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  • ENGL 3270.03: Contemporary Canadian Literature: Crossing the Line Dalhousie University, Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada Summer 2007 Dr. C. Dawson Our study of contemporary Canadian literature will be loosely divided into three sections, each organized around the idea of “crossing the line.” In the first section the line under consideration will be the border that defines…

  • Portrait of Crimean War Nurse Mary Seacole Acquired by National Portrait Gallery artdaily.org 2012-02-12 Mary Seacole by Albert Charles Challen, 1869. ©National Portrait Gallery, London. LONDON.- The only known painting of Mary Seacole, the black Victorian nurse regarded as one of the most significant figures to emerge from the Crimean War, is to remain at…

  • Mixing It Up: Supporting Multiracial Students in Racial Affinity Groups American College Personnel Association ACPA 2012 Annual Convention Louisville, Kentucky 2012-03-24 through 2012-03-28 Session Information: Wednesday, 2012-03-28 08:30-09:30 EDT (Local Time) Kentucky International Convention Center, 212 & 213 Heather C. Lou, FYE Coordinator University of Vermont Adam J. Ortiz, House Director Hampshire College Rachel Luna…

  • Spoilt for choice? New Law Journal: Leading on debate, litigation & dispute resolution Vol 162, Issue 7498 2012-01-26 Adrian Jack, Barrister & Rechtsanwalt Enterprise Chambers Encouraging greater judicial diversity is no easy task, says Adrian Jack The government is consulting on creating greater diversity in the judiciary. Where candidates for judicial appointment are of similar…

  • Obituaries: Fredi Washington, 90, Actress; Broke Ground for Black Artists The New York Times 1994-06-30 Sheila Rule Fredi Washington, one of the first black actresses to gain recognition for her work on stage and in film, died on Tuesday at St. Joseph Medical Center in Stamford, Conn., where she lived. She was 90. The cause…

  • Looking White, Acting Black: Cast(e)ing Fredi Washington Theatre Survey Volume 45, Issue 1 (2004) pages 19-40 DOI: 10.1017/S0040557404000031 Cheryl Black, Associate Professor of Acting, Theatre History/Theory/Criticism University of Missouri, Columbia In October 1926 a leading African-American newspaper, the Pittsburgh Courier, featured adjacent photographs of two young women with a provocative caption: “White Actresses Who Open…

  • Book Review: Go White, Young Man Vanderbilt Law Review Volume 65, En Banc 1 (2012-01-30) 10 pages Alfred L. Brophy, Judge John J. Parker Distinguished Professor of Law University of North Carolina School of Law Daniel J. Sharfstein. The Invisible Line: Three American Families and the Secret Journey from Black to White. New York: Penguin…

  • Batson Revisited in America’s “New Era” of Multiracial Persons Seton Hall Law Review Volume 33, Issue 1 (2003) Article 3 pages 67-108 John Terrence A. Rosenthal Since two bloods course within your veins, Both Jam’s and Japhet’s intermingling; One race forever doomed to serve, The other bearing freedom’s likeness. —Poem from Jacob Steendam to his…

  • ‘Race’ as a scientific and organizational construct: a critique GeoJournal Volume 41, Number 3 (March 1997) pages 233-243 DOI: 10.1023/A:1006881215239 Georges G. Cravins, Professor of Geography University of Wisconsin, La Crosse “Race” for many years has been a major construct of science and society. While its importance as such has not historically been particularly pronounced…

  • MOsley WOtta Frontman Jason Graham to be Featured Guest on Mixed Chicks Chat Mixed Chicks Chat (The only live weekly show about being racially and culturally mixed. Also, founders of the Mixed Roots Film & Literary Festival) Hosted by Fanshen Cox, Heidi W. Durrow and Jennifer Frappier Website: TalkShoe™ (Keywords: Mixed Chicks) Episode: #245 –…