Catalog of an exhibition held at the Cantor Arts Center, Stanford University, Apr. 1-Aug. 3, 2015.
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A look at the flight of African Americans from the rural South to the urban North between 1940 and 1970 presents the migrants' stories about everything from rural sharecropper shacks to urban housing projects.
Powell said from his table , “ What did you call me ? ” Hawk smiled . “ Still got that agile mind , Spenser . ” Powell said again , “ What did you call me ? ” " It is hard , Powell , " I said to him , " to look tough when your nose is ...
"A courageous young woman who was raised as a boy learns of an evil poacher's plan to steal a powerful gem. On a dangerous jungle quest to save the animal kingdom from harm, a childhood friendship transforms into love"--Back cover.
On every page, Gish Jen sets our received notions spinning with a wit as dry as a latter-day Jane Austen's.
Tubman apparently told Clark that “there were many people in the slave states, even slaveholders, who were willing to ... See District 4 for the various Cator families; and see also Will of Thomas E. Cator, in Leslie and Neil Keddie, ...
An analysis of how religious bias shaped U.S. federal Indian law.
Looks at thirteen literary works that had a profound influence on American history, culture, and character, including "The Federalist Papers," "Uncle Tom's Cabin," "The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn," and "The Souls of Black Folk."
Fletcher’s writing is superb and rises to the level of importance that this story demands and deserves.