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Hank Willis Thomas: All Things Being Equal presents a survey of the artist's interdisciplinary output, incorporating all aspects of his practice, with a particular focus on the work's relationship to the photographic image and to issues of representation and perception. Contextualized with incisive essays by Portland Art Museum curators Julia Dolan and Sara Krajewski and art historian Sarah Elizabeth Lewis, and an in-depth interview between Dr. Kellie Jones and the artist that elaborates on Thomas's influences and inspirations.
Now for the first time in paperback and with sixteen additional portraits and profiles of Freedom Riders, this classic photo-history offers readers a rare opportunity to engage with unsung individuals of the civil rights movement through mug shots, portraits, and interviews
This collection will welcome children into the fun-filled world of Thomas the Tank Engine.
Year 998 P.E. (Post Earth) They say that each of us are tested, every day. On the recovering Earth, that can be as simple as basic survival, one day at a time. Eighteen-year-old Miya and her companions have rescued Thomas – only to be rescued themselves by the mysterious fire-spitting drones sent by Oversight. Where are they being taken, and why? Their questions remain stubbornly unanswered as Oversight asserts its influence once more. Miya had been hunted by wild beasts and lived to tell the tale. But when they arrive at their destination, Miya soon realizes that survival in the wilds was nothing compared to what she faces next. For she will be tested to her limits, and someone else’s life – or death – hangs in the balance.
Black Americans in the Jim Crow South could not escape the grim reality of racial segregation, whether enforced by law or by custom. In Freedom's Main Line: The Journey of Reconciliation and the Freedom Rides, author Derek Charles Catsam shows that courtrooms, classrooms, and cemeteries were not the only front lines in African Americans' prolonged struggle for basic civil rights. Buses, trains, and other modes of public transportation provided the perfect means for civil rights activists to protest the second-class citizenship of African Americans, bringing the reality of the violence of segregation into the consciousness of America and the world. In 1947, nearly a decade before the Supreme ...
The Death of a Friend is the simple yet heartbreaking story of the young folks and residents of a small town in Western North Carolina in the midst of a tragedy just days before Christmas. What is supposed to be a time of joy and merriment is ultimately shattered when one of the town's most prominent citizens leaves the house and never comes back, and then the horror of the unimaginable happens. Only God knows what has happened between the time of the disappearance and the time of the grisly discovery. In the wake of the incident, some of those left behind start to lose their sanity, their job, their zeal for life, and all hope and faith in God until they learn that someone out there just might be a killer...
"As a contemporary photographer protesting the existing order, Hank Willis Thomas has emerged as the voice of his generation. Using razor sharp insight and complex considerations, his work reinscribes the deep structure and the continued importance of identity politics.--[book cover].
Lies are powerful. God’s Truth is stronger. Graphic novel meets meaty Bible teaching in Lies Boys Believe, helping boys identify lies and replace them with Truth so they can stand firm in a fractured world. Jason and Erin Davis—parents to four boys—use witty storytelling and playful graphics to present solid biblical truth to combat the most common lies boys believe. With easy-to-read chapters, this book focuses on ten core lies: Loving God Is for Girls God is Mad at Me It’s Not My Fault No One Needs to Know About My Sin I Can’t Control My Temper It Doesn’t Matter What I Watch Reading the Bible Isn’t for Me . . . and more. Through the Davis’ fictional and humorous stories, yo...