Activism
On Strike! Ethnic Studies 1969-1999
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Through interviews with past and recent student leaders and faculty juxtaposed with footage of campus demonstrations over the course of a generation, ON STRIKE offers an historical and political overview of what it took to establish and sustain ethnic studies at one of the nation’s leading universities. ON STRIKE makes an encapsulated, incisive study of the context and events that led up to the Ethnic Studies demonstrations, hunger strikes, and student arrests that surprisingly roiled the UC Berkeley campus in May, 1999. Opening with a quick historical study of the struggle that established Ethnic Studies in the late sixties, this record of modern-day activism soon moves into the urgent present-time, detailing the n… More >>
On Strike! Ethnic Studies 1969-1999
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With All Deliberate Speed: Implementing Brown v. Board of Education
- ISBN13: 9781557288691
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This is the first effort to provide a broad assessment of how well the Brown v. Board of Education decision that declared an end to segregated schools in the United States was implemented. Written by a distinguished group of historians, the twelve essays in this collection examine how African Americans and their supporters in twelve states–Arkansas, North Carolina, Virginia, South Carolina, Georgia, Mississippi, Florida, Delaware, Missouri, Indiana, Nevada, and Wisconsin–dealt with the Court’s mandate to desegregate “with all deliberate speed.” The process followed many diverse paths.
Some of the common themes in these efforts were the importance of black activism, especially the crucial role played by the… More >>
With All Deliberate Speed: Implementing Brown v. Board of Education
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Geographies of Learning: Theory and Practice, Activism and Performance
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Maps the divisions that stall the production of knowledge in theatre and performance studies, queer studies, and women’s studies…. More >>
Geographies of Learning: Theory and Practice, Activism and Performance
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