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Who belongs? : race, resources, and tribal citizenship in the native South / by Adams, Mikaëla M.,author.(CARDINAL)338737;
Includes bibliographical references (pages 297-313) and index.Introduction : citizenship and sovereignty -- Policing belonging, protecting identity : the Pamunkey Indian Tribe of Virginia -- From fluid lists to fixed rolls : the Catawba Indian Nation of South Carolina -- Learning the language of "blood" : the Mississippi Band of Choctaw Indians -- Contests of sovereignty : the Eastern Band of Cherokee Indians of North Carolina -- Nation building and self-determination : the Seminole Tribe of Florida and the Miccosukee Tribe of Indians of Florida -- Conclusion : Who belongs?"Indians who remained in the South following removal became a marginalized and anomalous people in an emerging biracial world. Despite the economic hardships and assimilationist pressures they faced, they insisted on their political identity as citizens of tribal nations and rejected Euro-American efforts to reduce them to another racial minority, especially in the face of Jim Crow segregation. Drawing upon their cultural traditions, kinship patterns, and evolving needs to protect their land, resources, and identity from outsiders, southern Indians constructed tribally-specific citizenship criteria, in part by manipulating racial categories - like blood quantum - that were not traditional elements of indigenous cultures. Mikaëla M. Adams investigates how six southern tribes-the Pamunkey Indian Tribe of Virginia, the Catawba Indian Nation of South Carolina, the Mississippi Band of Choctaw Indians, the Eastern Band of Cherokee Indians of North Carolina, the Seminole Tribe of Florida, and the Miccosukee Tribe of Indians of Florida-decided who belonged. By focusing on the rights and resources at stake, the effects of state and federal recognition, the influence of kinship systems and racial ideologies, and the process of creating official tribal rolls, Adams reveals how Indians established legal identities." --Publisher description.
Subjects: Indians of North America; Indians of North America; Indians of North America; Indians of North America; Indians of North America; Indians of North America; Federally recognized Indian tribes;
Available copies: 1 / Total copies: 2
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When stars rain down [large print] : a novel / by Jackson-Brown, Angela,1968-author.;
"18-year-old Opal is a young Black woman working as a housekeeper in a small Southern town in the 1930s--and then the Klan descends. A moving story that confronts America's tragic past, When Stars Rain Down is both heartwarming and heart-wrenching. This summer has the potential to change everything. The summer of 1936 in Parsons, Georgia, is unseasonably hot, and Opal Pruitt senses a nameless storm brewing. She hopes this foreboding feeling won't overshadow her upcoming 18th birthday or the annual Founder's Day celebration in just a few weeks. She and her Grandma Birdie work as housekeepers for the white widow Miss Peggy, and Opal desperately wants some time to be young and carefree with her cousins and friends. But when the Ku Klux Klan descends on Opal's neighborhood, the tight-knit community is shaken in every way possible. Parsons's residents--both Black and white--are forced to acknowledge the unspoken codes of conduct in their post-Reconstruction era town. To complicate matters, Opal finds herself torn between two unexpected romantic interests--the son of her pastor, Cedric Perkins, and the white grandson of the woman she works for, Jimmy Earl Ketchums. Both young men awaken emotions Opal has never felt before. Faced with love, loss, and a harsh awakening to an ugly world, Opal holds tight to her family and faith--and the hope for change"--
Subjects: Large print books.; Bildungsromans.; Historical fiction.; Christian fiction.; Fiction.; Race relations; African American teenagers; Segregation; Violence;
Available copies: 6 / Total copies: 8
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What a difference a day makes : women who conquered 1950s music / by Bergsman, Steve,author.(CARDINAL)462345; Walker-Moss, Lillian,writer of foreword.(CARDINAL)885463;
Includes bibliographical references and index."In What a Difference a Day Makes: Women Who Conquered 1950s Music, Steve Bergsman highlights the Black female artists of the 1950s, a time that predated the chart-topping girl groups of the early 1960s. Many of the singers of this era became wildly famous and respected, and even made it into the Rock 'n' Roll Hall of Fame. However, there were many others, such as Margie Day, Helen Humes, Nellie Lutcher, Jewel King, and Savannah Churchill, who made one or two great records in the 1950s and then disappeared from the scene. The era featured former jazz and blues singers, who first came to prominence in the 1940s, and others who pioneered early forms of rock 'n' roll. In a companion volume, Bergsman has written the history of white women singers of the sameera. Although song styles paralleled, the careers of Black and white female singers of the period ran in very different directions as the decade progressed. The songs of African American vocalists like Dinah Washington and Etta James were R&B segregated or covered by pop singers in the early and mid-1950s but burst into prominence in the last part of the decade and well into the 1960s. White singers, on the other hand, excelled in the early 1950s but saw their careers decline with the advent of rock music. In this volume, Bergsman takes an encyclopedic look at both the renowned and the sadly faded stars of the 1950s, placing them and their music back in the spotlight"--
Subjects: Music.; African American singers.; African American women singers.; African Americans; Girl groups (Musical groups); Popular music; Women singers;
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Wake : why the battle over diverse public schools still matters / by Harwood, Karey,author.(CARDINAL)888179;
Includes bibliographical references and index."The Wake County Public School System was once described as a beacon of hope for American school districts. It was both academically successful and successfully integrated. It accomplished these goals through the hard work of teachers and administrators, and through a student assignment policy that made sure no school in the countywide district became a high poverty school. Although most students attended their closest school, the "diversity policy" modified where some students were assigned to make sure no school had more than 40% of its students qualifying for free or reduced-price lunch or more than 25% performing below grade level. When the school board election of 2009 swept into office a majority who favored "neighborhood schools," the diversity policy that had governed student assignment for years was eliminated. Wake: Why the Battle Over Diverse Public Schools Still Matters tells the story of the aftermath of that election, including the fierce public debate that ensued during school board meetings and in the pages of the local newspaper, and the groundswell of community support that voted in a pro-diversity school board in 2011. What was at stake in those years was the fundamental direction of the largest school district in North Carolina and the 14th largest in the U.S. Would it maintain a commitment to diverse schools, and if so, how would it balance that commitment with various competing interests and demands? Through hundreds of published opinion articles and several in depth interviews with community leaders, Wake examines the substance of that debate and explores the community's vision for public education. Wake also explores the importance of knowing the history of a place, including the history of school segregation. Wake County's example still resonates, and the battle over diverse public schools still matters, because owning responsibility for the problem of segregated schools (or not) will shape the direction of America's future"--
Subjects: Local histories.; Wake County Public School System; School integration; Segregation in education; Educational equalization; Community schools; Community and school; Public schools;
Available copies: 2 / Total copies: 3
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Predatory data : eugenics in big tech and our fight for an independent future / by Chan, Anita Say,Author(DLC)nb2014009065;
Includes bibliographical references (pages 219-241) and index."Predatory Data illuminates the throughline between the nineteenth century's anti-immigration and eugenics movements and our sprawling systems of techno-surveillance and algorithmic discrimination. With this book, Anita Say Chan offers a historical, globally multisited analysis of the relations of dispossession, misrecognition, and segregation expanded by dominant knowledge institutions in the Age of Big Data. While technological advancement has a tendency to feel inevitable, it always has a history, including efforts to chart a path for alternative futures and the important parallel story of defiant refusal and liberatory activism. Chan explores how more than a century ago, feminist, immigrant, and other minoritized actors refused dominant institutional research norms and worked to develop alternative data practices whose methods and traditions continue to reverberate through global justice-based data initiatives today. Looking to the past to shape our future, this book charts a path for an alternative historical consciousness grounded in the pursuit of global justice"--.
Subjects: Technology; Discrimination in science; Eugenics; Quantitative research; Big data;
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Mardi Gras Indians / by Williams, Nikesha Elise,author.(CARDINAL)861339;
Includes bibliographical references (pages 141-144)."The Mardi Gras Indians are some of the most anticipated figures during Carnival season in New Orleans. Their parades on Mardi Gras day, Super Sunday, and St. Joseph's night are heavily attended as people crowd the streets of uptown and downtown, Central City, and local parks where the Indians are known to pass by, battle through dance, and compete like strutting peacocks for the title of 'prettiest.' Mardi Gras Indians explores how Mardi Gras or carnival season throughout the African diaspora came together in a gumbo-sized melting pot to birth one of the most unique traditions celebrating African culture, Indigenous peoples, and Black Americans. Williams ties together the fragments of the ancient traditions with the expressed experiences of the contemporary. From the sangamentos of the Kongolese and the calumets of the various tribes of the Lower Mississippi River Valley to one-on-one interviews with today's Black masking tribe members, this book highlights the spirit of resistance and rebellion that this culture was built upon. Much ink has been spilled about the history of the Mardi Gras Indians and the arduous tasks of making their suits. This book traces the Indian tradition from its nebulous and nascent beginnings to its secretive and codified practices of today, highlighting the voices of those who mask as they speak loudly and clearly about what they want people to know about the often-misunderstood culture they love. Big Chiefs Romeo Bougere, Bo Dollis Jr., and Keelian Boyd, along with Queens Cherice Harrison Nelson, Shawmika Edwards Boyd and a myriad of other Indians - living and ancestors alike - peel the mystique back on everything from their initiation into the culture, to how masking has or has not affected their family, finances, and even how they interact with people at their jobs. Tracking from the eighteenth century to present day, this in-depth look at the lives of the famed Mardi Gras Indians explores the culture that began in slavery, sprouted through segregation, and continued on as familial and neighborhood tradition to create iconic imagery, and extreme sentimentality among New Orleanians, Black Americans, and Mardi Gras lovers the world over"--
Subjects: African Americans; Mardi Gras Indians; Mardi Gras Indians; Noirs américains;
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Danny Lyon : message to the future / by Cox, Julian,writer of preface,writer of added commentary,interviewer.(CARDINAL)336627; Sussman, Elisabeth,1939-writer of added commentary.(CARDINAL)199543; Nemerov, Alexander,writer of added commentary.(CARDINAL)225804; Sachs, Danica Willard,writer of added commentary.(CARDINAL)337752; Halter, Ed,writer of added commentary.(CARDINAL)336628; Rinzler, Alan,writer of added commentary.(CARDINAL)197384; Lyon, Danny.Photographs.Selections.; Cox, Julian.Chasing down the kid from Queens.; Fine Arts Museums of San Francisco.(CARDINAL)152526;
Includes bibliographical references and index."Coming of age in the 1960s, the photographer Danny Lyon (b. 1942) distinguished himself with work that emphasized intimate social engagement. In 1962 Lyon traveled to the segregated South to photograph the civil rights movement. Subsequent projects on biker culture, the demolition and redevelopment of lower Manhattan, and the Texas prison system, and more recently on the Occupy movement and the vanishing culture in China's booming Shanxi Province, share Lyon's signature immersive approach and his commitment to social and political issues that concern those on the margins of society. Lyon's photography is paralleled by his work as a filmmaker and a writer. Danny Lyon: Message to the Future is the first in-depth examination of this leading figure in American photography and film, and the first publication to present his influential bodies of work in all media in their full context. Lead essayists Julian Cox and Elisabeth Sussman provide an account of Lyon's five-decade career. Alexander Nemerov writes about Lyon's work in Knoxville, Tennessee; Ed Halter assesses the artist's films; Danica Willard Sachs evaluates his photomontages; and Julian Cox interviews Alan Rinzler about his role in publishing Lyon's earliest works. With extensive back matter and illustrations, this publication will be the most comprehensive account of this influential artist's work"--
Subjects: Documentary photographs.; Exhibition catalogs.; Biographies.; Lyon, Danny; Photography, Artistic.; Photography; Photographers;
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Prudent practices for disposal of chemicals from laboratories / by National Research Council (U.S.).Committee on Hazardous Substances in the Laboratory.(CARDINAL)334814;
Includes bibliographical references and index.Waste management system for laboratories -- Identification, classification and segregation of laboratory waste -- Storage of laboratory waste -- Recovery, recycling and reuse of laboratory chemicals -- Disposal of chemicals in the sanitary sewer system -- Procedures for laboratory destruction of hazardous chemicals -- Disposal of explosives from laboratories -- Transportation of hazardous chemicals -- Incineration of hazardous chemicals -- Disposal of hazardous chemicals in landfills -- Disposal of chemically contaminated waste from life-science laboratories.
Subjects: Chemical laboratories;
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T.R.M. Howard : doctor, entrepreneur, civil rights pioneer / by Beito, David T.,1956-author.(CARDINAL)279017; Beito, Linda Royster,author.(CARDINAL)540053; Mitchell, Jerry W.,writer of foreword.(CARDINAL)417988;
"T. R. M. Howard: Doctor, Entrepreneur, Civil Rights Pioneer tells the remarkable story of one of the early leaders of the Civil Rights Movement. A renaissance man, T. R. M. Howard (1908-1976) was a respected surgeon, important black community leader, and successful businessman. Howard's story reveals the importance of the black middle class, their endurance and entrepreneurship in the midst of Jim Crow, and their critical role in the early Civil Rights Movement. In this powerful biography, David T. Beito and Linda Royster Beito shine a light on the life and accomplishments of this civil rights leader. Howard founded black community organizations, organized civil rights rallies and boycotts, mentored Medgar Evers, antagonized the Ku Klux Klan, and helped lead the fight for justice for Emmett Till. Raised in poverty and witness to racial violence from a young age, Howard was passionate about justice and equality. Ambitious, zealous, and sometimes paradoxical, Howard provides a complete portrait of an important leader all too often forgotten"--Up from The Black Patch -- The Education of a "Race Man" -- Fraternalist, Entrepreneur, Planter, And Segregation-Era Pragmatist -- A "Modern Moses" For Civil Rights in Mississippi -- "The Most Hated, And Best Loved, Man in Mississippi -- "Hell to Pay in Mississippi" : The Murder of Emmett Till -- "Time Bomb" : Howard, J. Edgar Hoover, And the Emmett Till Mystery -- Taking on The Machine in Chicago : A Republican Campaign for Congress -- Triumph and Tragedy : The Friendship Medical Center.
Subjects: Biographies.; Howard, T. R. M. (Theodore Roosevelt Mason), 1908-1976.; Till, Emmett, 1941-1955; African Americans; African American civil rights workers; African American businesspeople; African American surgeons; African Americans; Civil rights movements; African Americans;
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The Image of the Black in Western art / by Vercoutter, Jean,1911-(CARDINAL)124097; Menil Foundation.(CARDINAL)162550;
Includes bibliographical references and index.v. 1. From the Pharaohs to the fall of the Roman Empire --v. 2. pt. 1. From the early Christian Era to the "Age of Discovery": from the demonic threat to the incarnation of sainthood -- v. 2. pt. 2. From the early Christian Era to the "Age of Discovery" : Africans in the Christian ordinance of the world -- v. 3. pt. 1.From the "Age of Discovery" to the Age of Abolition : artists of the Renaissance and Baroque --v. 3. pt. 2. From the "Age of Discovery" to the Age of Abolition : Europe and the world beyond -- v. 3. pt. 3. From the "Age of Discovery" to the Age of Abolition : the eighteenth century --v. 4. pt. 1. From the American Revolution to World War I : slaves and liberators --v. 4. pt. 2. From the American Revolution to World War I : Black models and White myths --v. 5. pt. 1. The twentieth century : the impact of Africa --v. 5. pt. 2. The Twentieth Century: the Rise of Black ArtistsIn The 1960s, as a response to segregation in the United States, the influential art patron Dominique de Menil began a research project and photo archive called The Image of the Black in Western Art. Now, fifty years later, as the first American president of African American descent serves his historic term in office, her mission has been re-invigorated through the collaboration of Harvard University Press and the W.E.B. Du Bois Institute for African and African American Research to present new editions of the coveted five original books and the anticipated new volumes which shall complete the series. The completed set will include ten sumptuous books in five volumes with up-to-date introductions and more full-color illustrations, printed on high-quality art stock for books that will last a lifetime. This monumental publication offers expert commentary and a lavishly illustrated history of the representations of people of African descent ranging from the ancient images of Pharaohs created by unknown hands to the works of the great European masters such as Bosch, Rembrandt, Rubens, and Hogarth to stunning new creations by contemporary black artists. Featuring thousands of beautiful, moving, and often little-known images of black people, including queens and slaves, saints and soldiers, children and gods,The Image of the Black in Western Art provides a treasury of masterpieces from four millennia--a testament to the black experience in the West and a tribute to art's enduring power to shape our common humanity. Volume II, Part 1, written largely by the noted French scholar Jean Devisse, has established itself as a classic in the field of medieval art. It surveys as never before the presence of black people, mainly mythical, in art from the early Christian era to the fourteenth century. The extraordinary transformation of Saint Maurice into a black African saint, the subject of many noble and deeply touching images, is a highlight of this volume. The new introduction by Paul Kaplan provides a fresh perspective on the image of the black in medieval European art and contextualizes the classic essays on the subject. --Book Jacket
Subjects: Art; Black people in art.;
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