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  • Faith in Black Power

    Religion, Race, and Resistance in Cairo, Illinois

    Series series Civil Rights and the Struggle for Black Equality in the Twentieth Century
    In 1969, nineteen-year-old Robert Hunt was found dead in the Cairo, Illinois, police station. The white authorities ruled the death a suicide, but many members of the African American community believed that Hunt had been murdered—a sentiment that sparked rebellions and protests across the city. Cairo suddenly emerged as an important battleground for black survival in America and became a focus ... Leer más

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    The Spectacular Achievements of Propaganda

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    Noam Chomsky’s backpocket classic on wartime propaganda and opinion control begins by asserting two models of democracy—one in which the public actively participates, and one in which the public is manipulated and controlled. According to Chomsky, "propaganda is to democracy as the bludgeon is to a totalitarian state," and the mass media is the primary vehicle for delivering propaganda in the ... Leer más

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  • Tears We Cannot Stop

    A Sermon to White America

    "A hard-hitting sermon on the racial divide, directed specifically to a white congregation." — Kirkus Reviews, starred reviewA New York Times, Los Angeles Times, Washington Post, and Boston Globe BestsellerAs the country grapples with racial division at a level not seen since the 1960s, Michael Eric Dyson's voice is heard above the rest. In Tears We Cannot Stop, a provocative and deeply pe... ... Leer más

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  • Citizen

    An American Lyric

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  • Saving Nelson Mandela:The Rivonia Trial and the Fate of South Africa

    The Rivonia Trial and the Fate of South Africa

    Series series Pivotal Moments in World History
    When South Africa's apartheid government charged Nelson Mandela with planning its overthrow in 1963, most observers feared that he would be sentenced to death. But the support he and his fellow activists in the African National Congress received during his trial not only saved his life, but also enabled him to save his country. In Saving Nelson Mandela, South African law expert Kenneth S. Broun ... Leer más

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  • Saboteurs

    Wiebo Ludwig's War Against Big Oil

    At Trickle Creek in northern Alberta, Wiebo Ludwig thought he’d buffered his tiny religious community from civilization, but in 1990 civilization came calling. A Calgary oil company proposed to drill directly in view of the farm’s communal dining room. Ludwig wrote letters, petitioned, forced public hearings, and discovered the provincial regulator cared little about landowners. After the oil ... Leer más

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  • An Idea Whose Time Has Come

    Two Presidents, Two Parties, and the Battle for the Civil Rights Act of 1964

    The story of the behind-the-scenes political battle to pass the 1964 Civil Rights Act: "Excellent . . . a highly readable play-by-play." — The AtlanticIt was a turbulent time in America—a time of sit-ins, freedom rides, a March on Washington, and a governor standing in the schoolhouse door—when John F. Kennedy sent Congress a bill to bar racial discrimination in employment, education, and public ... Leer más

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  • The Rights of the People

    From the best-selling author of The Working Poor, an impassioned, incisive look at the violations of civil liberties in the United States that have accelerated over the past decade—and their direct impact on our lives.How have our rights to privacy and justice been undermined? What exactly have we lost? Pulitzer Prize–winner David K. Shipler searches for the answers to these questions by examining ... Leer más

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  • Walter Rodney

    A Promise of Revolution

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  • Somebody Scream!

    Rap Music's Rise to Prominence in the Aftershock of Black Power

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    For many African Americans of a certain demographic the sixties and seventies were the golden age of political movements. The Civil Rights movement segued into the Black Power movement which begat the Black Arts movement. Fast forward to 1979 and the release of Sugarhill Gang's "Rapper's Delight." With the onset of the Reagan years, we begin to see the unraveling of many of the advances fought for ... Leer más

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  • Building the Great Society

    Inside Lyndon Johnson's White House

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  • Making Citizens

    Political Socialization Research and Beyond

    Series series Social Sciences (R0)
    This book assembles what political scientists, sociologists, and communication analysts have learned in almost six decades of research on political socialization (the lifelong process by which we acquire political beliefs). It also explores how people develop political values, attitudes, identities, and behavioral dispositions. Of particular interest to Philo C. Wasburn and Tawnya J. Adkins Covert ... Leer más

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