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The Wreck

A Daughter's Memoir of Becoming a Mother

By: Cassandra Jackson

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The Wreck

A Daughter's Memoir of Becoming a Mother

By: Cassandra Jackson

Equal parts investigative and deeply introspective, The Wreck is a profound memoir about recognizing the echoes of history within ourselves, and the alchemy of turning inherited grief into renewal. There is a secret that young Cassandra Jackson doesn’t know, and it’s evident in the way her father cries her name out in his sleep. Through awkward encounters with family, she comes to realize that she is named after her father's niece, and looks eerily like the child’s mother, both of whom were killed in a car wreck along with her father's beloved mother, and—as she soon discovers—his first wife. Cassandra learns to keep silent about the wreck, but soon learns there is no way to outpace the claw-like grip of her family’s past trauma. In this luminous memoir, Jackson attempts to unearth her lost family, while also creating a new one--only to discover little progress separates the past from the present. As she moves back and forth between her girlhood and her journey to motherhood, Jackson reveals the chilling parallels between the harrowing inhumanity of Jim Crow medical care and the toxic discrimination that undergirds healthcare in the United States today. But as she traces the cascading effects of loss punctuated by racism, she also discovers a powerful legacy of fearless love and furious perseverance that she hopes to extend to a new generation. Lyrical, urgent, and wise, this is an unforgettable story of reclaiming the past to reclaim ourselves.

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Penguin

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0593490037

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9780593490037

Violence, Visual Culture, and the Black Male Body

By: Cassandra Jackson

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Violence, Visual Culture, and the Black Male Body

By: Cassandra Jackson

From early photographs of disfigured slaves to contemporary representations of bullet-riddled rappers, images of wounded black men have long permeated American culture. While scholars have fittingly focused on the ever-present figure of the hypermasculine black male, little consideration has been paid to the wounded black man as a persistent cultural figure. This book considers images of wounded black men on various stages, including early photography, contemporary art, hip hop, and new media. Focusing primarily on photographic images, Jackson explores the wound as a specular moment that mediates power relations between seers and the seen. Historically, the representation of wounded black men has privileged the viewer in service of white supremacist thought. At the same time, contemporary artists have deployed the figure to expose and disrupt this very power paradigm. Jackson suggests that the relationship between the viewer and the viewed is not so much static as fluid, and that wounds serve as intricate negotiations of power structures that cannot always be simplified into the condensed narratives of victims and victimizers. Overall, Jackson attempts to address both the ways in which the wound has been exploited to patrol and contain black masculinity, as well as the ways in which twentieth century artists have represented the wound to disrupt its oppressive implications

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Routledge

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1136908188

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9781136908187

The Atom in Seventeenth-century Poetry

By: Cassandra Gorman

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The Atom in Seventeenth-century Poetry

By: Cassandra Gorman

An investigation into the remarkable "poetics of the atom" in English literary texts from the mid to late seventeenth century. The early modern "atom" - understood as an indivisible particle of matter - captured the poetic imagination in ways that extended far beyond the reception of Lucretius and Epicurean atomism. Contrarily to fears of atomisation and materialist threat, many poets and philosophers of the period sought positive, spiritual motivation in the concept of material indivisibility. This book traces the metaphysical import of these poetic atoms, teasing out an affinity between poetic and atomic forms in seventeenth-century texts. In the writings of Henry More, Thomas Traherne, Margaret Cavendish, Hester Pulter and Lucy Hutchinson, both atoms and poems were instrumental in acts of creating, ordering and reconstructing knowledge. Their poems emerge as exquisitely self-conscious atomic forms, producing intimate reflections on the creative power and indivisibility of self, soul and God. The book begins with a survey of the imaginative possibilities surrounding the early modern "atom", before considering the indivisible centres of the Cambridge Platonist Henry More's cosmic, Spenserian poetics. The focus then turns to the lyrical bond formed between atom and soul in the writings of Thomas Traherne, and from there, to the experimental sequences of Margaret Cavendish and Hester Pulter, whose poetic spaces create new worlds and imagine alternative lives. The book concludes with a study of Lucy Hutchinson's creation poem Order and Disorder, which anticipates the regeneration of fallen being in atomic and alchemical terms.

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Boydell & Brewer

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1843845938

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9781843845935

Queen of Broken Hearts

By: Cassandra King

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Queen of Broken Hearts

By: Cassandra King

The national bestselling author of The Same Sweet Girls and The Sunday Wife returns with another compulsively readable novel It's not easy being the Queen of Broken Hearts. Just ask Clare, who has willingly assumed the mantle while her career as a divorce coach thrives. Now she's preparing to open a permanent home for the retreats she leads, on a slice of breathtaking property on the Alabama coast owned by her mother-in-law. Make that former mother-in-law, a colorful eccentric who teaches Clare much about love and sacrifice and living freely. When Clare's marriage ends in tragedy, her work becomes the sole focus of her life. While Clare has no problem helping the hundreds of men and women who seek her advice to mend their broken hearts, healing her own is another matter entirely. Falling in love again is the last thing she wants. So when Lex -- a charismatic, charming, burly sea captain -- moves to town to run the marina, Clare insists they remain friends and nothing more. But even though she fights it, she begins to fall for him -- and then finds she has a rival, his estranged wife Annalee. A story infused with all the flavors, textures, and intrigues of a small Southern town, with a rich, resonant center, Queen of Broken Hearts is a bold step forward for Cassandra King.

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Hachette+ORM

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1401342965

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9781401342968

Founding Friendships

Friendships between Men and Women in the Early American Republic

By: Cassandra A. Good

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Founding Friendships

Friendships between Men and Women in the Early American Republic

By: Cassandra A. Good

When Harry Met Sally" is only the most iconic of popular American movies, books, and articles that pose the question of whether friendships between men and women are possible. In Founding Friendships, Cassandra A. Good shows that this question was embedded in and debated as far back as the birth of the American nation. Indeed, many of the nation's founding fathers had female friends but popular rhetoric held that these relationships were fraught with social danger, if not impossible. Elite men and women formed loving, politically significant friendships in the early national period that were crucial to the individuals' lives as well as the formation of a new national political system, as Cassandra Good illuminates. Abigail Adams called her friend Thomas Jefferson "one of the choice ones on earth," while George Washington signed a letter to his friend Elizabeth Powel with the words "I am always Yours." Their emotionally rich language is often mistaken for romance, but by analyzing period letters, diaries, novels, and etiquette books, Good reveals that friendships between men and women were quite common. At a time when personal relationships were deeply political, these bonds offered both parties affection and practical assistance as well as exemplified republican values of choice, freedom, equality, and virtue. In so doing, these friendships embodied the core values of the new nation and represented a transitional moment in gender and culture. Northern and Southern, famous and lesser known, the men and women examined in Founding Friendships offer a fresh look at how the founding generation defined and experienced friendship, love, gender, and power.

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Oxford University Press

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0199376190

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9780199376193

A Dangerous and Deadly Place

A Public School Teacher's Story Based on Actual Events

By: Cassandra Taylor-Bray

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A Dangerous and Deadly Place

A Public School Teacher's Story Based on Actual Events

By: Cassandra Taylor-Bray

Getting an education was never like this! Many school days are far beyond your wildest or horrific nightmares! Sex, violence and death are the ultimate price for some individuals to learn!

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Trafford Publishing

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1425100686

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9781425100681

The Cool Cats Collection

By: Tia Brown,Emily Kelly,Rachel Pichette,Cassandra Raposo,Stefen Welch,Autumn Ross,Carina Hennessy,Dan Simcock

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The Cool Cats Collection

By: Tia Brown,Emily Kelly,Rachel Pichette,Cassandra Raposo,Stefen Welch,Autumn Ross,Carina Hennessy,Dan Simcock

The Cool Cats are students from the University of Massachusetts Dartmouth who assembled during a creative writing class in the Fall of 2016. Every Thursday night, they gathered to work on personal writing pieces and spent countless hours laughing, sharing, and growing as writers. This book is a collection of short stories from the Cool Cats. We hope you enjoy!

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Lulu.com

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1387005502

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9781387005505

Work, Exchange, and Technology in the United States

By: Cassandra Schumacher

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Work, Exchange, and Technology in the United States

By: Cassandra Schumacher

The United States is known as a nation of innovators, from the first colonists who endeavored to find religious freedom and economic opportunity in the New World to business tycoons like Andrew Carnegie to the cutting-edge inventors in Silicon Valley today. From its first days as a nation to the Industrial Revolution and beyond, America has focused on creating new businesses, technologies, labor systems, and trade patterns. In turn, this focus has fostered breakthroughs and widespread change in American society. This essential volume places American labor and innovation in context, examining how policy and cultural shifts are influenced by work and exchange.

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Cavendish Square Publishing, LLC

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150264262X

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9781502642622

A History of Abortion and Contraception in Queensland, Australia, 1960–1989

Sex under Conservative Rule

By: Cassandra Byrnes

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A History of Abortion and Contraception in Queensland, Australia, 1960–1989

Sex under Conservative Rule

By: Cassandra Byrnes

This book looks at the recent history of sex, contraception, and abortion in Australia’s most conservative state, Queensland. In western nations, there has largely been a consistent increase in available contraception and access to abortion from the 1960s onwards, yet there are a few geographical exceptions that resisted this trend, including Queensland. Cassandra Byrnes highlights the multifarious ways sexuality and reproduction were continually constructed and challenged during the second half of the twentieth century and follows the responses of key groups to changing laws and attitudes in a time of local and global sexual and social revolutions. She explores interactions between identities of gender, sexuality, class, age, marital status, and geography to illustrate how specific sexed bodies became liminal sites for legal and medical debate. This Queensland case study is contextualised within international debates concerning women’s reproductive rights and will be of interest to students and scholars interested in the history of reproductive rights, gender, and sexuality.

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Taylor & Francis

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1040038808

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9781040038802

Little Girl Black

Smile Its a Brand New Day

By: Cassandra Hudson

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Little Girl Black

Smile Its a Brand New Day

By: Cassandra Hudson

Little Girl Black Confronts. Love-Love at First Sight-Love, Joy, and Pain. Poetry straight up, no chaser, shaken, not stirred. This book and all my Little Girl Black poetry books Volume 1-6 celebrates and confronts dreams, religion, marriage, unfairness, sex, friendship, racism, colorism. abuse. strength, judgments, fantasy, love, education, families, power, also death and the black sheep syndrome, hurt, and many other situations. Love- my heart loves love, with an undeniable love, a love only you, my love, can love me, as your love speaks to my heart, in many languages, my heart simply pirouettes, right out of my chest, while my heart continues to beat. I know that’s a mouth full, because love is so beautiful to me, so I wear my love like a badge of honor, and my man solutes me every day and night, that’s some, ride or die love, but if it’s more die, then ride you need to send a Sos, Sista girl, brother love. Love- an unexpected chemistry, locked inside, ready to let love unload and unlock all the mystery within his or her heart, but only if you’re ready, it’s a lot of work, love can be slippery when it’s wet, no I’m not talking about what you think, I’m saying when you get down to the real nitty gritty, It’s some grown folks shit. Love-complement your beauty on the outside. beauty hidden from the naked eye. Also love will unlocks and untangles the myths of loves do’s, and don’ts, for a man, or woman. It also gives you permission to get down on one knee, to ask or even beg if need be, for forgiveness, when pride will always deprive you of the one you love. Love- is saying, love, and return love, for you have found sunshine on a cold, and raining day. But if love continues to knock you down, and give you a mental nose bleed, or physically, blacken an eye. Quickly pick up your bruises, and the rest of the love, you have for him, or her, and run like hell. But if love treats you like a king, or queen, then you should savor it, because love is love everyday even when it rains. Love at first sight- is so much more beautiful when his, or her, love meet, at the very same time, even In a room full of people, love can shine brighter than any love you ever saw before, true love is, if you feel love way down deep in your bones, if looking at love is so bright, and love hurts your eyes, at first sight, then you must pursue what your heart. wants to do. Only then his, or her, love can commence to having a conversating with each other hearts, and God. will breathe life into your love, that draws you closer, and closer, into each other’s arms at this point you are not in controlled Jesus has taken the wheel, if your smart let go and hold on tight. Love- can take you on a smooth ride, or a bumpy road, it’s all up to you, and how hard you will fight for love, or will you let love down hard, or easy, and just walk away, remember everyone is not blessed with true love, don’t throw your blessing away, you will be chasing love for the rest of your days. When it’s true love, you will know it, but please don’t blow it, love will and can stand the test of time, if it’s, give, and take, Love comes in many sizes and shapes so, don’t fuck it up, get on Love, and ride love like trigger. Poetry straight up, no chaser, shaken, not stirred.

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Xlibris Corporation

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1796084697

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9781796084696

Cornelius Vanderbilt

Railroad Tycoon

By: Cassandra Schumacher

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Cornelius Vanderbilt

Railroad Tycoon

By: Cassandra Schumacher

Cornelius Vanderbilt was born for business. Though poorly educated, he built an empire on steam power and died a millionaire. Fueled by the spirit of competition and possessing a brilliant mind for business, Vanderbilt became the first true industrial tycoon. He dominated the shipping industry with steamboats and railroads. Vanderbilt changed the way business was done in America. Readers explore the life and triumphs of America's first industrial titan through photographs, anecdotes, sidebars, and more.

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Cavendish Square Publishing, LLC

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1502645416

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9781502645418

Til Death Do Us Part

By: Cassandra Adams

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Til Death Do Us Part

By: Cassandra Adams

Dakota Lewis is determined to never live the same life as her mother a sheltered housewife mistreated by her abusive husband. As she heads off to Columbia University on a full scholarship, Dakota is excited to begin a new life inspired by her love of God. Two years later, Dakota gets involved with Rakiem Bennett, a martial artist with a heart of gold and a dream of one day managing a dojo that will provide an escape for at-risk children. But Dakota sees other plans for their future, setting off a series of disagreements that prompts her to doubt their relationship. As she battles her own problems and worsening family burdens, Dakota's prayers are left unanswered, leaving her to question her faith in God. She then meets Dominique, a successful entrepreneur who quickly sweeps her off her feet and discovers Rakiem's infidelity, leading her to choose Dominique as her life partner. But it is not long before Dakota finds herself in the midst of her worst fear: trapped in an abusive marriage, just like her mother. In this emotional tale, a woman desperate to escape her madness must learn to rely on her faith and inner strength to break a cycle of abuse as she seek her true destiny.

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Archway Publishing

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1480802336

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9781480802339

Epic Journeys of Freedom

Runaway Slaves of the American Revolution and Their Global Quest for Liberty

By: Cassandra Pybus

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Epic Journeys of Freedom

Runaway Slaves of the American Revolution and Their Global Quest for Liberty

By: Cassandra Pybus

Cassandra Pybus adds greatly to the work of [previous] scholars by insisting that slaves stand at the center of their own history . . . Her 'biographies' of flight expose the dangers that escape entailed and the courage it took to risk all for freedom. Only by measuring those dangers can the exhilaration of success be comprehended and the unspeakable misery of failure be appreciated.--Ira Berlin, from the Foreword During the American Revolution, thousands of slaves fled their masters to find freedom with the British. Epic Journeys of Freedom is the astounding story of these runaways and the lives they made on four continents. Having emancipated themselves, with the rhetoric about the inalienable rights of free men ringing in their ears, these men and women struggled tenaciously to make liberty a reality in their own lives. This alternative narrative of freedom fought for and won is uniquely compelling; historian Cassandra Pybus's groundbreaking research has uncovered individual stories of runaways who left America to forge difficult new lives in far-flung corners of the British Empire. Harry, for example, one of George Washington's slaves, escaped from Mount Vernon in 1776, was evacuated to Nova Scotia in 1783, and eventually relocated to Sierra Leone in West Africa with his wife and three children. Ralph Henry, who ran away from the Virginia firebrand Patrick Henry in 1776, took a similar path to precarious freedom in Sierra Leone, while others, such as John Moseley and John Randall, were evacuated with the British forces to England. Stranded in England without skills or patronage during a period of high unemployment, they were among thousands of newly freed poor blacks who struggled just to survive. While some were relocated to Sierra Leone, others, like Moseley and Randall, found themselves transported to the distant penal colony of Botany Bay, in Australia. Epic Journeys of Freedom, written in the best tradition of history from the bottom up, is a fascinating insight into the meaning of liberty; it will change forever the way we think about the American Revolution.

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Beacon Press

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0807055182

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9780807055182

Portsmouth Virginia

By: Cassandra Newby-Alexander,Mae Breckenridge-Haywood

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Portsmouth Virginia

By: Cassandra Newby-Alexander,Mae Breckenridge-Haywood

African Americans in Portsmouth built a strong, insulated community because they were cognizant of the need to look inward. Whether assisting the pre-Civil War escapes through the Underground Railroad, forming banks, publishing a newspaper, or providing recreational facilities, Portsmouth's African Americans created one of the most stable middle-class black communities in America. Early 20th-century leaders such as Dr. William Reid, Nancy T. Wheeler, and the Reverend Harvey N. Johnson Sr. were civic models and guiding forces for a community emerging from the ravages of slavery, and enduring the hardships of segregation. Black America: Portsmouth, Virginia captures the world of an ever-changing community and a people who persevered, no matter the odds.

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Arcadia Publishing

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0738515817

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9780738515816

Yours Cruelly, Elvira

Memoirs of the Mistress of the Dark

By: Cassandra Peterson

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Yours Cruelly, Elvira

Memoirs of the Mistress of the Dark

By: Cassandra Peterson

The woman behind the icon known as Elvira, Mistress of the Dark, the undisputed Queen of Halloween, reveals her full story filled with intimate bombshells—told by the bombshell herself. On Good Friday in 1953, at only 18 months old, 25 miles from the nearest hospital in Manhattan, Kansas, Cassandra Peterson reached for a pot on the stove and doused herself in boiling water. Third-degree burns covered 35% of her body, and the prognosis wasn't good. But she survived. Burned and scarred, the impact stayed with her and became an obstacle she was determined to overcome. Feeling like a misfit led to her love of horror. While her sisters played with Barbie dolls, Cassandra built model kits of Frankenstein and Dracula, and idolized Vincent Price. Due to a complicated relationship with her mother, Cassandra left home at 14, and by age 17 she was performing at the famed Dunes Hotel in Las Vegas. Run-ins with the likes of Frank Sinatra, Sammy Davis Jr., and Tom Jones helped her grow up fast. Then a chance encounter with her idol Elvis Presley, changed the course of her life forever, and led her to Europe where she worked in film and traveled Italy as lead singer of an Italian pop band. She eventually made her way to Los Angeles, where she joined the famed comedy improv group, The Groundlings, and worked alongside Phil Hartman and Paul "Pee-wee" Reubens, honing her comedic skills. Nearing age 30, a struggling actress considered past her prime, she auditioned at local LA channel KHJ as hostess for the late night vintage horror movies. Cassandra improvised, made the role her own, and got the job on the spot. Yours Cruelly, Elvira is an unforgettably wild memoir. Cassandra doesn't shy away from revealing exactly who she is and how she overcame seemingly insurmountable odds. Always original and sometimes outrageous, her story is loaded with twists, travails, revelry, and downright shocking experiences. It is the candid, often funny, and sometimes heart-breaking tale of a Midwest farm girl's long strange trip to become the world's sexiest, sassiest Halloween icon. Instant New York Times Bestseller, Los Angeles Times Bestseller, USA Today Bestseller, Publishers Weekly Bestseller A New York Times Best Books to Give This Season selection

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Hachette Books

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0306874369

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9780306874369

African-American Education in Westmoreland County

By: Cassandra Burton

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African-American Education in Westmoreland County

By: Cassandra Burton

Primarily known as the birthplace of three prominent and celebrated Americans, our nation's first and fifth presidents and the South's most revered general during the War between the States, Westmoreland County enjoys a fascinating and diverse history, one shaped by both the contributions of its white and black citizens. Like many Southern states, Virginia's Northern Neck did not legalize formal education for African Americans until 1870. From that date to 1958, black students studied in small "separate but equal" oneand two-room schoolhouses throughout the county and remained segregated until 1970. African-American Education in Westmoreland County is a unique study of the traditions, institutions, and people who were involved in teaching and educating the black population throughout the county. In this volume, with many never-before-published photographs, you will take a visual journey through the area's past and visit the oneand two-room schoolhouses of Templemans, Potomac, and some of the smaller areas, such as Frog Hall and Mudbridge; and meet the dedicated and creative teachers and their students who studied and learned in this picturesque region nestled between the Potomac and Rappahannock Rivers.

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Arcadia Publishing

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073850145X

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9780738501451

A Poetic Tribute to the Young'uns Who Lunched with Oprah

History in Poetic Verse

By: Revonne Leach-Woods,Cassandra Leach-Johnson

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A Poetic Tribute to the Young'uns Who Lunched with Oprah

History in Poetic Verse

By: Revonne Leach-Woods,Cassandra Leach-Johnson

A POETIC TRIBUTE TO THE YOUNG'UNS WHO LUNCHED WITH OPRAH is a cultural tour. It is a rhythmic exploration of some of the most enriching young women of our time. This book is a continuation of the poetry series that began with "A Poetic Tribute To The Legends Who Lunched With Oprah." The concept of both books was inspired by Oprah's 2005 Legends Luncheon. At that luncheon, Oprah designated 25 of her invited guests as Legends - women who have been "a Bridge to Now" for her. Oprah categorized the remaining women (including herself) as Young'uns - women who have benefited from the work of the Legends. The list of Young'uns included women such as Michelle Obama, Janet Jackson, Alicia Keys, Kathleen Battle, Suzanne de Passe, Gayle King, Phylicia Rashad, Debbie Allen, Terry McMillan, Pam Grier, and Mariah Carey. The authors have honored 20 of these young women with poems that reflect their personal contributions. The intent is to highlight their lives so that the reader is compelled to learn more about each of these women. Prepare to be enlightened and prepare to be inspired for the Young'uns are here!

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1449003524

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Hampton Roads

Remembering Our Schools

By: Cassandra Newby-Alexander,Jeffrey Littlejohn,Charles H. Ford,Sonia Yaco,The Norfolk Historical Society

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Hampton Roads

Remembering Our Schools

By: Cassandra Newby-Alexander,Jeffrey Littlejohn,Charles H. Ford,Sonia Yaco,The Norfolk Historical Society

With this striking collection of historical images, experience a front-row view of the origination of the public school system within Hampton Roads and the epic struggle for racial equality. From the seventeenth century until the present, this area of the Old Dominion has been at the forefront of challenges, including Reconstruction, Jim Crow law, racial disharmony and public resistance to tax-based public schools. The fiftieth anniversary of the reopening of Norfolks desegregated schools marks an especially appropriate occasion on which to look back at the evolution of public education in the Hampton Roads region.

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Arcadia Publishing

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1625842864

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Karma Has a Name

By: Cassandra Daniels

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Karma Has a Name

By: Cassandra Daniels

What is sexy, confident, full of fire and will always come back to bite you in the ass? Meet Karma Scott, a fiery twenty year old that got what she wanted and who she wanted. It didn't matter if he had a girlfriend, a fiancee or the wife with kids; he was going to be hers. She met a hotshot lawyer who didn't hide his marriage. In fact, he kept it on a broad view. Little did Karma know that she'd fall in love, get pregnant, and get caught up in a murder mystery that changed the game forever. All in all, everyone will know that Karma has a name.

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Lulu.com

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0557044820

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9780557044825

First Family

George Washington's Heirs and the Making of America

By: Cassandra A. Good

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First Family

George Washington's Heirs and the Making of America

By: Cassandra A. Good

Award-winning historian Cassandra A. Good shows how the outspoken stepgrandchildren of George Washington played an overlooked but important role in the development of American society and politics from the Revolution to the Civil War. While it’s widely known in America that George and Martha Washington never had children of their own, few are aware that they raised numerous children together. In First Family, we see Washington as a father figure, as well as meet the children he helped raise and trace their complicated roles in American history. The children of Martha Washington’s son by her first marriage—Eliza, Patty, Nelly and Wash Custis—were born into life in the public eye. Raised in the country’s first “first family,” they remained well-known as Washington’s family and keepers of his legacy throughout their lives. By turns petty and powerful, glamorous and cruel, the Custises used Washington as a means to enhance their own power and status. As enslavers committed to the American empire, the Custis family embodied the failures of the American experiment that finally exploded into civil war—all the while being celebrities in a soap opera of their own making. First Family brings new focus and attention to this surprisingly neglected aspect of George Washington’s life and legacy. As the country grapples with concerns about political dynasties and the public role of presidential families, the saga of Washington’s family offers a human story of historical precedent.

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Harlequin

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0369733088

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9780369733085

Violence, Visual Culture, and the Black Male Body

By: Cassandra Jackson

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Violence, Visual Culture, and the Black Male Body

By: Cassandra Jackson

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Routledge

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1136908188

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A Woman's Soul on Paper

By: Cassandra George Sturges

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A Woman's Soul on Paper

By: Cassandra George Sturges

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Urban Deer Havens

By: Clark E. Adams,Cassandra LaFleur Villarreal

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Urban Deer Havens

By: Clark E. Adams,Cassandra LaFleur Villarreal

Urban Deer Havens consists of a thorough examination of selected cervid (deer) species that are known to inhabit urban communities in the United States. The deer species that are included in this presentation consisted of white-tailed (Odocoileus virginianus), Key deer (O. v. clavium), moose (Alces alces), elk (Cervus elaphus), mule (Odocoileus hemionus), and black-tailed deer (O. h. columbianus). This book is the first attempt to examine the similarities and differences in those factors that allow the selected cervids to exist and thrive in urban habitats. This information has never been collected, collated, reviewed, and published under one cover document. Yet, all five are known to inhabit urban communities within their geographic range. The lack of information concerning several important examples of urban cervids in conjunction with a proliferation of information on white-tailed deer only is an incomplete and biased presentation. This book is the first comprehensive source of information on urban deer management, which includes a broad assemblage of urban cervids. The overall objective of this book is to provide a more holistic examination of urban cervids. For example, it examines the similarities and differences of the environmental impacts, management strategies, and human dimensions considerations concerning urban cervids in general, and using specific examples. Urban Deer Havens features four chapters that include: Urban deer census techniques and population dynamics Comprehensive tables that review urban community deer management plans National and state-wide estimates the five selected cervids Laws and regulations concerning urban deer Lethal and nonlethal management options for managing deer Steps for managing urban deer populations Examples of urban deer management efforts

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