William - Discrimination & Race Relations 1

To escape slavery, light-skinned Ellen Craft disguised herself as a male enslaver. Her husband, William, who was darker skinned, posed as her valet. They successfully traveled to the North, and even……続きを見る

Aunt Caroline’s Dixieland Recipes is a fascinating and comprehensive cookbook first published in 1922, offering a vivid glimpse into the culinary traditions of the American South. Compiled by Emma a……続きを見る

The story of the longest and most complex legal challenge to slavery in American history For over seventy years and five generations, the enslaved families of Prince George's County, Maryland, filed……続きを見る

"The Tempest," written in 1611, was the final play that William Shakespeare wrote on his own. It is also one of only two Shakespeare plays that are entirely original. Because of those two facts, man……続きを見る

“Inspirational, nuanced and wiseーa wake-up call to re-imagine social structures through cooperative action and mutual aid” Jonathan Purkis, author of Driving With Strangers “A compelling framework ……続きを見る

Finalist for the Pulitzer Prize in HistoryCo-winner of the James A. Rawley Prize from the Organization of American HistoriansWinner of the Theodore Saloutos Memorial Book Prize from the Agricultural……続きを見る

A signal, violent event in the history of the United States Congress, the caning of Charles Sumner on the Senate floor embodied the complex North-South cultural divide of the mid-nineteenth century.……続きを見る

In these five eloquent and passionate pieces (which she gave as the prestigious Reith Lectures for the BBC) Patricia J. Williams asks how we might achieve a world where "color doesn't matter"--where……続きを見る

In May 1964, Bill McAtee became the new minister at Columbia Presbyterian Church, deep in the Piney Woods of south Mississippi. Soon after his arrival, three young civil rights workers were brutally……続きを見る

The politics of slavery consumed the political world of the antebellum South. Although local economic, ethnic, and religious issues tended to dominate northern antebellum politics, The South and the……続きを見る

One of the least publicly recognized heroes of the civil rights movement in the United States, John Minor Wisdom served as a member of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit from 1957 until……続きを見る

This ambitious book examines the constitutional and legal doctrines of the antislavery movement from the eve of the American Revolution to the Wilmot Proviso and the 1848 national elections. Relatin……続きを見る

The first full-length biography of William Still, one of the most important leaders of the Underground Railroad. William Still: The Underground Railroad and the Angel at Philadelphia is the first ma……続きを見る

In Gwinnett County’s two hundred years, the area has been western, southern, rural, suburban, and now increasingly urban. Its stories include the displacement of Native peoples, white settlement, le……続きを見る

Slavery and the University is the first edited collection of scholarly essays devoted solely to the histories and legacies of this subject on North American campuses and in their Atlantic contexts. ……続きを見る

The enslaved population of medieval Iberia composed only a small percentage of the general populace at any given point, and slave labor was not essential to the regional economy during the period. Y……続きを見る

Toussaint Louverture was one of the liberators of Haiti. After the insurrection, he joined the insurgents, and, having acquired some knowledge of surgery and medicine, acted as physician to the forc……続きを見る

Hoe de zomer van 2020 onze samenleving overhoop gooide Opeens leek de hele wereld tot een kookpunt te komen. Van de razendsnelle ontwikkelingen rondom sociale media en de verschuiving van Obama naar……続きを見る

"I recommend a book by Professor Williams, it is really worth a read, it's called White Working Class." -- Vice President Joe Biden on Pod Save America An Amazon Best Business and Leadership book of……続きを見る

In "Die geheime Untergrundbahn" beleuchtet William Still die bewegende Geschichte der Underground Railroad, ein geheimes Netzwerk, das Sklaven in den USA half, zur Freiheit zu gelangen. Während Stil……続きを見る

Em 1848, os escravizados Ellen e William Craft executaram um dos planos de fuga mais engenhosos da história da América escravista. Ellen, de pele clara, disfarçou-se como um rico fazendeiro branco, ……続きを見る

'It's often said that books are compulsory reading, but this book really is compulsory. You cannot understand slavery, or British Empire, without it' Sathnam Sanghera Arguing that the slave trade wa……続きを見る

"Running a Thousand Miles for Freedom" is a compelling narrative that chronicles the remarkable escape of Ellen and William Craft from slavery in the pre-Civil War United States. The Crafts, a marri……続きを見る

This volume offers the first comprehensive treatment of how the five canonical Greek novels represent slaves and slavery. In each novel, one or both elite protagonists are enslaved, and Owens explor……続きを見る

In "My Southern Home: Or, the South and Its People," William Wells Brown offers a vivid and poignant portrait of the antebellum South, drawing from his experiences as an escaped slave and a prominen……続きを見る

Education is marked by conflicting demands and expectations from the state, society and individuals. Views on what education and schooling should achieve are numerous and vary across time and place.……続きを見る

In "The American Prejudice Against Color," William G. Allen navigates the intricate landscape of racial discrimination in mid-19th century America, elucidating both societal norms and pervasive bias……続きを見る

"It is really worth a read…" -- Former Vice President Joe Biden, interviewed on Pod Save America Now in paperback with a new Foreword by Mark Cuban and a new Preface by the author, White Working Cla……続きを見る

Why the field of robotics tends to reinforce white patriarchal systems of powerーand how roboticists can work to change these systems. In Degrees of Freedom, Tom Williams explores critical questions……続きを見る

The manuscript of the following pages has been handed to me with the request that I would revise it for publication, or weave its facts into a story which should show the fitness of the Southern bla……続きを見る