Language and minority rights

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Thomas F. Jackson

"Drawing widely on published and unpublished archival sources, Jackson explains the contexts and meanings of King's increasingly open call for "a radical redistribution of political and economic power" in American cities, the nation, and the world. The mid-1960s ghetto uprisings were in fact revolts against unemployment, powerlessness, police violence, and institutionalized racism, he argued. His final dream, a Poor People's March on Washington, aimed to mobilize Americans across racial and class lines to reverse a national cycle of urban conflict, political backlash, and policy retrenchment. King's vision of economic democracy and international human rights remains a powerful inspiration for those committed to ending racism and poverty in our time."--BOOK JACKET.

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William E. Jones

The photographs of the Farm Security Administration/Office of War Information Photograph Collection form an extensive pictorial record of American life between 1935 and 1944. This volume publishes 157 rejected or 'killed' images submitted to the collection by photographers. The author uses these images to raise questions of why images would be 'killed' and to suggest that our present society would benefit from a similar photographic record of American life.

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Zique et Nano

Cet ouvrage propose une quarantaine d'activités manuelles destinées à faire découvrir aux jeunes enfants l'univers des couleurs: les contrastes clair-obscur, les intensités, les teintes primaires et secondaires, les camaïeux, l'opposition chaud-froid, les mélanges, etc. Les bricolages proposés exploitent de nombreuses techniques et sont très peu figuratifs de façon à laisser énormément de place à la créativité de l'enfant. Des variantes et références à l'histoire de l'art sont distillées au fil des pages, permettant aux animateurs et enseignants d'approfondir les sujets traités. [SDM].

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Russell A. Olsen

Explores the many sites along the famous American east-west artery, including filling stations, main streets, motor courts, cafes, campgrouds, honkytonks, truck stops, and barbecue joints established to serve motorists. All of the sites and structures included here are shown both during their mid-century heydays and as they appear in the present.