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Killing Crazy Horse is the latest installment of the
multimillion-selling Killing series is a gripping journey through
the American West and the historic clashes between Native Americans
and settlers. The bloody Battle of Tippecanoe was only the
beginning. It's 1811 and President James Madison has ordered the
destruction of Shawnee warrior chief Tecumseh's alliance of tribes
in the Great Lakes region. But while General William Henry Harrison
would win this fight, the armed conflict between Native Americans
and the newly formed United States would rage on for decades.
Bestselling authors Bill O'Reilly and Martin Dugard venture through
the fraught history of our country's founding on already occupied
lands, from General Andrew Jackson's brutal battles with the Creek
Nation to President James Monroe's epic "sea to shining sea"
policy, to President Martin Van Buren's cruel enforcement of a
"treaty" that forced the Cherokee Nation out of their homelands
along what would be called the Trail of Tears. O'Reilly and Dugard
take readers behind the legends to reveal never-before-told
historical moments in the fascinating creation story of America.
This fast-paced, wild ride through the American frontier will shock
readers and impart unexpected lessons that reverberate to this day.
I am the Rage is not just a poetry book. It is a call-to-action.
This evocative collection of thirty poems puts readers in the
position of feeling, reflecting, and empathizing with what it means
to be Black in America today. Dr. Martina McGowan, a doctor and
grandmother who has been a victim of and an advocate against
social, racial, and sexual injustices, uses powerful free verse
poetry to express the range of emotions, thoughts, and grief she
had following the deaths of Breonna Taylor and George Floyd, the
subsequent Black Lives Matter protests, and the ongoing attacks
against the Black community. For those who are moved by the poetry
of Amanda Gorman and Maya Angelou, Dr. McGowan's poems are a
glimpse into the Black experience and will stay with you long after
you've read them. Her unforgettable words are brought to life
through powerful illustrations by Diana Ejaita, whose work has been
featured in Vanity Fair, The New Yorker, and The New York Times,
making it a beautiful poetry gift book for women and men. Praise
for I am the Rage: "I am The Rage is a timely look at generations
of trauma and inaction."-Bustle "A raw and searing examination of
America's reckoning with racism."-POPSUGAR "These poems reverberate
with the powerful grief of a woman who speaks the vulnerability of
living in a world where being black makes you a target."-Pamala A.
Thiede, Amazon customer review
Despite their best intentions, professionals in the helping fields
are influenced by a deficit perspective that is pervasive in
research, theory, training programs, workforce preparation
programs, statistical data, and media portrayals of marginalized
groups. They enter their professions ready to fix others and their
interactions are grounded in an assumption that there will be a
problem to fix. They are rarely taught to approach their work with
a positive view that seeks to identify the existing strengths and
assets contributed by individuals who are in difficult
circumstances. Moreover, these professionals are likely to be
entirely unaware of the deficit-based bias that influences the way
they speak, act, and behave during those interactions.
Reconstructing Perceptions of Systemically Marginalized Groups
demonstrates that all individuals in marginalized groups have the
potential to be successful when they are in a strengths-based
environment that recognizes their value and focuses on what works
to promote positive outcomes, rather than on barriers and deficits.
Covering key topics such as education practices, adversity, and
resilience, this reference work is ideal for industry
professionals, administrators, psychologists, policymakers,
researchers, academicians, scholars, instructors, and students.
This book comprehensively reviews the factors that facilitate
access and success of Black students in STEM majors in higher
education, and it shares compelling testimonies from Black STEM
professionals that will help inspire the next generation of Black
scientists and engineers. Most experts agree that America's success
depends on having a workforce that is highly prepared in STEM
areas. Unfortunately, students of color continue to be
underrepresented in higher education, and specifically, in
completing degrees and entering careers within the STEM fields.
This book supports African American students (as well as all
students) who are interested in STEM careers, providing information
on the top colleges with STEM-related programs, particularly those
that best support racially diverse students; practical advice for
preparing for entrance into STEM programs; and inspirational
stories of successful African Americans in STEM-related careers.
Authored by three educators expert in the areas of academic
development of African Americans and minorities, STEM, and higher
education, The African American Student's Guide to STEM Careers
focuses on preparing Black students for STEM from K-12 through
graduate school. Readers will more fully appreciate the importance
of STEM, recognize why more Black students need to be more actively
engaged in these disciplines, and understand how to prepare Black
students for success in STEM throughout the educational pipeline.
Addresses how African American students can plan and prepare for a
career in STEM, choose a college and STEM program, pay for college,
choose their major, continue to graduate school, and choose a
career in STEM Discusses the importance of Black students being
more engaged in STEM and identifies ways to prepare them for
success in the STEM fields from K-12 to graduate school Highlights
ways educators can formulate actionable plans to help increase the
success of Black students in STEM Presents personal testimonies
from professionals in STEM that will inspire the next generation of
Black scientists and engineers
In Everything Ancient Was Once New, Emalani Case explores
Indigenous persistence through the concept of Kahiki, a term that
is at once both an ancestral homeland for Kanaka Maoli (Hawaiians)
and the knowledge that there is life to be found beyond Hawai'i's
shores. It is therefore both a symbol of ancestral connection and
the potential that comes with remembering and acting upon that
connection. Tracing physical, historical, intellectual, and
spiritual journeys to and from Kahiki, Emalani frames it as a place
of refuge and sanctuary, a place where ancient knowledge can
constantly be made anew. It is in Kahiki, she argues, and in the
sanctuary it creates, that today's Kanaka Maoli can find safety and
reprieve from the continued onslaught of settler colonial violence,
while also confronting some of the often uncomfortable and
challenging realities of being Indigenous in Hawai'i, in the
Pacific, and in the world. Each chapter of the book engages with
Kahiki as a shifting term, employed by Kanaka Maoli to explain
their lives and experiences to themselves at different points in
history. In doing so, Everything Ancient Was Once New proposes and
argues for reactivated and reinvigorated engagements with Kahiki,
each supporting ongoing work aimed at decolonizing physical and
ideological spaces, and reconnecting Kanaka Maoli to other peoples
and places in the Pacific region and beyond in ways that are both
purposeful and meaningful. In the book, Kahiki is therefore traced
through pivotal moments in history and critical moments in
contemporary times, explaining that while not always mentioned by
name, the idea of Kahiki was, and is, always full of potential. In
writing that is both personal and theoretical, Emalani weaves the
past and the present together, reflecting on ancient concepts and
their continued relevance in movements to protect lands, waters,
and oceans; to fight for social justice; to reexamine our
responsibilities and obligations to each other across the Pacific
region; and to open space for continued dialogue on what it means
to be Indigenous both when at home and when away. Combining
personal narrative and reflection with research and critical
analysis, Everything Ancient Was Once New journeys to and from
Kahiki, the sanctuary for reflection, deep learning, and continued
dreaming with the past, in the present, and far into the future.
Systemic racism and sexism caused one of South Africa’s most important writers to disappear from public consciousness. Is it possible to justly restore her historical presence?
Regina Gelana Twala, a Black South African woman who died in 1968 in Swaziland (now Eswatini), was an extraordinarily prolific writer of books, columns, articles, and letters. Yet today Twala’s name is largely unknown. Her literary achievements are forgotten. Her books are unpublished. Her letters languish in the dusty study of a deceased South African academic. Her articles are buried in discontinued publications. Joel Cabrita argues that Twala’s posthumous obscurity has not developed accidentally as she exposes the ways prejudices around race and gender blocked Black African women like Twala from establishing themselves as successful writers.
Drawing upon Twala’s family papers, interviews, newspapers, and archival records from Pretoria, Uppsala, and Los Angeles, Cabrita argues that an entire cast of characters—censorious editors, territorial White academics, apartheid officials, and male African politicians whose politics were at odds with her own—conspired to erase Twala’s legacy. Through her unique documentary output, Twala marked herself as a radical voice on issues of gender, race, and class. The literary gatekeepers of the racist and sexist society of twentieth-century southern Africa clamped down by literally writing her out of the region’s history.
Written Out also scrutinizes the troubled racial politics of African history as a discipline that has been historically dominated by White academics, a situation that many people within the field are now examining critically. Inspired by this recent movement, Cabrita interrogates what it means for her —a White historian based in the Northern Hemisphere—to tell the story of a Black African woman. Far from a laudable “recovery” of an important lost figure, Cabrita acknowledges that her biography inevitably reproduces old dynamics of White scholarly privilege and dominance. Cabrita’s narration of Twala’s career resurrects it but also reminds us that Twala, tragically, is still not the author of her own life story.
Solving the Mystery of the Model Minority: The Journey of Asian
Americans in America introduces students to current debates
surrounding the concept of model minority and its relation to the
greater Asian American experience. The book defines the term model
minority, examines who is against it, who is for it, and why they
feel the way they do, all of which brings to light profound
disagreements regarding Asian American identity, as well as the
meaning and fate of American democracy. The text uses two
comparative perspectives to examine Asian American experiences and,
in doing so, explores not only the similarities and differences
between Asian Americans and other racial groups, but also the
similarities and differences within Asian American ethnic groups.
The second edition not only updates the introductory chapters, but
also features six new chapters on the topics of Asian American
women leaders and barriers to entry in leadership; the new journey
of Asian Americans in sports; transnational adoption of Asians;
Asian Americans and anti-affirmative action attitudes; anti-Asian
American hate crimes; and Asian American political participation in
the 21st century. Timely and interdisciplinary in subject matter,
Solving the Mystery of the Model Minority is well suited for ethnic
studies, political science, sociology, cultural studies, and Asian
studies courses.
There are ongoing debates on the concepts surrounding the roles of
Indigenous people in transforming the entrepreneurial landscape to
promote socio-economic development. Arguably, the culture and ways
of our lives, in the context of entrepreneurship, have a role in
influencing social economic development. The ideals between the
entrepreneurial practice of Indigenous people and their culture are
somewhat commensal towards sustainable growth and development. The
practice of Indigenous and cultural entrepreneurship is embedded in
historical findings. Context, Policy, and Practices in Indigenous
and Cultural Entrepreneurship provides insights into the policy,
culture, and practice that influence the impact of local and
Indigenous entrepreneurs within communities which transcends to
socio-economic development. This is critical as the knowledge
gained from our entrepreneurial diversity can provide a platform to
reduce social ills as a result of unemployment and give a sense of
belonging within the social context. Covering key topics such as
government policy, entrepreneurial education, information
technology, and trade, this premier reference source is ideal for
policymakers, entrepreneurs, business owners, managers, scholars,
researchers, academicians, instructors, and students.
Hundreds of people first attended the first West Indian Carnival
held at Seymour Hall, London, in 1959. In this book you will meet
some of those pioneers and share closely in their struggle to found
a new life.
The Land Is Our History tells the story of indigenous legal
activism at a critical political and cultural juncture in
Australia, Canada, and New Zealand. In the late 1960s, indigenous
activists protested assimilation policies and the usurpation of
their lands as a new mining boom took off, radically threatening
their collective identities. Often excluded from legal recourse in
the past, indigenous leaders took their claims to court with
remarkable results. For the first time, their distinctive histories
were admitted as evidence of their rights. Miranda Johnson examines
how indigenous peoples advocated for themselves in courts and
commissions of inquiry between the early 1970s to the mid-1990s,
chronicling an extraordinary and overlooked history in which
virtually disenfranchised peoples forced powerful settler
democracies to reckon with their demands. Based on extensive
archival research and interviews with leading participants, The
Land Is Our History brings to the fore complex and rich discussions
among activists, lawyers, anthropologists, judges, and others in
the context of legal cases in far-flung communities dealing with
rights, history, and identity. The effects of these debates were
unexpectedly wide-ranging. By asserting that they were the first
peoples of the land, indigenous leaders compelled the powerful
settler states that surrounded them to negotiate their rights and
status. Fracturing national myths and making new stories of origin
necessary, indigenous peoples' claims challenged settler societies
to rethink their sense of belonging.
Die Herero-opstand 1904–1907 is ’n heruitgawe van ’n boek wat ses
keer tussen 1976 en 1979 deur HAUM gepubliseer is. Die lotgevalle
van die Hererovolk word in hierdie boek geskets, ’n stuk
geskiedenis wat ’n sentrale plek in Namibie se kleurryke
geskiedenis beklee. Die opstand van die Herero’s in 1904 teen
Duitse koloniale gesag kan beskou word as die enkele gebeurtenis
wat die gebied se volksverhoudinge die ingrypendste verander het.
Die Herero-opstand 1904–1907 vertel van die geleidelike opbou na
die konflik, die skielike uitbarsting van geweld en die tragiese
afloop vir die Herero’s toe duisende verhonger het en hulle grond
en politieke seggenskap verloor het.
The 1400-year-old schism between Sunnis and Shi'is is currently
reflected in the destructive struggle for hegemony between Saudi
Arabia and Iran - with no apparent end in sight. But how did this
conflict begin, and why is it now the focus of so much attention?
In this definitive account, John McHugo charts the history of Islam
from the lifetime of the Prophet Muhammad to the present day. He
describes the conflicts that raged over the succession to the
Prophet, how Sunnism and Shi'ism evolved as different sects during
the Abbasid caliphate, and how the rivalry between the empires of
the Sunni Ottomans and Shi'i Safavids ensured that the split would
continue into the modern age. In recent decades, this centuries-old
divide has acquired a new toxicity resulting in violence across the
Arab and Muslim world.
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