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Arthur Fletcher (1924–2005) was the most important civil rights leader you've (probably) never heard of. The first black player for the Baltimore Colts, the father of affirmative action and adviser to four presidents, he coined the United Negro College Fund's motto: "A Mind Is a Terrible Thing to Waste." Modern readers might be surprised to learn that Fletcher was also a Republican. Fletcher's story, told in full for the first time in this book, embodies the conundrum of the post–World War II black Republican—the civil rights leader who remained loyal to the party even as it abandoned the principles he espoused. The upward arc of Fletcher's political narrative begins with his first you...
I have chosen this forbidding cover to illustrate the short story: WLTM, (Would Like To Meet.) The general nature of my poetry is dark matter, namely my life. If you enjoy reading Baudelaire, Rimbaud, Ted Plath & Sylvia Hughes, while listening to The Smiths/Morrisey and Radiohead at their most bleak, you'll love this collection of esoteric existentialist peetry and prose. Errol Finn. The man who said, 'Every door of creative opportunity has always been slammed firmly shut in my face, that's why my nose is a bit flat and broken.' If you want to read a preview of this work, please go to the Sony Reader display page and click on 'preview this book, you might be lucky'
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The new edition of this essential resource contains thousands of edited listings for university and college philosophy programs, research centers, professional organizations, academic journals, and philosophy publishers in both countries. It also includes contact information for over 15,000 philosophers in the U.S. and Canada, and a brief statistical overview of the field.