Day: April 10, 2011

  • Diversity Dialogues lecture opens forum on ethnic identity Spartan Daily News@SJSU San José State University 2011-03-06 Francisco Rendon So … what are you?” Although a common question facing persons of mixed ethnic heritage, it often characterizes society’s attempt to label them, and these persons‘ struggle to fit into one culture. This question, as well as…

  • The Mysterious Portraitist Joshua Johnson Archives of American Art Journal Volume 36, Number 2 (1996) pages 2-7 Jennifer Bryan Robert Torchia The Maryland Historical Society’s Department of Manuscripts recently received three volumes of Baltimore County court chattel records—registers of personal property transactions such as mortgages, deeds of gift, powers of attorney, bills of sale, and…

  • Blacks in Mexico: A Forgotten Minority Time Magazine 2009-09-15 Alexis Okeowo The first town of freed African slaves in the Americas is not exactly where you would expect to find it—and it isn’t exactly what you’d expect to find either. First, it’s not in the United States. Yanga, on Mexico’s Gulf Coast, is a sleepy…

  • Golden shadows on a white land: An exploration of the lives of white women who partnered Chinese men and their children in southern Australia, 1855-1915 University of Sydney November 2006 364 pages Kate Bagnall A thesis submitted in fulfilment of the requirements for the degree of Doctor of Philosophy This thesis explores the experiences of…

  • The Amalgamation Waltz: Race, Performance, and the Ruses of Memory (review) Theatre Journal Volume 63, Number 1 (March 2011) pages 136-138 E-ISSN: 1086-332X; Print ISSN: 0192-2882 Douglas A. Jones Jr. Stanford University Although the election of a mixed-race president signaled to many the beginning of the end of the problem of the color line, the…