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Under the strain of color : Harlem's Lafargue Clinic and the promise of an antiracist psychiatry / by Mendes, Gabriel N.,1972-author.(CARDINAL)899165; Cornell University Press,publisher.(CARDINAL)855753;
Includes bibliographical references and index.In Under the Strain of Color, Gabriel N. Mendes recaptures the history of a largely forgotten New York City institution that embodied new ways of thinking about mental health, race, and the substance of citizenship. Harlem's Lafargue Mental Hygiene Clinic was founded in 1946 as both a practical response to the need for low-cost psychotherapy and counseling for black residents (many of whom were recent migrants to the city) and a model for nationwide efforts to address racial disparities in the provision of mental health care in the United States. The result of a collaboration among the psychiatrist and social critic Dr. Fredric Wertham, the writer Richard Wright, and the clergyman Rev. Shelton Hale Bishop, the clinic emerged in the context of a widespread American concern with the mental health of its citizens. It proved to be more radical than any other contemporary therapeutic institution, however, by incorporating the psychosocial significance of antiblack racism and class oppression into its approach to diagnosis and therapy. Mendes shows the Lafargue Clinic to have been simultaneously a scientific and political gambit, challenging both a racist mental health care system and supposedly color-blind psychiatrists who failed to consider the consequences of oppression in their assessment and treatment of African American patients. Employing the methods of oral history, archival research, textual analysis, and critical race philosophy, Under the Strain of Color contributes to a growing body of scholarship that highlights the interlocking relationships among biomedicine, institutional racism, structural violence, and community health activism.
Subjects: Lafargue Clinic (New York, N.Y.); Wright, Richard, 1908-1960.; Wertham, Fredric, 1895-1981.; African Americans; African Americans; Social psychiatry; Community psychiatry;
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Overground railroad : the Green Book and the roots of Black travel in America / by Taylor, Candacy A.,author.(CARDINAL)559838; Adaptation of (work):Taylor, Candacy A.Overground railroad.;
Includes bibliographical references (pages 227-246) and index.Introduction: Are we there yet? -- The business of the Green Book -- Driving while Black -- The fight -- A license to leave -- All aboard -- Vacation -- Music venues -- The roots of Route 66 -- Women and the Green Book -- A change is gonna come -- Integration and the double-edged sword of progress -- Epilogue: America after the Green Book."A young reader's edition of Candacy Taylor's acclaimed book about the history of the Green Book, the guide for Black travelers Overground Railroad chronicles the history of the Green Book, which was published from 1936 to 1966 and was the "Black travel guide to America." For years, it was dangerous for African Americans to travel in the United States. Because of segregation, Black travelers couldn't eat, sleep, or even get gas at most white-owned businesses. The Green Book listed hotels, restaurants, department stores, gas stations, recreational destinations, and other businesses that were safe for Black travelers. It was a resourceful and innovative solution to a horrific problem. It took courage to be listed in the Green Book, and the stories from those who took a stand against racial segregation are recorded and celebrated. This young reader's edition of Candacy Taylor's critically acclaimed adult book Overground Railroad includes her own photographs of Green Book sites, as well as archival photographs and interviews with people who owned and used these facilities. The book also includes an author's note, endnotes, bibliography, timeline, and index"--Ages 12 and UpAccelerated Reader AR
Subjects: Adaptations.; Guidebooks.; Young adult literature.; Negro travelers' green book.; Automobile travel; African Americans; African Americans; African Americans; African American automobile drivers; Automobile travel; African Americans; Segregation in transportation;
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Uprooted and transplanted : from Africa to America : focus on African-American in Essex County, Virginia : oppressions, achievements, contributions, the 1600s-1900s / by McGuire, Lillian H.,author.;
Includes bibliographical references (pages 249-254) and indexes.Slavery -- Antebellum freedom and the Civil War -- Liberation and postwar freedom -- Religion -- Church-founded organizations and schools -- The public schools -- Doctors of medicine, education, and philosophy -- The civic organizations and politics -- Occupations, businesses, careers -- Desegregating the school system -- Appendix. A register of free Negroes in Essex County, 1810-1843 and 1843-1861 [with columns for Name, Age, Color, Parent, Date of registration, Status of freedom, Proof of freedom] -- A list of teachers appointed to "colored schools" in Essex County in the 1800's.
Subjects: African Americans; Free Black people; Slavery; Segregation;
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Rethinking racial uplift : rhetorics of Black unity and disunity in the Obama era / by Malcolm, Nigel I.,Author(DLC)nb2008004545;
Includes bibliographical references (pages 141-145) and index.Introduction -- Race, class, and fear in twenty-first-century America -- Slaves to the community: Blacks and the rhetoric of selling out -- Black man's burden: the rhetoric of racial uplift -- Identification, division, and the rhetoric of Black disunity -- Divided loyalty: race, class, and place in the affirmative action debate -- Blacks and the rhetoric of individualism -- Conclusion."In 1903, W. E. B. Du Bois wrote about the Talented Tenth in an influential essay of the same name. The concept exalted college-educated Blacks who Du Bois believed could provide the race with the guidance it needed to surmount slavery, segregation, and oppression in America. Although Du Bois eventually reassessed this idea, the rhetoric of the Talented Tenth resonated, still holding sway over a hundred years later. In Rethinking Racial Uplift: Rhetorics of Black Unity and Disunity in the Obama Era, author Nigel I. Malcolm asserts that in the post-civil rights era, racial uplift has been redefined not as Black public intellectuals lifting the masses but as individuals securing advantage for themselves and their children. Malcolm examines six best-selling books published during Obama's presidency--including Randall Kennedy's Sellout, Bill Cosby's and Alvin Poussaint's Come on People, and Ta-Nehisi Coates's Between the World and Me--and critically analyzes their rhetorics on Black unity, disunity, and the so-called "postracial" era. Based on these writings and the work of political and social scientists, Malcolm shows that a large, often-ignored, percentage of Blacks no longer see their fate as connected with that of other African Americans. While many Black intellectuals and activists seek to provide a justification for Black solidarity, not all agree. In Rethinking Racial Uplift, Malcolm takes contemporary Black public intellectual discourse seriously and shows that disunity among Blacks, a previously ignored topic, is worth exploring"--.
Subjects: African Americans; Black people; Ethnicity.;
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Race and the law in South Carolina : from slavery to Jim Crow / by Wertheimer, John,1963-author.(CARDINAL)297100; Amherst College.Press,publisher.(CARDINAL)890112;
Includes bibliographical references and index.This first title in the "Law, Literature & Culture" series uses six legal disputes from the South Carolina courts to illuminate the complex legal history of race in the U.S. South from slavery through Jim Crow. The first two cases--one criminal, one civil--both illuminate the extreme oppressiveness of slavery. The third explores labor relations between newly emancipated Black agricultural workers and white landowners during Reconstruction. The remaining cases investigate three prominent features of the Jim Crow system: segregated schools, racially biased juries, and lynching, respectively. Throughout the century under consideration, South Carolina's legal system obsessively drew racial lines, always to the detriment of non-white people, but it occasionally provided a public forum within which racial oppression could be challenged. The book emphasizes how dramatically the degree of legal oppressiveness experienced by Black South Carolinians varied during the century under study, based largely on the degree of Black access to political and legal power.
Subjects: Race discrimination; African Americans; Law; Law.;
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The new Jim Crow : mass incarceration in the age of colorblindness / by Alexander, Michelle,author.(CARDINAL)344219;
Includes bibliographical references (pages 331-364) and index.The rebirth of caste -- The lockdown -- The color of justice -- The cruel hand -- The new Jim Crow -- The fire this time.Seldom does a book have the impact of Michelle Alexander's The New Jim Crow. Since it was first published in 2010, it has been cited in judicial decisions and has been adopted in campus-wide and community-wide reads; it helped inspire the creation of the Marshall Project and the new $100 million Art for Justice Fund; it has been the winner of numerous prizes, including the prestigious NAACP Image Award; and it has spent nearly 250 weeks on the New York Times bestseller list. Most important of all, it has spawned a whole generation of criminal justice reform activists and organizations motivated by Michelle Alexander's unforgettable argument that "we have not ended racial caste in America; we have merely redesigned it." As the Birmingham News proclaimed, it is "undoubtedly the most important book published in this century about the U.S." Now, ten years after it was first published, The New Press is proud to issue a tenth-anniversary edition with a new preface by Michelle Alexander that discusses the impact the book has had and the state of the criminal justice reform movement today.NC1390L
Subjects: Law for laypersons.; Instructional and educational works.; Racism in criminology; Criminal justice, Administration of; Discrimination in criminal justice administration; African American prisoners; African American men; Race discrimination; African Americans; African Americans; Mass incarceration;
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Sundown towns : a hidden dimension of American racism / by Loewen, James W.,author.(CARDINAL)154287;
Includes bibliographical references and index.Preface to the 2018 edition -- Note to the reader -- Part I:introduction. The importance of sundown towns ; The nadir: incubator of sundown towns -- Part II: the history of sundown towns: The great retreat ; How sundown towns were created ; Sundown suburbs -- Part III: the sociology of sundown towns: Underlying causes ; Catalysts and origin myths ; Hidden in plain view: knowing and not knowing about sundown towns -- Part IV: sundown towns in operation. Enforcement ; Exceptions to the sundown rule -- Part V: Effects of sundown towns. The effect of sundown towns on Whites ; The effect of sundown towns on Blacks ; The effect of sundown towns on the social system -- Part VI: the present and future of sundown towns. Sundown towns today ; The remedy: integrated neighborhoods and towns -- Appendix A: methodological notes on Table 1 -- Appendix B: how to confirm sundown towns .Investigates segregation practices in the northern sections of twentieth-century America revealing how racial exclusion and oppression persisted into the contemporary era, in an account that challenges modern beliefs about race and racism.
Subjects: Sundown towns.; African Americans; Cities and towns; Suburbs; City and town life; Suburban life; Discrimination in housing; Racism; Racism.;
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Goat Castle : a true story of murder, race, and the gothic South / by Cox, Karen L.,1962-author.(CARDINAL)267413;
Includes bibliographical references (pages 183-212) and index.Reclusive aristocrats -- The residents of Glenwood -- Pink and Sister -- Murder at Glenburnie -- The investigation -- Jim Crow's investigation -- National scandal -- Sideshows -- Cold justice -- Hollow victory -- Longing for home."In 1932, the city of Natchez, Mississippi, reckoned with an unexpected influx of journalists and tourists as the lurid story of a local murder was splashed across headlines nationwide. Two eccentrics, Richard Dana and Octavia Dockery--known in the press as the "Wild Man" and the "Goat Woman"--enlisted an African American man named George Pearls to rob their reclusive neighbor, Jennie Merrill, at her estate. During the attempted robbery, Merrill was shot and killed. The crime drew national coverage when it came to light that Dana and Dockery, the alleged murderers, shared their huge, decaying antebellum mansion with their goats and other livestock, which prompted journalists to call the estate "Goat Castle." Pearls was killed by an Arkansas policeman in an unrelated incident before he could face trial. However, as was all too typical in the Jim Crow South, the white community demanded "justice," and an innocent black woman named Emily Burns was ultimately sent to prison for the murder of Merrill. Dana and Dockery not only avoided punishment but also lived to profit from the notoriety of the murder by opening their derelict home to tourists. Strange, fascinating, and sobering, Goat Castle tells the story of this local feud, killing, investigation, and trial, showing how a true crime tale of fallen southern grandeur and murder obscured an all too familiar story of racial injustice."--
Subjects: Merrill, Jennie, 1864-1932.; Dana, Dick, 1871-1948.; Dockery, Octavia, 1865-1949.; Murder; Judicial error; African Americans; African Americans;
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The struggle for change : race and the politics of reconciliation in modern Richmond / by Chiles, Marvin T.,1992-author.(CARDINAL)899706;
Includes bibliographical references and index.Prologue: "Color Was Never Something People Were Blind To" -- A City Breaking, 1954-1970. The Marsh Revolution: "Build People, Not Things" ; Annexation: "The Only Answer" ; Dogtown: "We Never Crossed the Bridge" -- A City Broken, 1970-1984. Richmond Community Action Program: "Where the Grass Roots Is Forever Active" ; Project One: "A Dividing Line Separating Whites and Blacks" ; Richmond Renaissance and Sixth Street Marketplace: "A Bridge of Unity" -- A City Healing, 1985-Present. Richmond Urban Institute: "The Conscience of Richmond" ; Moral Re-Armament and Hope in the Cities: Healing the Heart of America ; Monument Avenue: "Richmond Is No Longer the Capital of the Confederacy" -- Epilogue: "Capital of Reconciliation?""A Black-majority city with a history of the most severe segregation and inequity, Richmond is still grappling with this legacy as it moves into the twenty-first century. Marvin Chiles provides a unique take on Richmond's racial politics since the civil rights era by demonstrating that the city's current racial disparities in economic mobility, housing, and public education actually represent the unintended consequences of Richmond's racial reconciliation measures. Weaving municipal politics together with grassroots efforts and examining the work and legacies of Richmond's Black leaders, Chiles highlights the urban revitalization and public history efforts meant to overcome racial divides after Jim Crow-efforts that ironically reinforced racial inequality across the city. Compellingly written, this project carries both local and broader regional significance for Richmonders, Virginians, southerners, and all Americans"--
Subjects: African Americans; Civil rights movements;
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Steeped in the blood of racism : black power, law and order, and the 1970 shootings at Jackson State College / by Bristow, Nancy K.,1958-author.;
Includes bibliographical references (pages 197-291) and index.Introduction. "Everybody knows about Mississippi goddam" : the shootings of May 15, 1970 -- "A well conceived scheme to maintain racial segregation" : Jackson State College and the struggle for freedom -- "Wake up brothers and sisters" : civil rights, black power, and a changing campus -- "Buckshot, rifle slugs, a submachine gun" : the shootings at Jackson State College -- "They killed a bunch of black kids" : the struggles over the aftermath -- "The law says they can do it, and they did it" : the civil suit and the power of the law and order perspective -- "Largely unknown to the public" : race, law and order, and the struggle over memory -- Conclusion. "It was not a story to pass on" : the ongoing trauma of state violence."This book recounts the death of two young African Americans, Phillip Gibbs and James Earl Green and the wounding of twelve others caused when white police and highway patrolmen opened fire on students in front of a women's dormitory at Jackson State College, a historically black college (HBCU) in May, 1970. It situates this story in the broader events of the civil rights and black power eras, emphasizing the role white supremacy played in causing the police violence and shaping their aftermath. A state school controlled by an all-white Board of Trustees, Jackson State had a reputation as a conservative campus where students faced expulsion for activism. By 1970, students were pushing back, responding to the evolving movement for African American freedom. It was this changing campus that law enforcement attacked, reflecting both traditional patterns of repression and the new logic and racially coded rhetoric of "law and order." In the aftermath, the victims and their survivors struggled unsuccessfully to find justice or a place in the nation's public memory. Despite multiple investigative commissions, two grand juries, and a civil suit, no officers were charged, no restitution was paid, and no apologies were offered. Overshadowed by the shooting of white students at Kent State University ten days earlier, the violence was routinely misunderstood as similar in cause, a story that evaded the essential role of race in causing it. Few besides the local African American community proved willing to remember. This book provides crucial history for understanding the ongoing crisis of state violence against people of color"--
Subjects: Jackson State College; Jackson State College Shootings, Jackson, Mississippi, 1970.; African Americans; Black power; Student movements; Riots; Murder; Police shootings;
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