Mrs. E's Collectables News Letter
Feb, 2012
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| ** Child-Sized History: Fictions of the Past in U.S. ClassroomsBooks like Johnny Tremain, The Witch of Blackbird Pond, Island of the Blue Dolphins, and Roll of Thunder, Hear My Cry stimulate children's imagination, transporting them into the American past and projecting them into an American future. | ** Positive African American Plays for Children Book 1Positive African American Plays for Children shows anyone how to stage a successful play any place. For ages 8-13 with easy to read text, wonderful tips, and 5 great plays. | **Dude, You're a Fag: Masculinity and Sexuality in High School, With a New PrefaceDude, You're a Fag tells gripping stories of life in high school, while helping to extend the cutting edge of scholarly theory on gender and sexualities. |
****..Racial Uplift and American Music, 1878-1943 (American Made Music Series)
| Who's Blue? Rare Chess Recordings of the 60s & 70s etta James |
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PURPOSE We would like to reach all Departments and persons interested in African American/ African Studies, History, Music, Literature, and Culture, telling them that -http://mrsescollectables.com/-- is an excellent source of information for Study. Enlightenment, Entertainment and Appreciation of Black Culture in America and the Diaspora. We also want to give Authors of African African American publications (particularly Professors) additional exposure thru this newsletter Contact us with your recommendations or if you have recently published a New Book. (Books and authors listed in prior newsletters can be viewed at (-SPECIALSELECTIONS-) You may "Link to", or "Pass on" any part part of this Newsletter |
Dictionary of African Biography...Emmanuel K. Akyeampong (Editor), Henry Louis Gates Jr. (Editor) A major biographical dictionary covering the lives and legacies of notable African men and women from all eras and walks of life. This groundbreaking resource tells the full story of the African continent through the lives of its people.
Afro-Brazilians: Cultural Production in a Racial Democracy (Rochester Studies in African History and the Diaspora)...Niyi Afolabi (Author) ..Brazil, the most racially diverse Latin American country, is also the most contradictory: for centuries it has maintained fantasy as reality through the myth of racial democracy. Enshrined in that mythology is the masking of exclusionism that strategically displaces and marginalizes Afro-Brazilians from political power.
The wake of blackness: Aesthetic ambivalence and the post-Black Arts era.....by GerShun W Avilez ..I examine the articulation and evocation of a politicized and socially-conscious racial identity that the term "Black" represents during this historical moment. This era's attempt to translate this political enunciation into the realm of expressive culture is designated the "Black Aesthetic";
Opting Out: Losing the Potential of America's Young Black Elite by Maya A. Beasley (Nov 1, 2011) ....Maya Beasley...Why has the large income gap between blacks and whites persisted for decades after the passage of civil rights legislation? More specifically, why do African Americans remain substantially underrepresented in the highest-paying professions, such as science, engineering, information technology, and finance?
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