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Mirror To America
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Author : John Hope Franklin
language : en
Publisher: Farrar, Straus and Giroux
Release Date : 2007-04-15
Mirror To America written by John Hope Franklin and has been published by Farrar, Straus and Giroux this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2007-04-15 with Biography & Autobiography categories.
John Hope Franklin lived through America's most defining twentieth-century transformation, the dismantling of legally protected racial segregation. A renowned scholar, he has explored that transformation in its myriad aspects, notably in his 3.5-million-copy bestseller, From Slavery to Freedom. Born in 1915, he, like every other African American, could not help but participate: he was evicted from whites-only train cars, confined to segregated schools, threatened—once with lynching—and consistently subjected to racism's denigration of his humanity. Yet he managed to receive a Ph.D. from Harvard; become the first black historian to assume a full professorship at a white institution, Brooklyn College; and be appointed chair of the University of Chicago's history department and, later, John B. Duke Professor at Duke University. He has reshaped the way African American history is understood and taught and become one of the world's most celebrated historians, garnering over 130 honorary degrees. But Franklin's participation was much more fundamental than that. From his effort in 1934 to hand President Franklin Roosevelt a petition calling for action in response to the Cordie Cheek lynching, to his 1997 appointment by President Clinton to head the President's Initiative on Race, and continuing to the present, Franklin has influenced with determination and dignity the nation's racial conscience. Whether aiding Thurgood Marshall's preparation for arguing Brown v. Board of Education in 1954, marching to Montgomery, Alabama, in 1965, or testifying against Robert Bork's nomination to the Supreme Court in 1987, Franklin has pushed the national conversation on race toward humanity and equality, a life long effort that earned him the Presidential Medal of Freedom, the nation's highest civilian honor, in 1995. Intimate, at times revelatory, Mirror to America chronicles Franklin's life and this nation's racial transformation in the twentieth century, and is a powerful reminder of the extent to which the problem of America remains the problem of color.
Mirror To America
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language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 1973
Mirror To America written by and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1973 with American literature categories.
Mirror To America
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Author : John Hope Franklin
language : en
Publisher: Farrar, Straus and Giroux
Release Date : 2007-04-15
Mirror To America written by John Hope Franklin and has been published by Farrar, Straus and Giroux this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2007-04-15 with Biography & Autobiography categories.
John Hope Franklin lived through America's most defining twentieth-century transformation, the dismantling of legally protected racial segregation. A renowned scholar, he has explored that transformation in its myriad aspects, notably in his 3.5-million-copy bestseller, From Slavery to Freedom. Born in 1915, he, like every other African American, could not help but participate: he was evicted from whites-only train cars, confined to segregated schools, threatened—once with lynching—and consistently subjected to racism's denigration of his humanity. Yet he managed to receive a Ph.D. from Harvard; become the first black historian to assume a full professorship at a white institution, Brooklyn College; and be appointed chair of the University of Chicago's history department and, later, John B. Duke Professor at Duke University. He has reshaped the way African American history is understood and taught and become one of the world's most celebrated historians, garnering over 130 honorary degrees. But Franklin's participation was much more fundamental than that. From his effort in 1934 to hand President Franklin Roosevelt a petition calling for action in response to the Cordie Cheek lynching, to his 1997 appointment by President Clinton to head the President's Initiative on Race, and continuing to the present, Franklin has influenced with determination and dignity the nation's racial conscience. Whether aiding Thurgood Marshall's preparation for arguing Brown v. Board of Education in 1954, marching to Montgomery, Alabama, in 1965, or testifying against Robert Bork's nomination to the Supreme Court in 1987, Franklin has pushed the national conversation on race toward humanity and equality, a life long effort that earned him the Presidential Medal of Freedom, the nation's highest civilian honor, in 1995. Intimate, at times revelatory, Mirror to America chronicles Franklin's life and this nation's racial transformation in the twentieth century, and is a powerful reminder of the extent to which the problem of America remains the problem of color.
A Different Mirror
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Author : Ronald Takaki
language : en
Publisher: eBookIt.com
Release Date : 2012-06-05
A Different Mirror written by Ronald Takaki and has been published by eBookIt.com this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2012-06-05 with History categories.
Takaki traces the economic and political history of Indians, African Americans, Mexicans, Japanese, Chinese, Irish, and Jewish people in America, with considerable attention given to instances and consequences of racism. The narrative is laced with short quotations, cameos of personal experiences, and excerpts from folk music and literature. Well-known occurrences, such as the Triangle Shirtwaist Factory Fire, the Trail of Tears, the Harlem Renaissance, and the Japanese internment are included. Students may be surprised by some of the revelations, but will recognize a constant thread of rampant racism. The author concludes with a summary of today's changing economic climate and offers Rodney King's challenge to all of us to try to get along. Readers will find this overview to be an accessible, cogent jumping-off place for American history and political science plus a guide to the myriad other sources identified in the notes.
American Mirror
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Author : Roberto Saba
language : en
Publisher: Princeton University Press
Release Date : 2024-12-17
American Mirror written by Roberto Saba and has been published by Princeton University Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2024-12-17 with History categories.
How slave emancipation transformed capitalism in the United States and Brazil In the nineteenth century, the United States and Brazil were the largest slave societies in the Western world. The former enslaved approximately four million people, the latter nearly two million. Slavery was integral to the production of agricultural commodities for the global market, and governing elites feared the system’s demise would ruin their countries. Yet, when slavery ended in the United States and Brazil, in 1865 and 1888 respectively, what resulted was immediate and continuous economic progress. In American Mirror, Roberto Saba investigates how American and Brazilian reformers worked together to ensure that slave emancipation would advance the interests of capital. Saba explores the methods through which antislavery reformers fostered capitalist development in a transnational context. From the 1850s to the 1880s, this coalition of Americans and Brazilians—which included diplomats, engineers, entrepreneurs, journalists, merchants, missionaries, planters, politicians, scientists, and students, among others—consolidated wage labor as the dominant production system in their countries. These reformers were not romantic humanitarians, but cosmopolitan modernizers who worked together to promote labor-saving machinery, new transportation technology, scientific management, and technical education. They successfully used such innovations to improve production and increase trade. Challenging commonly held ideas about slavery and its demise in the Western Hemisphere, American Mirror illustrates the crucial role of slave emancipation in the making of capitalism.
Mirror On America
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Author : Joan T. Mims
language : en
Publisher: Palgrave Macmillan
Release Date : 1999-09-01
Mirror On America written by Joan T. Mims and has been published by Palgrave Macmillan this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1999-09-01 with Literary Collections categories.
Mirror For Americans
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Author : Ralph H (Ralph Hall) 1898-1948 Brown
language : en
Publisher: Hassell Street Press
Release Date : 2021-09-09
Mirror For Americans written by Ralph H (Ralph Hall) 1898-1948 Brown and has been published by Hassell Street Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2021-09-09 with categories.
This work has been selected by scholars as being culturally important and is part of the knowledge base of civilization as we know it. This work is in the public domain in the United States of America, and possibly other nations. Within the United States, you may freely copy and distribute this work, as no entity (individual or corporate) has a copyright on the body of the work. Scholars believe, and we concur, that this work is important enough to be preserved, reproduced, and made generally available to the public. To ensure a quality reading experience, this work has been proofread and republished using a format that seamlessly blends the original graphical elements with text in an easy-to-read typeface. We appreciate your support of the preservation process, and thank you for being an important part of keeping this knowledge alive and relevant.
Mirror Of America
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Author : Jervis B. McMechan
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 1964
Mirror Of America written by Jervis B. McMechan and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1964 with Cody, William Frederick, 1846-1917 categories.
Reggin America In The Mirror
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Author : Y.M. Srotsecna
language : en
Publisher: AuthorHouse
Release Date : 2019-06-17
Reggin America In The Mirror written by Y.M. Srotsecna and has been published by AuthorHouse this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2019-06-17 with Fiction categories.
Eric is not racist—or at least he thought he wasn’t. That would be tested on the night he went out to celebrate becoming partners with one of the most prestigious law firms in Mississippi. While out with his friends William and Sean, Eric has an encounter with a cabdriver. This leads to one of the most extraordinary events of his life. Follow Eric as he goes through decade after decade of American history with one exception: everything is exactly the same except that the skin tones are reversed. This will be one of the most talked-about books in a long time, along with an ending that will leave you in awe.
Mirror Of America
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Author : David Harmon
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 1989
Mirror Of America written by David Harmon and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1989 with Travel categories.