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Freedom Bound
  • Language: en
  • Pages: 376

Freedom Bound

  • Type: Book
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  • Published: 1991
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  • Publisher: Plume Books

The movement for black equality set in historical perspective.

The Liberal Hour
  • Language: en
  • Pages: 444

The Liberal Hour

  • Type: Book
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  • Published: 2008-07-10
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  • Publisher: Penguin

An engaging be hind-the-scenes look at the lesser-known forces that fueled the profound social reforms of the 1960s Provocative and incisive , The Liberal Hour reveals how Washington, so often portrayed as a target of reform in the 1960s, was in fact the era's most effective engine of change. The movements of the 1960s have always drawn the most attention from the decade's chroniclers, but it was in the halls of government-so often the target of protesters' wrath-that the enduring reforms of the era were produced. With nuance and panache, Calvin Mackenzie and Robert Weisbrot present the real-life characters-from giants like JFK and Johnson to lesser-known senators and congressmen-who drove these reforms and were critical to the passage of key legislation. The Liberal Hour offers an engrossing portrait of this extraordinary moment when more progressive legislation was passed than in almost any other era in American history.

Xena, Warrior Princess
  • Language: en
  • Pages: 260

Xena, Warrior Princess

In a time of ancient gods, warlords, and kings, a land in turmoil cried out for a hero. She was Xena, a mighty princess, forged in the heat of battle...Her courage will change the world. The millions of fans who watch "Xena: Warrior PrincessTM every week already know that it is the hottest and hippest show on television. But for inside information that is available nowhere else, "The Official Guide to the Xenaverse is the place to turn, offering: Over one hundred photographs in color and black and white A complete and detailed episode guide to the first two seasons, featuring Lucy Lawless's own take on every episode A look behind the scenes that reveals the inner workings of the show, including writers' meetings, casting sessions, filming, special-effects secrets, and much more The intriguing story of the origin of "Xena: Warrior PrincessTM Biographies of cast and crew Fascinating trivia and little-known facts about life in the Xenaverse "Xena: Warrior Princess (r) & (c) Universal Television Enterprises, Inc. Licensed by Universal Studios Licensing, Inc. Copyright (c) 1998 by Universal Studios Publishing Rights, a division of Universal Studios Licensing, Inc. All rights reserved.

America's Communal Utopias
  • Language: en
  • Pages: 560

America's Communal Utopias

From the Shakers to the Branch Davidians, America's communal utopians have captured the popular imagination. Seventeen original essays here demonstrate the relevance of such groups to the mainstream of American social, religious, and economic life. The contributors examine the beliefs and practices of the most prominent utopian communities founded before 1965, including the long-overlooked Catholic monastic communities and Jewish agricultural colonies. Also featured are the Ephrata Baptists, Moravians, Shakers, Harmonists, Hutterites, Inspirationists of Amana, Mormons, Owenites, Fourierists, Icarians, Janssonists, Theosophists, Cyrus Teed's Koreshans, and Father Divine's Peace Mission. Based...

Maximum Danger
  • Language: en
  • Pages: 296

Maximum Danger

Weisbrot moves beyond now common interpretations to argue that JFK in fact explored no new policy frontiers but rather faithfully reflected a remarkable cold war consensus.

The Selma Campaign, 1963-1965
  • Language: en
  • Pages: 276

The Selma Campaign, 1963-1965

The Dallas County Voters League, an organisation comprised primarily of black men, began seeking avenues in the 1940s to gradually transform the oppressive environments in which they lived. The quiet, protracted Civil Rights struggle culminated in 1963 when black students from Hudson High School in Selma became pivotal participants in launching the public movement. The Selma campaign was in jeopardy in late 1964, so local leaders invited Martin Luther King to assist them. The rest, as they say, is history.

Failed
  • Language: en
  • Pages: 313

Failed

Failed argues that some of the most important economic developments of recent years, including prolonged economic failures and alternatives, are widely misunderstood. Topics include the Eurozone, growth in the developing world, Latin America's "second independence" in the 21st century, and the International Monetary Fund's policies and loss of influence.

Peoples Temple and Black Religion in America
  • Language: en
  • Pages: 225

Peoples Temple and Black Religion in America

Twenty-five years after the tragedy at Jonestown, they assess the impact of the black religious experience on Peoples Temple.

Fighting over Fidel
  • Language: en
  • Pages: 310

Fighting over Fidel

How New York intellectuals interpreted and wrote about Castro's revolution in the 1960s New York in the 1960s was a hotbed for progressive causes of every stripe, including women's liberation, civil rights, opposition to the Vietnam War—and the Cuban Revolution. Fighting over Fidel brings this turbulent cultural moment to life by telling the story of the New York intellectuals who championed and opposed Castro’s revolution. Setting his narrative against the backdrop of the ideological confrontation of the Cold War and the breakdown of relations between Washington and Havana, Rafael Rojas examines the lives and writings of such figures as Waldo Frank, Carleton Beals, C. Wright Mills, Alle...

The Vietnam Antiwar Movement
  • Language: en
  • Pages: 352

The Vietnam Antiwar Movement

First Published in 2000. Routledge is an imprint of Taylor & Francis, an informa company.