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Author: Blair L. M. Kelley Publisher: Univ of North Carolina Press ISBN: 0807895814 Category : Social Science Languages : en Pages : 278
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Through a reexamination of the earliest struggles against Jim Crow, Blair Kelley exposes the fullness of African American efforts to resist the passage of segregation laws dividing trains and streetcars by race in the early Jim Crow era. Right to Ride chronicles the litigation and local organizing against segregated rails that led to the Plessy v. Ferguson decision in 1896 and the streetcar boycott movement waged in twenty-five southern cities from 1900 to 1907. Kelley tells the stories of the brave but little-known men and women who faced down the violence of lynching and urban race riots to contest segregation. Focusing on three key cities--New Orleans, Richmond, and Savannah--Kelley explores the community organizations that bound protestors together and the divisions of class, gender, and ambition that sometimes drove them apart. The book forces a reassessment of the timelines of the black freedom struggle, revealing that a period once dismissed as the age of accommodation should in fact be characterized as part of a history of protest and resistance.
Author: Eric Etheridge Publisher: Atlas Books ISBN: Category : History Languages : en Pages : 268
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In the spring and summer of 1961, several hundred Americans - black and white, male and female - converged on Jackson, Mississippi, to challenge the state segregation laws. The Freedom Riders, as they came to be known, were determined to open up the South to civil rights. Over 300 were arrested and convicted of 'breaching of the peace'. The name, mug shot and other personal details of each arrested Freedom Rider were duly recorded and saved. Collected here is a richly illustrated book book featuring contemporary photos and interviews alongside the mug shots.
Author: Blair L. M. Kelley Publisher: Univ of North Carolina Press ISBN: 0807895814 Category : Social Science Languages : en Pages : 278
Book Description
Through a reexamination of the earliest struggles against Jim Crow, Blair Kelley exposes the fullness of African American efforts to resist the passage of segregation laws dividing trains and streetcars by race in the early Jim Crow era. Right to Ride chronicles the litigation and local organizing against segregated rails that led to the Plessy v. Ferguson decision in 1896 and the streetcar boycott movement waged in twenty-five southern cities from 1900 to 1907. Kelley tells the stories of the brave but little-known men and women who faced down the violence of lynching and urban race riots to contest segregation. Focusing on three key cities--New Orleans, Richmond, and Savannah--Kelley explores the community organizations that bound protestors together and the divisions of class, gender, and ambition that sometimes drove them apart. The book forces a reassessment of the timelines of the black freedom struggle, revealing that a period once dismissed as the age of accommodation should in fact be characterized as part of a history of protest and resistance.
Author: Jonathan Lethem Publisher: HarperCollins ISBN: 0062938797 Category : Fiction Languages : en Pages : 320
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From the award-winning author of The Feral Detective and Motherless Brooklyn comes an utterly original post-collapse yarn about two siblings, the man that came between them, and a nuclear-powered super car. The Arrest isn’t post-apocalypse. It isn’t a dystopia. It isn’t a utopia. It’s just what happens when much of what we take for granted—cars, guns, computers, and airplanes, for starters—quits working. . . . Before the Arrest, Sandy Duplessis had a reasonably good life as a screenwriter in L.A. An old college friend and writing partner, the charismatic and malicious Peter Todbaum, had become one of the most powerful men in Hollywood. That didn’t hurt. Now, post-Arrest, nothing is what it was. Sandy, who calls himself Journeyman, has landed in rural Maine. There he assists the butcher and delivers the food grown by his sister, Maddy, at her organic farm. But then Todbaum shows up in an extraordinary vehicle: a retrofitted tunnel-digger powered by a nuclear reactor. Todbaum has spent the Arrest smashing his way across a fragmented and phantasmagorical United States, trailing enmities all the way. Plopping back into the siblings’ life with his usual odious panache, his motives are entirely unclear. Can it be that Todbaum wants to produce one more extravaganza? Whatever he’s up to, it may fall to Journeyman to stop him. Written with unrepentant joy and shot through with just the right amount of contemporary dread, The Arrest is speculative fiction at its absolute finest.
Author: Gary Slapper Publisher: Routledge ISBN: 1134011806 Category : Law Languages : en Pages : 711
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Slapper & Kelly''s The English Legal Systemassists students in the achievement of a good understanding of the law, its institutions and processes and sets the law and system in a social context, presenting a range of critical views. In recent years, changes to the English legal system have been extensive and the tenth edition has been comprehensively revised and updated to take these developments into account. This new edition for 2009-10 includes material on important changes to the criminal justice system, statutory interpretation, the judiciary, changes in the fields of the legal professions, and changes in the funding of legal services. This edition also includes an updated version of the court system, the rules of civil procedure, and revised chapters on criminal procedure. Now accompanied by online support for the acquisition and improvement of legal skills, The English Legal Systemhas been developed with the requirements of both lecturers and students in mind. Key pedagogical features include: concise chapter summaries to enable students to recap and reflect upon the key points covered within each chapter diagrams and flowcharts to illustrate concepts and facilitate the understanding of concepts and interrelationships advice on further reading and suggested web sites of interest at the end of each chapter, to encourage further study and independent research The companion website offers: lecturer resources such as PowerPoint slides; and sample essay / exam questions for lecturer use and adaptation; and links to current events / news topics with suggestions on themes for seminar discussions and essay questions a set of skills-led student resources including advice on technique and skills acquisition; how-to''s and guidance on best practice; practical interactive exercises and activities; podcasts; an online glossary; and a bank of Multiple Choice Questions to test English Legal System knowledge Slapper and Kelly''s textbook is firmly established as one of the leading undergraduate textbooks on the subject. A favourite with students and lecturers alike, it is essential reading for all those engaged in the study of the English legal system. www.routledge.com/textbooks/9780415480963 the requirements of both lecturers and students in mind. Key pedagogical features include: concise chapter summaries to enable students to recap and reflect upon the key points covered within each chapter diagrams and flowcharts to illustrate concepts and facilitate the understanding of concepts and interrelationships advice on further reading and suggested web sites of interest at the end of each chapter, to encourage further study and independent research The companion website offers: lecturer resources such as PowerPoint slides; and sample essay / exam questions for lecturer use and adaptation; and links to current events / news topics with suggestions on themes for seminar discussions and essay questions a set of skills-led student resources including advice on technique and skills acquisition; how-to''s and guidance on best practice; practical interactive exercises and activities; podcasts; an online glossary; and a bank of Multiple Choice Questions to test English Legal System knowledge Slapper and Kelly''s textbook is firmly established as one of the leading undergraduate textbooks on the subject. A favourite with students and lecturers alike, it is essential reading for all those engaged in the study of the English legal system. www.routledge.com/textbooks/9780415480963 t;P> a set of skills-led student resources including advice on technique and skills acquisition; how-to''s and guidance on best practice; practical interactive exercises and activities; podcasts; an online glossary; and a bank of Multiple Choice Questions to test English Legal System knowledge Slapper and Kelly''s textbook is firmly established as one of the leading undergraduate textbooks on the subject. A favourite with students and lecturers alike, it is essential reading for all those engaged in the study of the English legal system. www.routledge.com/textbooks/9780415480963
Author: Raymond Arsenault Publisher: Oxford University Press ISBN: 0199792429 Category : History Languages : en Pages : 321
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The saga of the Freedom Rides is an improbable, almost unbelievable story. In the course of six months in 1961, four hundred and fifty Freedom Riders expanded the realm of the possible in American politics, redefining the limits of dissent and setting the stage for the civil rights movement. In this new version of his encyclopedic Freedom Riders, Raymond Arsenault offers a significantly condensed and tautly written account. With characters and plot lines rivaling those of the most imaginative fiction, this is a tale of heroic sacrifice and unexpected triumph. Arsenault recounts how a group of volunteers--blacks and whites--came together to travel from Washington DC through the Deep South, defying Jim Crow laws in buses and terminals and putting their lives on the line for racial justice. News photographers captured the violence in Montgomery, shocking the nation and sparking a crisis in the Kennedy administration. Here are the key players--their fears and courage, their determination and second thoughts, and the agonizing choices they faced as they took on Jim Crow--and triumphed. Winner of the Owsley Prize Publication is timed to coincide with the airing of the American Experience miniseries documenting the Freedom Rides "Arsenault brings vividly to life a defining moment in modern American history." --Eric Foner, The New York Times Book Review "Authoritative, compelling history." --William Grimes, The New York Times "For those interested in understanding 20th-century America, this is an essential book." --Roger Wilkins, Washington Post Book World "Arsenault's record of strategy sessions, church vigils, bloody assaults, mass arrests, political maneuverings and personal anguish captures the mood and the turmoil, the excitement and the confusion of the movement and the time." --Michael Kenney, The Boston Globe
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A flashback shows Doyle's days with Abraham, his original partner and Abby's older brother, and how they became killers for hire. The truth behind Abe and his father's deaths is also revealed, along with their connections to Abe's father's partner! When Doyle's location is revealed on the news after being put on the master hit list, what will happen to him and Abby?
Author: Attorney Dennis A. Bjorklund Publisher: Praetorian Publishing ISBN: 0967985226 Category : Law Languages : en Pages : 170
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Preventing a DUI Arrest is the most comprehensive guide to discuss how to prevent a drunk driving arrest (other terms include DUI, DWI, OWI). Other books discuss what to do AFTER being arrested for DUI, but no other book thoroughly covers what to do to PREVENT a DUI arrest. The Preventing book is an essential addition to your library collection. However, it must be read from cover-to-cover to fully extract the breadth of knowledge, information and insight. Learn various investigative techniques used by law enforcement officers to manipulate motorists into a confession and how drivers are profiled for a DUI arrest. Also learn effective techniques on how to leave the scene to avoid a DUI arrest. Basically, learn everything you need to know to prevent a DUI arrest, and it is all inside this easy-to-understand empowerment manual. The contents contain all the information you need to prevent a drunk driving arrest. The topics include the following: 1) The legal definition of driving under the influence; 2) Preparing for a night of drinking and driving; 3) Essential vehicle contents to conceal alcohol consumption; 4) Techniques to avoid signs of driving impairment; 5) Geographic implications on a DWI; 6) Equipment and moving violations that increase DUI arrests; 7) How distractions and behavioral actions cause drunk driving arrests; 8) Anonymous tips reporting a possible drunk driver; 9) Vehicle breakdowns and accidents, and when to leave the scene; 10) Police tracking techniques; 11) Appropriate conduct when being stopped by the police; and 12) DUI laws in other countries. Preventing a DUI Arrest is the official guide for any motorist interested in preventing a DUI arrest. Drunk driving is considered the most socially abhorrent criminal offense of our time. Police departments are spending money at an exorbitant rate to deter this offense (and raising revenue for the state). MADD Mothers are nationally organized to influence state and federal legislation to impose harsher penalties (fines, jail, and license suspensions). It is time to fight back. Knowledge is power. Read this book and you will have all the necessary tools at your disposal to avoid a drunk driving arrest.
Author: Derek Charles Catsam Publisher: University Press of Kentucky ISBN: 0813173108 Category : History Languages : en Pages : 437
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Black Americans in the Jim Crow South could not escape the grim reality of racial segregation, whether enforced by law or by custom. In Freedom's Main Line: The Journey of Reconciliation and the Freedom Rides, author Derek Charles Catsam shows that courtrooms, classrooms, and cemeteries were not the only front lines in African Americans' prolonged struggle for basic civil rights. Buses, trains, and other modes of public transportation provided the perfect means for civil rights activists to protest the second-class citizenship of African Americans, bringing the reality of the violence of segregation into the consciousness of America and the world. In 1947, nearly a decade before the Supreme Court voided school segregation in Brown v. Board of Education, sixteen black and white activists embarked on a four-state bus tour, called the Journey of Reconciliation, to challenge discrimination in busing and other forms of public transportation. Although the Journey drew little national attention, it set the stage for the more timely and influential 1961 Freedom Rides. After the Supreme Court's 1960 ruling in Boynton v. Virginia that segregated public transportation violated the Interstate Commerce Act, the Congress of Racial Equality (CORE) and other civil rights groups organized the Freedom Rides to test the enforcement of the ruling in buses and bus terminals across the South. Their goal was simple: "to make bus desegregation," as a CORE press release put it, "a reality instead of merely an approved legal doctrine." Freedom's Main Line argues that the Freedom Rides, a turning point in the Civil Rights Movement, were a logical, natural evolution of such earlier efforts as the Journey of Reconciliation, their organizers following models provided by previous challenges to segregation and relying on the principles of nonviolence so common in the larger movement. The impact of the Freedom Rides, however, was unprecedented, fixing the issue of civil rights in the national consciousness. Later activists were often dubbed Freedom Riders even if they never set foot on a bus. With challenges to segregated transportation as his point of departure, Catsam chronicles black Americans' long journey toward increased civil rights. Freedom's Main Line tells the story of bold incursions into the heart of institutional discrimination, journeys undertaken by heroic individuals who forced racial injustice into the national and international spotlight and helped pave the way for the landmark Civil Rights Act of 1964.
Author: Jerome J. McGann Publisher: Princeton University Press ISBN: 9780691015446 Category : Art Languages : en Pages : 224
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"English literature," Yeats once noted, "has all but completely shaped itself in the printing press." Finding this true particularly of modernist writing, Jerome McGann demonstrates the extraordinary degree to which modernist styles are related to graphic and typographic design, to printed letters--"black riders" on a blank page--that create language for the eye. He sketches the relation of modernist writing to key developments in book design, beginning with the nineteenth-century renaissance of printing, and demonstrates the continued interest of postmodern writers in the "visible language" of modernism. McGann then offers a philosophical investigation into the relation of knowledge and truth to this kind of imaginative writing. Exploring the work of writers like William Morris, Emily Dickinson, W. B. Yeats, Ezra Pound, and Gertrude Stein, as well as Laura Riding and Bob Brown, he shows how each exploits the visibilities of language, often by aligning their work with older traditions of so-called Adamic language. McGann argues that in modernist writing, philosophical nominalism emerges as a key aesthetic point of departure. Such writing thus develops a pragmatic and performative "answer to Plato" in the matter of poetry's relation to truth and philosophy.
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