Author: Thomas WrightPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 344
Book Description
Johnny Robinson: the Story of the Childhood and Schooldays of an "intelligent Artisan."
Author: Thomas WrightPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 344
Book Description
Johnny Robinson
Author: Thomas WrightPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 300
Book Description
Johnny Robinson, by 'the journeyman engineer', author of 'Some habits and customs of the working classes'.
Author: Thomas WrightA Detective's Story
Author: Ron WallacePublisher: Ronald Wallace
ISBN:
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 26
Book Description
Justice is a great thing when someone has been wronged or violated. We want those guilty held accountable for the crime they have committed. In this book you will read true stories of real case files of Detective Ron Wallace. The stories are real but the names of the victim's and suspect have been changed to protect their identity. The street names have also been changed. Some of the cases in this book will touch your heart and then be filled with excitement. The book has been formatted into a case file format like a real case file. I have tried to bring my experiences as a Police Detective to book form and give the reader a feel of being a Detective. I hope this book may inspire readers to make sure that if someone they know or themselves become more diligent in keeping peace.
Father of the Tuskegee Airmen, John C. Robinson
Author: Phillip Thomas TuckerPublisher: Potomac Books, Inc.
ISBN: 1597976067
Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 556
Book Description
A thrilling biography of one of the most famous African American pilots of all time.
Game of My Life LSU Tigers
Author: Marty MuléPublisher: Simon and Schuster
ISBN: 1683580427
Category : Sports & Recreation
Languages : en
Pages : 361
Book Description
A continuing and ongoing drama, LSU football has been marked by a string of improbable victories and sometimes valiant defeats. Game of My Life LSU Tigers is the chronicle of more than thirty-five of the greatest players as they tell the story of the game that meant it all. This book features the vivid and poignant single-game stories from three dozen of the most remembered Tigers games of the last eight decades. Readers will relive the fingertip catches, the bone-crunching hits, and epic touchdowns through the eyes—and from the memories—of the LSU players themselves. The words of Tigers such as Jim Taylor, Billy Cannon, Tommy Hodson, Carlos Carson, Matt Mauck, Rohan Davey, JaMarcus Russell, Marcus Spears, Jarvis Landry, and Leonard Fournette are all part of this storied collection that has become a must-have for any true Tigers fan and Bayou football lover. From the words of Tigers coaching legend Paul Dietzel, “This is really like a Tiger time machine, going back to LSU’s greatest football moments with the people who lived them, then and now.”
Policing the Black Man
Author: Angela J. DavisPublisher: Vintage
ISBN: 0525436618
Category : Social Science
Languages : en
Pages : 354
Book Description
A comprehensive, readable analysis of the key issues of the Black Lives Matter movement, this thought-provoking and compelling anthology features essays by some of the nation’s most influential and respected criminal justice experts and legal scholars. “Somewhere among the anger, mourning and malice that Policing the Black Man documents lies the pursuit of justice. This powerful book demands our fierce attention.” —Toni Morrison Policing the Black Man explores and critiques the many ways the criminal justice system impacts the lives of African American boys and men at every stage of the criminal process, from arrest through sentencing. Essays range from an explication of the historical roots of racism in the criminal justice system to an examination of modern-day police killings of unarmed black men. The contributors discuss and explain racial profiling, the power and discretion of police and prosecutors, the role of implicit bias, the racial impact of police and prosecutorial decisions, the disproportionate imprisonment of black men, the collateral consequences of mass incarceration, and the Supreme Court’s failure to provide meaningful remedies for the injustices in the criminal justice system. Policing the Black Man is an enlightening must-read for anyone interested in the critical issues of race and justice in America.
American Wings
Author: Sherri L. SmithPublisher: Penguin
ISBN: 059332398X
Category : Young Adult Nonfiction
Languages : en
Pages : 385
Book Description
From the acclaimed author of Flygirl and the bestselling author of Code Name Verity comes the thrilling and inspiring true story of the desegregation of the skies. “This beautiful and brilliant history of not only what it means to be Black and dream of flying but to, against every odd, do so, completely blew me away.” —Jacqueline Woodson, National Book Award Winner for Brown Girl Dreaming In the years between World War I and World War II, aviation fever was everywhere, including among Black Americans. But what hope did a Black person have of learning to fly in a country constricted by prejudice and Jim Crow laws, where Black aviators like Bessie Coleman had to move to France to earn their wings? American Wings follows a group of determined Black Americans: Cornelius Coffey and Johnny Robinson, skilled auto mechanics; Janet Harmon Bragg, a nurse; and Willa Brown, a teacher and social worker. Together, they created a flying club and built their own airfield south of Chicago. As the U.S. hurtled toward World War II, they established a school to train new pilots, teaching both Black and white students together and proving, in a time when the U.S. military was still segregated, that successful integration was possible. Featuring rare historical photographs, American Wings brings to light a hidden history of pioneering Black men and women who, with grit and resilience, battled powerful odds for an equal share of the sky.
The bane of a life
Author: Thomas WrightBilly Cannon
Author: Charles N. deGravellesPublisher: LSU Press
ISBN: 0807162221
Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 280
Book Description
"Through conversations with Cannon, deGravelles follows the athlete-turned-reformer from his boyhood in a working-class Baton Rouge neighborhood to his sudden rush of fame as the leading high school running back in the country. Personal and previously unpublished stories about Cannon's glory days at LSU and his stellar but controversial career in the pros, as well as details of his indictment for counterfeiting and his post-release work as staff dentist at Louisiana State Penitentiary at Angola, [are provided]"--Dust jacket flap.