Carol Anderson
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"In her New York Times bestseller White Rage, Carol Anderson laid bare an insidious history of policies that have systematically impeded black progress in America, from 1865 to our combustible present. With One Person, No Vote, she chronicles a related history: the rollbacks to African American participation in the vote since the 2013 Supreme Court decision that eviscerated the Voting Rights Act of 1965. Known as the Shelby ruling, this decision effectively...
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"As Ferguson, Missouri, erupted in August 2014, and media commentators across the ideological spectrum referred to the angry response of African Americans as 'black rage, ' historian Carol Anderson wrote a remarkable op-ed in the Washington Post showing that this was, instead, 'white rage at work. With so much attention on the flames, ' she writes, 'everyone had ignored the kindling.' Since 1865 and the passage of the Thirteenth Amendment, every time...
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Most of us are well aware that there is something fundamentally broken about the way we vote, but not why. In One Person, No Vote, the author chronicles a timely, comprehensive, and powerful indictment of the history of brutal race-based vote suppression, and its many modern iterations- from voter ID requirements and voter purges to election fraud, and stolen elections. She also traces the related history of the rollbacks to African American participation...
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"This ... young adult adaptation brings her ideas to a new audience. When America achieves milestones of progress toward full and equal black participation in democracy, the systemic response is a consistent racist backlash that rolls back those wins. We Are Not Yet Equal examines five of these moments: The end of the Civil War and Reconstruction was greeted with Jim Crow laws; the promise of new opportunities in the North during the Great Migration...
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Get ready for a fast-paced, romantic, gender-swapped Rumpelstiltskin retelling.
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Years ago, Pel fell for a gorgeous Faerie . . . and enslaved herself to him in the process. Now, she's making the best of it by using borrowed Fae magic to render herself invisible and steal from the wealthy at court.
While she's there, a handsome human man named Cole is arrested when his father claims he can spin straw into gold. Intrigued, Pel follows Cole into...
8) After Selma
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In 1965, six hundred brave citizens marched across the Edmund Pettus Bridge for the right to vote. They were met that Sunday morning with tear gas as police officers charged on horseback. Since that iconic moment, and the passage of the Voting Rights Act, a concerted campaign to suppress voting rights in America has continued. Emmy-winning filmmaker, Loki Mulholland (“The Uncomfortable Truth”), civil rights veteran, Joanne Blackmon Bland, and...
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In 1985, Philadelphia police bombed a residential building to end a days-long standoff with Black militant group MOVE, setting a new standard for institutionalized violence and the dehumanization of Black bodies. The film explores the rise of police militarization within the contexts of Black nationalism and the systemic disenfranchisement that incubates movements like Black Lives Matter.
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Do you want to lose weight and at the same time have healthy skin, nails, and hair? Or are you already doing Keto Diet and you want more improvement to your overall health? Are you at that point where you felt like aging hits you? No matter where you are or what you are doing right now, you can do something about it. Most Keto books out there will only tell you to eat more fat and less carbs. Yes, I agree with them, but I think there is a much optimal...
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If you could travel to different worlds, would you ever come back to this one?
Lyrica is the usual final year university student, except that she has the ability to see Rifts – portals to other worlds in this Universe. When her acquaintance Basil, a time-travelling archaeologist from the future shows up and needs her help, well, why would she resist the call of adventure? But what of these new aliens that have joined their group – will they draw...
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A comprehensive guide to writing, publishing, and launching your book-and monetizing your content
Are you considering writing a book to boost your visibility and credibility? Or just trying to figure out how to use the book you already have to build more influence and income?
No matter where you are in the process, Ideas, Influence, and Income is your field guide to using a strategic and successful publishing experience as the groundwork for a...
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***SILVER MEDALIST - GLOBAL BOOKS AWARD 2022***Are you tired of traveling alone? Sick of cooking for one? Bored with the same routine? This book is for you.
Whether you have remained single most of your life on purpose or you have recently become single after years with a partner, it can be tough making new friends, not to mention immersing yourself in the dating world at this stage in life.
But don't fret; it's not too late. Meeting a suitable...
14) Out of the Occult Into the Light: A Real Life Christian Missionary's Story of Deliverance and Hope
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A story of deliverance from demonic oppression to a life of service to God, join Susannah as she walks a path fraught with danger as she discovers that God has a plan for everyone of His children. • Called as a child • Interference • Slip-sliding away • Into the shadows • Instantaneously set free • Sanctified by the believing wife • A crooked path • Russian invasion • Out to the edge • Wounded but not defeated • All quiet on...
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When a snowstorm strands her at a hundred-year-old inn, Sloan Hanson's holiday season gets off to a rocky start. Especially when the innkeeper happens to be her former best friend and the guy who broke her heart in two like an overbaked sugar cookie.
Rowan Graham thought he'd let go of Sloan years ago. But when she blows back into his quiet life and wins over his niece, whose happiness is his top priority, he starts to wonder if this is the do-over...
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Historians have long been engaged in telling the story of the struggle for the vote. In the wake of recent contested elections, the suppression of the vote has returned to the headlines, as awareness of the deep structural barriers to the ballot, particularly for poor, black, and Latino voters, has called attention to the historical roots of issues related to voting access.
Perhaps most notably, former state legislator Stacey Abrams's campaign