Melvin L. Mitchell's Books

The Crisis of the African-American Architect

Conflicting Cultures of Architecture and (Black) Power

By: Melvin L. Mitchell

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The Crisis of the African-American Architect

Conflicting Cultures of Architecture and (Black) Power

By: Melvin L. Mitchell

another missing piece of our rich history and profound contribution to western civilization. For history buffs please put this book on your must read list... " George C. Fraser, Author of Race For Success and Success Runs In Our Race "[Mitchell] believes that the entire future of blacks in the field of architecture is in jeopardy He then discusses the impact of the Harlem Renaissance on black architecture and the subsequent emergence of Howard University as the center of the black architectural universe..." The Journal of Blacks in Higher Education " seminal " Architecture Magazine In this long overdue book, aimed at Black America and her allies, Melvin Mitchell poses the question "why haven't black architects developed a Black Architecture that complements modernist black culture that is rooted in world-class blues, jazz, hip-hop music, and other black aesthetic forms?" His provocative thesis, inspired by Harold Cruse's landmark book, The Crisis of the Negro Intellectual, exposes the roots of an eighty-year-old estrangement between black architects and Black America. Along the way he provides interesting details about the politics of downtown development in the Marion Barry era of Washington, DC. Mitchell calls for a bold and inclusive "New (Black) Urbanism." He sees the radical reform and "re-missioning" of the handful of accredited HBCU based architecture schools as a critical tool in refashioning a rapprochement between black architects and Black America.

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417

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iUniverse

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ISBN 10

0595243266

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9780595243266

Victorian Boston Today

Twelve Walking Tours

By: Mary Melvin Petronella

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Victorian Boston Today

Twelve Walking Tours

By: Mary Melvin Petronella

This lavishly illustrated guidebook to the many distinctive attractions of Boston's Victorian heritage provides the walker and the armchair traveler alike with delightful and enlightening discoveries of the city's remarkable treasure trove of nineteenth-century landmarks and luminaries. Victorian Boston Today, edited by Mary Melvin Petronella for the New England Chapter of the Victorian Society of America, includes a beautifully drawn map for each tour, and contains such features as expanded descriptive captions for the profuse vintage illustrations, telephone numbers and web addresses for sites open to the public, directions between tour sites, information about public transportation, and a wealth of other practical enhancements and tips. From the South End's signature residential squares to the Black Heritage Trail to Jamaica Plain's pastoral landscape, these walking tours vividly recapture the spirit of Victorian Boston. The guidebook will fascinate Boston residents, tourists, and historians, and it will provide inspiration for the active preservation of the city's magnificent buildings and neighborhoods.

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340

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UPNE

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1555536050

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9781555536053

Urban Gun Violence

Self-Help Organizations As Healing Sites, Catalysts for Change, and Collaborative Partners

By: Melvin Delgado

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Urban Gun Violence

Self-Help Organizations As Healing Sites, Catalysts for Change, and Collaborative Partners

By: Melvin Delgado

Gun violence is a national threat and no more so than in the nation's urban communities, particularly taking its toll on people of color. Urban violence focused self-help organizations are vehicles for the dead to speak to us, and let us not forget that they once lived among us. These voices get captured and amplified through these organizations - their family become our family. The headlines their deaths created are not allowed to get relegated to history and continue to live giving meaning to a profound social justice cause. This book honors those who have died and continuing to give voice to their lives and preventing others from joining this chorus. The theme that we must forgive ourselves before we can forgive the offender is strong and pervasive among those who are survivors and engaged in self-help initiatives"--

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405

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Oxford University Press, USA

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0197515517

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9780197515518

Book's by Melvin L. Mitchell

The Crisis of the African-American Architect

The Crisis of the African-American Architect

Victorian Boston Today

Victorian Boston Today

Urban Gun Violence

Urban Gun Violence

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