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The Long Shadow of Little Rock

de Daisy Bates ...

In 1957, the eyes of the world turned to a single high school in Little Rock, Arkansas, where nine young Black students walked through a gauntlet of hatred, National Guard bayonets, and screaming mobs to claim their constitutional right to an education. At the center of that storm stood Daisy Bates, journalist, activist, and fearless strategist, whose home became a command post, a sanctuary, and a ... Leer más

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In 1957, the eyes of the world turned to a single high school in Little Rock, Arkansas, where nine young Black students walked through a gauntlet of hatred, National Guard bayonets, and screaming mobs to claim their constitutional right to an education. At the center of that storm stood Daisy Bates, journalist, activist, and fearless strategist, whose home became a command post, a sanctuary, and a
... Leer más
The Long Shadow of Little Rock

A Memoir

de Daisy Bates ...

At an event honoring Daisy Bates as 1990’s Distinguished Citizen then-governor Bill Clinton called her “the most distinguished Arkansas citizen of all time.” Her classic account of the 1957 Little Rock School Crisis, The Long Shadow of Little Rock, couldn’t be found on most bookstore shelves in 1962 and was banned throughout the South. In 1988, after the University of Arkansas Press reprinted it, ... Leer más

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At an event honoring Daisy Bates as 1990’s Distinguished Citizen then-governor Bill Clinton called her “the most distinguished Arkansas citizen of all time.” Her classic account of the 1957 Little Rock School Crisis, The Long Shadow of Little Rock, couldn’t be found on most bookstore shelves in 1962 and was banned throughout the South. In 1988, after the University of Arkansas Press reprinted it,
... Leer más
The Passing of the Aborigines

A Lifetime spent among the Natives of Australia

de Daisy Bates ...

DAISY BATES: "As the years passed, I was more and more convinced that it was impossibleto leave these people, to be deaf to their appeal for human kindliness,and of the hopelessness of any movement except one of help and comfort tothe individual, and personal example. So savage and so simple, so muchastray and so utterly helpless were they, that somehow they became myresponsibility. All along the ... Leer más

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DAISY BATES: "As the years passed, I was more and more convinced that it was impossibleto leave these people, to be deaf to their appeal for human kindliness,and of the hopelessness of any movement except one of help and comfort tothe individual, and personal example. So savage and so simple, so muchastray and so utterly helpless were they, that somehow they became myresponsibility. All along the
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Knowing Him by Heart

African Americans on Abraham Lincoln

de Rodney O. Davis, Douglas L. Wilson, Michael Burlingame, Richard Carwardine, Edna Greene Medford, James Oakes, Matthew Pinsker0, Gerald J Prokopowicz1, John R Sellers2, Jennifer L Weber3, Frederick Douglass4, H. Ford Douglas5, Thomas Hamilton6, Robert Hamilton7, Jabez P Campbell8, Henry McNeal Turner9, Daniel Alexander Payne0, Henry Highland Garnet1, Philip A Bell2, Edward M Thomas3, Alfred P Smith4, Frances Ellen Watkins Harper5, George B Vashon6, Thomas Strother7, Ezra R Johnson8, Alexander T CPS9, James Smith0, Alexander T Augusta1, Jeremiah B Sanderson2, Osborne P Anderson3, Thomas Morris Chester4, James H Hudson5, John Proctor6, Robert Purvis7, Hannah Johnson8, Leonard A Grimes9, Jeremiah Asher0, John Willis Menard1, Henry African Civilization Society2, William Florville3, Henry Johnson4, Thomas R Street5, John H Morgan6, Mattild Burr7, Amos G Beman8, Richard H Cain9, Jean Baptiste Roudanez0, Arnold Bertonneau1, George E North Carolina Freedmen2, Don Carlos Rutter3, George E Stephens4, James W.C Pennington5, S.W. "Africano"6, Annie Davis7, S.W. Chase8, Sojourner Truth9, Martin Delany0, George Washington1, Isaac J Hill2, Alexander H Newton3, Jacob Thomas4, Angeline R Demby5, Henry O Wagoner6, George W Le Vere7, Elizabeth Keckley8, Paul Trevigne9, Thomas N.C Liverpool0, H Cordelia1, George Washington Williams2, Emmanuel K Love3, William S Scarborough4, John Mercer Langston5, Peter H Clark6, EWS Hammond7, Charles W Anderson8, Booker T Washington9, Harriet Tubman0, Julius F Taylor1, Ida B Wells-Barnett2, Paul Laurence Dunbar3, Elizabeth Thomas4, Archibald H Grimke5, Elizabeth Keckly6, William A Sinclair7, Jesse Max Barber8, Mary Church Terrell9, T. Thomas Fortune0, Reverdy C Ransom1, W. E. B Du Bois2, William Monroe Trotter3, Maude K Griffin4, Hightower T Kealing5, Silas X Floyd6, George L Knox7, Thomas S Inborden8, George W Henderson9, William Pickens00, Kelly Miller01, Etta M. T. Cottin02, John M Gandy03, Fred R Moore04, Sylvanie F Williams05, Harry C Smith06, James H Magee07, James L Curtis08, John W. E. Bowen Sr09, Cora J Ball10, Thomas Nelson Baker11, Josephine Silone Yates12, James Weldon Johnson13, William H Lewis14, John H Murphy Sr15, Robert R Wright Sr16, Theophile T Allain17, Oliva Ward Bush-Banks18, Richard W Gadsden19, Edward A Johnson20, Alice Dunbar-Nelson21, Hubert H Harrison22, Carter G Woodson23, Robert R Moton24, Georgia Douglas Johnson25, LANGSTON HUGHES26, Charles Chesnutt27, Walter White28, Lamar Perkins29, Samuel A Haynes30, William E Lilly31, Robert L Vann32, William Lloyd Imes33, Eugene Gordon34, Arthur W Mitchell35, Grace Evans36, Aaron H Payne37, Claude McKay38, Roscoe Conkling Simmons39, Joel A Rogers40, Mary McLeod Bethune41, John Hope Franklin42, Ella Baker43, Luther Porter Jackson44, Willard Townsend45, Ralph J Bunche46, Roy Wilkins47, Mordecai W Johnson48, Carl J Murphy49, Jackie Robinson50, Martin Luther King Jr51, Thurgood Marshall52, Edith Sampson53, Benjamin Quarles54, St. Clair Drake55, Charles H Wesley56, Daisy Bates57, Julius Malcolm X58, Gwendolyn Brooks59, Julius Lester60, Lerone Bennett Jr61, Henry Lee Moon62, John H Sengstacke63, Norman E. W. Hodges64, Arvarh E. Strickland65, Mary Frances Berry66, Vincent Harding67, Clarence Thomas68, Barbara Jeanne Fields69, Henry Louis Gates Jr70, Barack Obama71 ...

Winner of an Abraham Lincoln Institute Book AwardThough not blind to Abraham Lincoln's imperfections, Black Americans long ago laid a heartfelt claim to his legacy. At the same time, they have consciously reshaped the sixteenth president's image for their own social and political ends. Frederick Hord and Matthew D. Norman's anthology explores the complex nature of views on Lincoln through the ... Leer más

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Winner of an Abraham Lincoln Institute Book AwardThough not blind to Abraham Lincoln's imperfections, Black Americans long ago laid a heartfelt claim to his legacy. At the same time, they have consciously reshaped the sixteenth president's image for their own social and political ends. Frederick Hord and Matthew D. Norman's anthology explores the complex nature of views on Lincoln through the
... Leer más
The Long Shadow of Little Rock

A Memoir

de Daisy Bates, Eleanor Roosevelt, Clayborne Carson ...

At an event honoring Daisy Bates as 1990’s Distinguished Citizen then-governor Bill Clinton called her "the most distinguished Arkansas citizen of all time." Her classic account of the 1957 Little Rock School Crisis, The Long Shadow of Little Rock, couldn't be found on most bookstore shelves in 1962 and was banned throughout the South. In 1988, after the University of Arkansas Press reprinted it, ... Leer más

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At an event honoring Daisy Bates as 1990’s Distinguished Citizen then-governor Bill Clinton called her "the most distinguished Arkansas citizen of all time." Her classic account of the 1957 Little Rock School Crisis, The Long Shadow of Little Rock, couldn't be found on most bookstore shelves in 1962 and was banned throughout the South. In 1988, after the University of Arkansas Press reprinted it,
... Leer más

White House Confidential

The Little Book of Weird Presidential History

de Gregg Stebben, Austin Hill ...

An irreverent look at Presidential foibles, follies, fibs, and moral failuresWere past presidents smarter, more honest, and better behaved that those we elect today? Don’t bet on it! White House Confidential shows that commanders-in-chief have been lying, cheating, stealing, and womanizing from the days of the Founding Fathers. Focusing on the qualities that never made it into White House press ... Leer más

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An irreverent look at Presidential foibles, follies, fibs, and moral failuresWere past presidents smarter, more honest, and better behaved that those we elect today? Don’t bet on it! White House Confidential shows that commanders-in-chief have been lying, cheating, stealing, and womanizing from the days of the Founding Fathers. Focusing on the qualities that never made it into White House press
... Leer más
And There Was Light

Abraham Lincoln and the American Struggle

de Jon Meacham ...

NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER • Pulitzer Prize–winning biographer Jon Meacham chronicles the life of Abraham Lincoln, charting how—and why—he confronted secession, threats to democracy, and the tragedy of slavery to expand the possibilities of America.“Meacham has given us the Lincoln for our time.”—Henry Louis Gates, Jr.Winner of the Gilder Lehrman Lincoln Prize • Longlisted for the Biographers ... Leer más

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NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER • Pulitzer Prize–winning biographer Jon Meacham chronicles the life of Abraham Lincoln, charting how—and why—he confronted secession, threats to democracy, and the tragedy of slavery to expand the possibilities of America.“Meacham has given us the Lincoln for our time.”—Henry Louis Gates, Jr.Winner of the Gilder Lehrman Lincoln Prize • Longlisted for the Biographers
... Leer más

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The Presidents

Noted Historians Rank America's Best--and Worst--Chief Executives

de Brian Lamb, Susan Swain ...

The complete rankings of our best -- and worst -- presidents, based on C-SPAN's much-cited Historians Surveys of Presidential Leadership.Over a period of decades, C-SPAN has surveyed leading historians on the best and worst of America's presidents across a variety of categories -- their ability to persuade the public, their leadership skills, their moral authority, and more. The crucible of the ... Leer más

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The complete rankings of our best -- and worst -- presidents, based on C-SPAN's much-cited Historians Surveys of Presidential Leadership.Over a period of decades, C-SPAN has surveyed leading historians on the best and worst of America's presidents across a variety of categories -- their ability to persuade the public, their leadership skills, their moral authority, and more. The crucible of the
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Lincoln

de David Herbert Donald ...

A masterful work by Pulitzer Prize–winning author David Herbert Donald, Lincoln is a stunning portrait of Abraham Lincoln’s life and presidency.Donald brilliantly depicts Lincoln’s gradual ascent from humble beginnings in rural Kentucky to the ever-expanding political circles in Illinois, and finally to the presidency of a country divided by civil war. Donald goes beyond biography, illuminating ... Leer más

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A masterful work by Pulitzer Prize–winning author David Herbert Donald, Lincoln is a stunning portrait of Abraham Lincoln’s life and presidency.Donald brilliantly depicts Lincoln’s gradual ascent from humble beginnings in rural Kentucky to the ever-expanding political circles in Illinois, and finally to the presidency of a country divided by civil war. Donald goes beyond biography, illuminating
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A Mighty Long Way

My Journey to Justice at Little Rock Central High School

de Lisa Frazier Page, Carlotta Walls LaNier ...

“A searing and emotionally gripping account of a young black girl growing up to become a strong black woman during the most difficult time of racial segregation.”—Professor Charles Ogletree, Harvard Law School“Provides important context for an important moment in America’s history.”—Associated PressWhen fourteen-year-old Carlotta Walls walked up the stairs of Little Rock Central High School on ... Leer más

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“A searing and emotionally gripping account of a young black girl growing up to become a strong black woman during the most difficult time of racial segregation.”—Professor Charles Ogletree, Harvard Law School“Provides important context for an important moment in America’s history.”—Associated PressWhen fourteen-year-old Carlotta Walls walked up the stairs of Little Rock Central High School on
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Lincoln Reconsidered

Essays on the Civil War Era

de David Herbert Donald ...

A "brilliant" look at America's sixteenth president by the New York Times–bestselling, Pulitzer Prize–winning author of Lincoln ( American Historical Review).First published in 1956 and revised and updated for the twenty-first century, Lincoln Reconsidered is a masterpiece of Civil War scholarship. In a dozen eloquent, witty, and incisive essays, the author of the definitive biography of Abraham ... Leer más

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A "brilliant" look at America's sixteenth president by the New York Times–bestselling, Pulitzer Prize–winning author of Lincoln ( American Historical Review).First published in 1956 and revised and updated for the twenty-first century, Lincoln Reconsidered is a masterpiece of Civil War scholarship. In a dozen eloquent, witty, and incisive essays, the author of the definitive biography of Abraham
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The Rise and Fall of Jim Crow

de Richard Wormser ...

With extensive photos and first-person accounts, this companion to the PBS series is "an illuminating, succinct history of racial discrimination in the US" ( Publishers Weekly).Between 1880 and 1954, African Americans dedicated their energies, and sometimes their lives, to defeating segregation. During these difficult decades, they acquired education and land and built businesses, churches, and ... Leer más

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With extensive photos and first-person accounts, this companion to the PBS series is "an illuminating, succinct history of racial discrimination in the US" ( Publishers Weekly).Between 1880 and 1954, African Americans dedicated their energies, and sometimes their lives, to defeating segregation. During these difficult decades, they acquired education and land and built businesses, churches, and
... Leer más

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