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Earth, Wind & Fire's That's the Way of the World

By: Dwight E. Brooks

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Earth, Wind & Fire's That's the Way of the World

By: Dwight E. Brooks

Understanding That's the Way of the World requires appreciating Earth, Wind & Fire founder Maurice White's multifaceted vision for his band. White created a band that performed various styles of music that sought to uplift humanity. His musicians personified a new form of Black masculinity rooted in dignity that embraced diverse spiritualities and healthy living. A complete understanding of TTWOTW also necessitates an awareness of American racial dynamics and changes in the popular music industry in the 1960s and '70s. EWF's landmark album TTWOTW presented hopeful messages about the world that were sorely needed at the time. TTWOTW did not tell listeners exactly how to live, but instead how they can live in a quest for self-actualization. The songs encourage us to yearn, learn, love, see, listen, and feel happy. If art can help mold a better future, than EWF's musical legacy of positivity and self-empowerment will continue to contribute to personal growth and social change even as their melodies linger.

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Bloomsbury Publishing USA

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1501378074

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9781501378072

John Clarke and His Legacies

Religion and Law in Colonial Rhode Island, 1638-1750

By: Sydney V. James,Theodore Dwight Bozeman

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John Clarke and His Legacies

Religion and Law in Colonial Rhode Island, 1638-1750

By: Sydney V. James,Theodore Dwight Bozeman

John Clarke and His Legacies is the first full-length biography of John Clarke (1609-76), a principal founder of colonial Rhode Island. Although Roger Williams usually gets most of the attention, Sydney James shows that Clarke made a lasting contribution to the colony. Clarke founded the first Baptist church in Newport, where he continued to contribute to the Baptist community until his death. And in 1663 he procured the royal charter that would remain the foundation of government in Rhode Island until 1842. This inquiry into Clarke's life engages a variety of intriguing topics. It surveys a formative stage in American Baptist history, one that spurned dependency upon government more thoroughly than any part of the United States does today. Through the experience of Clarke, we gain many new insights into colonial legal and religious history. James gives particular attention to the charitable trust that Clarke set up at his death, which provides a striking example of the direction taken in the relations between church and state in colonial America.

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Penn State Press

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0271018496

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9780271018492

Human Rights and World Public Order

The Basic Policies of an International Law of Human Dignity

By: Myres Smith McDougal,Harold Dwight Lasswell,Lung-chu Chen

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The Basic Policies of an International Law of Human Dignity

By: Myres Smith McDougal,Harold Dwight Lasswell,Lung-chu Chen

As a classic text of the New Haven School of International Law, this book explores human rights and international law in the broadest sense, taking into account social sciences research while embracing all values secured, or consequently fulfilled, or needed to thus be achieved. The re-issuance of this venerable title, unveils this work to a new generation of scholars, students, and practitioners of international law and human rights.

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0190882638

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9780190882631

Earth, Wind & Fire's That's the Way of the World

By: Dwight E. Brooks

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By: Dwight E. Brooks

Dwight E. Brooks deep dives into Earth, Wind & Fire's That's The Way of the World. Alongside interview material from members Phillip Bailey and Verdine White, he analyses how this album shattered musical barriers, transcended genres, and paid homage to African and American traditions. Understanding TTWOTW requires appreciating EWF founder Maurice White's multifaceted vision for his band. White created a band that performed various styles of music that sought to uplift humanity. His musicians personified a new form of Black masculinity rooted in dignity that embraced diverse spiritualities and healthy living. A complete understanding of TTWOTW also necessitates an awareness of American racial dynamics and changes in the popular music industry in the 1960s and '70s. EWF's landmark album TTWOTW presented hopeful messages about the world that were sorely needed at the time. TTWOTW did not tell listeners exactly how to live, but instead how they can live in a quest for self-actualization. The songs encourage us to yearn, learn, love, see, listen, and feel happy. If art can help mold a better future, than EWF's musical legacy of positivity and self-empowerment will continue to contribute to personal growth and social change even as their melodies linger.

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Bloomsbury Publishing USA

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1501378066

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9781501378065

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Earth, Wind & Fire's That's the Way of the World

Earth, Wind & Fire's That's the Way of the World

John Clarke and His Legacies

John Clarke and His Legacies

Human Rights and World Public Order

Human Rights and World Public Order

Earth, Wind & Fire's That's the Way of the World

Earth, Wind & Fire's That's the Way of the World

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