...The introduction establishes the setting for Pete O’Neal’s life in the United States. It describes the social turbulence of the 1960s and 1970s, including that period’s civil strife, racial discrimination, national and urban unrest, and black power movements. It discusses the formation...

... as different from Cubans from other regions, especially from habaneros, and those who live in the United States. They often expressed feeling like foreigners discriminated against in their own country of origin, since their migratory process often started by moving to Havana. The theme...

...Hubbart compiled evidence of racial discrimination against Black voters eligible for jury service in Jackson County, the location of the new trial. His motion to dismiss the case, on these grounds, was denied. Hubbart and Block then filed a motion to suppress Pitts and Lee’s coerced confessions...

... of the academy in terms of how knowledge is valued, calling in effect for a decolonized epistemology. Majul also challenges ongoing gender discrimination that is compounded by issues of race. Afro Colombians Canal Cultura Cartagena Colombia Colectivo Contextos Colombia Caribbean Colonialism...

...Chapter 7 describes the 1950 establishment of the Citizens’ Committee, comprising mainly nonwhite middle-class professionals concerned with the extreme discrimination upheld by the Bahamian white elite, many of whom were wealthy. In 1953, three light-skinned mixed-race men, William Cartwright...

... solidarity Immigration Lodges Native Baptist churches Religion African Methodist Episcopal Church “Shouter Chapel” Church of God Housing Land Residential segregation Secular organizations Discrimination Over the Hill settlements Turnquest Orville Airports commercial Communications...

...The expansion of communities brought to a head certain political issues such as familial discrimination for their banning of under adult age children as permanent residents. This topic is covered in this chapter. The phenomenal success of Webb and Cortese motivated a host of other developers...

..., especially on education and the status of the African American laborer. Fortune, like a number of the other African American witnesses, took the opportunity to protest against discrimination in public facilities and other wrongs suffered by the black population in the South. Fortune, in particular, seized...

... they had endured. The revolution was frayed but no credible alternatives were in sight. Although the revolution brought about a change in the perceived public and societal role of women, women at some point were always subjected to some forms of discrimination. While Cuba has policies that targeted...

...This chapter focuses on cases involving First Amendment, abortion rights, and employment discrimination cases that came before the Middle District of Florida from 1992 to 2000. School prayer is chronicled and analysed. Numerous cases involving the right to abortion are included, especially...

... Spanish-colonial racial hierarchies, in the end it did not protect them from discrimination after California’s annexation by the United States. This book raises questions about the limits of ethnogenesis, both as a theoretical model of identity transformation and as a practical strategy...

...This chapter sets the stage for subsequent chapters by including pieces that strike a balance between fond childhood memories connected to family, culture, and place and painful reflections of racial discrimination and the barriers that Jim Crow policies placed on Indian people, particularly...

... to the Bahamas to be instrumental in breaking down the barriers of racial discrimination there. In the meantime, until 1924 when the John Reed Act virtually excluded Bahamians from the Florida market, Bahamian migrant workers living in Florida moved frequently between Miami and Nassau. In their travels...

...The study concludes that the vision of several black women who fought against racial discrimination and segregation during the 1930s was biracialism based on equality and fairness rather than integration. Black women who rallied for the abolition of racism and segregation firmly believed...

..., presidents have redefined the scope, scale, and purpose of civil rights. This period saw the end of legalized discrimination and, simultaneously, the era witnessed increased social and economic inequality. The essays analyze this paradox of winning while losing on the issue of civil rights....

... that the historical pattern of discrimination directed toward people of African descent who have broken through racial barriers in education, employment, and even politics complicates claims to a raceless society and has implications for the direction of transformative visions and antiracist activism in Cuba...

... trends connected to daily life and individual and family responses to labor market discrimination, inflation, and fluctuating (im)migration. The study emphasizes the family-centered nature of immigration to São Paulo in comparison to other immigrant cities like Buenos Aires and New York City. It shows...

... of the population at risk for suffering from malnutrition or disease. Disease and Discrimination takes its title from the differential health risks that a majority of those who built America suffered due to their lower economic and social status. The establishment of permanent settlements, other...

... according to local political context, economic climate, and geographical settlement. Each country became a setting of anti-Chinese discrimination, policies, and violence, accompanied by public debate on the suitability of the Chinese for national inclusion. The actions of Chinese migrants in defense...

... nature of judicial business in Orlando and Tampa is discussed. The important role of U.S. senators in the appointment process is discussed. Next the chapter turns to Constitutional questions in the Middle District of Florida, and issues such as school prayer, nude dancing, job discrimination...