Voices in Your Blood
Author | : G. G. Vandagriff |
Publisher | : Andrews McMeel Publishing |
Total Pages | : 194 |
Release | : 1993 |
Genre | : Reference |
ISBN | : |
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Author | : G. G. Vandagriff |
Publisher | : Andrews McMeel Publishing |
Total Pages | : 194 |
Release | : 1993 |
Genre | : Reference |
ISBN | : |
Author | : Jon Meacham |
Publisher | : Random House |
Total Pages | : 989 |
Release | : 2001-02-15 |
Genre | : History |
ISBN | : 0375506829 |
An unprecedented portrait of the civil rights movement and the fight against white supremacy, told through voices that resonate with passion and strength—including Maya Angelou, James Baldwin, Ralph Ellison, Alice Walker, Richard Wright, and John Lewis “Jon Meacham . . . has done about the best job of anthologizing the movement that I’ve ever seen.”—Tom Wicker, Mother Jones Editor and Pulitzer Prize–winning author Jon Meacham has chosen pieces by journalists, novelists, historians, and artists, bringing together a wide range of perspectives and experiences. The result is a literary anthology of important and artful interpretations of the movement’s spirit and struggle. Maya Angelou takes us on a poignant journey back to her childhood in the Arkansas of the 1930s. On the front page of The New York Times, James Reston marks the movement’s apex as he describes what it was like to watch Martin Luther King, Jr., deliver his heralded “I Have a Dream” speech in real time. Alice Walker takes up the movement’s progress a decade later in her article “Choosing to Stay at Home: Ten Years After the March on Washington.” And John Lewis chronicles the unimaginable courage of the ordinary African Americans who challenged the prevailing order, paid for it in blood and tears, and justly triumphed. Voices in Our Blood is a compelling look at the movement as it actually happened, from the days leading up to World War II to the anxieties and ambiguities of this new century. The story of race in America is a never-ending one, and Voices in Our Blood tells us how we got this far—and how far we still have to go to reach the Promised Land. This powerful anthology contains works from: Maya Angelou • Russell Baker • James Baldwin • Taylor Branch • Hodding Carter • Ellis Cose • Stanley Crouch • Ralph Ellison • William Faulkner • Marshall Frady • Henry Louis Gates, Jr. • Peter Goldman • David Halberstam • Alex Haley • Elizabeth Hardwick • Charlayne Hunter-Gault • Murray Kempton • John Lewis • Louis E. Lomax • Benjamin E. Mays • Willie Morris • Flannery O’Connor • Walker Percy • Howell Raines • James Reston • Carl T. Rowan • John Steinbeck • William Styron • Calvin Trillin • Alice Walker • Robert Penn Warren • Pat Watters • Bernard Weinraub • Eudora Welty • Rebecca West • E. B. White • Gary Wills • Tom Wolfe • Richard Wright
Author | : Jemiah Jefferson |
Publisher | : 47North |
Total Pages | : 0 |
Release | : 2013-06-25 |
Genre | : Fiction |
ISBN | : 9781477806487 |
The ordinary life of a grad student was so boring for Ariane. She was desperate for some change, some excitement to shake things up. She had no idea she was only one step away from a whole new world--a world of darkness and decay, of eternal life and eternal death. But once she fell prey to Ricari she would learn more about this world than she ever dreamed possible. More than anyone should dare to know...if they value their soul.
Author | : John Charles Chasteen |
Publisher | : W. W. Norton |
Total Pages | : 0 |
Release | : 2016 |
Genre | : History |
ISBN | : 9780393283068 |
The companion reader to the most readable, highly regarded, and affordable history of Latin America for our times.
Author | : Gordon Parks |
Publisher | : Three Rivers Press |
Total Pages | : 464 |
Release | : 2005 |
Genre | : Biography & Autobiography |
ISBN | : 0767922123 |
The famed photographer, film director, writer, and composer recounts the dramatic story of his life, from his poor Kansas origins, through his breaking of racial barriers, to his triumph in America and abroad. Reprint. 12,500 first printing.
Author | : Svetlana Palmer |
Publisher | : Harper Collins |
Total Pages | : 404 |
Release | : 2005-01-04 |
Genre | : History |
ISBN | : 0060584203 |
The story of World War I is brought to life through the gripping personal narratives of those at the center of the storm. World War I was waged by young people from twenty-eight countries in an era without the advantages of military "embeds," satellite phones, and streaming media coverage. Intimate Voices from the First World War fills in the gaps in the history of the world's first global confrontation with excerpts from recently uncovered letters and diaries of those on the front lines and their friends at home. In their reflections on the vastness of the enterprise of war, these combatants, victims, and eyewitnesses re-create the scope of the conflict with immediacy and tenderness. Written with the frankness and intimacy of words not intended for public eyes -- full of private passions, prejudices, humor, and vivid insights -- these communiqués speak to us directly from within the war itself and from all sides of the conflict. These marvelous historical narratives not only immerse readers in an ongoing dialogue about the meaning of human conflict but also serve as reminders of the individual perspectives and beliefs that sometimes get overlooked during times of global strife.
Author | : John Colapinto |
Publisher | : Simon & Schuster |
Total Pages | : 320 |
Release | : 2021-01-26 |
Genre | : Science |
ISBN | : 1982128747 |
A New York Times bestselling writer explores what our unique sonic signature reveals about our species, our culture, and each one of us. Finally, a vital topic that has never had its own book gets its due. There’s no shortage of books about public speaking or language or song. But until now, there has been no book about the miracle that underlies them all—the human voice itself. And there are few writers who could take on this surprisingly vast topic with more artistry and expertise than John Colapinto. Beginning with the novel—and compelling—argument that our ability to speak is what made us the planet’s dominant species, he guides us from the voice’s beginnings in lungfish millions of years ago to its culmination in the talent of Pavoratti, Martin Luther King Jr., and Beyoncé—and each of us, every day. Along the way, he shows us why the voice is the most efficient, effective means of communication ever devised: it works in all directions, in all weathers, even in the dark, and it can be calibrated to reach one other person or thousands. He reveals why speech is the single most complex and intricate activity humans can perform. He travels up the Amazon to meet the Piraha, a reclusive tribe whose singular language, more musical than any other, can help us hear how melodic principles underpin every word we utter. He heads up to Harvard to see how professional voices are helped and healed, and he ventures out on the campaign trail to see how demagogues wield their voices as weapons. As far-reaching as this book is, much of the delight of reading it lies in how intimate it feels. Everything Colapinto tells us can be tested by our own lungs and mouths and ears and brains. He shows us that, for those who pay attention, the voice is an eloquent means of communicating not only what the speaker means, but also their mood, sexual preference, age, income, even psychological and physical illness. It overstates the case only slightly to say that anyone who talks, or sings, or listens will find a rich trove of thrills in This Is the Voice.
Author | : Various Authors |
Publisher | : Feiwel and Friends |
Total Pages | : 225 |
Release | : 2018-05-08 |
Genre | : Juvenile Nonfiction |
ISBN | : 125014194X |
In this collection, writers of various ages and across racial, cultural, and gender identities share stories about the period. Each of the 12 authors brings an individual perspective and sensibility. Told with warmth and humor, these essays celebrate all kinds of period experiences. Illustrations.
Author | : Francis Myles |
Publisher | : Independently Published |
Total Pages | : 94 |
Release | : 2020-10-30 |
Genre | : |
ISBN | : |
The BLOOD: The Other Voice in the Courts of Heaven...is book designed to become a Christian classic in the order of Andrew Murray's, "The Blood of the Cross." In this book, Apostle Roberson introduces us to a dimension of the blood that has not been taught and that few have experienced. Apostle Roberson brings back a weapon to the Body of Christ that has been forgotten and rarely spoken of, in years! In this book, Apostle Roberson has successfully reintroduced the power, holiness and the purity of the Blood of Christ, bringing a greater understanding of the power of the Blood to a generation that has never heard or used the Blood of Jesus as a weapon of war and personal sanctification in their daily lives!
Author | : Robert Jones, Jr. |
Publisher | : Penguin |
Total Pages | : 400 |
Release | : 2021-01-05 |
Genre | : Fiction |
ISBN | : 0593085701 |
Best Book of the Year NPR • The Washington Post • Boston Globe • TIME • USA Today • Entertainment Weekly • Real Simple • Parade • Buzzfeed • Electric Literature • LitHub • BookRiot • PopSugar • Goop • Library Journal • BookBub • KCRW • Finalist for the National Book Award • One of the New York Times Notable Books of the Year • One of the New York Times Best Historical Fiction of the Year • Instant New York Times Bestseller A singular and stunning debut novel about the forbidden union between two enslaved young men on a Deep South plantation, the refuge they find in each other, and a betrayal that threatens their existence. Isaiah was Samuel's and Samuel was Isaiah's. That was the way it was since the beginning, and the way it was to be until the end. In the barn they tended to the animals, but also to each other, transforming the hollowed-out shed into a place of human refuge, a source of intimacy and hope in a world ruled by vicious masters. But when an older man—a fellow slave—seeks to gain favor by preaching the master's gospel on the plantation, the enslaved begin to turn on their own. Isaiah and Samuel's love, which was once so simple, is seen as sinful and a clear danger to the plantation's harmony. With a lyricism reminiscent of Toni Morrison, Robert Jones, Jr., fiercely summons the voices of slaver and enslaved alike, from Isaiah and Samuel to the calculating slave master to the long line of women that surround them, women who have carried the soul of the plantation on their shoulders. As tensions build and the weight of centuries—of ancestors and future generations to come—culminates in a climactic reckoning, The Prophets fearlessly reveals the pain and suffering of inheritance, but is also shot through with hope, beauty, and truth, portraying the enormous, heroic power of love.