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Shakespeare attacks bigotry Shakespeare attacks bigotry Elaine L. Robinson "The book examines six of Shakespeare's plays--Titus Andronicus, The Merchant of Venice, Hamlet, Othello, King Lear and Macbeth--and explores how they satirized humanism's grounding in Aristotle's ph… OL13763394W
What shall we do with the Negro? What shall we do with the Negro? Paul D. Escott Consulting a broad range of contemporary newspapers, magazines, books, army records, government documents, publications of citizens' organizations, letters, diaries, and other sources, Paul D. Escott… OL15300925W
The presumption of guilt The presumption of guilt Charles J. Ogletree "Shortly after noon on Tuesday, July 16, 2009, Henry Louis Gates, Jr., MacArthur Fellow and Harvard professor, was mistakenly arrested by Cambridge police sergeant James Crowley for attempting to bre… OL15443877W
The body of the conquistador The body of the conquistador Rebecca Earle "This fascinating history explores the dynamic relationship between overseas colonisation and the bodily experience of eating. It reveals the importance of food to the colonial project in Spanish Ame… OL16489770W
Toward the meeting of the waters Toward the meeting of the waters Orville Vernon Burton,Winfred B. Moore This book takes a provocative look into civil rights progress in the Palmetto State from activists, statesmen, and historians. Toward the Meeting of the Waters represents a watershed moment in civil … OL16801428W
News for all the people News for all the people Juan Gonzalez "Here is a new, sweeping narrative history of American news media that puts race at the center of the story. From the earliest colonial newspapers to the Internet age, America's racial divisions have… OL18149199W
Yellow peril! Yellow peril! John Kuo Wei Tchen,Dylan Yeats "The "yellow peril" is one of the most long-standing and pervasive racist ideas in Western culture--indeed, this book traces its history to the Enlightenment era. Yet while Fu Manchu evokes a fading … OL19663969W
Democracy in Black Democracy in Black Eddie S. Glaude, Jr. "A powerful polemic on the state of black America that savages the idea of a post-racial society America's great promise of equality has always rung hollow in the ears of African Americans. But today… OL20030527W
The Borders of Race The Borders of Race Melinda Mills 1 online resource (281 pages) OL20197664W
The birth of energy The birth of energy Cara New Daggett "In The Birth of Energy Cara New Daggett traces the genealogy of contemporary notions of energy back to the nineteenth-century science of thermodynamics to challenge the underlying logic that informs… OL20229864W
Discrimination and human rights Discrimination and human rights Sandra Fredman This set of essays provides an important contribution to the debate about the role of human rights law in combating racism. The first essay examines the right to equality in the context of racism, dr… OL20891666W
The international politics of race The international politics of race Michael Blanton,Michael Banton "In this new book, Michael Banton recounts key events in the international politics of action against racial discrimination in recent decades. He discusses the difficulties in defining race and racis… OL20896806W
Racism Racism George M. Fredrickson "Are antisemitism and white supremacy manifestations of a general phenomenon? Why didn't racism appear in Europe before the fourteenth century, and why did it flourish as never before in the eighteen… OL2671407W
Minderheid of medelander Minderheid of medelander Nico J. van Vliet Inventarisatie van de diverse facetten van het verschijnsel discriminatie. OL27676485W
American apartheid American apartheid Douglas S. Massey Traces the development and consequences of white society's attempts to segregate and isolate blacks as they migrated from the South to other parts of America during the 20th century. OL4286645W
Critical memory Critical memory Houston A. Baker "From the lone outcry of Richard Wright's Black Boy to the chorusing voices of Louis Farrakhan's Million Man March, Critical Memory looks across the past half century to assess the current challenges… OL4315226W
Shadows of race and class Shadows of race and class Raymond S. Franklin Online version of OCLC 22984906 OL4463946W
The Absolutely True Diary of a Part-Time Indian The Absolutely True Diary of a Part-Time Indian Sherman Alexie Budding cartoonist Junior leaves his troubled school on the Spokane Indian Reservation to attend an all-white farm town school where the only other Indian is the school mascot. OL46472W
The Nazi Conscience The Nazi Conscience Claudia Koonz The Nazi conscience is not an oxymoron. In fact, the perpetrators of genocide had a powerful sense of right and wrong, based on civic values that exalted the moral righteousness of the ethnic communi… OL5265263W
Grenzenlos und unverschämt Grenzenlos und unverschämt May Ayim Politische Texte und Gespräche von und mit May Ayim. Diese Sammlung vereint 13 Abhandlungen, Gespräche und Reden aus verschiedenen Veröffentlichungen, sowie unveröffentlichtes Material und Photograph… OL9079429W
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