress social and cultural themes, they ask, "What is the West?", and incorporates significant discussion of peoples and civilizations outside the boundaries of the West. Written by a single author, who understands the needs of typical college students, Western Civilization, 2/e is accompanied by rich visual images, numerous textual excerpts, provocative special features, and timelines, charts and maps that make the narrative even more accessible.

Indianapolis Monthly
Indianapolis Monthly

Author:

Publisher:

Published: 2005-03

Total Pages: 288

ISBN-13:

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Indianapolis Monthly is the Circle City’s essential chronicle and guide, an indispensable authority on what’s new and what’s news. Through coverage of politics, crime, dining, style, business, sports, and arts and entertainment, each issue offers compelling narrative stories and lively, urbane coverage of Indy’s cultural landscape.

Ten Journeys
Ten Journeys

Author: Various

Publisher: Legend Press

Published: 2006-08-27

Total Pages: 304

ISBN-13: 1907756418

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The latest in the acclaimed Short Story Reinvented Series, 10 Journeys offers a unique array of poignant journeys both literal and psychological. Evocative and highly engaging, the stories transform everyday accounts into the most accessible yet powerful collection possible. Presenting a host of talented writers, each story compares and contrasts to encapsulate the individuality of short fiction. Sometimes dark and stimulating, other times charming and simply beautiful, these stories illustrate a portrait of unexpected wealth in ten bite-size chunks.