WHITEFOLKS is the name of a planned series of books & new media by new author/old adman Lowell Thompson. Thompson mixes casual language, scholarly references & irreverent, street-wise sarcasm in a way that confronts American racism & hypocrisy head-on. WHITEFOLKS #1 is Thompson's own savvy insights into the whys & wherefores of racism, hypocrisy, sexism, classism, materialism, commercialism & other isms that have become integral parts of the American Character. "Blackfolks in America give new meaning to the term 'captive audience'. We have been forced to silently sit & watch (& participate in) the ups & downs of American life for almost 400 years. It's time we spoke up & give 'white' America a piece of our minds & the benefit of our observations.", Thompson says. WHITEFOLKS #1 is sure to stir controversy. It covers the following topics, among many others: Thomas Jefferson, Founding Father of our Racism, Bill Clinton's Proposed 4th of July, 1996 Speech, Face to Face with the Angry White Man, Is Racism Just Human Nature?, How Whitefolks Betrayed America, Are Whitefolks Really White? Anyone who wants new insights into America's problems - & not just about race - should read WHITEFOLKS. To order call (312) 664-6203 or FAX (312) 664-7604.
The story of black Chicago is so rich that few know it all. It began long before the city itself. "The first white man here was a black man," Potowatami natives reportedly said about Jean Baptiste Point DuSable, the brown-skinned man recognized as Chicago's first non-Indian settler. It's all here: from the site of DuSable's cabin--now smack-dab in the middle of Chicago's Magnificent Mile--to images of famous and infamous residents like boxers Jack Johnson, Muhammad Ali, and Joe Louis. Here are leaders and cultural touchstones like Jesse Binga's bank, Robert S. Abbott's Chicago Defender, legendary filmmaker Oscar Micheaux, Ida B. Wells, the Eighth Regiment, Jesse Jackson, Oprah, and much more . . . including a guy named Obama. Here is the black Chicago family album, of folks who made and never made the headlines, and pictures and stories of kinship and fellowship of African Americans leaving the violent, racist South and "goin' to Chicago" to find their piece of the American Dream. Chicago has been called the "Second City," but black Chicago is second to none.
Most Hilltoppers believe that Western Kentucky University is unique. They take pride in its lovely campus, its friendly spirit, the loyalty of its alumni, and its academic and athletic achievements. But Western's development also illustrates a major trend in American higher education during the past century. Scores of other institutions have followed the Western pattern, growing from private normal school to state normal school, to teachers college, to general college, finally emerging as an important state university. Historian Lowell Harrison traces the Western story from the school's origin in 1875 to the January 1986 election of its seventh president. For much of its history, Western has been led by paternalistic presidents whose major battles have been with other state schools and parsimonious legislatures. In recent years the presidents have been challenged by students and faculty who have demanded more active roles in university governance, and by a Board of Regents and the Council on Higher Education, which have raised challenging new issues. Harrison's account of the institution's development is laced with anecdotes and vignettes of some of the school's interesting personalities: President Henry Hardin Cherry, whose chapel talks convinced countless students that "the Spirit Makes the Master"; "Uncle Ed" Diddle, whose flying towel and winning teams earned national basketball fame; "Daddy" Bur-ton who could catch flies while lecturing; Miss Gabie Robertson, who held students into the next class period; the lone Japanese student who was on campus during World War II. Harrison also recalls steamboat excursions, the Great Depression and the Second World War, the astounding boom in enrollment and buildings in the 1960s, the period of student unrest, and the numerous fiscal crises that have beset the school. This is the story of an institution proud of its past and seeking to chart its course into the twenty-first century.
Completely updated and revised and timed for the Christmas ordering season--the best-known and most complete guide for home discount shopping (with special readers-only discounts). Whether looking for army surplus, designer fashions, gardening supplies, or gourmet foods, this catalog shows discriminating consumers where to order the best merchandise at the best prices. "Sure to become the bible of mail-order bargains".--Philadelphia News. Index.
This new series aims to provide state of the art guides to research in Classical Studies (across the fields of Language and Literature, Ancient History, Archaeology, and Ancient Philosophy and Science) that explore the key themes and ideas shaping previous scholarship on individual authors, genres, and topics. Each volume is authored by a prominent scholar in the respective field and offers a critical reappraisal of research conducted in recent decades that illuminates the state of contemporary scholarship. With its paperback volumes, the series is perfectly designed to offer students and scholars reliable, stimulating guides to what really matters in important fields of classical research today, as well as suggestions for future lines of study.
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