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  • Blood: The Stuff of Life

    Blood: The Stuff of Life House of Anansi Press 2013-10-26 272 pages 5 x 8 Paperback ISBN: 978-1-77089-322-1 eBook ISBN: 978-1-77089-324-5 Lawrence Hill In this year’s CBC Massey Lectures, bestselling author Lawrence Hill offers a provocative examination of the scientific and social history of blood, and on the ways that it unites and divides us…

  • Racial Democracy: The Sociological History of a Concept

    Racial Democracy: The Sociological History of a Concept Center for Latin American & Caribbean Studies Lemann Institute for Brazilian Studies University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign 2013-02-15 Antonio Sergio Guimarães, Professor of Sociology Universidade de São Paulo, Brazil I will examine the coining, the uses, and meanings of the expression “racial democracy” from the 1930’s onwards including…

  • Reading Series: Quantifying Bloodlines

    Reading Series: Quantifying Bloodlines Brooklyn Historical Society Crossing Borders, Bridging Generations Othmer Library Saturdays, 2013-11-16, 2013-12-07 and 2014-01-25; 15:00-18:00 EST (Local Time) Quantifying Bloodlines is a monthly reading group organized by anthropologist and oral historian Jennifer Scott.  Join others interested in exploring the relationship between biology and race, as we discuss three widely acclaimed books.…

  • African-Americans and Latinos: Conflict or Collaboration?

    African-Americans and Latinos: Conflict or Collaboration? Ebony Magazine 2012-09-25 Eugene Holley, Jr. As Latinos now outnumber African-Americans as this country’s largest minority, could there be a political, social and economic union with our brown brothers and sisters? In celebration of Hispanic Heritage Month – which runs through October 15th – EBONY interviewed African-Americans and Hispanics…

  • Black History’s Missing Chapters: ‘The African Americans: Many Rivers to Cross,’ on PBS

    Black History’s Missing Chapters: ‘The African Americans: Many Rivers to Cross,’ on PBS The New York Times 2013-10-18   Felicia R. Lee The television mini-series “Roots,” about the slave Kunta Kinte and his descendants, is a classic, inspired by real lives and real history. But it is a truism among historians that young people do…

  • Mixing Race, Risk, and Reward in the Digital Age (Sawyer Seminar IV)

    Mixing Race, Risk, and Reward in the Digital Age University of Southern California Dana and David Dornsife College of Letters, Arts and Sciences Center for Japanese Religions and Culture University Park Campus Doheny Memorial Library (DML), East Asian Seminar Room: 110C 2013-11-05, 13:00-17:00 PST (Local Time) USC Conference Convenors: Duncan Williams, Associate Professor of Religion…

  • Passing: When People Can’t Be Who They Are

    Passing: When People Can’t Be Who They Are PublicAffiars an imprint of Perseus Books Group 2004-11-30 288 pages Paperback ISBN: 978-1-58648-287-9 5 1/2 x 8 1/4 Brooke Kroeger, Professor of Journalism New York University Through the provocative stories of six contemporary “passers,” and examples from history and literature, a renowned journalist illuminates passing as a…

  • Who is Black?

    Who is Black? The Final Call 2001-07-10 Rosa Clemente, Guest Columnist Rosa Clemente Yesterday, an interesting thing happened to me. I was told I am not Black. The kicker for me was when my friend stated that the island of Puerto Rico was not a part of the African Diaspora. I wanted to go back…

  • Is It Time to Do Away With The ‘One-Drop’ Rule?

    Is It Time to Do Away With The ‘One-Drop’ Rule? Clutch 2013-07-10 Britni Danielle Los Angeles Conversations about race in America can lead to never-ending discussions, hurt feelings, and sometimes even breakthroughs. Blame it on our complicated past of slavery, racism, and legalized prejudice, but even approaching a frank discussion about race in this country…

  • the road weeps, the well runs dry

    the road weeps, the well runs dry Los Angeles Theater Center 514 South Spring Street Los Angeles, California 90013 Telephone: 213.489.0994 2013-10-24 through 2013-11-17 Thursday-Saturday: 20:00 PT (Local Time) Sunday: 15:00 PT (Local Time) Written by Marcus Gardley Directed by Shirley Jo Finney Rolling World Premiere Surviving centuries of slavery, revolts, and The Trail of…