Discusses the geographical, historical, and cultural aspects of Louisiana, Arkansas, Missouri, Kansas, and Oklahoma, using maps, illustrated fact spreads, and other illustrated material to highlight the land, history, and people of each individual state.
Through this work, Rosas illuminates the promise of community building, offering findings indispensable to our understandings of race, community, and place in U.S. society.
In South Central Dreams, eminent scholars Pierrette Hondagneu-Sotelo and Manuel Pastor follow its transformation from a historically Black neighborhood into a predominantly Latino one, providing a fresh, inside look at the fascinating—and ...
... 49 Mantler, Gordon, 47 Marquez, John, 117–118 Martin, Trayvon, shooting of, 18 Martinez, Cid, 9, 169 Martinez, Samuel, 190 Martin Luther King Jr. General Hospital, 91–94 McClendon, Noreen, 9 McCone, John A., 40 McCone Commission, ...
relationship with a Ms. Gibson. Ms. Gibson was a fairly attractive woman in her twenties. Well, Rehmeyer took a liking to her and she to him. Some say that Nelson used his powers to make her weak to everyone else but him.
Owen moved in swiftly and asked Franklin who owned the Toyota. Franklin told him, “I just bought it.” Owen ran the Toyota's license plate. It came back stolen. He searched Franklin's property and found several more cars, car parts, ...
Prickett breaks past the stigmas of urban poverty, revealing a complex and vibrant community by telling the stories of longstanding residents of South Central—like Sister Ava, who offers food to the local unhoused people and finds the ...
Before Sharquent was old enough to drive, she turned to a life of addiction and crime. "South Central L.A. LIFE" is a frank look at Sharquent's incredible experiences at the edge of society's borders.
Greater Atlanta
Blowin Up is a vibrant look at the young-adult stage of people who grow up in the shadow of gangs, dead-end jobs, and a glittering entertainment industry (the setting is Los Angeles).
... 1960, Vann Woodward—Penn Warren Correspondence, Robert Penn Warren Papers, YCAL MSS 51, Box 82, Yale University Library, cited by John Stauffer, “Remarks at David Herbert Donald's Memorial at Ford's Theater,” April 9, 2010.