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  • Rhythms of Resistance and Resilience

    How Black Washingtonians Used Music and Sports in the Fight for Equality

    The stories of the Black men and women who combated racial prejudice in Washington, DC, with sports and musicIn the Nation's Capital, music and sports have played a central role in the lives of African Americans, often serving as a barometer of social conflict and social progress—for sports clubs and ball games, jam sessions and concerts, offered entertainment, enlightenment, and encouragement. At ... Leer más

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  • Loyalty Is Royalty

    This is a story of two childhood friends named Wicked and Evil who are from Cleveland, Ohio. Their friendship will be tested through multiple circumstances as Wicked is forced to do prison time. Wicked will go through the birth of a new baby girl, betrayal, trust, and love to come out to be the man he was determined to be. ... Leer más

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  • Let This Voice Be Heard

    Anthony Benezet, Father of Atlantic Abolitionism

    Anthony Benezet (1713-84), universally recognized by the leaders of the eighteenth-century antislavery movement as its founder, was born to a Huguenot family in Saint-Quentin, France. As a boy, Benezet moved to Holland, England, and, in 1731, Philadelphia, where he rose to prominence in the Quaker antislavery community.In transforming Quaker antislavery sentiment into a broad-based transatlantic ... Leer más

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  • Let This Voice Be Heard

    Anthony Benezet, Father of Atlantic Abolitionism

    Anthony Benezet (1713-84), universally recognized by the leaders of the eighteenth-century antislavery movement as its founder, was born to a Huguenot family in Saint-Quentin, France. As a boy, Benezet moved to Holland, England, and, in 1731, Philadelphia, where he rose to prominence in the Quaker antislavery community.In transforming Quaker antislavery sentiment into a broad-based transatlantic ... Leer más

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  • Obsessed

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    Wide-ranged and entertaining, this collection of short stories has something for lovers of diverse genres. You'll find yourself trying to save a zombie apocalypse in the action-packed "Infested" while the more mellow yet still exhilarating "Obsessed" will leave you oblivious to the real pursuant. These four short stories have a little something for everyone to fully enjoy. ... Leer más

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  • The Human Tradition in the American Revolution

    Series series The Human Tradition in America
    This collection of 17 biographies provides a unique opportunity for the reader to go beyond the popular heroes of the American Revolution and discover the diverse populace that inhabited the colonies during this pivotal point in history. ... Leer más

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  • DC Jazz

    Stories of Jazz Music in Washington, DC

    Original and fascinating stories about the DC jazz scene throughout its history—now in paperback, with a new prefaceThe familiar history of jazz music in the United States begins with its birth in New Orleans, moves upstream along the Mississippi River to Chicago, then goes by rail to New York, before exploding around the globe. This telling of jazz's history, however, overlooks the pivotal role ... Leer más

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  • WHEN GRASS WAS KING Contributions to the Western Range Cattle Industry Study

    When Grass Was King by Maurice Frink offers a vivid and well-researched exploration of the early cattle industry in the American West, capturing the rise, challenges, and cultural significance of open-range ranching. Drawing on firsthand accounts, historical records, and Frink's deep knowledge of the subject, the book provides a detailed look at the era when vast grasslands and herds of cattle ... Leer más

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    Between Freedom and Equality

    The History of an African American Family in Washington, DC

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    7 hora 39 minutos

    Between Freedom and Equality begins with the life of Capt. George Pointer, an enslaved African who purchased his freedom in 1793 while working for George Washington's Potomac Company. It follows the lives of six generations of his descendants as they lived and worked on the banks of the Potomac, in the port of Georgetown, and in a rural corner of the nation's capital. Between Freedom and Equality ... Leer más

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  • Quakers and Their Allies in the Abolitionist Cause, 1754-1808

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    Series series Perspectives on Early America
    This volume explores the significant connections between the Quaker community and the abolitionist cause in America. The case studies that make up the collection mainly focus on the greater Philadelphia area, a hotbed of the abolitionist movement and the location of the first American abolition society founded in 1775. Despite the importance of Quakers to the abolitionist movement, their ... Leer más

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  • Poe and the Remapping of Antebellum Print Culture

    Edgar Allan Poe (1809--1849) has long occupied the position of literary outsider. Dismissed as unrepresentative of the main currents of antebellum culture, Poe commented incisively -- in fiction and nonfiction -- on nationalism, science, materialism, popular taste, and cultural ideology. Opposing the pressure to write nationalistic "American" tales or from a restricted New England perspective, he ... Leer más

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