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Acting Up and Getting Down
One of the few books of its kind, Acting Up and Getting Down brings together seven African American literary voices that all have a connection to the Lone Star state. Covering Texas themes and universal ones, this collection showcases often-overlooked literary talents to bring to life inspiring facets of black theatre history. Capturing the intensity of racial violence in Texas, from the Battle of San Jacinto to a World War I–era riot at a Houston training ground, Celeste Bedford Walker's Camp Logan and Ted Shine's Ancestors provide fascinating narratives through the lens of history. Thomas Meloncon's Johnny B. Goode and George Hawkins's Br'er Rabbit explore the cultural legacies of blues ...
Stages of Struggle and Celebration
From plantation performances to minstrel shows of the late nineteenth century, the roots of black theatre in Texas reflect the history of a state where black Texans have continually created powerful cultural emblems that defy the clichés of horses, cattle, and bravado. Drawing on troves of archival materials from numerous statewide sources, Stages of Struggle and Celebration captures the important legacies of the dramatic arts in a historical field that has paid most of its attention to black musicians. Setting the stage, the authors retrace the path of the cakewalk and African-inspired dance as forerunners to formalized productions at theaters in the major metropolitan areas. From Houstonâ...
Biography of Lenna Frances Cooper (1875-1961):
The world's most comprehensive, well document and well illustrated biography of Lenna Frances Cooper. With extensive index. 46 photographs and illustrations - many in color. Free of charge in digital PDF format on Google Books.
Barbaric Intercourse
Barbaric Intercourse tells the story of a century of social upheaval and the satiric attacks it inspired in leading periodicals in both England and America. Martha Banta explores the politics of caricature and cartoon from 1841 to 1936, devoting special attention to the original Life magazine. For Banta, Life embodied all the strengths and weaknesses of the Progressive Era, whose policies of reform sought to cope with the frenetic urbanization of New York, the racist laws of the Jim Crow South, and the rise of jingoism in the United States. Barbaric Intercourse shows how Life's take on these trends and events resulted in satires both cruel and enlightened. Banta also deals extensively with L...
Lone Star Suburbs
How is it that nearly 90 percent of the Texan population currently lives in metropolitan regions, but many Texans still embrace and promote a vision of their state’s nineteenth-century rural identity? This is one of the questions the editors and contributors to Lone Star Suburbs confront. One answer, they contend, may be the long shadow cast by a Texas myth that has served the dominant culture while marginalizing those on the fringes. Another may be the criticism suburbia has endured for undermining the very romantic individuality that the Texas myth celebrates. From the 1950s to the present, cultural critics have derided suburbs as landscapes of sameness and conformity. Only recently have...
Bob White
Bob White, a southern politician, is trapped between two social worlds. He is indicted in the murder of Dr. Ray Williams, and the evidence against him is overwhelming. The civil side threatens a racial uproar and pursues the acceptable conduit for justice: the courts. The criminal side pursues their own form of redress: murder. He has to act fast. Bob thinks he can get the heat off him by politically attacking his opponent, Reverend Bryant, a gentle and noble soul who believes that everybody’s salvation lies with God. But Bob holds a trump card. Johnnie Mae Dixon, the last matriarch of the south, is forced by her heart to protect one of her babies, and so brings together all the children she has mentored, most of whom have attained the heights of social and political power. All the while, an SBI Agent watches their every move. Bob White: The Last Matriarch brings an unpredictable mix of charming southern life, the ominous criminal underworld, and the tumultuous life of a politician together in one explosive read.
Gente Decente
In his books The Great Plains, The Great Frontier, and The Texas Rangers, historian Walter Prescott Webb created an enduring image of fearless, white, Anglo male settlers and lawmen bringing civilization to an American Southwest plagued with "savage" Indians and Mexicans. So popular was Webb's vision that it influenced generations of historians and artists in all media and effectively silenced the counter-narratives that Mexican American writers and historians were concurrently producing to claim their standing as "gente decente," people of worth. These counter-narratives form the subject of Leticia M. Garza-Falcón's study. She explores how prominent writers of Mexican descent-such as Jovit...
All in God's Time:
Woodrow Wilson was president when I was born. He was reelected in 1916 as a peace candidate, which was the same year my mother brought me to Hume, Virginia to live with my grandfather, Elder Phillip Washington. Elder Washington was the third pastor of the Mount Morris Baptist Church. President Wilson tried to mediate between the warring nations; but when the Germans resumed unrestricted submarine warfare in 1917, Wilson brought the United States into what is now believed to have been a war that made the world safe for democracy. You may think this is a bit of abstract history, but it actually parallels my life in an odd way. You see, I was born on October 18, 1913 in Washington, DC, and my grandfather didnt like me at all (he was at war) but when my mother brought me to him in 1916, my innocence brought peace to our family. You see, I reminded him too much of my father and he refused to allow my parents to marry.
The History of Prince Hall Freemasonry in San Antonio
The History of Prince Hall Freemasonry in San Antonio is a record of the rich history of Freemasonry among African-Americans in San Antonio, Texas. As one of the largest cities in the United States, San Antonio has always had a strong presence in American history. The accomplishments of the city's African-Americans through their involvement in one of the largest fraternal organizations in America is definitely of historical importance.
