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A Movie-Struck Kid From Detroit
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A Movie-Struck Kid From Detroit

Going Deeper into Movies

From: Thinking While Black

In this chapter the author examined the revolutionary ideas and culture of 1960’s Detroit through Armond White’s reviews of various media (film, theatre, music, and literature) … 20 $2.00 Add
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Beginnings : The Hub City
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Beginnings : The Hub City

From: Eyes Have Seen

In this chapter, Anderson recounts his childhood in segregated Hattiesburg, Mississippi, from 1947 through the early 1960s. 30 $3.00 Add
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Black and British
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Black and British

A Lived Contradiction

From: Thinking While Black

This chapter detailed Paul Gilroy’s life after 1968 and his interest in the rebel spirit of black American and Caribbean musicians. Topics include British immigration policy, political … 32 $3.20 Add
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Coda
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Coda

Guess Who’s Coming to the Awards Dinner

From: Thinking While Black

In this chapter the author reflects on Armond White’s and Paul Gilroy’s careers as film and culture critics and intellectuals within the rebel generation. The author specifically … 20 $2.00 Add
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Conscience for Change

Conscience for Change

From: The Lost Massey Lectures

In this lecture from 1967, Martin Luther King Jr. examines the American civil rights struggle of 1955 to 1965, non-violent protest, and his opposition to the Vietnam War. 55 $5.50 Add
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Denouement

Denouement

From: The Einstein File

This chapter explores the early 1950s, the context of the McCarthy era/McCarthyism and the McCarthy/Hoover anti communist crusade, and Einstein’s life and position during this period. It … 41 $4.10 Add
Educating for Action

Educating for Action

Strategies to Ignite Social Justice

The pursuit of freedom and justice is a timeless effort, but new activists may not know where to begin, while more experienced ones often become jaded or fatigued. The task of constructing a new … ; 259 View
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Enlarging the American Cinema
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Enlarging the American Cinema

Armond White vs. the Straight Middle-Class White World (and the Black Bourgeoisie)

From: Thinking While Black

In this chapter the author examines Armond White’s wildly overlooked film criticism of the 1980’s and 1990’s to shed light on his contributions to resistance aesthetics and film … 44 $4.40 Add
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Epilogue

Epilogue

Thankfulness, Mutual Recognition, and Appreciation

From: Educating for Action

Sometimes simply saying “thank you” can be enough. We all work hard, and we all want to change the world. But sometimes we can get so wrapped up in completing the immediate task that … ; 8 $0.80 Add
Eyes Have Seen
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Eyes Have Seen

From Mississippi to Montreal

Eyes Have Seen, From Mississippi to Montreal is a vivid and searing memoir about growing up black in Hattiesburg, Mississippi. In the difficult and often dangerous years of ubiquitous racism, … 258 View
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Forward

Forward

Reading Peace Education

From: Educating for Action

Editors Jason Del Gandio and Anthony J. Nocella II, along with volume contributors, present Educating for Action: Strategies to Ignite Social Justice as an engaging and instructive manual for … 4 $0.40 Add
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Getting into the Streets

Getting into the Streets

Organizing Your Community

From: Educating for Action

Although the terms “organizing” and “activism” are often considered synonymous, there are important distinctions. Organizing is about developing a large number of … 14 $1.40 Add
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Getting into the Streets

Getting into the Streets

Activist Guidelines and Case Studies

From: Educating for Action

This chapter provides four snapshots of activism. Jason Del Gandio begins with how to initiate and facilitate an organizing meeting. This is usually the first place activists begin — … ; ; ; 22 $2.20 Add
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Gone Already
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Gone Already

From: Eyes Have Seen

In this chapter, Anderson recounts 1966, higlighting his experience with the Mississippi Freedom Summer, violent encounters in Southwest Georgia, and border crossing into Canada. 12 $1.20 Add