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In the early 1970s, the United States was much the same as in the
radical '60s; Americans dying in Vietnam, anti-war demonstrations
on college campuses, conflict between blacks and whites in most
major cities. In predominantly white Dolton, a south Chicago
suburb, busing had come to Thornridge High School. Black students
from nearby Phoenix now attended school with whites from Dolton and
South Holland. They were not warmly received. Then, the Thornridge
basketball team started winning... Fans in black and white
communities came together as Thornridge captured consecutive
Illinois championships. Led by the national high school athlete of
the year, Quinn Buckner, the Falcons stormed to a perfect season in
1972. No team even came close. This is their story told in their
own words. THORNRIDGE is about prejudice and acceptance, adversity
and triumph, and a team that changed attitudes while the players
were having the time of their lives.
is a history-breaking book. This important book contains
autobiographies of seven Korean youth in the United States, with
differing immigration experiences. This book provides important
primary source documentation for Korean history, Immigration
history, US history, Ethnic history, and Asian-American studies. No
serious college library can go without this important book.
Furthermore, this book will be a valuable addition to local and
regional libraries with patrons interested in the American
immigration experience and Asian-American studies. The editor of
the book is Francis Won, who is currently at Hackensack Christian
School in Bergen County, New Jersey. His father is the only Korean
Episcopalian priest in the whole state of New Jersey. Contributors
to this book have been identified as future leaders of the Korean
people. Many of the contributing authors are intricately connected
to Korean leadership in politics, business, banking, academics, and
foreign policy. Praise for the book: "I highly recommend this book
and hope that this story along with other stories in this
monumentally important book of Korean youth voices would inspire
many to find hope and courage in their struggles in life." Rev.
Joseph S. Pae, Canon Pastor, Cathedral of the Incarnation, New York
"I am pleased to celebrate the publication of this important book,
which is monumentally important for Korean Studies at the
university level as well as for understanding Koreans at the
popular level." President Bae-Yong Lee of Ehwa Women's University
in South Korea "I highly recommend." Jung-Ho Chang, President,
Korea Daily Sports Newspaper, South Korea "Congratulations "
President Soo-Sung Lee of Seoul National University, South Korea
Philippine observers are often baffled by the economic and
political turmoil that dominates headlines about the country. Yet,
at the same time, the Philippines continues to hold the potential
for successfully combining political freedoms with sustained
economic growth and, thus, improving the lives of its people. In
this book, a team of distinguished scholars examines these
seemingly contradictory trends in order to gain a sense of the
country's prospects. Reassessing the fascinating and puzzling
"Philippines conundrum" from various angles, the analyses
contribute sharp and fresh insights into a variety of areas
including: the presidency and political parties; constitutional
change and federalism; the roles of the military, religion, and the
media in politics; the conflict in Mindanao; the communist
insurgency; macroeconomic developments, issues, and trends; the
investment climate and business opportunities; poverty,
unemployment, and income inequality; migration and remittances; and
the Philippine development record in comparative perspective. While
the analyses offered in this volume do not arrive at a consensus,
they provide a deeper perspective and a more balanced appreciation
of events in the country and a glimpse of the prospects and
challenges that it faces.
From the zoot suit and Black dandy through to Rastafarianism and
beyond, black style has had a profound influence on the history of
dress in the twentieth century. Yet despite this high profile, the
dress styles worn by men and women of the African diaspora have
received scant attention, even though the culture itself has been
widely documented from historical, sociological and political
perspectives.Focusing on counter- and sub-cultural contexts, this
book investigates the role of dress in the creation and assertion
of black identity.From the home-dressmaking of Jamaican women,
through to the Harlem Renaissance and contemporary streetstyles
such as Hip Hop and Raggamuffin, black Britons, African Americans
and Jamaicans have been at the forefront of establishing a variety
of black identities. In their search for a self-image that
expresses their diaspora experience, members of these groups have
embraced the cultural shapers of modernity and postmodernity in
their dress. Drawing on materials from the United States, Britain
and Jamaica, this book fills a gap in both the history of black
culture and the history of dress, which has until recently focused
on high fashion in Europe. It is a powerful exploration of how
dress both initiates and confirms change, and the ways in which it
expressed identity and resistance in black culture.
A new cornerstone reference for students, scholars, and general
readers, on Frederick Douglass-his life, writings, speeches,
political views, and legacy. Like no other reference before it, The
Frederick Douglass Encyclopedia celebrates and investigates the
life, writings, and activism of one of the most influential African
Americans in U.S. history. The Frederick Douglass Encyclopedia
offers more than 100 alphabetically organized entries covering
Douglass's extraordinary journey from childhood in bondage to
forceful spokesperson for equality and freedom before, during, and
after the Civil War. In addition to biographical details, the book
looks at the full breadth of Douglass's writings and speeches, as
well as the events that shaped his intellect and political views.
Together, these entries create an enduring portrait of one of the
nation's most iconic figures, a man who went from slavery to
invited guest in Abraham Lincoln's White House, whose commitment to
freedom for all led to his participation in the first women's
rights conference at Seneca Falls, and whose profound influence
ranged well beyond the borders of the United States. Comprises 100
alphabetically organized entries on the life, writings, activism,
and influence of Frederick Douglass Presents a team of expert
contributors providing insights into all facets of Douglass' life
and work Includes drawings and photographs of the life of Frederick
Douglass Outlines a chronology of the major events of the life of
Frederick Douglass and of the nation during his lifetime Provides a
bibliography of print and online resources for further reading
Facing South to Africa is a bold synthesis of the ideas that have
made Afrocentric theorists the leading voices of the African
renaissance. Written from the vantage point of the philosophical
and political discourse that emerged over the past twenty-five
years, this is a highly readable and accessible introduction to
African social and cultural criticism. Molefi Kete Asante engages
in the practice of critical thinking by raising fundamental
questions about how Africans view themselves and the world.
Tackling the themes of culture, education, social sciences, the
university, politics, African unity, and the prospects for peace in
Africa, Facing South to Africa is a fresh, daring, and popularizing
synthesis of the best critical thought on the issues of modern
knowledge. Asante's plan is to reorient our thinking on Africa by
asking questions of Africa and Africans rather than imposing
preconceived, external ideas on African issues.
A companion to the classic African-American autobiographical
narrative, Twelve Years A Slave, this work presents fascinating new
information about the 1841 kidnapping, 1853 rescue, and pre- and
post-slavery life of Solomon Northup. Solomon Northup: The Complete
Story of the Author of Twelve Years A Slave provides a compelling
chronological narrative of Northup's entire life, from his birth in
an isolated settlement in upstate New York to the activities he
pursued after his release from slavery. This comprehensive
biography of Solomon Northup picks up where earlier annotated
editions of his narrative left off, presenting fascinating,
previously unknown information about the author of the
autobiographical Twelve Years A Slave. This book examines Northup's
life as a slave and reveals details of his life after he regained
his freedom, relating how he traveled around the Northeast giving
public lectures, worked with an Underground Railroad agent in
Vermont to help fugitive slaves reach freedom in Canada, and was
connected with several theatrical productions based upon his
experiences. The tale of Northup's life demonstrates how the
victims of the American system of slavery were not just the slaves
themselves, but any free person of color-all of whom were potential
kidnap victims, and whose lives were affected by that constant
threat. For the first time, a book documents the full story of
Northup's life-the basis of the 2013 movie, Twelve Years a Slave,
starring Chiwetel Ejiofor, Brad Pitt, Michael Fassbender, and Paul
Giamatti Supplies detailed coverage of Northup's pursuits after his
release from slavery: educating the public via his book, his
lectures, and dramatic presentations; and his efforts to help
others gain freedom through his work on the underground railroad
Provides a list of more than two dozen places and dates where
Northup appeared following the publication of his book
It was the final speech of a long day, August 28, 1963, when
hundreds of thousands gathered on the Mall for the March on
Washington for Jobs and Freedom. In a resounding cadence, Martin
Luther King Jr. lifted the crowd when he told of his dream that all
Americans would join together to realize the founding ideal of
equality. The power of the speech created an enduring symbol of the
march and the larger civil rights movement. King s speech still
inspires us fifty years later, but its very power has also narrowed
our understanding of the march. In this insightful history, William
P. Jones restores the march to its full significance.
The opening speech of the day was delivered by the leader of the
march, the great trade unionist A. Philip Randolph, who first
called for a march on Washington in 1941 to press for equal
opportunity in employment and the armed forces. To the crowd that
stretched more than a mile before him, Randolph called for an end
to segregation and a living wage for every American. Equal access
to accommodations and services would mean little to people, white
and black, who could not afford them. Randolph s egalitarian vision
of economic and social citizenship is the strong thread running
through the full history of the March on Washington Movement. It
was a movement of sustained grassroots organizing, linked locally
to women s groups, unions, and churches across the country. Jones s
fresh, compelling history delivers a new understanding of this
emblematic event and the broader civil rights movement it
propelled."
When author Nalini Juthani and her new husband, Viren, left
India for the United States in June of 1970, neither they nor their
families knew this adventure would continue for a lifetime, that
America would be the place where they would fulfill their dreams,
raise a family, and find a new home. In "An Uncompromising
Activist," Juthani shares the stories from her life as a woman,
daughter, wife, immigrant, medical educator, mother, and
grandmother.
These essays, with photographs included, provide a glimpse of
what it was like for the first twenty-four years of growing up in
India as a woman and how the loss of her father at an early age
affected her and her future. "An Uncompromising Activist" narrates
her experiences of getting her first job in New York, her first
car, her first house, and her first American friend. The stories
show the courage of a woman who became a trendsetter in a new
country.
Inspiring and touching, the essays describe the influence
Juthani had on the lives of others while overcoming cultural
barriers. It also offers the story of the Ghevaria-Juthani families
and provides a history for future generations.
Black is Beautiful identifies and explores the most significant
philosophical issues that emerge from the aesthetic dimensions of
black life, providing a long-overdue synthesis and the first
extended philosophical treatment of this crucial subject. * The
first extended philosophical treatment of an important subject that
has been almost entirely neglected by philosophical aesthetics and
philosophy of art * Takes an important step in assembling black
aesthetics as an object of philosophical study * Unites two areas
of scholarship for the first time philosophical aesthetics and
black cultural theory, dissolving the dilemma of either studying
philosophy, or studying black expressive culture * Brings a wide
range of fields into conversation with one another from visual
culture studies and art history to analytic philosophy to
musicology producing mutually illuminating approaches that
challenge some of the basic suppositions of each * Well-balanced,
up-to-date, and beautifully written as well as inventive and
insightful
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In 1966, a soft-spoken 32-year old man emerged from relative
obscurity and humble background to become Nigeria's Head of State
and Commander-in-Chief of the Armed Forces. His name was Lt Col
(later General)Yakubu Gowon. He emerged as the compromise candidate
following the political crisis that engulfed the country after the
July 1966 military coup that had led to the assassination of the
country's first military Head of State, General Aguiyi Ironsi. At
the end of the Civil War in 1970, General Gowon's doctrine of 'No
Victor No Vanquished' greatly endeared him to many, and he was
variously dubbed 'Abraham Lincoln of Nigeria', 'a soft spoken but
dynamic leader' 'a real gentleman' and 'an almost faultless
administrator'. However, after he was overthrown in a military coup
in July 1975, long knives were drawn out for him, with the hitherto
friendly press and public crying 'crucify him', and now variously
vilifying him as 'weak' and of managing a purposeless
administration that had led to the 'drifting' of the nation. In
this book Professor J. Isawa Elaigwu attempts a scholarly political
biography of someone he believes has rendered great services to the
Nigerian nation despite his weaknesses as a leader. He rejects the
notion that Gowon's nine years in office were 'nine years of
failure' as the General's ardent critics posit, arguing that if it
is possible to identify a number of thresholds in his
administration, it is also possible to identify the approximate
point in time when the strains of his administration became visible
to observers and the public in general. He poses and methodically
seeks answers to a number of fundamental questions: Who was Yakubu
Gowon? Why and how was the reservoir of goodwill and credibility
which he had accumulated by the end of the Civil War expended? What
image of Nigeria did he have when he came into power? And did he
ever achieve his objectives? The book, first published in 1986, has
been revised and expanded for this edition
____________________________________ Dr. J. Isawa Elaigwu is
Professor Emeritus of Political Science, University of Jos, Jos,
Nigeria. He is currently the President of the Institute of
Governance and Social Research (IGSR), Jos, Nigeria. A widely
travelled academic, Professor Elaigwu's works have been widely
published within and outside Nigeria. He has also served as a
consultant to many national and international agencies.
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At the age of 17, Samuel L. Broadnax--enamored with
flying--enlisted and trained as a pilot at the Tuskegee Army Air
Base. Although he left the Air Corps at the end of the Second World
War, his experiences inspired him to talk with other pilots and
black pioneers of aviation. Blue Skies, Black Wings recounts the
history of African Americans in the skies from the very beginnings
of manned flight. From Charles Wesley Peters, who flew his own
plane in 1911, and Eugene Bullard, a black American ace with the
French in World War I, to the 1945 Freeman Field mutiny against
segregationist policies in the Air Corps, Broadnax paints a vivid
picture of the people who fought oppression to make the skies their
own.
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