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In the Tents of Cush
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Alan Mintz
Published: 14 December 2011
... of the black voice. Lisitzky appropriates the voices of black preachers and, through the fluently ornate biblical Hebrew idiom they are made to speak, builds a poignant, if fragile, bridge between black and Jewish historical experience. African Americans Beʾoholei Khush In the tents of Cush Eleh toledot adam...
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The Martin Luther King Jr. Crisis
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Richard W. Lyman
Published: 30 January 2009
...In 1964, a group of faculty and administrators at Stanford University met to explore ways of providing equality to African Americans and other disadvantaged minority groups not only on campus but in society as a whole. Robert M. Rosenzweig, associate dean of graduate study, issued a memo describing...
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Published: 24 March 2011
...This chapter considers the social, political, and legal circumstances giving rise to colleges and universities that serve American Indians and African Americans. It analyzes the effect of intranational differences in the incorporation of American Indians and African Americans on the establishment...
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Narrating Nooses: Locating the Role of Race in Jena, LA
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John Hartigan Jr.
Published: 10 June 2010
... social problems (such as drug use, teen pregnancy, and crime) only to African Americans. This connection is considered as the “real” reason why race is important in the United States. Cultural form Deep South Everyday life Jena Louisiana Narrative Allen George Biden Joseph Black blogosphere Civil...
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America
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Lee Shai Weissbach
Published: 08 May 2013
... to another, the not uncommon confrontation with personal tragedy, and, more generally, the encounter with new cultural realities. In this regard, Frieden’s initial reaction to African Americans and his adoption of the prevailing attitudes of white society are especially revealing, as is his first experience...