Clarence Williams Jr.'s Books

Technology and the Dream

Reflections on the Black Experience at MIT, 1941-1999

By: Clarence G. Williams

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Technology and the Dream

Reflections on the Black Experience at MIT, 1941-1999

By: Clarence G. Williams

Transcripts of more than seventy-five oral history interviews in which the interviewees assess their MIT experience and reflect on the role of blacks at MIT and beyond. This book grew out of the Blacks at MIT History Project, whose mission is to document the black presence at MIT. The main body of the text consists of transcripts of more than seventy-five oral history interviews, in which the interviewees assess their MIT experience and reflect on the role of blacks at MIT and beyond. Although most of the interviewees are present or former students, black faculty, administrators, and staff are also represented, as are nonblack faculty and administrators who have had an impact on blacks at MIT. The interviewees were selected with an eye to presenting the broadest range of issues and personalities, as well as a representative cross section by time period and category. Each interviewee was asked to discuss family background; education; role models and mentors; experiences of racism and race-related issues; choice of field and career; goals; adjustment to the MIT environment; best and worst MIT experiences; experience with MIT support services; relationships with MIT students, faculty, and staff; advice to present or potential MIT students; and advice to the MIT administration. A recurrent theme is that MIT's rigorous teaching instills the confidence to deal with just about any hurdle in professional life, and that an MIT degree opens many doors and supplies instant credibility. Each interview includes biographical notes and pictures. The book also includes a general introduction, a glossary, and appendixes describing the project's methodology.

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MIT Press

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0262731576

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9780262731577

Watts, Williams, Vaughn, and Taylor: Pioneer Families of Johnson County, Arkansas

By: Clarence R. Williams, Ed.D.,Katala A. Williams, Ed.D.

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Watts, Williams, Vaughn, and Taylor: Pioneer Families of Johnson County, Arkansas

By: Clarence R. Williams, Ed.D.,Katala A. Williams, Ed.D.

The book chronicles several families and their descendants, all connected with Revolutionary War soldier Garrett Z. Watts. The history underscores their adventures and family bonds as they seek to build their lives in Johnson County, Arkansas amidst the westward expansion from southeastern United States.

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478

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Lulu.com

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1483467252

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9781483467252

The Golden Crown

A Story of Black New Orleans

By: Clarence Williams Jr.

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The Golden Crown

A Story of Black New Orleans

By: Clarence Williams Jr.

The Golden Crown: A Story of Black New Orleans. Henderson Brooks, the youngest of three New Orleans brothers, is a riverfront foreman with a wife and three children. He is also chief of the Downtown Warriors, a Mardi Gras Indian tribe that parades every Mardi Gras Day. His tribe is in competition with at least thirty tribes about the city for splendor and innovation in costume design. His father and grandfather were Downtown Warrior chiefs before him, and his grandfather founded the tribe in

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250

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Page Publishing Inc

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168409755X

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9781684097555

African American Voices from Iwo Jima

Personal Accounts of the Battle

By: Clarence E. Willie

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African American Voices from Iwo Jima

Personal Accounts of the Battle

By: Clarence E. Willie

Nearly 900 African Americans fought in the Battle of Iwo Jima, but accounts of their service have gone largely unrecorded. This book seeks to correct that omission for the sake of the brave Americans who served and for the sake of a more inclusive American history. Eleven veterans contribute their memories and experiences, starting with their youth in the Depression, their enlistment, the battle itself, and their experience of returning to a nation that continued to treat them as second-class citizens. Appendices include a history of the Montford Point Marines, a history of the Army's 476th Amphibian Truck Company, a chronology of the Battle of Iwo Jima and a task organization chart for the participating U.S. forces.

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261

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McFarland

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0786456949

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Black Religious Intellectuals

The Fight for Equality from Jim Crow to the 21st Century

By: Clarence Taylor

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Black Religious Intellectuals

The Fight for Equality from Jim Crow to the 21st Century

By: Clarence Taylor

Professor Clarence Taylor sheds some much-needed light on the rich intellectual and political tradition that lies in the black religious community. From the Pentecostalism of Bishop Smallwood Williams and the flamboyant leadership of the Reverend Al Sharpton, to the radical Presbyterianism of Milton Arthur Galamison and the controversial and mass-mobilization by Minister Louis Farrakhan, black religious leaders have figured prominently in the struggle for social equality in America.

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