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Month: June 2013

  • Blackout: How Argentina ‘Eliminated’ Africans From Its History And Conscience

    Blackout: How Argentina ‘Eliminated’ Africans From Its History And Conscience International Business Times New York, New York 2013-06-04 Palash Ghosh, Senior Writer, World Tens of millions of black Africans were forcibly removed from their homelands from the 16th century to the 19th century to toil on the plantations and farms of the New World. This…

  • The Cuban Remix: Rethinking Culture and Political Participation in Contemporary Cuba

    The Cuban Remix: Rethinking Culture and Political Participation in Contemporary Cuba University of Michigan 2008 555 pages Tanya L. Saunders A dissertation submitted in partial fulfillment of the requirements for the degree of Doctor of Philosophy (Sociology) This dissertation examines the post-1959 activism of Cuba’s socially critical artists and intellectuals, and the effects of the…

  • Santita Jackson Show (WVON AM, Chicago) with Rainier Spencer

    Santita Jackson Show (WVON AM, Chicago) with Rainier Spencer The Santita Jackson Show WVON 1690 AM Chicago, Illinois 2011-02-16, 15:05Z (09:05 CST, 10:05 EST, 07:05 PST) Santita Jackson, Host Rainier Spencer, Director and Professor of Afro-American Studies; Professor of Interdisciplinary Studies University of Nevada, Las Vegas The topic of discussion will be the so-called “one-drop…

  • Hay winner’s search for identity

    Hay winner’s search for identity BBC News 2003-05-27 A first-time writer who travelled halfway round the world to trace her roots has won the Welsh Book of the Year award at the Hay Festival. Charlotte Williams’ tale of her search for her identity, entitled Sugar and Slate, took her to three different continents. Ms Williams,…

  • “An Indian is an Indian regardless of the degree of Indian blood or which little government card they do or do not possess.”

    “An Indian is an Indian regardless of the degree of Indian blood or which little government card they do or do not possess.” —Wilma Pearl Mankiller, Cherokee Nation Principal Chief (1985 to 1995)

  • How the ‘Loving’ Case Changed the US

    How the ‘Loving’ Case Changed the US The Root 2013-06-12 Kelli Goff, Special Correspondent The legacy of the interracial-marriage case looms large on the 46th anniversary of the landmark decision. Forty-six years ago, on June 12, 1967, the Supreme Court ruled that a Virginia law prohibiting Mildred Jeter Loving, who was black, and Richard Loving,…

  • The Truth About Loving v. Virginia and Why it Matters

    The Truth About Loving v. Virginia and Why it Matters MixedRaceStudies.org 2013-06-12 Steven F. Riley On June 12, 1967, the United States Supreme Court ruled in the landmark civil-rights case Loving v. Virginia that Virginia’s anti-miscegenation law (known as the Racial Integrity Act of 1924) was unconstitutional. It did not as some suggest, legalize interracial marriage in the…

  • Are Mixed Race Couples and Families Still Fighting for Acceptance in Alberta?

    Are Mixed Race Couples and Families Still Fighting for Acceptance in Alberta? Alberta Primetime Edmonton, Alberta 2013-06-12 Jennifer Martin, Host Monica Das, Registered Psychologist Yvonne Breckenridge University of Alberta Alberta Primetime is a daily current affairs show airing weeknights from 7pm MST to 8pm MST. Airing across Alberta on CTV Two Alberta, Alberta Primetime drills…

  • Standing on Both Feet: Voices of Older Mixed-Race Americans [Interview]

    Standing on Both Feet: Voices of Older Mixed-Race Americans [Interview] KING-TV 5, Seattle Washington 2013-06-11 Margaret Larsen, Host New Day Northwest June 12 marks the 46th Anniversary of a landmark ruling by the United States Supreme Court which overturned a ban on interracial marriage that had been place on many states. But even before the…

  • Is Interracial Marriage Still Scandalous?

    Is Interracial Marriage Still Scandalous? Room For Debate The New York Times 2013-06-13 Kevin Noble Maillard, Professor of Law Syracuse University Gary B. Nash, Professor Emeritus of History University of California, Los Angeles Heidi W. Durrow, Author and Co-Founder Mixed Roots Film and Literary Festival Diane Farr, Actress and Writer Rose Cuison Villazor, Professor of…