White Man's Heaven is the first book to investigate the lynching and expulsion of African Americans in the Missouri and Arkansas Ozarks in the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries. Kimberly Harper shows how an established tradition of extralegal violence and the rapid political, economic, and social change of the New South era combined to create an environment that resulted in interracial violence. Even though some whites tried to stop the violence and bring the lynchers to justice, many African Americans fled the Ozarks, leaving only a resilient few behind and forever changing the racial composition of the region.
WHITE LUNG moves in and out of dream space to explore women's silences and the ways those silences intersect with the current American political climate. Covering topics like gun violence, mass shootings, police brutality, abortion, misogyny, and the death penalty, WHITE LUNG's white, female speaker, in a variety of forms and identities, describes how her Southern family's history of racism contributed to her own silences throughout her childhood and beyond. The book also deals with the 2014 execution of Clayton Lockett, who was the author's husband's legal client and friend. Both an attempt to speak truth and an experiment in radical empathy, WHITE LUNG is a love letter to the same people and culture it interrogates.
A behind-the-scenes look at the only fashion show held at the White House and the intersections of fashion and politicsOn February 29, 1968, the White House hosted its first—and only—fashion show. At the time, the patriotic event was lauded by the press, and many predicted it would become an annual occasion, especially since fashion had grown to become the fourth largest industry in the United States, employing 1.4 million Americans, more than 80 percent of them women. But the social and political turmoil of that particular year—from the Vietnam War, the civil rights movement, and the assassinations of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. and Senator Robert F. Kennedy—cast a shadow over the festivities. Using eyewitness accounts as well as carefully preserved records, artifacts, and previously unpublished images, Red, White, and Blue on the Runway re-creates the once-in-a-lifetime event and explores the reasons why the first White House fashion show was destined to be the last. The politics of fashion touched everyone involved in this landmark occasion in American fashion history, from hostess Lady Bird Johnson and the Johnson daughters to the designers, including Bill Blass, Geoffrey Beene, Mollie Parnis, and Oscar de la Renta, as well as the models and guests. Those guests included the wives of governors and of President Johnson's Cabinet, in addition to dozens of fashion designers and prominent journalists who reported on the event. In our own turbulent political climate, Red, White, and Blue on the Runway takes us back to an equally tense time, providing a unique historical perspective on themes of fashion, politics, protest, and image-making that are immediately relevant today.
This book offers the first-ever intersectional feminist analysis of the gendered and racialized dynamics of the contemporary Calgary Stampede.Kimberly A. Williams wants the annual Calgary Stampede to change its ways. An intrepid feminist scholar with a raucous sense of humour, Williams combines memoir, theory, history, pop culture, and current events to challenge readers to make feminist sense of how gender and race matter at Canada's oldest and largest western heritage festival.Stampede! takes readers on an adventure into Alberta's past, looking at how the Calgary Stampede came to be and tracing its evolution to the Centennial event in 2012. Using a variety of cultural materials-photography, print advertisements, news coverage, poetry, and social media-Williams asks who gets to be part of the "we" in the Stampede's 2012 slogan "We're Greatest Together." Who gets left out? And what do you have to do to get in?Williams examines some beloved traditions of the Calgary Stampede through the lens of the feminist killjoy: the parade, the First Nations Princess, the Stampede Queen and her two princesses, First Nations Village, and the chuckwagon races. She uses ads from the Centennial planner to weave a story about the Albertan petro cowboy, his family, and his community. And she asks how the Treaty 7 Nations fit into this narrative about the white settler cowboy.There's no question the Stampede is a widely loved event, but could it do more to ensure that we actually are "greatest together"? Williams thinks so, and she concludes the book with some ideas for a new way forward.
In the early 1920s, amid rising anti-Catholic sentiment and hysteria generated by World War I, the reconstituted Ku Klux Klan found new footing in many states outside the Deep South—including Montana. In Big Skies, White Hoods, Christine K. Erickson explores the little-known history of the Klan in Big Sky Country, revealing what this western incarnation had in common with its antecedents, how it differed from the Klan’s reappearance elsewhere, and what it might tell us about the resurgence of white nationalism in Montana and across the West. The early-twentieth-century Klan, unlike its Reconstruction-era forbear, was a national phenomenon, with 3 to 4 million members across the country. But it was also highly localized—and in the forty-six Montana communities where it organized, that meant focusing less on race than on religion and class. Big Skies, White Hoods sets the historical stage for the Klan’s arrival with an account of the influence of the American Protective Association, a virulent anti-Catholic organization, and the social fallout from World War I, as seen in the emergence of the notorious Montana Council of Defense. In its organizational structure and recruiting methods, its political interests and membership, and its deep connection to white Protestant culture, the Klan in Montana echoed iterations elsewhere. But Erickson shows how the state’s weather and geography complicated the task of organizing its scattered, isolated communities, and how local ambivalence challenged the high-minded extremist ideals of the Klan’s leaders—especially Grand Dragon Lewis Terwilliger, whose ambitions were finally thwarted when discrepancies between the national, state, and local organizations proved intransigent. Although Big Skies, White Hoods documents the ultimate downfall of the Klan in Montana, the book’s epilogue confirms that its legacy of hate continues, as other racist organizations have written their white nationalist hopes upon Montana’s history.
Don't miss the first and bestselling book in the beloved Pete the Cat series Pete the Cat goes walking down the street wearing his brand-new white shoes. Along the way, his shoes change from white to red to blue to brown to WET as he steps in piles of strawberries, blueberries, and other big messes But no matter what color his shoes are, Pete keeps movin' and groovin' and singing his song...because it's all good. Pete the Cat: I Love My White Shoes asks the reader questions about the colors of different foods and objects--kids love to interact with the story.The fun never stops--download the free groovin' song.Don't miss Pete's other adventures, including Pete the Cat: Rocking in My School Shoes, Pete the Cat and His Four Groovy Buttons, Pete the Cat Saves Christmas, Pete the Cat and His Magic Sunglasses, Pete the Cat and the Bedtime Blues, Pete the Cat and the New Guy, Pete the Cat and the Cool Cat Boogie, Pete the Cat and the Missing Cupcakes, Pete the Cat and the Perfect Pizza Party, and Pete the Cat: Crayons Rock
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This report documents the results of a study examining challenges that Air Force civilian women, racial/ethnic minorities, and individuals with disabilities may face in advancing to higher pay grades as well as factors influencing retention decisions. The study analyzed demographic differences in advancement and retention patterns and conducted focus groups and interviews with close to 300 participants.
Are you a beginning teacher who could use a jumpstart to your career? Could you use practical and helpful resources to implement in your classroom tomorrow? Utilizing over a decade of coaching experience, Jump-Starting Your Career will give you tips and tools that will help this year be successful, and, more importantly, keep you coming back to teaching year after year.
Write God a Psalm is designed to take you on a spiritual journey to a closer relationship with God, promoting greater intimacy with God in a refreshing and unique way. As you read each devotional, challenge yourself to see it as more than just an entry in a book, but rather an intimate experience with God. Allow these inspiring messages to remind you of God's concern for you and His activity in your life. This experience has been crafted to be a resource for every believer. For new believers, this book will teach you to see God through the correct lens, regardless of the difficulty you may be facing on your journey. For seasoned believers, this book will refresh your awe and appreciation for God. Each day, you will experience devotionals that bridge scripture with our everyday needs and trials. You will be challenged to journal words of worship to God in a unique way and encouraged to put your love/needs into your own words as you grow in your walk with God. At the close of this 30 day journey, your relationship with God will be enhanced through the daily and direct application of His Word. Get your pen ready. It's time to Write God a Psalm.
Do you want to write a book that will get your message out to your prospects about what you do but you're worried that nobody will want to read it? You need the PERFECT idea for your book that will make your prospect say "Yes THIS is what I want to know " You can easily discover the topic for your book that your prospects can't WAIT to buy and read. On the surface, writing a book seems so easy and straightforward, right? You just sit down and put everything you know into a book and WHAMO Instant credibility and people are banging down your door to get more of your mojo. But somehow you can't figure out how to get started writing your book... Does any of this sound familiar? You're completely overwhelmed with ideas and have no idea how to narrow it down to ONE red-hot topic. OR you have no idea how to generate a book-length idea that your prospects want to read. AND you're worried you'll put all your good stuff into one book and your coaching business will suffer What's missing is the magic bullet: WHAT to write about Here's a hint: not every idea is a great book idea. You need a single red-hot idea that: Proves you're an expert in your niche - you wrote the book on it after all Attracts just the right prospects to your book and encourages those prospects to BUY your book Delivers exactly what you promised (offering your reader a powerful transformation) and nothing else Leaves room for the reader to want to contact you to find out more about what you do - you solved their immediate pain BUT you didn't give away the farm; there's more to learn from you Step #1 in writing a book is THE IDEA Here's what you'll learn in this breakthrough book: Module 1: Coming Up With Lots of Ideas Before you can write the PERFECT book you need to find the perfect idea. And we both know ideas don't grow on trees You'll complete three exercises to unlock your mind AND give you plenty of ideas and prompts for lots of future projects. Module 2: Refining Your Ideas & Uncovering Your Book's Topic Here you'll take your raw list of ideas and uncover the topics YOU'RE most excited to write about. Then, you'll learn how to figure out which of these topics makes your prospects sit up and take notice. Module 3: Organizing The Book & Writing Your Outline You'll have narrowed your book down to ONE red-hot topic and now it's time to put flesh on the bones of your idea and create the skeleton of your book. Not only will you make sure you've collected all your ducks, you'll get them in a row and make sure that you're not giving away the farm PLUS you'll receive MP3 trainings to go along with the workbook, 100% free
Sociolinguistics and Second Language Acquisition is a comprehensive textbook that bridges the gap between the fields of sociolinguistics and second language acquisition, exploring the variety of ways in which social context influences the acquisition of a second language. It reviews basic principles of sociolinguistics, provides a unified account of the multiple theoretical approaches to social factors in second languages, summarizes the growing body of empirical research, including examples of findings from a wide range of second languages, and discusses the application of sociolinguistics to the second language classroom. Written for an audience that extends beyond specialists in the field, complete with summary tables, additional readings, discussion questions, and application activities throughout, this volume will serve as the ideal textbook for advanced undergraduate or graduate students of second language acquisition and instruction, and will also be of interest to researchers in the fields of second language acquisition, second language instruction and sociolinguistics.
Sociolinguistics and Second Language Acquisition is a comprehensive textbook that bridges the gap between the fields of sociolinguistics and second language acquisition, exploring the variety of ways in which social context influences the acquisition of a second language. It reviews basic principles of sociolinguistics, provides a unified account of the multiple theoretical approaches to social factors in second languages, summarizes the growing body of empirical research, including examples of findings from a wide range of second languages, and discusses the application of sociolinguistics to the second language classroom. Written for an audience that extends beyond specialists in the field, complete with summary tables, additional readings, discussion questions, and application activities throughout, this volume will serve as the ideal textbook for advanced undergraduate or graduate students of second language acquisition and instruction, and will also be of interest to researchers in the fields of second language acquisition, second language instruction and sociolinguistics.
In this powerfully argued and progressive study, Kimberly Oliver and David Kirk call for a radical reconstruction of the teaching of physical education for girls. Despite forty years of theorization and practical intervention, girls are still disengaging from physical education, dropping out of physical activity, and suffering negative consequences in terms of their health and well-being as a result. This book challenges the conventional narrative that girls are somehow to blame for this disengagement, and instead identifies important new ways of working with girls, developing a new pedagogical model for ‘girl-friendly’ physical education.The book locates our understanding of the experiences of girls in physical education in the broader context of young people’s multifaceted engagements with popular physical culture. Adopting an activist perspective, it outlines a programme of action informed by principled pragmatism and based on four critical elements: student-centred pedagogy; critical study of embodiment; inquiry-based physical education centred-in-action, and listening and responding to girls over time. It explores the implications of this new thinking for teaching, research, PETE and policy, and outlines a future agenda for work in this area. Offering a profound theoretical critique of contemporary research and practice, as well as a new programme of action, Girls, Gender and Physical Education is essential reading for all researchers, advanced students and practitioners with an interest in the issues of gender, equity and inclusion in physical education.
Kim was encouraged to write "I Miss Grandpa" after losing her grandfather. Also, after her granddaughter's lost their maternal grandfather and her grandson lost his maternal grandmother, she realized children need an outlet to help them express their grief as a result of the loss of their loved ones.
This is written with love to all that read this. To show how much God has changed my life. To love the Lord as much as I can and that I can share with all people that God wants them. Words are meaningful when written with the love I have. This is the growth that the Lord Jesus Christ has given to me as I follow His way of life. To help those who do not get the recognition they deserve in life. To show how much each and every person means to me in my life. To encourage and uplift as many people along the way to Jesus. Helping those that people do not take the time to tell them that they are precious. All things God created and we must let Him lead us along the way, daily.
For decades, Afro-Brazilian art was primarily associated with religious themes. However, developments in the national discourse on race, ethnicity, and black art in the latter part of the twentieth century have produced a shift away from sacred symbols to art more representative of the complete Afro-Brazilian experience.Kimberly Cleveland highlights the work of five Brazilian artists from all over the country who work in a wide range of media, including photography, sculpture, and installation art. She shows how each conveys “blackness” through his or her unique visual vocabulary and points out the ways this reflects their lived experiences. By examining how these artists explore their African cultural heritage in their work, Cleveland reveals the myriad ways in which they confront social, economic, political, and historical issues related to race in Brazil. Most important, Black Art in Brazil highlights how the markers of black art and culture in Brazil have continued to diversify.
