Civil Rights category: 2079 books
The Portland Black Panthers
Empowering Albina and Remaking a City
Language: English
Release Date: April 18, 2016
Portland, Oregon, though widely regarded as a liberal bastion, also has struggled historically with ethnic diversity; indeed, the 2010 census found it to be “America’s whitest major city.” In early recognition of such disparate realities, a group of African American activists in the 1960s formed...
The Tie That Binds
Identity and Political Attitudes in the Post-Civil Rights Generation
Language: English
Release Date: August 1, 1998
What does it mean to be black in a nation increasingly infatuated with colorblindness? In The Tie That Binds, Andrea Y. Simpson seeks to answer this crucial question through the prism of ethnic and political identification.
Historically, African Americans have voted overwhelmingly Democratic in governmental...
by Jeff Shantz|and Contributors . . .
Language: English
Release Date: December 15, 2009
Language: English
Release Date: December 15, 2009
While policies like SB 1070, Arizonas now infamous immigration legislation, have raised issues of racial profiling and policing practices, there have been few detailed analyses of broader practices of racialization and racism at borders more extensively.Some works have focused specifically...
I Never Stopped Believing
The Life of Walter Hubbard
Language: English
Release Date: June 8, 2007
"I NEVER STOPPED BELIEVING" is the remarkable story of Walter Hubbard, a Black Catholic who as a member of "the greatest generation" fought the Nazis on European battlefields and came home to the United States to battle discrimination, bigotry, hatred. He became a union leader,...
Poverty Law and Legal Activism
Lives that Slide Out of View
Language: English
Release Date: June 14, 2018
Linking critical legal thinking to constitutional scholarship and a practical tradition of US lawyering that is orientated around anti-poverty activism, this book offers an original, revisionist account of contemporary jurisprudence, legal theory and legal activism. The book argues that we need to...
Interracial Justice
Conflict and Reconciliation in Post–Civil Rights America
Language: English
Release Date: January 1, 1999
The United States in the twenty-first century will be a nation of so-called minorities. Shifts in the composition of the American populace necessitate a radical change in the ways we as a nation think about race relations, identity, and racial justice.
Once dominated by black-white relations, discussions...
by Marc Solomon
Language: English
Release Date: November 12, 2014
Language: English
Release Date: November 12, 2014
Ten years ago no state allowed same-sex couples to marry, support for gay marriage nationwide hovered around 30 percent, and politicians everywhere thought of it as the third rail of American politics—draw near at your peril. Today, same-sex couples can marry in seventeen states, polls consistently...
King Me
Three One-Act Plays Inspired by the Life and Legacy of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.
Language: English
Release Date: April 1, 2013
A trio of short dramas set in the South and spanning 1968 to the present, King Me features compelling characters and relevant themes that examine our ongoing understanding of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Bound by Blood, #communicate, and Paradox in the Parish richly dramatize three of King’s popular...
Darcus Howe
A Political Biography
Language: English
Release Date: December 5, 2013
Darcus Howe: a Political Biography examines the struggle for racial justice in Britain, through the lens of one of Britain's most prominent and controversial black journalists and campaigners.
Born in Trinidad during the dying days of British colonialism, Howe has become an uncompromising champion...
The Retreats of Reconstruction
Race, Leisure, and the Politics of Segregation at the New Jersey Shore, 1865-1920
Language: English
Release Date: November 1, 2016
Beginning in the 1880s, the economic realities and class dynamics of popular northern resort towns unsettled prevailing assumptions about political economy and threatened segregationist practices. Exploiting early class divisions, black working-class activists staged a series of successful protests...
Antiracism
An Introduction
Language: English
Release Date: March 19, 2019
An introduction to antiracism, a powerful tradition crucial for energizing American democracy
On August 12, 2017, in Charlottesville, Virginia, a rally of white nationalists and white supremacists culminated in the death of a woman murdered in the street. Those events made clear that racism...
Race and Masculinity in Southern Memory
History of Richmond, Virginia’s Monument Avenue, 1948–1996
Language: English
Release Date: December 5, 2013
In Race and Masculinity in Southern Memory Matthew Mace Barbee offers an in-depth analysis of Richmond’s Monument Avenue from its origins through 1996 and pays special attention to the impact of Civil Rights struggles on Monument Avenue. Barbee demonstrates that Monument Avenue has constantly evolved...
You Can't Go Wrong Doing Right
How a Child of Poverty Rose to the White House and Helped Change the World
Language: English
Release Date: January 15, 2019
An unforgettable account of a quietly remarkable life, Robert Brown's memoir takes readers behind the scenes of pivotal moments from the 20th century, where the lessons he learned at his grandmother's knee helped him shape America as we know it today.
Called "a world-class power broker" by...
On the Other Side of Freedom
The Case for Hope
Language: English
Release Date: September 4, 2018
**"On the Other Side of Freedom reveals the mind and motivations of a young man who has risen to the fore of millennial activism through study, discipline, and conviction. His belief in a world that can be made better, one act at a time, powers his narratives and opens up a view on the costs, consequences,...