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"This book examines a century of segregation in the California town of Oxnard. It focuses on designs for education that reproduced inequity as a routine matter. For Oxnard's white elite there was never a question of whether to segregate Mexicans, and later Blacks, but how to do so effectively and permanently. David G. García explores what the author calls mundane racism--the systematic subordination of minorities enacted as a commonplace way of conducting business within and beyond schools."--Provided by publisher.
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Intended as a continuation and correction of the author's Lest we forget, published in 1979.
A series of short stories describing childhood experiences in segregated Little Rock, Arkansas during the 1940's & 50's. Keywords: Short Stories, Segregation, Childhood Perception Of Race & Racism, Black Segregated Community, Segregation Revisionism, Segregation Aberrations, Juvenile Non Fiction
Peace and Power: Creative Leadership for Building Community, Sixth Edition provides fundamental approaches to leadership and group interaction based on values of cooperation, empowerment for all, and the integration of a multitude of viewpoints into group actions. The process of Peace and Power will move you away from practices that alienate and oppress toward those that nurture and empower. A major component of this text is a sound approach to transforming conflict within. The principles and approaches of Peace and Power can be used in any setting where group members desire more productive and satisfying interactions. The processes have been used in classrooms, corporate work groups and committees, community activism groups, families, and various kinds of research teams.
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Jo-Lynn Hunter is at a crossroads in life when her great-aunt Stella insists that she return home to restore the old family house in sleepy Cottonwood, Georgia. Seeing the project as the perfect excuse for some therapeutic time away from her self-absorbed husband and his snobby Atlanta friends, Jo-Lynn longs to get her teeth into a noteworthy and satisfying project. But things are not what they seem, both in the house and within the complex history of her family. Was her great-grandfather the pillar of the community she thought he was? What is Aunt Stella hiding? And will Jo-Lynn's marriage survive the renovation? Jo-Lynn isn't sure she wants to know the truth--but sometimes the truth has a way of making itself known. The past comes alive in this well-written and thoughtful novel full of secrets, drama, and family with a hint of Southern drawl.
Last night, I met the funniest, sexiest single dad on the planet. I also managed to get into the kind of co-ed naked trouble with him that involved a nurse, a shotgun, a feral turkey, and a pair of pliers. But all's well that ends well, and we already have plans to meet up again. It's early days, but I'm already thinking Drew might be The One. Then I show up to my new nanny gig and who steps out on the front porch, holding the cutest little redhead in the world? Yep, that's right. Drew is Andrew McGuire, my new boss, and he's not about to date the nanny. His daughter's happiness and stability are his top priority. Considering I just fell in love with this precious, motherless girl at first s...
This ten-year supplement lists 10,000 titles acquired by the Library of Congress since 1976--this extraordinary number reflecting the phenomenal growth of interest in genealogy since the publication of Roots. An index of secondary names contains about 8,500 entries, and a geographical index lists family locations when mentioned.