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The 1960s Student Protest Movement at the University of Illinois
When change a long time coming arrived on the U. of I. campus
In 1969, the campus tumult that defined the Sixties reached a flash point at the University of Illinois. Out-of-town radicals preached armed revolution. Students took to the streets and fought police and National Guardsmen. Firebombs were planted in ......
Harnessing the power of womanism in the classroom, the streets, and everyday life
Over the last generation, the womanist ideaand the tradition blooming around ithas emerged as an important response to separatism, domination, and oppression. Gary L. Lemons gathers a diverse group of writers to discuss their ......
Sidney R. Yates and Fifty Years of Presidents, Pragmatism, and Public Service
Ten presidents, eight Speakers, one political powerhouse
The son of a Lithuanian blacksmith, Sidney R. Yates rose to the pinnacle of Washington power and influence. As chair of a House Appropriations Subcommittee, Yates was a preeminent national figure involved in issues that ranged from the environment and Native ......
A daring interdisciplinary journey into the nexus of the humanities and ecological science
Environmental sustainability and human cultural sustainability are inextricably linked. Reversing damaging human impact on the global environment is ultimately a cultural question, and as with politics, the answers are often ......
The history of white supremacy and criminal justice
Policing, incarceration, capital punishment: these forms of crime control were crucial elements of Jim Crow regimes. White southerners relied on them to assert and maintain racial power, which led to the growth of modern state bureaucracies that eclipsed traditions ......
The 1960s Student Protest Movement at the University of Illinois
When change a long time coming arrived on the U. of I. campus
In 1969, the campus tumult that defined the Sixties reached a flash point at the University of Illinois. Out-of-town radicals preached armed revolution. Students took to the streets and fought police and National Guardsmen. Firebombs were planted in ......
Harnessing the power of womanism in the classroom, the streets, and everyday life
Over the last generation, the womanist ideaand the tradition blooming around ithas emerged as an important response to separatism, domination, and oppression. Gary L. Lemons gathers a diverse group of writers to discuss their ......
Eschewing the idea of film reviewer-as-solitary-expert, Jonathan Rosenbaum continues to advance his belief that a critic's ideal role is to mediate and facilitate our public discussion of cinema. Portraits and Polemics presents debate as an important form of cinematic ......
Eclectic topics, cutting-edge research, and America's musical heritage
In Rethinking American Music, Tara Browner and Thomas L. Riis curate essays that offer an eclectic survey of current music scholarship. Ranging from Tin Pan Alley to Thelonious Monk to hip hop, the contributors go beyond repertory and biography ......
