Markham Street Village
Author | : Markham Street Village Merchants' Association |
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Release | : 1967 |
Genre | : Markham Village (Toronto, Ont.) |
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Author | : Markham Street Village Merchants' Association |
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Release | : 1967 |
Genre | : Markham Village (Toronto, Ont.) |
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Author | : Ronnie Williams |
Publisher | : Bookbaby |
Total Pages | : 296 |
Release | : 2022-02-24 |
Genre | : Social Science |
ISBN | : 9781667811291 |
"Markham Street" is more than a story about systemic racism, police violence, or brutal murder, although it is all of those. Above all, it is the story of one man's enduring love for his lost brother and his devotion to his grieving parents, who kept silent for two and half decades to protect their seven surviving children. Through the lens of his then-thriving Black community of Menifee, Ronnie Williams vividly describes the suffocating misery and debasement of Black families who worked in the cotton fields or as domestic help for white families and businesses. He shares in loving detail how his parents made ends meet through constant work and resourcefulness and raised eight children, six of whom became educators like himself. He also shares his memories of the night his brother died, a night when a literal tornado tore apart his home, while only miles away, a tornado of rage and hate tore apart his family. Most of all, he writes poignantly about his brother Marvin - a prodigy who graduated from high school at the age of 15, Marvin desperately tried to escape the grinding poverty of field labor. He joined the Navy and later the Army, where he became a respected U.S. Paratrooper. At age 20, he was a beloved son, husband, and father. He had a good job, a second child on the way, and a bright future - until the night he was unlawfully arrested on Markham Street and bludgeoned to death by police. The book resounds with the author's unresolved grief over his brother's terrible death, his righteous determination to get justice for Marvin, and his own remarkable, ground-breaking career in the same city where his brother was killed.
Author | : Ron Brown |
Publisher | : Dundurn |
Total Pages | : 248 |
Release | : 2020-05-15 |
Genre | : History |
ISBN | : 1459746589 |
Toronto’s Lost Villages leads the reader and the day-tripper to the many historic sites and streetscapes that mark long lost stage stops, mill villages, and railway communities, now engulfed by a surging city.
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Total Pages | : 76 |
Release | : 2017 |
Genre | : Bathurst Street (Toronto, Ont.). |
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Author | : Grady Clay |
Publisher | : University of Chicago Press |
Total Pages | : 330 |
Release | : 1998-05-22 |
Genre | : History |
ISBN | : 9780226109497 |
Focusing on the romantic lure of "place", such as "Fall Color Country" or "Lover's Lane", urban planner Grady Clay describes a unique cross-section of America, emphasizing the beauty and intrigue of hidden landscape gems. Depicting the everyday as well as the bizarre, Clay's entertaining "travel" guide allows us to see in a new way what has always been right before our eyes. 100 photos. 16 line drawings.
Author | : John Ross Robertson |
Publisher | : |
Total Pages | : 644 |
Release | : 1914 |
Genre | : Toronto (Ont.) |
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Author | : New York (State). Court of Appeals. |
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Total Pages | : 1222 |
Release | : 1914 |
Genre | : Law |
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Volume contains: 210 NY 225 (Baird v. Erie R.R. Co.) 210 NY 601 (Beauty Spring Water Co. v. Village of Lyons Falls)
Author | : Adrienne Lynn Shadd |
Publisher | : Dundurn |
Total Pages | : 112 |
Release | : 2005-11-28 |
Genre | : History |
ISBN | : 9781896219868 |
An account of the lives of Black people in Toronto in the 1800's.
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Total Pages | : 960 |
Release | : 1994 |
Genre | : Historic buildings |
ISBN | : 9780891332541 |
Lists buildings, structures, sites, objects, and districts that possess historical significance as defined by the National Register Criteria for Evaluation, in every state.