Описание: One of the first women`s organisations to "mask" in a Mardi Gras parade, the "Million Dollar Baby Dolls" redefined the New Orleans carnival tradition. Tracing their origins from Storyville brothels to post-Katrina New Orleans, Kim Vaz uncovers the fascinating history of these ladies that strutted their way into a predominantly male establishment.
Описание: Whatever your position is on Black Lives Matter, defunding the police, and equity in law enforcement, former police chief Carmen Best shares the leadership lessons she learned as the first Black woman to lead the Seattle Police Department---a personal insider story that will challenge your assumptions on how to move the country forward.
Описание: This book charts the progress of integration in basketball, from the first black professional basketball player in 1902 to the modern game. These crucial steps in the history of basketball are placed within the larger context of American history, making this book an essential addition to the literature on sports and race in America.
Автор: Francoise Lionnet Название: Autobiographical Voices: Race, Gender, Self-Portraiture ISBN: 1501728040 ISBN-13(EAN): 9781501728044 Издательство: Mare Nostrum (Eurospan) Рейтинг: Цена: 2502.00 р. Наличие на складе: Есть у поставщика Поставка под заказ.
Описание:
Adopting a boldly innovative approach to women’s autobiographical writing, Fran?oise Lionnet here examines the rhetoric of self-portraiture in works by authors who are bilingual or multilingual or of mixed races or cultures. Autobiographical Voices offers incisive readings of texts by Zora Neale Hurston, Maya Angelou, Marie Cardinal, Maryse Cond?, Marie-Th?r?se Humbert, Augustine, and Nietzsche.
Автор: Gwendolyn Midlo Hall, Aisha Finch, Fannie Rushing, Manuel Barcia, Matt Childs, Willaim F. Santiago-Valles, Michele Reid-Vazquez, Tomas Fernandez Robai Название: Breaking the Chains, Forging the Nation: The Afro-Cuban Fight for Freedom and Equality, 1812-1912 ISBN: 0807170623 ISBN-13(EAN): 9780807170625 Издательство: Mare Nostrum (Eurospan) Рейтинг: Цена: 7484.00 р. Наличие на складе: Есть у поставщика Поставка под заказ.
Описание: Offers a new perspective on black political life in Cuba by analysing the time between two hallmark Cuban events, the Aponte Rebellion of 1812 and the Race War of 1912. In so doing, this anthology provides fresh insight into the ways in which Cubans practiced and understood black freedom and resistance.
Описание: A celebration of achievement, accomplishments, and pride
The first African American president, U.S. senator, and the first black lawyer in the Department of Education. The first black chairman of the U.S. Joint Chiefs of Staff and the first African American commissioned officer in the Marine Corps. The first black professors in a variety of fields. The first African American advertising agency. The first African American Olympian. The first black pilot for a scheduled commercial airline. The first recorded slave revolt in North America. The first African American cookbook writer.
Revel and rejoice in the renowned and lesser-known, barrier-breaking trailblazers in all fields--arts, entertainment, business, civil rights, education, government, invention, journalism, religion, science, sports, music, and more. Black Firsts: 500 Years of Trailblazing Achievements and Ground-Breaking Events, Fourth Edition bears witness to the long and complex history of African Americans
Expanded, updated, and revised for the first time in over eight years, Black Firsts collects more than 500 all-new achievements and previously unearthed firsts. This massive tome proves that African American accomplishments are wide-ranging and ongoing, documenting thousands of personal victories and triumphs.
Who was the first black American depicted on a postage stamp? (1940 Booker Taliaferro Washington)
Who was the first African American bookseller? (1834 David Ruggles, New York City)
Where was the first black car dealership? (1941 Edward Davis, Detroit, Studebaker)
When was the first black-owned company listed on a major stock exchange? (1971 Johnson Products)
Who was the first black U.S. senator? (1870 Hiram Rhoades Rhodes] Revels, Mississippi)
Who was the African American columnist who won a Pulitzer Prize for Commentary? (1989 Clarence Page)
Who was the U.S. Supreme Court's first black justice? (1967 Thurgood Marshall)
Who first broke the color barrier to become a flight attendant? (1958 Ruth Carol Taylor)
Who became the first black to graduate from the U.S. Military Academy at West Point? (1877 Henry Ossian Flipper)
Which model was the first black to grace Sports Illustrated cover? (1997 Tyra Banks)
Who became the American Medical Association's first black president? (1995 Lonnie Bristow)
What is the oldest surviving black church in America? (The African Meeting House, built in 1806 and known as the Joy Street Baptist Church, in Boston)
Who became the first black pitcher to win a World Series game? (1952 Rookie of the Year, Joe Black, of the Brooklyn Dodgers)
Who was the first regularly recognized black physician in the United States? (1780s James Durham Derham])
Who was the first black actress to receive an Emmy Award? (1969 Gail Fisher)
Who became the first black professional football player? (1904 Charles W. Follis)
What was first short story published by a black woman in the United States? (1859 Frances Ellen Watkins Harper's "The Two Offers")
Who was the black explorer who joined the Lewis and Clark expedition? (York)
Who was the first black lawyer to argue a case before the Supreme Court? (1880 Samuel R. Lowery)
Which two songs by black Americans were the first to be send out of the solar system? (1977 Chuck Berry's song "Johnny B. Goode" and Blind Willie Johnson's "Dark Was the Night, Cold Was the Ground" on Voyager I)
What famous inventor and agronomist has a national monument named after him in Diamond, Missouri? (1960 George Washington Carver)
What movie featured the first black female lead in a Disney animated feature? (2009 "The Princess and the Frog" starred Anika Noni Rose)
Who was the first black American to win
Автор: Gibson Jr Truman K., Huntley Steve Название: Knocking Down Barriers: My Fight for Black America ISBN: 0810143801 ISBN-13(EAN): 9780810143807 Издательство: Mare Nostrum (Eurospan) Рейтинг: Цена: 5683.00 р. Наличие на складе: Поставка под заказ.
Описание: A firsthand account of the nitty-gritty of twentieth-century race relations in the worlds of law, the military, sports, and entertainment, Truman Gibson`s memoir is also an engaging recollection of encounters with the likes of Thurgood Marshall, W. E. B. DuBois, Eleanor Roosevelt, George Patton, Jackie Robinson, and Joe Louis, among others.
Автор: Sumerau, J. E. Grollman, Eric Anthony Название: Black lives amp bathrooms raciacb ISBN: 1793609802 ISBN-13(EAN): 9781793609809 Издательство: Rowman & Littlefield Publishers Рейтинг: Цена: 17107.00 р. Наличие на складе: Есть у поставщика Поставка под заказ.
Описание: This book examines how white cisgender people respond to movements seeking racial and gender change in the U.S. Specifically, the authors examine how racial and gender privilege shapes the ways cisgender white people make sense of and respond to the political efforts of racial, gender, and other minority populations.
Описание: This book explores the ways in which mid-twentieth-century Life Magazine editors employed the photo-essay as a narrative art form to overcome racist stereotypes about Asian women and envision them instead as part of the American middle class.
Описание: A celebration of achievement, accomplishments, and pride
The first African American president, U.S. senator, and the first black lawyer in the Department of Education. The first black chairman of the U.S. Joint Chiefs of Staff and the first African American commissioned officer in the Marine Corps. The first black professors in a variety of fields. The first African American advertising agency. The first African American Olympian. The first black pilot for a scheduled commercial airline. The first recorded slave revolt in North America. The first African American cookbook writer.
Revel and rejoice in the renowned and lesser-known, barrier-breaking trailblazers in all fields--arts, entertainment, business, civil rights, education, government, invention, journalism, religion, science, sports, music, and more. Black Firsts: 500 Years of Trailblazing Achievements and Ground-Breaking Events, Fourth Edition bears witness to the long and complex history of African Americans
Expanded, updated, and revised for the first time in over eight years, Black Firsts collects more than 500 all-new achievements and previously unearthed firsts. This massive tome proves that African American accomplishments are wide-ranging and ongoing, documenting thousands of personal victories and triumphs.
Who was the first black American depicted on a postage stamp? (1940 Booker Taliaferro Washington)
Who was the first African American bookseller? (1834 David Ruggles, New York City)
Where was the first black car dealership? (1941 Edward Davis, Detroit, Studebaker)
When was the first black-owned company listed on a major stock exchange? (1971 Johnson Products)
Who was the first black U.S. senator? (1870 Hiram Rhoades Rhodes] Revels, Mississippi)
Who was the African American columnist who won a Pulitzer Prize for Commentary? (1989 Clarence Page)
Who was the U.S. Supreme Court's first black justice? (1967 Thurgood Marshall)
Who first broke the color barrier to become a flight attendant? (1958 Ruth Carol Taylor)
Who became the first black to graduate from the U.S. Military Academy at West Point? (1877 Henry Ossian Flipper)
Which model was the first black to grace Sports Illustrated cover? (1997 Tyra Banks)
Who became the American Medical Association's first black president? (1995 Lonnie Bristow)
What is the oldest surviving black church in America? (The African Meeting House, built in 1806 and known as the Joy Street Baptist Church, in Boston)
Who became the first black pitcher to win a World Series game? (1952 Rookie of the Year, Joe Black, of the Brooklyn Dodgers)
Who was the first regularly recognized black physician in the United States? (1780s James Durham Derham])
Who was the first black actress to receive an Emmy Award? (1969 Gail Fisher)
Who became the first black professional football player? (1904 Charles W. Follis)
What was first short story published by a black woman in the United States? (1859 Frances Ellen Watkins Harper's "The Two Offers")
Who was the black explorer who joined the Lewis and Clark expedition? (York)
Who was the first black lawyer to argue a case before the Supreme Court? (1880 Samuel R. Lowery)
Which two songs by black Americans were the first to be send out of the solar system? (1977 Chuck Berry's song "Johnny B. Goode" and Blind Willie Johnson's "Dark Was the Night, Cold Was the Ground" on Voyager I)
What famous inventor and agronomist has a national monument named after him in Diamond, Missouri? (1960 George Washington Carver)
What movie featured the first black female lead in a Disney animated feature? (2009 "The Princess and the Frog" starred Anika Noni Rose)
Описание: This book examines how white cisgender people respond to movements seeking racial and gender change in the U.S. Specifically, the authors examine how racial and gender privilege shapes the ways cisgender white people make sense of and respond to the political efforts of racial, gender, and other minority populations.
Автор: Small, Stephen Название: Racialised Barriers ISBN: 0415077265 ISBN-13(EAN): 9780415077262 Издательство: Taylor&Francis Рейтинг: Цена: 7042.00 р. Наличие на складе: Нет в наличии.
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