Day: October 16, 2012

  • Family Portrait in Black and White: Documentary by Julia Ivanova Interfilm Productions Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada 2011 Institutional Use: Double DVD (includes 85 and 52 minute versions) Private Use: 85 minute DVD Julia Ivanova, Director Olga Nenya has 27 children. Four of them, now adults, are her biological children; the other 23 are adopted or…

  • Three Winton Triangle Presentations at Greensboro conference. Chowan Discovery Group 2012-10-15 Marvin T. Jones The Chowan Discovery presentations about the Winton Triangle, its Civil War history and Chowan Discovery historical markers attracted many enthusiastic attendees at the annual conference of the Afro-American Genealogical and Historical Society (AAGHS) in Greensboro. Included in the audiences were history…

  • The Politics of Samba Georgetown Journal of International Affairs Volume 2, Number 2 (Summer/Fall 2001) Bruce Gilman Samba, which was created in its present form in the 1910s, yet whose roots reach back much farther and tie Brazil to the African continent, has played an integral part in Brazil’s conceptualization as a nation. Originally despised…

  • In the future, we will be…: Priyank Shah at TEDx Columbus TEDx Columbus 2012-10-14 Priyank Shah, Demographer, Futurist, Teacher Dr. Shah is a demographer and a very enthusiastic one. He’ll begin our day with baseline picture of where we are headed as a population so we will better understand ourselves as a society. But no…

  • Census Bureau Establishes National Advisory Committee on Racial, Ethnic and Other Populations United States Census Bureau News Release CB12-195 2012-10-12 The U.S. Census Bureau announced today the establishment of the National Advisory Committee on Racial, Ethnic and Other Populations. The Census Bureau has also named the committee’s members and leadership. The National Advisory Committee will…