The Black Side of the River. Race, Language, and Belonging in Washington, DC, Hardback - Jessica A. Grieser

In The Black Side of the River, sociolinguist Jessi Grieser draws on ten years of interviews with dozens of residents of Anacostia-a historically B...

In 1699, Cotton Mather authored the first Spanish-language text in the English New World: a religious tract aimed at evangelizing readers across th...

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Publisher: Taylor & Francis LtdAuthor(s): Brioni SimoneNumber of pages: 188Publication date: 2020Dimensions: 172 x 245 x 15Cover type: Paperback / ...

Reducere. The discipline of black history has its roots firmly planted at 1538 Ninth Street, Northwest, in Washington, D.C. The Victorian row house in Black ...

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The development of race relations in the period from the Brixton Riots to Brexit is considered through the lens of black British sportspeople, with...

Acclaimed author Lilliam Rivera and artist Steph C. reimagine one of DC's greatest Green Lanterns, Jessica Cruz, to tell a story about immigration,...

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Reducere. Annemarie Shrouder has written a book to help leaders step into awareness of the damage "race" and racism cause and have caused. Her journey illust...

Reducere. Annemarie Shrouder has written a book to help leaders step into awareness of the damage "race" and racism cause and have caused. Her journey illust...

When young Samuel Clemens first visited the nation's capital in 1854, both were rough around the edges and of dubious potential. Returning as Mark ...

Reducere. Great Lakes Book AwardsBestselling author Alex Kotlowitz is one of this country's foremost writers on the ever explosive issue of race. In this gri...

Publisher: Anthem PressAuthor(s): Eve Hayes de KalafNumber of pages: 146Collection: Anthem Series in Citizenship and National IdentitiesPublication...

Reducere. Contributor(s): Author: H. Samy AlimAuthor: Geneva SmithermanForeword by: Michael Eric DysonBarack Obama is widely considered one of the most power...

I had drifted, gotten lost, strayed from the paths and places I love. I felt Shetland calling me, and in this moment, I began my slow, imperfect jo...

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Our work needs no more martyrs. You can fight these fights and live.

Alexandra, a young mixed-race barrister, gives us a fresh perspective on a broken criminal justice system still dominated by a privileged few.

Reducere. Nadia Ellis attends to African diasporic belonging as it comes into being through black expressive culture. Living in the diaspora, Ellis asserts, ...

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Reducere. Contributor(s): Author: Melanie Choukas-BradleyPhotographer: Susan Austin Roth2015 IPPY Silver Medalist, Best Mid-Atlantic NonfictionTwice the size...

The United States is once again experiencing a major influx of immigrants. Rather than simply characterizing Americans as either nativist or nonnat...

In 1739 Bordeaux's Royal Academy of Sciences held an essay contest seeking answers to a pressing question: What was the cause of Africans' black sk...

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With a compassionate eloquence reminiscent of James Baldwin's Letter to My Nephew, Ellis Cose presents a realistic examination of the challenges fa...

Reducere. A Space for Race engages in a critical examination of some of the major discourses related to original/settler/immigrant and, particularly, raciali...

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DescriptionLocal policy in the nation's capital has always influenced national politics. During Reconstruction, black Washingtonians were first to ...

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Reducere. The capital city of a nation founded on the premise of liberty, nineteenth-century Washington, D.C., was both an entrepot of urban slavery and the ...