Download or read book Freedom s Main Line written by Derek Charles Catsam and published by University Press of Kentucky. This book was released on 2009-01-23 with total page 373 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: “A compelling, spellbinding examination of a pivotal event in civil rights history . . . a highly readable and dramatic account of a major turning point.” —Journal of African-American History Black Americans in the Jim Crow South could not escape the grim reality of racial segregation, whether enforced by law or by custom. In Freedom’s Main Line: The Journey of Reconciliation and the Freedom Rides, author Derek Charles Catsam shows that courtrooms, classrooms, and cemeteries were not the only front lines in African Americans’ prolonged struggle for basic civil rights. Buses, trains, and other modes of public transportation provided the perfect means for civil rights activists to protest the second-class citizenship of African Americans, bringing the reality of the violence of segregation into the consciousness of America and the world. Freedom’s Main Line argues that the Freedom Rides, a turning point in the Civil Rights Movement, were a logical, natural evolution of such earlier efforts as the Journey of Reconciliation, relying on the principles of nonviolence so common in the larger movement. The impact of the Freedom Rides, however, was unprecedented, fixing the issue of civil rights in the national consciousness. Later activists were often dubbed Freedom Riders even if they never set foot on a bus. With challenges to segregated transportation as his point of departure, Catsam chronicles black Americans’ long journey toward increased civil rights. Freedom’s Main Line tells the story of bold incursions into the heart of institutional discrimination, journeys undertaken by heroic individuals who forced racial injustice into the national and international spotlight and helped pave the way for the landmark Civil Rights Act of 1964.
Download or read book Walking Mainline written by Robert Todd and published by Robert Todd. This book was released on 2012 with total page 272 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Walk the mainline inside the United States Penitentiary Lompoc with a 21 year veteran federal correctional officer. The "New Rock" was one of the toughest federal prisons in the United States. What is it like to enter the front gate into the world of penitentiary life. It is a journey from the interview board, training academy, to working a cell block, and in the end, if you are lucky retirement. Every day can change from the quiet boring routine to assaults, riots, escapes and death. Sex, drugs, misconduct, and the every day battle to survive and to go home at the each of each shift. Not everyone can complete the journey. Enter the front gate if you dare!
Download or read book My Life Inside Out written by Angelo R. Avila, Jr. and published by Xlibris Corporation. This book was released on 2013-02-26 with total page 426 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: My unstructured upbringing, and cares to the wind attitude, led to my frequent incarceration, from childhood to adulthood, it’s a disturbing story, which is primarily aimed at the adult reading audience, who enjoy reading about reality situations and crime. I have always been a reader, and to a large extent, that helped me become a self taught person. Born on the banks of the Colorado River in Arizona, and raised up in the Marcos De Niza barrio projects in South Phoenix, I experienced the injustices of the cotton fields, Maricopa County Juvenile Detention Home, and Arizona State Industrial School at Fort Grant, Arizona. I wandered the desperate streets of Los Angeles, and the forlorn railroad tracks, alone, like a lost person without a purpose in life. I was locked up in the jails of Phoenix, and Los Angeles, before winding up in the California State penitentiary system. Upon my release, I struggled to stay out of the pen, and took the jobs that society at large would never want to take. Through numerous personal tragedies, incarcerations, and unfortunate circumstances, I lost control of my life. No one was ever able to change my destructive behavior. The changes when they occurred came from within me, when I could no longer cope, with the situations I had cast my self into. Looking back, I can now see what I couldn’t see, during those hopeless time periods. I was very fortunate, to finally be able to leave that life behind me, through relationships that believed in me, and successfully worked, and built myself a civil service work career, from which I retired. I now spend my days enjoying life’s simple pleasures, after all my previous tragic missteps. My objective in life now, is to become an accomplished writer.
Download or read book The Walk On The Triple Threat 1 written by John Feinstein and published by Yearling. This book was released on 2015-09-08 with total page 382 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Bestselling sportswriter John Feinstein kicks off a new series for middle grade featuring Alex Myers, a student athlete who tries to take on the sports establishment in his new town. Alex Myers is a quarterback, but from the first day of football practice, it’s clear that that position is very much filled by the coach’s son, Matt. Alex has the better arm, but Matt has more experience—and the coach’s loyalty. Alex finally gets a chance to show what he can do when Matt is injured, and he helps win a key game to keep the Lions’ bid for the state championship alive. But just when his star is rising, Alex gets blindsided—the state has started drug testing, and Alex’s test comes back positive for steroids. Alex knows that’s not right. But he doesn’t know if it’s a mistake—or if someone wants to make sure he can’t play. . . . John Feinstein has been praised as “the best writer of sports books in America today” (The Boston Globe), and this first installment in the Triple Threat series is his most thrilling and suspenseful novel yet. Fans of Mike Lupica, Tim Green, and Paul Volponi will want to check out The Walk On, and its companion, The Sixth Man. “A cliffhanger of a football novel bristling with social, personal, familial and ethical issues to complement the gridiron action. . . . All the goods for the sports enthusiast—and more.” —Kirkus Reviews
Download or read book The Southwestern Reporter written by and published by . This book was released on 1922 with total page 1206 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
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Download or read book Railroad Reports written by Thomas Johnson Michie and published by . This book was released on 1902 with total page 1026 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Covers cases decided 1901-1913.
Download or read book DILETTANTE written by Clifford H. Brown and published by Dorrance Publishing. This book was released on 2021-06-10 with total page 312 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Dilettante: Tales of How a Small-Town Boy Became a Diplomat Managing U.S. Foreign Assistance By: Clifford H. Brown This book is a memoir of a small-town American kid who worked on farms, tugboats, railroads, ran away to sea for a year on an oceanographic vessel, finally finished college, won a fellowship to travel in Latin America for a year, went to law school, became a partner in a Beverly Hills law firm, and then gave up a lucrative career to join the U.S. Agency for International Development (“USAID”). It is filled with American country and laborer philosophy, served with a healthy dose of juvenility and plain, old fun. It will interest anyone thinking life in small-town America has become a dead end. Readers may be keen to read the second half of the stories, as and when they become available.
Download or read book Nebraska s Cowboy Trail written by Keith Terry and published by U of Nebraska Press. This book was released on 2008-05-01 with total page 117 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Chicago & Northwestern railroad’s “Cowboy Line” was active for more than one hundred years—delivering gold from the Black Hills, transporting livestock from the ranches in the West, and carrying passengers through northern Nebraska. Now the 321-mile-long rail line is being remade into Nebraska’s first state recreational trail which, when completed, will become the nation’s longest rail-to-trail conversion. Nebraska’s Cowboy Trail: A User’s Guide is the essential companion for anyone planning to hike, bike, or ride horseback on the Cowboy Recreation and Nature Trail, which currently extends from Norfolk to Valentine and will eventually stretch all the way to Chadron. The trail runs through numerous communities, accommodates multiple uses, and provides an up-close look at the ecology of the Great Plains—a view too easily missed when speeding by in a car. Keith Terry’s guidebook enhances appreciation of the trail’s natural advantages with descriptions of the region’s flora and fauna and with pointers for food, lodging, and camping. He also provides brief narratives about historical events that occurred along the route. This guide illuminates a historical corridor of the Great Plains and will heighten the trail user’s experience.
Download or read book Main Line Wasp written by W. Thacher Longstreth and published by W. W. Norton & Company. This book was released on 1990 with total page 318 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Here is one man's uproarious, adventuresome journey through the 20th century: from Main-Line debutante parties to the Battle of the Coral Sea, from affluence in the Roaring '20s to poverty in the Great Depression and more.
Download or read book The South Western Reporter written by and published by . This book was released on 1911 with total page 1384 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Includes the decisions of the Supreme Courts of Missouri, Arkansas, Tennessee, and Texas, and Court of Appeals of Kentucky; Aug./Dec. 1886-May/Aug. 1892, Court of Appeals of Texas; Aug. 1892/Feb. 1893-Jan./Feb. 1928, Courts of Civil and Criminal Appeals of Texas; Apr./June 1896-Aug./Nov. 1907, Court of Appeals of Indian Territory; May/June 1927-Jan./Feb. 1928, Courts of Appeals of Missouri and Commission of Appeals of Texas.
Download or read book Records and Briefs of the United States Supreme Court written by and published by . This book was released on 1832 with total page 972 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Verbal Aspect the Indicative Mood and Narrative written by Constantine R. Campbell and published by Peter Lang. This book was released on 2007 with total page 312 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In this book, Constantine R. Campbell investigates the function of verbal aspect within New Testament Greek narrative. He argues that the primary role of verbal aspect in narrative is to delineate and shape the various 'discourse strands' of which it is constructed, such as mainline, offline, and direct discourse. Campbell accounts for this function in terms of the semantic value of each tense-form. Consequently, in the search for more effective conclusions and explanations, he challenges and reassesses some of the conclusions reached in previous scholarship. --From publisher's description.
Download or read book Lines of a Circle Main Line written by J. W. Mallard and published by Fulton Books, Inc.. This book was released on 2015-10-19 with total page 455 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Tracing the Main Line of the†Lines of a Circle An engrossing tale of a young woman's gripping quest to discover her lineage. Julia Isbell has been afforded a good life by her parents who give her everything she needs, including love.††However, when her mother Viola is in her dying state, she reveals one truth about Julia's identity that will change her life forever-she is not a true Isbell.††Who and where are her parents?†Readers can unravel the truth as they follow Julia on her quest to
Download or read book Richardson s Tourists Guide to Chicago written by Frank Herbert Richardson and published by . This book was released on 1904 with total page 248 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
