Download or read book Unveiled Memories written by Ida Paluch-Kersz and published by AMS Publications. This book was released on 2019-11 with total page 164 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: For many years I lived my life with a hole in my soul that could not be filled. Something was missing. In 1995 my beating heart found the echo heartbeat of my twin brother Adam. Each of our questioning and searching finally came to an end when we met and confirmed that our search was over--we belonged together. I am finally free to share my struggles and my story, which from tragedy turned to joy. After many long years and resolving many issues, I am now able to share and publish my life. It is not to applaud me but to validate a history that was only a mirage at times. Many children were saved by good people who discovered their identity after their adopted parents passed on.
Download or read book Unveiled Voices Unvarnished Memories written by Adelaide M. Cromwell and published by University of Missouri Press. This book was released on 2007 with total page 367 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: When an industrious slave named Willis Hodges Cromwell earned the money to obtain liberty for his wife-who then bought freedom for him and for their children-he set in motion a family saga that resounds today. His youngest son, John Wesley Cromwell, became an educator, lawyer, and newspaper publisher-and one of the most influential men of letters in the generation that bridged Frederick Douglass and W. E. B. Du Bois. Now, in Unveiled Voices, Unvarnished Memories, his granddaughter, Adelaide M. Cromwell, documents the journey of her family from the slave marts of Annapolis to achievements in a variety of learned professions. John W. Cromwell began the family archives from which this book is drawn-letters and documents that provide an unprecedented view of how one black family thought, strived, and survived in American society from the seventeenth century to the twentieth. These papers reflect intimate thoughts about such topics as national and local leaders, moral behavior, color consciousness, and the challenges of everyday life in a racist society. They also convey a wealth of rich insights on the burdens that black parents' demands for achievement placed on their children, the frequently bitter rivalries within the intellectual class of the African American community, and the negative impact on African American women of sexism in a world dominated by black men whose own hold on respect was tentative at best. The voices gathered here give readers an inside look at the formation and networks of the African American elite, as John Cromwell forged friendships with such figures as journalist John E. Bruce and the Reverend Theophilus Gould Steward. Letters with those two faithfully depict the forces that shaped the worldview of the small but steadily expanding community of African American intellectuals who helped transform the nation's attitudes and policies on race, and whose unguarded comments on a wide range of matters will be of particular interest to social historians. Additional correspondence between John and his son, John Jr., brings the family story into modern times. Unveiled Voices, Unvarnished Memories is a rare look at the public and private world of individuals who refused to be circumscribed by racism and the ghetto while pursuing their own well-being. Its narrative depth breaks new ground in African American history and offers a unique primary source for that community.
Download or read book Unveiled Memories written by Angela Schmeling and published by . This book was released on 2022-07-18 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: My name is Lenore Johnson. At least that's what I'm told. After a terrible accident, I woke with no memory. No Past. No recollection of who I am. All I know is that if the dreams I have been having are memories trying to surface, my life is not what it seems. I am not who they say I am. And I'm not sure I want to find out the truth that is desperate to be revealed.
Download or read book The Lincoln Monument in Memory of Scottish American Soldiers Unveiled in Edinburgh August 21 1893 written by Scottish-American Soldier's Monument Committee and published by . This book was released on 1893 with total page 68 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Archival Silences written by Michael Moss and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2021-05-10 with total page 222 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Archival Silences demonstrates emphatically that archival absences exist all over the globe. The book questions whether benign ‘silence’ is an appropriate label for the variety of destructions, concealment and absences that can be identified within archival collections. Including contributions from archivists and scholars working around the world, this truly international collection examines archives in Australia, Brazil, Denmark, England, India, Iceland, Jamaica, Malawi, The Philippines, Scotland, Turkey and the United States. Making a clear link between autocratic regimes and the failure to record often horrendous crimes against humanity, the volume demonstrates that the failure of governments to create records, or to allow access to records, appears to be universal. Arguing that this helps to establish a hegemonic narrative that excludes the ‘other’, this book showcases the actions historians and archivists have taken to ensure that gaps in archives are filled. Yet the book also claims that silences in archives are inevitable and argues not only that recordkeeping should be mandated by international courts and bodies, but that we need to develop other ways of reading archives broadly conceived to compensate for absences. Archival Silences addresses fundamental issues of access to the written record around the world. It is directed at those with a concern for social justice, particularly scholars and students of archival studies, history, sociology, international relations, international law, business administration and information science.
Download or read book Past Lives Unveiled written by Barry Eaton and published by Simon and Schuster. This book was released on 2019-10-04 with total page 227 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Struggling to stay alive with a gaping wound across my back, I desperately wondered how I got to this point. My knife-wielding opponent was not the attacker... He'd been defending himself against an ego-driven, menacing thug who was intent on hurting him. That thug was me. In a hole of anxiety and depression, Luke Kennedy resorted to drugs, alcohol, graffiti and fighting in a desperate bid to silence his frantic mind. Soon he was leading a street-fighting and graffiti crew, and constantly coming close to killing others or being killed. Tortured by the voices in his head, Luke began looking for an out. Eventually he found it - and lost 47 kilos in the process. Redemption Road is the gripping and powerful story of Luke's journey from ego-driven, obese thug to fit, sober and successful business owner whose focus is on helping others turn their lives around.
Download or read book The Gates of Memory written by Ryan Kirk and published by Waterstone Media. This book was released on 2020-11-18 with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: There are no victors in the battle between honor and duty. High in the mountains, a monastery falls to a powerful attack. On the other side of the continent, a gate begins to fail, threatening an entire people. From across the oceans, an enemy of legendary ability approaches. In the face of cataclysm, Brandt seeks the key to fighting the Lolani queen. He is one of the few who knows firsthand the danger this new enemy represents. But how far will he go to save his empire and those he loves? Reunited with her family in Landow, Alena now longs for her days of wandering. Summoned by old friends, she must once again leave her home behind to seek the truth of the gates. She must find the answers to centuries old mysteries, and in the process, will uncover a threat more dire than any they can imagine. The gates hold the secrets, but the cost of knowledge has never been higher.
Download or read book A Life Unveiled written by Clara Barrus and published by . This book was released on 1922 with total page 362 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book In Black and White written by Wil Haygood and published by Vintage. This book was released on 2020-05-12 with total page 530 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The untold story of Sammy Davis, Jr.: This incisive biography and sweeping cultural history conjures "the many worlds [Davis, Jr.] traversed, and shows how the issue of race, in his own mind and in the minds of his fans and detractors, shaped his career and life" (The New York Times). For decades one of America’s most recognizable stars, the real Sammy Davis, Jr. has long remained hidden behind the persona the performer so vigorously generated—and so fiercely protected. Here Wil Haygood brings Davis’s life into full relief against the backdrop of an America in the throes of racial change. He made his living entertaining white people but was often denied service in the very venues he played, and in his broad and varied friendships—not to mention his romances—Davis crossed racial lines in ways few others had. In Black and White vividly draws on painstaking research and more than two hundred and fifty interviews to trace Davis, Jr.’s journey from the vaudeville stage to Broadway, Hollywood, and, of course, Las Vegas. It is an important record of a vanished America—and of one of its greatest entertainers.
Download or read book Tarot Unveiled AND Tarot Ultimate Guide 2 Books IN 1 written by Serra Night and published by Tyler MacDonald . This book was released on 2020-09-05 with total page 382 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Everything You Need To Know To Begin Working With The Tarot.. The world of Tarot card reading is rich with beauty, complex detail, symbolic imagery, spiritual significance, and arcane knowledge. Of course, this means that many aspiring tarot readers feel too overwhelmed early in their study of Tarot and never end up following through to the point of functional interpretation. Others may feel discouraged by their lack of inherent intuition or clairvoyant ability and wonder if they are even qualified to take up a practice like Tarot reading. Rest assured, Tarot is for everyone, and that includes you, regardless of your natural intuitive gifts or level of experience! This book was written for beginners and novices, designed to be as accessible and easily digestible as possible. You’ll have no trouble understanding the symbolism and metaphysical correspondences of the cards. Memorization takes time, but you’ll find tips and tricks to help you shortcut or expedite the process; before you know it, you’ll be able to make instantaneous connections upon sight of any Tarot card in any context. Furthermore, you’ll be given tools and recommendations to enhance your intuition, awaken your subconscious mind, and tap into the magical energies of the universe. Even if you’re a skeptic, you’ll find it hard to deny the uncanny synchronicities that the Tarot deck will open your eyes to. All you need to get the most out of this book and the Tarot deck is an open mind Within these pages, you will find 2 Books IN 1: Tarot Unveiled AND Tarot Ultimate Guide...both books will provide you with everything you could want to know about the sacred art and science of Tarot. Some of what you will find in these 2 books include: ★All about the history and origins of the modern Tarot deck ★The history of cartomancy and divination ★Imagery, symbolism, interpretations, and correspondences for each of the twenty-two cards in the Major Arcana ★Imagery and interpretation of all the Court Cards and Minor Arcana ★How to store, care for, and cleanse your Tarot deck ★How to interpret upright and reversed cards in Tarot readings ★Shortcuts and quick tricks to decipher the meaning of cards without a guidebook or memorized database ★Advice on how to prepare for a Tarot reading, as a querent or cartomancer ★How to enhance your intuition and awaken your subconscious mind ★How to perform Tarot readings, with guides to several different traditional spreads ★How to interpret imagery in non-traditional or custom decks ★How to expand your esoteric knowledge and incorporate correspondences from other popular forms of divination, such as astrology, numerology, geomancy, and more ★How and why the practice of divination can be so eerily accurate … and so much more! Scroll up to the top of this page and click the Buy Now button and begin your quest into understanding and mastering the ancient art of Tarot reading today!
Download or read book Popular Memories written by Ekaterina V. Haskins and published by Univ of South Carolina Press. This book was released on 2015-03-11 with total page 222 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A critical exploration of the ways public participation has transformed commemoration and civic engagement in the United States In the last three decades ordinary Americans launched numerous grassroots commemorations and official historical institutions became more open to popular participation. In this first book-length study of participatory memory practices, Ekaterina V. Haskins critically examines this trend by asking how and with what consequences participatory forms of commemoration have reshaped the rhetoric of democratic citizenship. Approaching commemorations as both representations of civic identity and politically consequential sites of stranger interaction, Popular Memories investigates four distinct examples of participatory commemoration: the United States Postal Service's "Celebrate the Century" stamp and education program, the September 11 Digital Archive, the first post-Katrina Carnival in New Orleans, and a traveling memorial to the human cost of the Iraq War. Despite differences in sponsorship, genre, historical scope, and political purpose, all of these commemorations relied on voluntary participation of ordinary citizens in selecting, producing, or performing interpretations of distant or recent historical events. These collectively produced interpretations—or popular memories—in turn prompted interactions between people, inviting them to celebrate, to mourn, or to bear witness. The book's comparison of the four case studies suggests that popular memories make for stronger or weaker sites of civic engagement depending on whether or not they allow for public affirmation of the individual citizen's contribution and for experiencing alternative identities and perspectives. By systematically accounting for grassroots memory practices, consumerism, tourism, and rituals of popular identity, Haskins's study enriches our understanding of contemporary memory culture and citizenship.
Download or read book Homes of the Past written by Jeffrey Shandler and published by Indiana University Press. This book was released on 2024 with total page 170 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Homes of the Past tells the powerful story of how immigrant Jewish scholars in 1940s New York sought to build a museum to commemorate their lost worlds and people. Among the Jews who arrived in the United States in the early 1940s were a small number of Polish scholars who had devoted their professional lives to the study of Europe's Yiddish-speaking Jews at the YIVO Institute for Jewish Research. Faced with the devastating knowledge that returning to their former homes and resuming their scholarly work there was no longer viable, they sought to address their profound sense of loss by continuing their work, under radically different circumstances, to document the European Jewish lives, places, and ways of living that were being destroyed. In pursuing this daunting agenda, they made a remarkable decision: they would create a museum to memorialize East European Jewry and educate American Jews about this legacy. YIVO scholars determinedly pursued this undertaking for several years, publicizing the initiative and collecting materials to exhibit. However, the Museum of the Homes of the Past was abandoned shortly after the war ended. With insight and clarity, Jeffrey Shandler draws upon the surviving archival sources to tell the story of the purpose, development, and ultimate fate of the Museum of the Homes of the Past. Homes of the Past explores this largely unknown episode of modern Jewish history and museum history and demonstrates that the project, even though it was never realized, marked a critical inflection point in the dynamic interrelations between Jews in America and Eastern Europe.
Download or read book Kingdoms Unveiled written by Terri Meidinger and published by WestBow Press. This book was released on 2012-05 with total page 282 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The picture of grace came alive as puzzle pieces through nine states begin to unravel a web of deception. Meeting the redeemed in Ocean City set the path of visiting areas that held much history. The jewels in the rough in man's eyes were the crown jewels in the kingdom of Heaven. Satan did not like the ministry of amazing grace. What do the Pagans, the Illuminati, and the Freemasons all have in common? They all ran into a path designed by the one who is able to expose the things of darkness. As a servant for the Lord, I encountered all these forces that are against Jesus. The intriguing, mystifying journey, hoping to encourage the broken, the lost, and the weary, stirred up the forces of evil that tried to hang on to the vessels he wanted to continue to control. The Bride of Christ stood with victory as the separation of the sheep and the goats was being done before my eyes. The purpose of the journey I encountered was directed by God with vigilance to warn his beloved bride.
Download or read book Competing Memories of European Border Towns written by Steen Bo Frandsen and published by Taylor & Francis. This book was released on 2024-03-18 with total page 236 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book considers competing memory politics in European border towns after the First and Second World Wars. In the twentieth century Europe’s borders shifted dramatically in the wake of war, and towns were often moved from one state to another despite their physical locations remaining unchanged. Urban spaces adapted to incorporate new place names, monuments, and requirements, overlaid onto the cultural heritage of previous settlers. This book investigates how the memories of different ethnic groups compete and sometimes contest with each other in the town’s space, using the case studies of Vyborg/Viipuri in present-day Russia, Klaipėda/Memel in Lithuania, Szczecin/Stettin in Poland, Flensburg in Germany, Trieste in Italy, and Rijeka/Fiume in Croatia. The book considers how public memories are built and how old traditions are moulded to new forms in urban settings. Drawing on perspectives from across borderland, urban, and memory studies, this book will be an important resource for researchers with an interest in Europe, and in how urban memories are constructed and contested.
Download or read book Sacred Memories written by Kelly McMichael and published by Texas A&M University Press. This book was released on 2013-01-30 with total page 157 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: War memorials are symbols of a community’s sense of itself, the values it holds dear, and its collective memory. They inform us more, perhaps, about the period in which the memorials were erected than the period of the war itself. Kelly McMichael, in her book, Sacred Memories: The Civil War Monument Movement in Texas, takes the reader on a tour of Civil War monuments throughout the state and in doing so tells the story of each monument and its creation. McMichael explores Texans’ motivations for erecting Civil War memorials, which she views as attempts during a period of turmoil and uncertainty—“severe depression, social unrest, the rise of Populism, mass immigration, urbanization, industrialization, imperialism, lynching, and Jim Crow laws”—to preserve the memory of the Confederate dead, to instill in future generations the values of patriotism, duty, and courage; to create a shared memory and identity “based on a largely invented story”; and to “anchor a community against social and political doubt.” Her focus is the human story of each monument, the characters involved in its creation, and the sacred memories held dear to them.
Download or read book Unveiled Memories written by Cristiane Serruya and published by . This book was released on 2017-10-05 with total page 192 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Sophia's nightmares come out to haunt her in the daylight as she recovers her memory. Alistair begins seeing a psychiatrist so he doesn't lose Sophia. Meanwhile, Ethan gathers information that Alistair would do anything to keep from letting it go public. Follow Sophia, Ethan, and Alistair as they search for their happily ever after.
