![]() ![]() In June 1965, President Lyndon Johnson asked in a sweeping and assertive address why the black population of the United States had fallen even further behind the country's white majority during the two decades since the end of the Second World War, despite the era's sustained national prosperity.It also misses the chance to come to terms with how the federal government in the 1930s and 1940s contributed to the persistence of two Americas. But that nostalgia requires a heavy dose of historical amnesia. Others, taking a longer view, yearned for a burst of activism patterned on the New Deal. Understandably, most commentators focused on the woeful federal response. Hurricane Katrina's violent winds and waters tore away the shrouds that ordinarily mask the country's racial pattern of poverty and neglect.You are here: Research » Policy papers » When affirmative action was white ![]()
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![]() OL9488734W Page_number_confidence 95.66 Pages 352 Partner Innodata Pdf_module_version 0.0.20 Ppi 300 Rcs_key 24143 Republisher_date 20201130095942 Republisher_operator Republisher_time 1439 Scandate 20201128015323 Scanner Scanningcenter cebu Scribe3_search_catalog isbn Scribe3_search_id 9780752208398 Sent_to_scribe Tts_version 4. Beyond Uhura by Nichelle Nichols, November 1, 1994, Random House Audio edition, Audio cassette in English - Abridged edition. ![]() Urn:lcp:beyonduhurastart0000nich:epub:1a0a59ee-3b3c-4e39-872e-07ef71e03d62 Foldoutcount 0 Identifier beyonduhurastart0000nich Identifier-ark ark:/13960/t41s6jn9w Invoice 1652 Isbn 075220839Xĩ780752208398 Ocr tesseract 4.1.1 Ocr_detected_lang en Ocr_detected_lang_conf 1.0000 Ocr_detected_script Latin Ocr_detected_script_conf 0.9708 Ocr_module_version 0.0.7 Ocr_parameters -l eng Old_pallet IA400052 Openlibrary_edition ![]() Urn:lcp:beyonduhurastart0000nich:lcpdf:59a9407a-f1ae-4321-bb14-3ea078215338 On page 197 of her 1994 autobiography Beyond Uhura, Star Trek and Other Memories, Nichols cites a letter from a white Southerner who wrote, I am totally. ![]() Access-restricted-item true Addeddate 13:59:00 Boxid IA40008607 Camera Sony Alpha-A6300 (Control) Collection_set printdisabled External-identifier ![]() ![]() Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist Mei Fong, whose Malaysian Chinese background provided insider access, blends policy and the personal experiences of those affected for a staggering first title alas, it’s better read on the page. The consequences are dire: the policy “rapidly created a population that is too old, too male, and quite possibly, too few.” Generations of singletons are caught in a preposterous bind: overcoddled and overindulged, while facing impossible expectations by desperate parents. What was touted as a “necessary step in Herculean efforts to lift the population…from abject poverty” resulted in repercussions that “continue to shape how one in six people in the world are born, live, and die.” Forced sterilizations, gruesome late-term abortions, an overseas adoption boom, and baby trafficking emerged as by-products of the draconian law. ![]() ![]() China’s infamous one-child policy lasted just 35 years. ![]() ![]() ![]() He has published several books on global warming and energy technology. Department of Energy including, for six months, as Acting Assistant Secretary. Friedman, in The New York Times, called Climate Progress "the indispensable blog", and in 2010, Time included it in a list of the 25 "Best Blogs of 2010". Time magazine named Romm's blog one of the "Top 15 Green Websites". ![]() At the Center for American Progress, where he was a Senior Fellow, he founded the climate blog, Climate Progress in 2006, which became part of the Think Progress website. He has written for various energy and news sources, and he was the Chief Science Advisor for documentary series Years of Living Dangerously, which won the 2014 Emmy Award for Outstanding Documentary or Nonfiction Series. Romm is the founding Editor-in-Chief of progressive news aggregator Front Page Live. In 2009, Rolling Stone magazine named Romm to its list of "100 People Who Are Changing America", and Time magazine named him one of its " Heroes of the Environment (2009)", calling him "The Web's most influential climate-change blogger". Romm is a Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science. Romm (born June 27, 1960) is an American author, editor, physicist and climate expert, who advocates reducing greenhouse gas emissions to limit global warming and increasing energy security through energy efficiency, green energy technologies and green transportation technologies. ![]() ![]() It's poetic text and wonderful, rich illustrations combine to introduce parts of the natural world new and unfamiliar, while also weaving this amazing tale. Leap, Hare, Leap by Dom Conlon, illustrated by Anastacia Izlesou (Graffeg Ltd ISBN: 9781913134921) starts us off in the countryside, not so far away, then spins us across the globe as Hare leaps to outrun dangers, as well as meet her worldwide relatives. A mesmerising story coupled with Rays' exquisite illustrations make this an adventure not to miss. ![]() Hummingbird by Nicola Davies and Jane Ray (Walker Books ISBN: 9781406379273) interweaves a generational-family story while giving real insight into the life of hummingbirds. I know you'll love Gaspard! Nothing could be further from the urban adventures of a fox than the migratory flight of a hummingbird. Filled with gentle humour and great personality, we see the city from a fox-eyed-view and learn much about the lives of urban foxes, our relationship with them and the other animals they meet along the way. Gaspard the Fox by Zeb Soames, with perfect illustrations by James Mayhew (Graffeg Ltd ISBN: 9781912055062) brings us on a journey through a day in the life of an urban fox. ![]() ![]() ![]() The wildlife around us have adventures too, you know always full of drama, excitement and fun. ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() Plus, shes popped up on a plethora of podcasts. Urn:oclc:877714219 Republisher_operator Scandate 20120202022335 Scanner . A member of The Critics Choice Association, GALECA, and OFCS, Kristys work appears on a variety of sites. OL18180071W Page-progression lr Page_number_confidence 91.67 Pages 182 Ppi 643 Related-external-id urn:isbn:9796552612 ![]() Access-restricted-item true Addeddate 18:02:00 Boxid IA171301 Camera Canon EOS 5D Mark II City New York Date-raw OctoDonor ![]() ![]() ![]() In 2012, now grandparents, Joe and I moved back to Germany, where we are once again enjoying the bike trails, wine fests, and amazing travel opportunities. We returned to San Antonio in the summer of 2007, when my younger daughter Elena began college. My family moved to Germany in 2000, and we lived for seven years in the Rheinland Pfalz region, not far from the old Roman city of Trier. I earned tenure as the monographs cataloger at Trinity University's Coates Library from 1990 to 1999 then I left the library to homeschool my two daughters, Valerie and Elena. After graduating from Indiana University with a master's degree in library science, I came back to San Antonio to work when my husband, Joe, joined the engineering staff at Kelly Air Force Base. ![]() in Russian with a minor in Latin from Trinity University in San Antonio, Texas. I was born Clare Buckalew in Fort Worth, Texas, and grew up in Denton, Texas, a city north of Dallas. ![]() ![]() ![]() Inflammatory titles like Does Anyone Else, Unpopular Opinion, or similar are not allowed.Gush and critique posts should contain the book title/author if applicable. Reviews and screenshots of book excerpts must contain the book title/author in the post title.Book request titles must contain details about the kind of book you’re looking for and/or keywords that will inform future searches.Rules Post titles must be clear and informative For updated information regarding ongoing community features includings upcoming AMAs, please visit 'new' Reddit. ![]() Resource links will direct you to Wiki pages, which we are maintaining. Please be aware that the sidebar in 'old' Reddit is no longer being updated with informative links about Book Clubs, AMAs, etc. Home of the magic search button and endless book recommendations as well as discussions about tropes and characters, Author AMAs, book clubs, and more. R/RomanceBooks is a discussion sub for readers of romance novels. ![]() ![]() ![]() He could some weird-looking girls who turn out to be bisexual. But for Connell, who never knew his father and is supported by a single working mother, the prospect of Dublin represents a different kind of life entirely: “He would start going to dinner parties and having conversations about the Greek bailout. She belongs to a world in which people’s actions are primarily directed by their desires, and university scholarships are a matter of pride rather than necessity. ![]() For Marianne, who spent her senior lunches reading Proust in the cafeteria, it’s a given that she will attend Trinity. ![]() However, “Normal People” also reveals how wealth and class lines permeate character. The narrative arc can be distilled into a will-they-or-won’t-they dynamic between the two, and Rooney makes much of the nonchalant ways we are cruel toward one another. Secondary characters enter and fade out of the action without much fanfare, with Marianne and Connell’s interiority taking precedence over an inchoate plot peppered with the schoolyard drama of committees and petty social politics. ![]() ![]() ![]() He wrote verse for a family magazine, and won school prizes. He moved to the sixth form in 1838 and so came under the direct tutelage of his father. In 1836, Arnold was sent to Winchester College, but in 1837 he returned to Rugby School. ![]() There William Wordsworth was a neighbour and close friend. In 1834, the Arnolds occupied a holiday home, Fox How, in the Lake District. ![]() From 1831, Arnold was tutored by his clerical uncle, John Buckland, in Laleham. In 1828, Thomas Arnold was appointed Headmaster of Rugby School, where the family took up residence, that year. John Keble stood as godfather to Matthew. He was the eldest son of Thomas Arnold and his wife Mary Penrose Arnold (1791–1873), born on 24 December 1822 at Laleham-on-Thames, Middlesex. He was also an inspector of schools for thirty-five years, and supported the concept of state-regulated secondary education. Matthew Arnold has been characterised as a sage writer, a type of writer who chastises and instructs the reader on contemporary social issues. ![]() He was the son of Thomas Arnold, the celebrated headmaster of Rugby School, and brother to both Tom Arnold, literary professor, and William Delafield Arnold, novelist and colonial administrator. Matthew Arnold (24 December 1822 – 15 April 1888) was an English poet and cultural critic who worked as an inspector of schools. ![]() |