On September 14, 2001, Kent State University's Ashtabula campus
sponsored the David K. Shipler Colloquium on the Pulitzer
Prize-winning 1998 book cited above, A Country of Strangers. This
is a collection of 18 of the papers presented. They explore such
topics as blacks and whites in the performing arts; racial
profiling; racism in American baseball; race, work and wholeness;
musical style as a symbol of black cultural identity; the early
Newberry Library in Chicago; the use of the body by artists to
reveal the mind; Southern white ministers at mid-century; building
a diverse and respectful campus community; organizational changes
creating a new climate for racial equality; the missing voice of
the Spanish-speaking in the black-white dialogue; the concept of
equality of educational opportunity for African Americans; and
praises, criticism and comments for A Country of Strangers: Blacks
and Whites in America.
General
Imprint: |
McFarland & Company
|
Country of origin: |
United States |
Release date: |
June 2003 |
First published: |
February 2003 |
Editors: |
Terry White
|
Dimensions: |
230 x 153 x 14mm (L x W x T) |
Format: |
Paperback
|
Pages: |
251 |
ISBN-13: |
978-0-7864-1541-0 |
Categories: |
Books >
Social sciences >
General
|
LSN: |
0-7864-1541-X |
Barcode: |
9780786415410 |
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