Racism and Jim Crow Segregated Public School Libraries
Librarians around the country are currently on a battleground, defending their right to purchase and circulate books dealing with issues of race and systemic racism. Despite this work, the library community has often overlooked-even ignored-its own history of white supremacy and deliberate inaction on the part of white librarians and library ......
Racism and Jim Crow Segregated Public School Libraries
Librarians around the country are currently on a battleground, defending their right to purchase and circulate books dealing with issues of race and systemic racism. Despite this work, the library community has often overlooked-even ignored-its own history of white supremacy and deliberate inaction on the part of white librarians and library ......
In 2003, Peru's Comision de la Verdad y Reconciliacion (CVR) issued its groundbreaking final report on the human rights abuses perpetuated by two revolutionary groups and the country's armed forces and police from 1980 to 2000. Sylvanna M. Falcon examines how local communities in Lima have formed oppositional spaces, movements, and communities to ......
The American political scene today is poisonously divided, and the vast majority of white evangelicals play a strikingly unified, powerful role in the disunion. In this clear-eyed, hard-hitting chronicle of American religion and politics, Anthea Butler argues that racism is at the core of conservative evangelical activism and power. Propelled by ......
Human Rights, Genocide, and Atrocity Crimes in the 21st Century Classroom
Teaching Tough Topics: Human Rights, Genocide, and Atrocity Crimes in the 21st Century Classroom provides readers a comprehensive exploration into the teaching of difficult historical and contemporary subjects within academic settings. The book addresses the challenges and methodologies pertinent to presenting topics such as human rights ......
Contributions by Robert Adams Jr., Shenita Brazelton, Donathan L. Brown, Owen Brown Jr., Michael L. Clemons, Daphne Cooper, LaTasha Chaffin Dehaan, William H. L. Dorsey, Bertis D. English, Precious D. Hall, Beverly Johnson, Natasha Altema McNeely, Maurice Mangum, Amardo Rodriguez, Randall Swain, Edward V. Wallace, Ingrid P. Whitaker, and Mark M. ......
Contributions by Robert Adams Jr., Shenita Brazelton, Donathan L. Brown, Owen Brown Jr., Michael L. Clemons, Daphne Cooper, LaTasha Chaffin Dehaan, William H. L. Dorsey, Bertis D. English, Precious D. Hall, Beverly Johnson, Natasha Altema McNeely, Maurice Mangum, Amardo Rodriguez, Randall Swain, Edward V. Wallace, Ingrid P. Whitaker, and Mark M. ......
In 1965, striking farm workers in the San Joaquin Valley sparked the beginning of the Chican@ movement. As the movement quickly gained traction across the southwestern United States, public frictions emerged and splits among activists over strategic political decisions. Jose G. Izaguirre III explores how these disagreements often hinged on the ......
A Citizen's Guide to Power, Politics, and Government
Shifting demographics. Downstate versus Chicago. Billionaires and bribery. Even veteran observers need a roadmap to track Illinois' ever-changing political landscape. Melissa Mouritsen, Kent D. Redfield, and James D. Nowlan provide an up-to-date primer on Prairie State politics, government, and policies. Features include: Discussions of ......
