African American Railroad Workers of Roanoke: Oral Histories of the Norfolk & Western, Hardcover - Sheree Scarborough

Reducere. Roanoke, Virginia, is one of America's great historic railroad centers. The Norfolk & Western Railway Company, now the Norfolk Southern Corporation...

Reducere. Roanoke, Virginia, is one of America's great historic railroad centers. The Norfolk & Western Railway Company, now the Norfolk Southern Corporation...

Reducere. Roanoke Shops has been an indispensable part of the Roanoke Valley and the "Magic City" for more than 125 years. Founded in 1881 as an independent ...

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Publisher: University of Illinois PressAuthor(s): Miriam ThaggertIllustration(s): 34 black & white photographs, 3 mapsNumber of pages: 240Collectio...

Reducere. Service Not Servitude This Anthology of Respect and the Pullman Porter's National Historic Registry is a reminder of a living legacy and a clarion ...

Reducere. Mountain Folk is the fifth and final book in the Backroads series by Lynn Coffey that showcases the lives and customs of the native Appalachian peo...

Reducere. Contributor(s): Author: Sheree R. ThomasThis volume introduces black science fiction, fantasy, and speculative fiction writers to the generations o...

Publisher: Beacon PressAuthor(s): Premilla NadasenNumber of pages: 248Publication date: 2016Dimensions: 153 x 246 x 19Cover type: Paperback / softb...

Reducere. This book brings to life the important but neglected story of African American postal workers and the critical role they played in the U.S. labor a...

Reducere. If you are like most people, you know what you want your horse to do and how you want him to behave. You want your training experiences to be safe ...

Reducere. For a century, the Norfolk and Western Railway operated as one of the greatest transportation companies in the southeastern United States. From dev...

Reducere. People associate the South Bronx with gangs, violence, drugs, crime, burned-out buildings, and poverty. This is the message that has been driven in...

Reducere. Use it up, wear it out, make it do, or do without In the western highlands of Virginia, the last generation of mountain people continue to live whe...

Traces Scarborough's path out of slavery in Macon, Georgia, to a prolific scholarly career that culminated with his presidency of Wilberforce Unive...

Reducere. If you want to discover the captivating history of the Underground Railroad, then keep reading...The Underground Railroad wasn't underground. Nor w...

Reducere. Award NameGold Pen AwardsAward categoryAnthologyDescriptionThis volume introduces black science fiction, fantasy, and speculative fiction writers t...

This is the history of Detroit's African American community told by the men and women who lived it.

Reducere. Empire's Tracks boldly reframes the history of the transcontinental railroad from the perspectives of the Cheyenne, Lakota, and Pawnee Native Ameri...

In-depth look at social, political, and economic conditions affecting farm workers' struggles for their rights.

Reducere. DescriptionProgress has transformed Queenston, capital city of Argonia. Once the land of witches, wizards, fairies, and other magical people and an...

DescriptionIn 1898, in an era of racial terror at home and imperial conquest abroad, the United States sent its troops to suppress the Filipino str...

An unforgettable journey into the forgotten history of medieval Africa From the birth of Islam in the seventh century to the voyages of European ex...

Reducere. Junaluska is one of the oldest African American communities in western North Carolina and one of the few surviving today. After Emancipation, many ...

Reducere. In their daily struggles to forge lives of dignity and meaning within an inhuman system, slaves in the Antebellum South demonstrated creativity, re...

Reducere. The tracks of the Norfolk and Western Railway snaked through Virginia's Shenandoah Valley and the coalfields of West Virginia. For nearly 100 years...

Reducere. The Railroad Photography of Donald W. Furler showcases the black-and-white imagery of a master of the craft. Furler (1917-1994) grew up in New Jers...

Reducere. Narrative of the Life of Frederick Douglass is one of the most influential autobiographies ever written. This classic did as much as or more than a...

Reducere. THE AFRICAN ORIGINS OF CIVILIZATION, RELIGION AND YOGA SPIRITUALITY AND ETHICS PHILOSOPHY VOLUME 2, African Origins of Greek Religion, Judaism, Chr...

Reducere. The Railroad Photography of J. Parker Lamb showcases the black-and-white imagery of a master of the craft. Parker Lamb came of age in the South and...

Reducere. An award-winning constitutional law historian examines case-based evidence that reveals the Supreme Court's longstanding support for white supremac...

Reducere. Even as American Patriots fought for independence from British rule during the Revolutionary War, oppressive conditions remained in place for the t...

Reducere. The Revolutionary War encompassed at least two struggles: one for freedom from British rule, and another, quieter but no less significant fight for...

Reducere. Black, Buckskin, and Blue takes an in-depth look at African Americans who were scouts and soldiers on the United States western frontier during the...

This edited collection showcases exciting new work on lesser-known histories of HIV/AIDS, from the earliest days of the crisis to the present day. ...

DescriptionThe only major U.S. railroad to be operated by westerners and the only railroad built from west to east, the Southern Pacific acquired a...

Reducere. An African American Philosophy of Medicine examines race, medical knowledge, and history in the United States. The book further addresses meaning a...

When Dede sees a notice offering land to black people in Kansas, her family decides to give up their life of sharecropping to become homesteading p...

Through historical case studies of ten different countries, this book offers new insights into both the successes and the limitations of Latin Amer...

"Jack, did you hear the whistle? Live your life with passion, son. Always listen for the whistle." In 1984, the Illinois Central Gulf Railroad sold...

Reducere. NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER!History called on Harry Truman to unite the Western world against Soviet communism, but first he had to rally Republicans...

Reducere. The Women Who Caught the Babies highlights important aspects of the training and work of African-American midwives and the ways in which they have ...

Reducere. In the late 1930s, the federal government embarked on an unusual project. As a part of the Works Progress Administration's efforts to give jobs to ...

A literary landmark: the biggest, most ambitious anthology of Black poetry ever published, gathering 250 poets from the colonial period to the pres...