Isiah Thomas made a comment about the popularity of Larry Bird being related to his race (see "Detroit's Thomas Sees Bird ... Shell denied the allegation and Hostetler agreed with Shell (see Mike Lupica, Newsday, October 27, 1994, A94).
A critical afterword explains the novel's context and importance for Tanizaki and Japan's literary and cultural scene in the 1920s, connecting autobiographical elements with the novel's key concerns, including Tanizaki's critique of ...
The untold story of Sammy Davis, Jr.: This incisive biography and sweeping cultural history conjures "the many worlds [Davis, Jr.] traversed, and shows how the issue of race, in his own mind and in the minds of his fans and detractors, ...
Sammy never had enough money , " says Bill Miller , who ran the Riviera in New Jersey . ... Which meant , of course , that Sammy would be returning to Bill Miller's Riviera because Bill Miller was into Sammy yet again .
In Black and White: The Jake White Story
Anyone interested in seeing how the law really works should read it.' SARAH LANGFORD 'This is the story of a young woman who overcame all the obstacles a very old profession could throw at her, and she survived, with her integrity intact.
In Donald McRae's William Hill prize-winning dual biography, he compiles a brilliant portrait of the two men, who became close friends despite their very different career paths: within days of Olympic glory, Owens was banned from competing ...
Alexandra Wilson is a bold and vital voice. This is a book that urgently needs to be read by everyone inside, and outside, the justice system.
Born on 9 July 1925 into a Saraswat family of Mangalore and educated in the liberal climate of Calcutta, Guru Dutt started his own production company in 1954 with Aar...
In this compact volume, Kenneth L. Shropshire confronts prominent racial myths head-on, offering both a history of—and solutions for—the most pressing problems currently plaguing sports.
... Social Protest Thought in the African Methodist Episcopal Church, 1862-1939 (Knoxville: University of Tennessee Press, 2000), 310; Harvey, Freedom's Coming, 65-66. 35. Greek, Religious Roots ofAmerican Sociology, 58-59; Janet Forsythe ...
In a new chapter for this edition, he assesses how much the political legacy of the two men cleared a path for what has followed, leading to the arrival of Barack Obama in the White House.
In this compact volume, Kenneth L. Shropshire confronts prominent racial myths head-on, offering both a history of—and solutions for—the most pressing problems currently plaguing sports.
It's about a boy who was taught to see a world in black and white but who began to glimpse its many colors.