Download or read book Black Mercuries written by David K. Wiggins and published by Rowman & Littlefield. This book was released on 2023-02-08 with total page 325 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "An essential source on African American athletes and Olympic history.” —Booklist, Starred Review, and Named a Booklist Top 10 Sports Book of 2023 The first book to fully chronicle the struggles and triumphs of African American athletes in the Modern Olympic summer games. In the modern Olympic Games, from 1896 through the present, African American athletes have sought to honor themselves, their race, and their nation on the global stage. But even as these incredible athletes have served to promote visions of racial harmony in the supposedly-apolitical Olympic setting, many have also bravely used the games as a means to bring attention to racial disparities in their country and around the world. In Black Mercuries: African American Athletes, Race, and the Modern Olympic Games, David K. Wiggins, Kevin B. Witherspoon, and Mark Dyreson explore in detail the varied experiences of African American athletes, specifically in the summer games. They examine the lives and careers of such luminaries as Jesse Owens, Rafer Johnson, Wilma Rudolph, Florence Griffith-Joyner, Michael Johnson, and Simone Biles, but also many African American Olympians who have garnered relatively little attention and whose names have largely been lost from historical memory. In recounting the stories of these Black Olympians, Black Mercuries makes clear that their superior athletic skills did not always shield them from the racial tropes and insensitivity spewed by fellow athletes, the media, spectators, and many others. Yet, in part because of the struggles they faced, African American Olympians have been extraordinarily important symbolically throughout Olympic history, serving as role models to future Black athletes and often putting their careers on the line to speak out against enduring racial inequality and discriminatory practices in all walks of life.
Download or read book Toxicological profile for mercury written by and published by . This book was released on 1999 with total page 684 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Investigations of the White Mountain Mercury Deposit Kuskokwim River Basin Alaska written by Raymond P. Maloney and published by . This book was released on 1967 with total page 102 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Mercury study report to Congress Vol 2 written by and published by DIANE Publishing. This book was released on with total page 181 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Mercury study report to Congress written by and published by DIANE Publishing. This book was released on with total page 1811 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Black Mercury written by Trevor R. Fairbanks and Eric C. Harrison and published by Lulu.com. This book was released on 2015-09-02 with total page 56 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: EARTH has a disease! Its called HUMANITY! Enter the Lord of Lightning, a wayward Godling desperate to lose his virginity. But on this world of suffering he discovers that INFECTION can kill anyone. BLEAK line-work by Eric C. Harrison illustrate the DISMAL words of Trevor R. Fairbanks in BLACK MERCURY, an experiment in spontaneity of image/word association. To create Black Mercury, Eric C. Harrison sent one or two raw illustrations to Trevor R. Fairbanks by email. As Trevor received the illustrations, one or two at a time, he looked into each one for inspiration. He allowed each image point his mind and guide his words and created a page of text for each. Black Mercury became an entity of its own creation by putting both artist and writer in a position of not knowing what to expect. The story became its own thing and though their hands were involved - it was out of the control of artist and writer to anticipate the final outcome.
Download or read book Reports on Telescopic Observations of the Transit of Mercury May 5 6 1878 written by and published by . This book was released on 1879 with total page 138 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Mercury Potential of the United States written by United States. Bureau of Mines and published by . This book was released on 1965 with total page 400 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Geology of the Huahuaxtla Mercury District State of Guerrero Mexico written by David Gallagher and published by . This book was released on 1948 with total page 44 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Sources of Mercury in Sediments Water and Fish of the Lakes of Whatcom County Washington written by A. J. Paulson and published by DIANE Publishing. This book was released on 2004 with total page 110 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book A Practical Treatise on Metallurgy Lead silver zinc cadmium tin mercury bismuth antimony nickel arsenic gold platinum sulphur written by Bruno Kerl and published by . This book was released on 1868 with total page 786 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Mercury and Other Trace Elements in Sphalerite and Wallrocks from Central Kentucky Tennessee and Appalachian Zinc Districts written by Janice L. W. Jolly and published by . This book was released on 1968 with total page 40 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A discussion of the mercury, cadmium, germanium, gallium, and strontium content of sphalerite from ore deposits of the Central and Eastern United States.
Download or read book Use of soaps containing mercury in Africa how to fight it written by Peter W. Uitterdijk Appel and published by Nordic Council of Ministers. This book was released on 2008 with total page 49 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Numerous women in sub-Saharan Africa use soaps containing mercury to bleach their skin. The mercury goes through their skin and reduces the melanin of the pigmentation. The mercury also causes damage to the body e.g. the nervous system. Mercury is particularly dangerous for the nervous system including the brain of the foetus. One of the most severe consequences is that during pregnancy the foetus will concentrate the mercury from their mothers. Children born by mothers using skin bleaching soaps have therefore a high risk of being mentally and physically disabled. The use of mercury for skin bleaching thus not only cause severe health problems for sub-Saharan Africa, but also adds to the ever increasing amount of mercury in the drainage systems and the oceans. The present project is an information campaign aimed at female and male users of bleaching soaps. The project used forum theatre on market places and information on secondary schools in Uganda. The project has proved very successful in informing black people of Uganda against the health and environmental hazards caused by using soaps containing mercury.
Download or read book The American Mercury written by Henry Louis Mencken and published by . This book was released on 1928 with total page 666 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Mercury in the Environment written by Michael S. Bank and published by Univ of California Press. This book was released on 2012-05-31 with total page 360 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "Mercury deposition and contamination is widespread and well documented, and it continues to be a public-health concern for certain sectors of the global human population in both developed and developing countries. This edited volume focuses on integrating the diverse sciences involved in the process of mercury cycling in the environment--from the atmosphere, through terrestrial and aquatic food webs, and human populations--to develop a comprehensive perspective on this important environmental pollutant. Using a systems-level approach, this book provides recommendations on mercury remediation, risk communication, education, and monitoring. In response to a growing need for understanding the cycling of this ubiquitous pollutant, the science of mercury has grown rapidly, expanding into several interdisciplinary fields and encompassing such disparate academic and scientific disciplines as biogeochemistry, economics, sociology, public health, decision sciences, physics, global change, and mathematics. Only recently have scientists really begun to establish more holistic approaches to studying mercury pollution, giving rise to investigations that have furthered the integration of a multi-tiered approach, especially by using chemistry, biology, and human health sciences collectively. The study of mercury pollution has produced a variety of contributions to domestic and international policies related to the management of mercury in the environment"-- Provided by publisher.
Download or read book Mercury Brightman written by Mary E. Gober and published by Mercury Brightman Series. This book was released on 2007-05-29 with total page 336 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: There was a time when Thera was free... free from tyranny, free from fear, and free from pain. A great evil threatens to destroy the delicate balance between Thera and Earth, and it seems that all hope is lost. Yet, there is a bright light at the end of this dark tunnel of despair. Thirteen-year old Mercury Brightman has crossed the great divide that keeps Thera and Earth apart, and discovers a magical world of enchantment and possibility. Before she has a chance to experience its pure magic she learns that it is she who must save it from its terrible fate. Stranded in a world of magic, mayhem and mystery, Mercury must unlock its secrets if she is going to ever get home -- wherever it may be. Join Mercury and her new friends, as they embark on this magical quest to find the answers that could save both worlds. Visit www.MercuryBrightman.com Cover Art By: www.MeredithDillman.com
Download or read book Caustic Sulfide Leaching of Mercury Products written by Joseph W. Town and published by . This book was released on 1961 with total page 50 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
