Birth of an Activist - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook Birth of an Activist write by Tsuyako Kitashima. This book was released on 2003. Birth of an Activist available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. The inspiring story of Tsuyako "Sox" Kitashima, a California-born Japanese American woman whose name became synonymous with the redress and reparations campaign for Japanese Americans wrongfully incarcerated during World War II. From her childhood through World War II and the post-war years, to her transformation into a community leader and activist, Sox Kitashima's life journey will touch all readers.--From publisher description.
The Birth of a Nation
The Birth of a Nation - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook The Birth of a Nation write by Dick Lehr. This book was released on 2017-01-10. The Birth of a Nation available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. In 1915, two men -- one a journalist agitator, the other a technically brilliant filmmaker -- incited a public confrontation that roiled America, pitting black against white, Hollywood against Boston, and free speech against civil rights. Monroe Trotter and D. W. Griffith were fighting over a film that dramatized the Civil War and Reconstruction in a post-Confederate South. Almost fifty years earlier, Monroe's father, James, was a sergeant in an all-black Union regiment that marched into Charleston, South Carolina, just as the Kentucky cavalry -- including Roaring Jack Griffith, D. W.'s father -- fled for their lives. Griffith's film, The Birth of a Nation, included actors in blackface, heroic portraits of Knights of the Ku Klux Klan, and a depiction of Lincoln's assassination. Freed slaves were portrayed as villainous, vengeful, slovenly, and dangerous to the sanctity of American values. It was tremendously successful, eventually seen by 25 million Americans. But violent protests against the film flared up across the country. Monroe Trotter's titanic crusade to have the film censored became a blueprint for dissent during the 1950s and 1960s. This is the fiery story of a revolutionary moment for mass media and the nascent civil rights movement, and the men clashing over the cultural and political soul of a still-young America standing at the cusp of its greatest days.
Activist New York
Activist New York - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook Activist New York write by Steven H. Jaffe. This book was released on 2018-05. Activist New York available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Activist New York surveys New York City's long history of social activism from the 1650's to the 2010's. Bringing these passionate histories alive, Activist New York is a visual exploration of these movements, serving as a companion book to the highly-praised Museum of the City of New York exhibition of the same name. New York's primacy as a metropolis of commerce, finance, industry, media, and ethnic diversity has given it a unique and powerfully influential role in the history of American and global activism. Steven H. Jaffe explores how New York's evolving identities as an incubator and battleground for activists have made it a "machine for change." In responding to the city as a site of slavery, immigrant entry, labor conflicts, and wealth disparity, New Yorkers have repeatedly challenged the status quo. Activist New York brings to life the characters who make up these vibrant histories, including David Ruggles, an African American shopkeeper who helped enslaved fugitives on the city's Underground Railroad during the 1830s; Clara Lemlich, a Ukrainian Jewish immigrant who helped spark the 1909 "Uprising of 20,000" that forever changed labor relations in the city's booming garment industry; and Craig Rodwell, Karla Jay, and others who forged a Gay Liberation movement both before and after the Stonewall Riot of June 1969. Permanent exhibition: Puffin Foundation Gallery, Museum of the City of New York, USA.
A History of the Birth Control Movement in America
A History of the Birth Control Movement in America - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook A History of the Birth Control Movement in America write by Peter C. Engelman. This book was released on 2011-04-19. A History of the Birth Control Movement in America available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. This narrative history of one of the most far-reaching social movements in the 20th century shows how it defied the law and made the use of contraception an acceptable social practice—and a necessary component of modern healthcare. A History of the Birth Control Movement in America tells the extraordinary story of a group of reformers dedicated to making contraception legal, accessible, and acceptable. The engrossing tale details how Margaret Sanger's campaign beginning in 1914 to challenge anti-obscenity laws criminalizing the distribution of contraceptive information grew into one of the most far-reaching social reform movements in American history. The book opens with a discussion of the history of birth control methods and the criminalization of contraception and abortion in the 19th century. Its core, however, is an exciting narrative of the campaign in the 20th century, vividly recalling the arrests and indictments, banned publications, imprisonments, confiscations, clinic raids, mass meetings, and courtroom dramas that publicized the cause across the nation. Attention is paid to the movement's thorny alliances with medicine and eugenics and especially to its success in precipitating a profound shift in sexual attitudes that turned the use of contraception into an acceptable social and medical practice. Finally, the birth control movement is linked to court-won privacy protections and the present-day movement for reproductive rights.
Birth Work as Care Work
Birth Work as Care Work - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook Birth Work as Care Work write by Alana Apfel. This book was released on 2016. Birth Work as Care Work available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. "Introduction by Silvia Federici, Foreword by Loretta J. Ross, Preface by Victoria Law"--Cover.
