All Eyes Are Upon Us

Author : Jason Sokol
Publisher : Basic Books
Page : 416 pages
File Size : 50,9 Mb
Release : 2014-12-02
Category : History
ISBN : 9780465056712

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All Eyes are Upon Us by Jason Sokol Pdf

The Northeastern United States -- home to abolitionism and a refuge for blacks fleeing the Jim Crow South -- has had a long and celebrated history of racial equality and political liberalism. After World War II, the region appeared poised to continue this legacy, electing black politicians and rallying behind black athletes and cultural leaders. However, as historian Jason Sokol reveals in All Eyes Are Upon Us, these achievements obscured the harsh reality of a region riven by segregation and deep-seated racism. White fans from across Brooklyn -- Irish, Jewish, and Italian -- came out to support Jackie Robinson when he broke baseball's color barrier with the Dodgers in 1947, even as the city's blacks were shunted into segregated neighborhoods. The African-American politician Ed Brooke won a senate seat in Massachusetts in 1966, when the state was 97% white, yet his political career was undone by the resistance to busing in Boston. Across the Northeast over the last half-century, blacks have encountered housing and employment discrimination as well as racial violence. But the gap between the northern ideal and the region's segregated reality left small but meaningful room for racial progress. Forced to reckon with the disparity between their racial practices and their racial preaching, blacks and whites forged interracial coalitions and demanded that the region live up to its promise of equal opportunity. A revelatory account of the tumultuous modern history of race and politics in the Northeast, All Eyes Are Upon Us presents the Northeast as a microcosm of America as a whole: outwardly democratic, inwardly conflicted, but always striving to live up to its highest ideals.

Author : Glenn L. Starks
Publisher : Chicago Review Press
Page : 181 pages
File Size : 53,5 Mb
Release : 2024-03-19
Category : Biography & Autobiography
ISBN : 9781641609289

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A Seat at the Table by Glenn L. Starks Pdf

When Shirley Chisholm was asked why she would dare run for president, her response was, why not her? Shirley Anita St. Hill Chisholm rose from being the child of immigrants to the United States to running for the highest office in the land. Her achievement in doing this as a Black woman was not in spite of her background but rather because of it. She became both the first African American woman elected to the US Congress and the first female African American of a major political party to make a serious run for president of the United States. She persevered by being steadfast in her political convictions and unwillingness to compromise on the issues she believed in. Chisholm directly challenged the political establishment and was successful because she galvanized women, minorities, young people, and the poor not only in her home district in Brooklyn, New York, but across the country. She was that catalyst for change who gave a political voice to so many segments of society who were, up until that time, ignored: women, minorities, the young, members of the gay community, domestic and agricultural workers, and the poor. Her run for the presidency in 1972 was a win in terms of her forging a unified grassroots campaign in which the voices of the previously voiceless joined together for a single cause of voting for someone who supported their diverse but collective interests. As many historians have pointed out, without Shirley Chisholm there may not have been a Hillary Clinton, Barack Obama, or Kamala Harris.

Author : Ellen Fitzpatrick
Publisher : Harvard University Press
Page : 330 pages
File Size : 44,7 Mb
Release : 2016-02-29
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 9780674496071

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The Highest Glass Ceiling by Ellen Fitzpatrick Pdf

Best-selling historian Ellen Fitzpatrick tells the story of three remarkable women who set their sights on the Presidency. The arduous, dramatic quests of Victoria Woodhull (1872), Margaret Chase Smith (1964), and Shirley Chisholm (1972) illuminate today’s political landscape, shedding light on Hillary Clinton’s 2016 campaign for the Oval Office.

Author : David Platt
Publisher : Multnomah
Page : 242 pages
File Size : 42,6 Mb
Release : 2010-05-04
Category : Religion
ISBN : 9781601422217

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Radical by David Platt Pdf

New York Times bestseller What is Jesus worth to you? It's easy for American Christians to forget how Jesus said his followers would actually live, what their new lifestyle would actually look like. They would, he said, leave behind security, money, convenience, even family for him. They would abandon everything for the gospel. They would take up their crosses daily... But who do you know who lives like that? Do you? In Radical, David Platt challenges you to consider with an open heart how we have manipulated the gospel to fit our cultural preferences. He shows what Jesus actually said about being his disciple--then invites you to believe and obey what you have heard. And he tells the dramatic story of what is happening as a "successful" suburban church decides to get serious about the gospel according to Jesus. Finally, he urges you to join in The Radical Experiment -- a one-year journey in authentic discipleship that will transform how you live in a world that desperately needs the Good News Jesus came to bring.

Author : L.E. Flynn
Publisher : Imprint
Page : 320 pages
File Size : 42,5 Mb
Release : 2020-08-18
Category : Young Adult Fiction
ISBN : 9781250158161

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All Eyes on Her by L.E. Flynn Pdf

Perfect for fans of One of Us is Lying and We Were Liars, All Eyes on Her by L.E. Flynn is a gripping young adult thriller told from the perspective of everyone except the alleged killer—a seventeen-year-old girl. You heard the story on the news. A girl and a boy went into the woods. The girl carried a picnic basket. The boy wore bright yellow running shoes. The girl found her way out, but the boy never did... Everyone thinks they know what happened. Some say Tabby pushed him off that cliff— she didn’t even like hiking. She was jealous. She had more than her share of demons. Others think he fell accidentally—she loved Mark. She would never hurt him...even if he hurt her. But what’s the real story? All Eyes On Her is told from everyone but Tabby herself as the people in her life string together the events that led Tabby to that cliff. Her best friend. Her sister. Her enemy. Her ex-boyfriend. Because everybody thinks they know a girl better than she knows herself. What do you think is the truth? An Imprint Book Praise for Last Girl Lied To: "Fans of E. Lockhart, Karen M. McManus, and Flynn’s other work will revel in this mystery/thriller and the authenticity with which its characters are rendered." —Booklist

Author : David Thomas
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 456 pages
File Size : 54,8 Mb
Release : 2024-06-15
Category : Electronic
ISBN : OXFORD:555009571

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The Homilist; or, The pulpit for the people, conducted by D. Thomas. Vol. 1-50; 51, no. 3- ol. 63 by David Thomas Pdf

Author : B. Erin Wylde
Publisher : E. A. Mourn
Page : 101 pages
File Size : 55,5 Mb
Release : 2007-11-03
Category : Family & Relationships
ISBN : 9781419673085

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Where Did I Go? by B. Erin Wylde Pdf

Where Did I Go? is not like any parenting book out there. It is enlightening, suspenseful, shocking, terrifying, heartbreaking, and funny, even before motherhood enters the picture!

Author : Frederika Bremer
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 346 pages
File Size : 48,9 Mb
Release : 1845
Category : Electronic
ISBN : NLS:V001476632

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The Novels of Frederika Bremer by Frederika Bremer Pdf

Author : Fredrika Bremer
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 340 pages
File Size : 50,9 Mb
Release : 1845
Category : Electronic
ISBN : BL:A0018175350

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A Diary ... Translated from the Swedish. By E. A. Friedlænder by Fredrika Bremer Pdf

Author : Fredrika Bremer
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 498 pages
File Size : 48,9 Mb
Release : 1845
Category : Electronic
ISBN : OXFORD:600068953

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The novels of Frederika Bremer. 11 vols. [in 12 pt.]. by Fredrika Bremer Pdf

Author : Frances E. Willard
Publisher : BIG BYTE BOOKS
Page : 128 pages
File Size : 48,6 Mb
Release : 2016-01-17
Category : History
ISBN : 8210379456XXX

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Glimpses of Fifty Years (Abridged, Annotated) by Frances E. Willard Pdf

"Woman, like man, should be freely permitted to do whatever she can do well." So said Frances E. Willard, who lived her life in the firm belief of this principle and who was instrumental in the passage of two amendments to the U.S. Constitution. A passionate advocate for women's rights, prohibition, and underprivileged people, she was devoted to making federal aid to education, free school lunches, unions, the eight-hour work day, work relief for the poor, municipal sanitation and boards of health, national transportation, anti-rape laws, and protections against child abuse a reality. This long-forgotten and out-of-print book is available for the first time for e-readers. In Willard's own words she describes her life as an educator, temperance reformer, and suffragist. She was an educator and later president of the Women's Christian Temperance Union She traveled extensively and even climbed the Great Pyramid in Egypt. Her sexual orientation is still debated today but she states in this volume: "The loves of women for each other grow more numerous each day and I have pondered much why these things were. That so little should be said about them surprises me, for they are everywhere... In these days when any capable and careful woman can honorably earn her own support, there is no village that has not its examples of 'two hearts in counsel,' both of which are feminine." She had many passionate attachments to other women and she discusses this in her book. Willard was the first woman whose statue was included in the Statuary Hall of the United States Capitol building. Be sure to LOOK INSIDE or download a sample.

Author : Anonim
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 824 pages
File Size : 47,8 Mb
Release : 1856
Category : Electronic
ISBN : PRNC:32101064302803

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The Churchman's Monthly Magazine by Anonim Pdf

Author : Friedrich Fröbel
Publisher : Good Press
Page : 122 pages
File Size : 42,8 Mb
Release : 2023-08-12
Category : Fiction
ISBN : EAN:8596547522126

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Autobiography of Friedrich Froebel by Friedrich Fröbel Pdf

"Autobiography of Friedrich Froebel" by Friedrich Fröbel (translated by Henry Keatley Moore, Emilie Michaelis). Published by Good Press. Good Press publishes a wide range of titles that encompasses every genre. From well-known classics & literary fiction and non-fiction to forgotten−or yet undiscovered gems−of world literature, we issue the books that need to be read. Each Good Press edition has been meticulously edited and formatted to boost readability for all e-readers and devices. Our goal is to produce eBooks that are user-friendly and accessible to everyone in a high-quality digital format.

Author : Elizabeth Sara Sheppard
Publisher : London : J.M. Dent ; New York : E.P. Dutton
Page : 452 pages
File Size : 53,6 Mb
Release : 1853
Category : Jewish fiction
ISBN : IND:32000000656902

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Charles Auchester by Elizabeth Sara Sheppard Pdf

Author : Bayard Taylor
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 540 pages
File Size : 50,8 Mb
Release : 1865
Category : Quakers
ISBN : HARVARD:32044019581487

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John Godfrey's Fortunes by Bayard Taylor Pdf