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Half in Shadow

The Life and Legacy of Nellie Y. McKay

By: Shanna Greene Benjamin

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Half in Shadow

The Life and Legacy of Nellie Y. McKay

By: Shanna Greene Benjamin

Nellie Y. McKay (1930–2006) was a pivotal figure in contemporary American letters. The author of several books, McKay is best known for coediting the canon-making with Henry Louis Gates Jr., which helped secure a place for the scholarly study of Black writing that had been ignored by white academia. However, there is more to McKay's life and legacy than her literary scholarship. After her passing, new details about McKay's life emerged, surprising everyone who knew her. Why did McKay choose to hide so many details of her past? Shanna Greene Benjamin examines McKay's path through the professoriate to learn about the strategies, sacrifices, and successes of contemporary Black women in the American academy. Benjamin shows that McKay's secrecy was a necessary tactic that a Black, working-class woman had to employ to succeed in the white-dominated space of the American English department. Using extensive archives and personal correspondence, Benjamin brings together McKay’s private life and public work to expand how we think about Black literary history and the place of Black women in American culture.

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UNC Press Books

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1469661896

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9781469661896

Born to Rebel

An Autobiography

By: Benjamin E. Mays

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Born to Rebel

An Autobiography

By: Benjamin E. Mays

Born the son of a sharecropper in 1894 near Ninety Six, South Carolina, Benjamin E. Mays went on to serve as president of Morehouse College for twenty-seven years and as the first president of the Atlanta School Board. His earliest memory, of a lynching party storming through his county, taunting but not killing his father, became for Mays an enduring image of black-white relations in the South. Born to Rebel is the moving chronicle of his life, a story that interlaces achievement with the rebuke he continually confronted.

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University of Georgia Press

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0820342270

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9780820342276

Actors and American Culture, 1880-1920

By: Benjamin McArthur

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Actors and American Culture, 1880-1920

By: Benjamin McArthur

The forty years 1880 to 1920 marked the golden age of the American theatre as a national institution, a time when actors moved from being players outside the boundaries of respectable society to being significant figures in the social landscape. As the only book that provides an overview of the late nineteenth- and early twentieth-century theatre, Actors and American Culture is also the only study of the legitimate stage that overtly attempts to connect actors and their work to the wider aspects of American life.

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308

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University of Iowa Press

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0877457107

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9780877457107

Cosmology, Physics, and Philosophy

Including a New Theory of Aesthetics

By: Benjamin Gal-Or

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Cosmology, Physics, and Philosophy

Including a New Theory of Aesthetics

By: Benjamin Gal-Or

What is unorthodox in this book? Much has happened in the last few years, especially in terms of the somewhat surpris ing rate at which the theories presented herein have been gaining increasing acceptance and support even by the most skeptical professionals. Nevertheless, the purpose of this up-dated Preface is not to tell the biographical and acceptance story behind this book, but to bring together some non-physical and non technical conclusions for those readers who find the physico-mathematical sections of this book too difficult to follow. A secondary purpose is to present here some newer conclu sions, especially in general philosophy and in aesthetics. Yet, the main physico philosophical conclusions presented in this book are not to be summarized here. For that purpose one must tum to the text itself. * * * The theories presented here have been developed in total isolation. They were never presented in "professional conferences", as most current writers do. Whether or not that was important remains to be seen. Hence, all I can state to critics and enthusiastic follow ers alike is the fact that I do not belong to any 'formal discipline', 'pressure group', or 'pro fessional organization'.

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Springer Science & Business Media

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1461596610

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9781461596615

Slaves to Racism

An Unbroken Chain from America to Liberia

By: Benjamin G. Dennis,Anita K. Dennis

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Slaves to Racism

An Unbroken Chain from America to Liberia

By: Benjamin G. Dennis,Anita K. Dennis

Slaves to Racism is a historical eyewitness account of the effect of racism in two countries, one black, one white, showing how American racism traps blacks even in Africa. The tales he tells illustrate the twists of irony and misplaced pride on all sides. Prof. Dennis chronicles the compulsive and repetitious nature of racism and its destructive effects on peoples and societies. During the 1990s, Liberia descended into civil war and anarchy. African-Liberian rebel groups roamed the countryside randomly killing as they vied for power. Doe was killed by a segment of these rebel groups and warlord Charles Taylor eventually became president in 1997. In 2003, Taylor was deposed by rebel groups and is now on trial at The Hague for war crimes. Despite Ellen Johnson-Sirleaf's democratic election in 2005, Liberia remains in ruins as a classic failed state in Africa. The obvious question is: Why did the Negro experiment planted in Africa in 1822 fail so miserably? Liberia was doomed from the start. The sins of the master were inevitably passed on to the freed slaves who returned to Africa to 'make a fresh start.' To assert status the Americo-Liberians blindly followed the worst habits of the whites, imposing themselves as a superior class on the 'African Liberians' who had never left. With only a superficial knowledge of Western culture, they imagined the white way without truly understanding it, and made Liberia a caricature of Southern society. Prof. Dennis compares the prejudice and discrimination between groups in Liberia with the patterns he has encountered between and among blacks and whites in the United States, from blatant bigotry to the almost subliminal boundaries that still exist even among liberal communities that 'want more blacks.'"--Publisher's description.

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Algora Publishing

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087586659X

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9780875866598

The Nashville Way

Racial Etiquette and the Struggle for Social Justice in a Southern City

By: Benjamin Houston

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The Nashville Way

Racial Etiquette and the Struggle for Social Justice in a Southern City

By: Benjamin Houston

Among Nashville's many slogans, the one that best reflects its emphasis on manners and decorum is the Nashville Way, a phrase coined by boosters to tout what they viewed as the city's amicable race relations. Benjamin Houston offers the first scholarly book on the history of civil rights in Nashville, providing new insights and critiques of this moderate progressivism for which the city has long been credited. Civil rights leaders such as John Lewis, James Bevel, Diane Nash, and James Lawson who came into their own in Nashville were devoted to nonviolent direct action, or what Houston calls the “black Nashville Way.” Through the dramatic story of Nashville's 1960 lunch counter sit-ins, Houston shows how these activists used nonviolence to disrupt the coercive script of day-to-day race relations. Nonviolence brought the threat of its opposite—white violence—into stark contrast, revealing that the Nashville Way was actually built on a complex relationship between etiquette and brute force. Houston goes on to detail how racial etiquette forged in the era of Jim Crow was updated in the civil rights era. Combined with this updated racial etiquette, deeper structural forces of politics and urban renewal dictate racial realities to this day. In The Nashville Way, Houston shows that white power was surprisingly adaptable. But the black Nashville Way also proved resilient as it was embraced by thousands of activists who continued to fight battles over schools, highway construction, and economic justice even after most Americans shifted their focus to southern hotspots like Birmingham and Memphis.

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University of Georgia Press

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0820343277

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9780820343273

Christine Falls

A Novel

By: Benjamin Black

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Christine Falls

A Novel

By: Benjamin Black

In the debut crime novel from the Booker-winning author, a Dublin pathologist follows the corpse of a mysterious woman into the heart of a conspiracy among the city's high Catholic society It's not the dead that seem strange to Quirke. It's the living. One night, after a few drinks at an office party, Quirke shuffles down into the morgue where he works and finds his brother-in-law, Malachy, altering a file he has no business even reading. Odd enough in itself to find Malachy there, but the next morning, when the haze has lifted, it looks an awful lot like his brother-in-law, the esteemed doctor, was in fact tampering with a corpse—and concealing the cause of death. It turns out the body belonged to a young woman named Christine Falls. And as Quirke reluctantly presses on toward the true facts behind her death, he comes up against some insidious—and very well-guarded—secrets of Dublin's high Catholic society, among them members of his own family. Set in Dublin and Boston in the 1950s, the first novel in the Quirke series brings all the vividness and psychological insight of Booker Prize winner John Banville's fiction to a thrilling, atmospheric crime story. Quirke is a fascinating and subtly drawn hero, Christine Falls is a classic tale of suspense, and Benjamin Black's debut marks him as a true master of the form.

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388

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Henry Holt and Company

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1429906227

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9781429906227

Report on Forestry Submitted to Congress by the Commissioner of Agriculture

By: Franklin Benjamin Hough

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Report on Forestry Submitted to Congress by the Commissioner of Agriculture

By: Franklin Benjamin Hough

Reprint of the original, first published in 1882.

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334

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BoD – Books on Demand

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3385481368

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9783385481367

American Purgatory

Prison Imperialism and the Rise of Mass Incarceration

By: Benjamin D. Weber

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American Purgatory

Prison Imperialism and the Rise of Mass Incarceration

By: Benjamin D. Weber

A groundbreaking look at how America exported mass incarceration around the globe, from a rising young historian “American Purgatory will forever change how we understand the rise of mass incarceration. It will forever change how we understand this country.” —Clint Smith, bestselling author of How the Word Is Passed: A Reckoning with the History of Slavery Across America In this explosive new book, historian Benjamin Weber reveals how the story of American prisons is inextricably linked to the expansion of American power around the globe. A vivid work of hidden history that spans the wars to subjugate Native Americans in the mid-nineteenth century, the conquest of the western territories, and the creation of an American empire in Panama, Puerto Rico, and the Philippines, American Purgatory reveals how “prison imperialism”—the deliberate use of prisons to control restive, subject populations—is written into our national DNA, extending through to our modern era of mass incarceration. Weber also uncovers a surprisingly rich history of prison resistance, from the Seminole Chief Osceola to Assata Shakur—one that invites us to rethink the scope of America’s long freedom struggle. Weber’s brilliantly documented text is supplemented by original maps highlighting the global geography of prison imperialism, as well as illustrations of key figures in this history by the celebrated artist Ayo Scott. For readers of Michelle Alexander’s The New Jim Crow, here is a bold new effort to tell the full story of prisons and incarceration—at home and abroad—as well as a powerful future vision of a world without prisons.

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The New Press

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1620975912

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9781620975916

Language of Identity, Language of Access

Liberatory Learning for Multilingual Classrooms

By: Michelle Benegas,Natalia Benjamin

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Language of Identity, Language of Access

Liberatory Learning for Multilingual Classrooms

By: Michelle Benegas,Natalia Benjamin

Grow students’ linguistic capital AND value their home language In Language of Identity, Language of Access, authors Michelle Benegas and Natalia Benjamin highlight the urgent need for a revolution in language education that validates home languages and dialects while equipping students with the linguistic tools for social mobility. Their original LILA framework rejects the socially constructed hierarchy of languages and provides students with a broader linguistic repertoire. This accessible and teacher-friendly guide presents an overview of this liberatory approach to language and literacy, an exploration of linguistically sustaining and expanding instruction, and practical guidance on designing lessons that attend to the language of identity and the language of access. Additional recurring features include: Voces provide real-life teacher experiences from the classroom Reflecciónes encourage educators to consider how principles and ideas relate to current practice and promote translanguaging Practical applications of theories (PATs) provide conceptual frameworks and lesson plans on various topics and activities. End of Chapter Conversaciónes encourage dialogue and enable educators to implement concepts in their classrooms. Offering a fresh perspective on academic language as a means to access power and social capital, Language of Identity, Language of Access is a guide for ALL educators committed to linguistically sustaining pedagogies and empowering students with linguistic capital for social mobility.

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Corwin Press

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1071909444

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9781071909447

Quirky Quarks

A Cartoon Guide to the Fascinating Realm of Physics

By: Benjamin Bahr,Boris Lemmer,Rina Piccolo

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Quirky Quarks

A Cartoon Guide to the Fascinating Realm of Physics

By: Benjamin Bahr,Boris Lemmer,Rina Piccolo

Do you love quantum physics, cosmology, and the humor behind the popular television show The Big Bang Theory? Have you been on the lookout for a fun, non-technical explanation of the science behind things like time travel, wormholes, antimatter, and dark energy? You’ll find all of that, and more, inside this fact-filled, cartoon-packed book. In Quirky Quarks: A Cartoon Guide to the Fascinating Realm of Physics you’ll get: The latest science behind the mysteries of our universe explained in common everyday language. A major dose of cartoons, comics, and humor. A good grasp on the often-bizarre nature of reality. Start reading and you’ll find that hard science does not have to be hard. Whether you’re a teacher, a physicist, or just a lover of the curious, this is the book that delivers the facts in an engaging and entertaining cartoon world inhabited by two dogs, a cat, and some very quirky quarks which you might know from The Particle Zoo. With cutting edge science articles by physicists Boris Lemmer and Benjamin Bahr, and drawings by cartoonist Rina Piccolo, this may be the most fun science reading you’re likely to find out there.

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338

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Springer

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3662495090

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9783662495094

Genetics (Loose-Leaf)

By: Benjamin A. Pierce

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Genetics (Loose-Leaf)

By: Benjamin A. Pierce

Third edition of Genetics: A conceptual Appoach includes thorough streamlining of the entire text to focus on core concepts.

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836

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Macmillan

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1429233249

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9781429233248

The Lemur

A Novel

By: Benjamin Black

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The Lemur

A Novel

By: Benjamin Black

The first stand-alone thriller from the Booker Prize–winning author of The Sea and Christine Falls

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152

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Macmillan

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0312428081

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9780312428082

Negro in the Making of America

Third Edition Revised, Updated, and Expanded

By: Benjamin Quarles

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Negro in the Making of America

Third Edition Revised, Updated, and Expanded

By: Benjamin Quarles

Quarles's groundbreaking work not only surveys the role of black Americans as they engaged in the dual, simultaneous processes of assimilating into and transforming the culture of their country, but also, in a portrait of the white response to blacks, holds a mirror up to the deeper moral complexion of our nation's history.

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420

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Simon and Schuster

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0684818884

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9780684818887

First Aid, CPR, and AED

By: Alton L. Thygerson,Benjamin Gulli,Jon R. Krohmer

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First Aid, CPR, and AED

By: Alton L. Thygerson,Benjamin Gulli,Jon R. Krohmer

First Aid and CPR

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Jones & Bartlett Learning

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0763742090

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9780763742096

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Half in Shadow

Half in Shadow

Born to Rebel

Born to Rebel

Actors and American Culture, 1880-1920

Actors and American Culture, 1880-1920

Cosmology, Physics, and Philosophy

Cosmology, Physics, and Philosophy

Slaves to Racism

Slaves to Racism

The Nashville Way

The Nashville Way

Christine Falls

Christine Falls

Report on Forestry Submitted to Congress by the Commissioner of Agriculture

Report on Forestry Submitted to Congress by the Commissioner of Agriculture

American Purgatory

American Purgatory

Language of Identity, Language of Access

Language of Identity, Language of Access

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Quirky Quarks

Genetics (Loose-Leaf)

Genetics (Loose-Leaf)

The Lemur

The Lemur

Negro in the Making of America

Negro in the Making of America

First Aid, CPR, and AED

First Aid, CPR, and AED

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