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Black Family Enterprise and Community in Segregated North Omaha

The Pratt Street House

by Dr Valandra, PhD, Dr Christopher McAuley, PhD ...

Series series Black Studies
How can one story of a Black family, a community and their relationship to home develop our understanding of lived experience in segregated North Omaha?In 1952, author and scholar Valandra’s grandparents bought a two-story white house on the corner of Pratt Street and 28th Street in North Omaha, migrating from rural Arkansas. Through the sharing of the author’s lived experience and ... Read more

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How can one story of a Black family, a community and their relationship to home develop our understanding of lived experience in segregated North Omaha?In 1952, author and scholar Valandra’s grandparents bought a two-story white house on the corner of Pratt Street and 28th Street in North Omaha, migrating from rural Arkansas. Through the sharing of the author’s lived experience and
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When Everything Changed

The Amazing Journey of American Women from 1960 to the Present

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Gail Collins, New York Times columnist and bestselling author, recounts the astounding revolution in women's lives over the past 50 years.When Everything Changed begins in 1960, when most American women had to get their husbands' permission to apply for a credit card. It ends in 2008 with Hillary Clinton's historic presidential campaign. This was a time of cataclysmic change, when, after four ... Read more

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Gail Collins, New York Times columnist and bestselling author, recounts the astounding revolution in women's lives over the past 50 years.When Everything Changed begins in 1960, when most American women had to get their husbands' permission to apply for a credit card. It ends in 2008 with Hillary Clinton's historic presidential campaign. This was a time of cataclysmic change, when, after four
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The Family Roe

An American Story

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**Finalist for the 2022 Pulitzer Prize for General NonfictionFinalist for the J. Anthony Lukas Book PrizeFinalist for the National Book Critics Circle Award for NonfictionOne of NPR's Best Books of 2021A New York Times Notable Book of 2021One of TIME's 100 Must-Read Books of 2021"The scope is sweeping, the writing is beautiful. It’s an epic story worthy of the impact this one case has had on the ... Read more

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**Finalist for the 2022 Pulitzer Prize for General NonfictionFinalist for the J. Anthony Lukas Book PrizeFinalist for the National Book Critics Circle Award for NonfictionOne of NPR's Best Books of 2021A New York Times Notable Book of 2021One of TIME's 100 Must-Read Books of 2021"The scope is sweeping, the writing is beautiful. It’s an epic story worthy of the impact this one case has had on the
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Whatever It Takes

Geoffrey Canada's Quest to Change Harlem and America

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From the New York Times bestseller, "the most compelling and potentially the most important book on the problem of poverty in urban America in years." —Michael Pollan, #1 New York Times– bestselling author of How To Change Your MindWhat would it take?That was the question that Geoffrey Canada found himself asking. What would it take to change ... ... Read more

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From the New York Times bestseller, "the most compelling and potentially the most important book on the problem of poverty in urban America in years." —Michael Pollan, #1 New York Times– bestselling author of How To Change Your MindWhat would it take?That was the question that Geoffrey Canada found himself asking. What would it take to change ...
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Punished for Dreaming

How School Reform Harms Black Children and How We Heal

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NOW A NEW YORK TIMES AND A USA TODAY BESTSELLERWINNER, 2024 GODDARD RIVERSIDE STEPHAN RUSSO BOOK PRIZE FOR SOCIAL JUSTICEFINALIST, LOS ANGELES TIMES BOOK PRIZE“I am an eighties baby who grew to hate school. I never fully understood why. Until now. Until Bettina Love unapologetically and painstakingly chronicled the last forty years of education ‘reform’ in this landmark book. I hat... ... Read more

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NOW A NEW YORK TIMES AND A USA TODAY BESTSELLERWINNER, 2024 GODDARD RIVERSIDE STEPHAN RUSSO BOOK PRIZE FOR SOCIAL JUSTICEFINALIST, LOS ANGELES TIMES BOOK PRIZE“I am an eighties baby who grew to hate school. I never fully understood why. Until now. Until Bettina Love unapologetically and painstakingly chronicled the last forty years of education ‘reform’ in this landmark book. I hat...
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Savage Inequalities

Children in America's Schools

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NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER • “An impassioned book, laced with anger and indignation, about how our public education system scorns so many of our children.”—The New York Times Book ReviewIn 1988, Jonathan Kozol set off to spend time with children in the American public education system. For two years, he visited schools in neighborhoods across the country, from Illinois to Washington, D.C., and from ... Read more

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NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER • “An impassioned book, laced with anger and indignation, about how our public education system scorns so many of our children.”—The New York Times Book ReviewIn 1988, Jonathan Kozol set off to spend time with children in the American public education system. For two years, he visited schools in neighborhoods across the country, from Illinois to Washington, D.C., and from
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The Indian Card

Who Gets to Be Native in America

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A groundbreaking and deeply personal exploration of Tribal enrollment, and what it means to be Native American in the United States“A genre-bending work of reportage, memoir, and history” —The New Yorker“Candid, unflinching . . . Her thorough excavation of the painful history that gave rise to rigid enrollment policies is a courageous gift to our understanding of contemporary Native life.” —The ... Read more

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**"Astonishingly important.” —Alex Kotlowitz, The AtlanticThrough the stories of five American families, a masterful and timely exploration of how hope, history, and racial denial collide in the suburbs and their schools**Outside Atlanta, a middle-class Black family faces off with a school system seemingly bent on punishing their teenage son. North of Dallas, a conservative white family relocates ... Read more

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**"Astonishingly important.” —Alex Kotlowitz, The AtlanticThrough the stories of five American families, a masterful and timely exploration of how hope, history, and racial denial collide in the suburbs and their schools**Outside Atlanta, a middle-class Black family faces off with a school system seemingly bent on punishing their teenage son. North of Dallas, a conservative white family relocates
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The Shame of the Nation

The Restoration of Apartheid Schooling in America

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“The nation needs to be confronted with the crime that we’re committing and the promises we are betraying. This is a book about betrayal of the young, who have no power to defend themselves. It is not intended to make readers comfortable.”Over the past several years, Jonathan Kozol has visited nearly 60 public schools. Virtually everywhere, he finds that conditions have grown worse for inner-city ... Read more

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“The nation needs to be confronted with the crime that we’re committing and the promises we are betraying. This is a book about betrayal of the young, who have no power to defend themselves. It is not intended to make readers comfortable.”Over the past several years, Jonathan Kozol has visited nearly 60 public schools. Virtually everywhere, he finds that conditions have grown worse for inner-city
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The Injustice of Place

Uncovering the Legacy of Poverty in America

by Kathryn J. Edin, H. Luke Shaefer, Timothy J. Nelson ...

A sweeping and surprising new understanding of extreme poverty in America from the authors of the acclaimed $2.00 a Day: Living on Almost Nothing in America.“This book forces you to see American poverty in a whole new light.” (Matthew Desmond, author of Poverty, by America and Evicted)Three of the nation’s top scholars – known for tackling key mysteries about poverty in America – turn their ... Read more

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A sweeping and surprising new understanding of extreme poverty in America from the authors of the acclaimed $2.00 a Day: Living on Almost Nothing in America.“This book forces you to see American poverty in a whole new light.” (Matthew Desmond, author of Poverty, by America and Evicted)Three of the nation’s top scholars – known for tackling key mysteries about poverty in America – turn their
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"A tribute to Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg that does more than catalog her achievements; it conveys her spirit, one that will leave readers in awe."*This New York Times bestselling version of the acclaimed biography Notorious RBG is an excellent way to share with middle grade readers just why Justice Ginsburg was such a powerful role model. Thisentertaining and insightful full-color 200-page young ... Read more

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A Good Time for the Truth

Race in Minnesota

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In this provocative book, sixteen of Minnesota's best writers provide a range of perspectives on what it is like to live as a person of color in Minnesota. They give readers a splendid gift: the gift of touching another human being's inner reality, behind masks and veils and politeness. They bring us generously into experiences that we must understand if we are to come together in real ... Read more

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In this provocative book, sixteen of Minnesota's best writers provide a range of perspectives on what it is like to live as a person of color in Minnesota. They give readers a splendid gift: the gift of touching another human being's inner reality, behind masks and veils and politeness. They bring us generously into experiences that we must understand if we are to come together in real
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