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Inbunden, Engelska, 2015
1 203 kr
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In 1907, physician Lawrence A. Nixon fled the racial violence of central Texas to settle in the border town of El Paso. There he became a community and civil rights leader. His victories in two Supreme Court decisions paved the way for dismantling all-white political primaries across the South. Will Guzmán delves into Nixon's lifelong struggle against Jim Crow. Linking Nixon's activism to his independence from the white economy, support from the NAACP, and the man's own indefatigable courage, Guzmán also sheds light on Nixon's presence in symbolic and literal borderlands--as an educated professional in a time when few went to college, as an African American who made waves when most feared violent reprisal, and as someone living on the mythical American frontier as well as an international boundary. A powerful addition to the literature on African Americans in the Southwest, Civil Rights in the Texas Borderlands explores seldom-studied corners of the Black past and the civil rights movement.
Häftad, Engelska, 2016
265 kr
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In 1907, physician Lawrence A. Nixon fled the racial violence of central Texas to settle in the border town of El Paso. There he became a community and civil rights leader. His victories in two Supreme Court decisions paved the way for dismantling all-white political primaries across the South. Will Guzmán delves into Nixon's lifelong struggle against Jim Crow. Linking Nixon's activism to his independence from the white economy, support from the NAACP, and the man's own indefatigable courage, Guzmán also sheds light on Nixon's presence in symbolic and literal borderlands--as an educated professional in a time when few went to college, as an African American who made waves when most feared violent reprisal, and as someone living on the mythical American frontier as well as an international boundary. A powerful addition to the literature on African Americans in the Southwest, Civil Rights in the Texas Borderlands explores seldom-studied corners of the Black past and the civil rights movement.
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In 1907, physician Lawrence A. Nixon fled the racial violence of central Texas to settle in the border town of El Paso. There he became a community and civil rights leader. His victories in two Supreme Court decisions paved the way for dismantling all-white political primaries across the South. Will Guzmán delves into Nixon''s lifelong struggle against Jim Crow. Linking Nixon''s activism to his independence from the white economy, support from the NAACP, and the man''s own indefatigable courage, Guzmán also sheds light on Nixon''s presence in symbolic and literal borderlands--as an educated professional in a time when few went to college, as an African American who made waves when most feared violent reprisal, and as someone living on the mythical American frontier as well as an international boundary. A powerful addition to the literature on African Americans in the Southwest, Civil Rights in the Texas Borderlands explores seldom-studied corners of the Black past and the civil rights movement.
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Inbunden, Engelska, 2026
380 kr
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Founded in 1876, Prairie View A&M University is the second-oldest public institution of higher learning in Texas, one of two Texas land-grant universities, and an "institution of the first class" within the Texas A&M University System. It is also the first public historically Black college or university (HBCU) in Texas. Prairie View A&M has played a pivotal role in the educational and economic experiences of African American Texans. As the university celebrates its sesquicentennial in 2026, editors Will Guzmán and William T. Hoston document and interpret the actions of important individuals, campus institutions, and cultural traditions that made Prairie View A&M what it is today.The Hill We Climbed: Prairie View A&M University complements former Prairie View professor George R. Woolfolk's classic 1962 work Prairie View: A Study in Public Conscience, 1878–1946 and Michael Nojeim's 2011 Down that Road: A Pictorial History of Prairie View A&M University to further contextualize Prairie View A&M's place among HBCUs, higher education in general, and Texas Black life in particular. Prairie View A&M University has a long and rich history, of which past literature provides only a small sampling. In celebrating the 150–year anniversary of the founding of this historically Black institution, The Hill We Climbed documents how the university continues to fulfill its historic mission, encapsulating PVAMU's motto: "Prairie View produces productive people."
Inbunden, Engelska, 2023
479 kr
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Reared in Freedmen's Town, Texas, Emmett J. Scott was a journalist, newspaper editor, government official, author, and chief of staff, adviser, and ghostwriter to Booker T. Washington. He was frequently called "the power broker of the Tuskegee Machine": he was a Renaissance man, scholar, and political fixer. However, his life has not received a full examination until now. Built upon fifty years of research, Maceo C. Dailey's Emmett J. Scott offers fascinating detail by describing Scott's role in promoting the Tuskegee Institute. Before his death, Dailey had nearly singular access to the Scott papers at Morgan State University, which have been officially closed for decades. Readers will finally be exposed to Scott's behind-the-scenes contributions to racial uplift and will see Scott's influential role in advancing not only the Tuskegee Institute but also the Booker T. Washington agenda.Editors Will Guzmán and David H. Jackson lend their own expertise in bringing Dailey's lifetime project to fruition. Two-time Pulitzer Prize-winning historian David Levering Lewis, a close friend of Maceo Dailey, provides a timely foreword. Former Black Panther Party chairwoman Elaine Brown, granddaughter of Emmett J. Scott, reflects on her relationship with Scott and his impact in the afterword.Taken together, this work of biography is an impressive reference and an essential endeavor of recovery, one that restores to prominence the life and legacy of Emmett J. Scott.
Häftad, Engelska, 2026
284 kr
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Prairie View A&M University is more than Texas's oldest public historically Black university—it is a crucible of political struggle and social transformation. Since its founding in 1876 on the grounds of a former slave plantation, Prairie View has stood at the forefront of the Black freedom struggle, producing generations of students, faculty, and alumni who challenged the injustices of Waller County, Texas, and beyond.Justice on "The Hill" brings together wide-ranging histories that reveal Prairie View's singular role in shaping Black political life. From the long battle for voting rights—fought through courtrooms, protests, and ballot boxes—to the galvanizing impact of Sandra Bland's story, these chapters explore the people and movements that turned a rural HBCU into a national symbol of resistance. Readers will encounter the determined students who formed the "Political Science Posse," the courage of Lulu B. White and Maude Craig Sampson Williams, the legacy of Emanuel Cleaver, and the enduring struggles against racial violence and voter suppression in Waller County.This collection underscores Prairie View's abiding truth: Activism is woven into its very fabric. Each chapter offers a unique lens—whether through women's leadership in the early twentieth century, the role of religion in protest, or the long shadow of racial violence—that together illuminate the breadth of Prairie View's contributions to American history.Edited by Will Guzmán and William T. Hoston, Justice on "The Hill" honors the institution's sesquicentennial by preserving stories of struggle, resilience, and triumph. It affirms Prairie View's reputation as not only a producer of "productive people" but also as a wellspring of political consciousness and justice-seeking, where generations of Black students transformed themselves and the nation.