Download or read book My Triumph over Prejudice written by Martha Wyatt-Rossignol and published by Univ. Press of Mississippi. This book was released on 2016-04-06 with total page 158 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: My Triumph over Prejudice is the autobiography of a black girl growing up in Mississippi during the civil rights era. Born in 1949, Martha Wyatt-Rossignol came of age during some of the most crucial and dangerous years of the civil rights movement. She examines those years and what happened when the movement upended her small town of Fayette. She describes the conditions under which blacks lived during segregation and how those oppressive rules changed, despite massive resistance from whites. Wyatt-Rossignol faced racial hatred when she was chosen for an early school desegregation program. Her failed marriage to an African American led to her dating and later wedding a white man, a civil rights worker from the North, to whom she is still married. That union sparked disapproval from both the white and black communities, revealing entrenched complexities of race and racism in her hometown. Her story also follows the politics of that volatile era in a local context. Black politicians, helped by national civil rights figures, assumed more power and began improving life for all races in this rural area. Then came a betrayal felt by many blacks as these key figures overreached their authority and started pursuing their own selfish agendas. An intimate, revealing portrait of Charles Evers, the first black mayor of Fayette and brother of Medgar Evers, is included in this section. The memoir goes on to portray how the author learned to hate whites as a result of her experiences and how she later overcame that animosity. Wyatt-Rossignol's story concludes with her move out of Mississippi to the island of Bermuda, where she encountered a very different racial environment.
Download or read book My Triumph Over Prejudice written by Martha Wyatt-Rossignol and published by . This book was released on 2016 with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "Triumph Over Prejudice is the autobiographical account of a black girl growing up in Mississippi during the Civil Rights era. Martha Wyatt-Rossignol examines the effects that period had on her life and what happened when the movement arrived in her small town of Fayette. She details the conditions under which blacks lived during that time of segregation and how those rules were gradually changed in the face of enormous opposition from whites. Wyatt-Rossignol describes the racial hatred incurred as a result of her being chosen for a pilot school desegregation program and a failed marriage to an African American man, leading to her dating and later marrying a white man, with whom she is still married. Her marriage resulted in opprobrium from both the white and black communities and revealed the complexities of race and racism in her hometown. The story also follows the politics of that era in a local context as black politicians assumed more power and began to improve life for all races in this rural area. She then details the betrayal felt by many blacks as these key figures over-reached their authority and started pursuing their own agendas. An intimate and revealing portrait of Charles Evers, the first black mayor of Fayette and brother of Medgar Evers, is included in this section. The book goes on to describe how the author learned to hate the white race, in kind, as a result of her experiences, and what she had to do to overcome it. The story concludes with her move out of Mississippi to the island of Bermuda and her encounters with a very different racial environment"--
Download or read book Love in Black and White written by Mark Mathabane and published by HarperCollins Publishers. This book was released on 1993 with total page 312 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The dramatic, revealing, and riveting story of how Mark and Gail Mathabane overcame their own prejudices, society's disapproval, family opposition, and personal self-doubts to be together in an interracial relationship. 16 pages of photos.
Download or read book My Triumph Over Prejudice written by Martha Wyatt-Rossignol and published by Willie Morris Books in Memoir. This book was released on 2016 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: How a black Mississippian navigated a tumultuous childhood, married a white civil rights worker, and rallied to transform her life
Download or read book Me and Hank written by Sandy Tolan and published by Simon and Schuster. This book was released on 2001-06-05 with total page 324 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In 1965, when Sandy Tolan was nine, his hero left town. Unlike other Milwaukee Braves fans, Sandy continued to follow Hank Aaron and his teammates, even though they were now seven hundred miles south in Atlanta. In 1973, as Aaron closed in on Babe Ruth's career home run mark, the black slugger received racist hate mail by the ton. Shocked, Sandy wrote his hero a letter of support. A few weeks later, Aaron responded. Dear Sandy, Aaron wrote. Your letter of support and encouragement meant much more to me than I can adequately express in words. Twenty-five years later, Tolan embarked on a journey to meet his oldhero and to understand, through family, teammates, and civil rights leaders, a legacy of courage and dignity that resonates far beyond the playing field. Me and Hank explores the landscape between a hero's aspirations and the reality of his struggle; between a young fan's wishes and their delivery, a generation later, to a middle-aged man; and between the starkly different ways blacks and whites experience and remember the same events.
Download or read book I m a Black Man Who Are You written by David Sharp and published by Dorrance Publishing. This book was released on 2012-07 with total page 138 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In this autobiographical story set in the deep south of the United States during the turbulence of the 1960¿s, Dr. David Sharp recounts the life lessons that sparked the discovery of his own uniqueness, inner beauty, joy, passion and power. From the first understanding of himself as ¿different¿ he allows you inside his journey toward self-acceptance. He shares how he learned to claim who he really is, and shows you the people who helped him find the strength and courage to do so. You will see how truth, wisdom and humor are used not just to survive, but thrive; and how the ability to ¿dance the blues away¿ or ¿laugh, cry, complain and count your blessings at the same time¿ are two of the many heroic responses to life¿s deep pains. The story features Mbase, a long dead ancestor, who reaches through time to become part of the journey. He guides with wit and compassion and offers a reminder of the four powerful words that have echoed in their family through the generations. I¿m a Black Man, Who are You? is a triumph of the human spirit. It will inspire you to look at yourself ¿differently¿ and answer more clearly the grand question life asks¿ WHO ARE YOU?
Download or read book The Victim of Prejudice Second Edition written by Mary Hays and published by Broadview Press. This book was released on 1998-10-09 with total page 307 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Mary Hays was an outspoken Radical intellectual in the turbulent decade of the 1790’s. She argued vehemently for the need to recognise the moral and rational qualities of women, the necessity of a better system of education for girls, and the importance of giving women without fortunes a career without ‘servitude in prostitution.’ The Victim of Prejudice—Hays’ second novel, first published in 1799—is a powerful indictment of man-made institutions such as the courts and legislative systems which favour persons of wealth and rank. In the novel the metaphor of women’s confinement becomes real as the heroine’s worst nightmares, her horrors and sense of helplessness become a physical reality. The Victim of Prejudice is of great interest for its strong feminist content, and it is both powerful and moving as a literary work; this edition makes this important late eighteenth-century text again available to a wide readership.
Download or read book Sugar written by Jewell Parker Rhodes and published by Little, Brown Books for Young Readers. This book was released on 2013-05-07 with total page 184 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: From Jewell Parker Rhodes, the author of Towers Falling and Ninth Ward (a Coretta Scott King Honor Book and a Today show Al's Book Club for Kids pick) comes a tale of a strong, spirited young girl who rises beyond her circumstances and inspires others to work toward a brighter future. Ten-year-old Sugar lives on the River Road sugar plantation along the banks of the Mississippi. Slavery is over, but laboring in the fields all day doesn't make her feel very free. Thankfully, Sugar has a knack for finding her own fun, especially when she joins forces with forbidden friend Billy, the white plantation owner's son. Sugar has always yearned to learn more about the world, and she sees her chance when Chinese workers are brought in to help harvest the cane. The older River Road folks feel threatened, but Sugar is fascinated. As she befriends young Beau and elder Master Liu, they introduce her to the traditions of their culture, and she, in turn, shares the ways of plantation life. Sugar soon realizes that she must be the one to bridge the cultural gap and bring the community together. Here is a story of unlikely friendships and how they can change our lives forever.
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Download or read book Triumph written by Jeremy Schaap and published by HMH. This book was released on 2015-03-03 with total page 301 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This New York Times–bestselling author’s account of the 1936 Olympics in Berlin offers a “vivid portrait not just of Owens but of ’30s Germany and America” (Sports Illustrated). At the 1936 Olympics, against a backdrop of swastikas and goose-stepping storm troopers, an African American son of sharecroppers won a staggering four gold medals, single-handedly falsifying Hitler’s myth of Aryan supremacy. The story of Jesse Owens at the Berlin games is that of an athletic performance that transcends sports. It is also the intimate and complex tale of one remarkable man’s courage. Drawing on unprecedented access to the Owens family, previously unpublished interviews, and archival research, Jeremy Schaap transports us to Germany and tells the dramatic tale of Owens and his fellow athletes at the contest dubbed the Nazi Olympics. With incisive reporting and rich storytelling, Schaap reveals what really happened over those tense, exhilarating weeks in a “snappy and dramatic” work of sports history (Publishers Weekly). “A remarkable job of tackling a complex subject and bringing it to life.” —John Feinstein “Add[s] even more luster to the indelibly heroic achievements of Jesse Owens.” —Ken Burns
Download or read book Selected Speeches of Daniel O Connell written by Daniel O'Connell and published by . This book was released on 1865 with total page 468 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
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Download or read book The Confessions of J J Rousseau written by Jean Jacques Rousseau and published by BoD – Books on Demand. This book was released on 2018-05-15 with total page 50 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Reproduction of the original: The Confessions of J.J. Rousseau by Jean Jacques Rousseau
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Download or read book The Triumph of Diversity written by Arthur P. Ciaramicoli and published by . This book was released on 2020-02-20 with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Have we come to a time where differences in color, religion, sexuality, or nationality are seen as threats to our way of life? Has exclusion and lack of interest in those suffering in other parts of the world become a way to protect us from our fears? When we close the door to those who seem dissimilar, we limit our potential for growth. Diversity expands the mind and enriches the soul; it is the antidote to groupthink.?In The Triumph of Diversity, Dr. Ciaramicoli analyzes prejudice by tracing it to personal origins and relates true stories of courageous individuals who have overcome hatred, cruelty and sadism to become open-minded, loving resilient people. He re-emphasizes that we are in desperate need of those who unite rather than those who ostracize.?Dr. Ciaramicoli shares his observations as a psychologist in clinical practice, his interviews with laymen, clinicians and clergy, and data from current research to conclude, as Thomas Paine said, "My Country is the World; my Religion is to do Good," and that learned prejudices can be laid bare and redirected to give way to genuine empathy and inclusion over exclusion.
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Download or read book Confessions of Jean Jacques Rousseau written by Jean-Jacques Rousseau and published by Prabhat Prakashan. This book was released on 2006-11-01 with total page 599 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Step into the mind of one of history's most influential philosophers with "Confessions of Jean Jacques Rousseau" by Jean-Jacques Rousseau himself. This timeless classic offers a fascinating glimpse into the innermost thoughts, feelings, and experiences of the renowned Enlightenment thinker. Join Jean-Jacques Rousseau as he bares his soul in this candid and introspective autobiography. Through the pages of "Confessions," Rousseau invites readers into his world, recounting his joys, sorrows, triumphs, and regrets with unparalleled honesty and depth. Rousseau's "Confessions" is more than just a memoir—it is a profound meditation on the human condition, society, and the nature of existence. From his tumultuous childhood to his struggles with love and identity, Rousseau's reflections offer profound insights into the complexities of life and the human psyche. As you delve into Rousseau's confessions, you'll find yourself captivated by his keen observations, philosophical musings, and poignant reflections on the world around him. Whether he's discussing the corrupting influence of society or the pursuit of personal freedom, Rousseau's words resonate with timeless relevance. But "Confessions" is not just a work of philosophy—it is a deeply personal narrative that reveals the inner workings of a brilliant yet troubled mind. Rousseau's candid revelations and unflinching self-examination make this autobiography a compelling and thought-provoking read for readers of all backgrounds. Whether you're a student of philosophy, a lover of literature, or simply someone seeking insight into the human condition, "Confessions of Jean Jacques Rousseau" offers a captivating journey into the heart and mind of one of history's most enigmatic figures. Pick up your copy today and discover the timeless wisdom of Jean-Jacques Rousseau.
