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To honor the late Progressive Era historian Dr. Elisabeth Israels Perry (1939-2018), I wrote this article for the Society for Historians of the Gilded Age and Progressive Era's academic blog. It explores the similarities in Perry's... more
To honor the late Progressive Era historian Dr. Elisabeth Israels Perry (1939-2018), I wrote this article for the Society for Historians of the Gilded Age and Progressive Era's academic blog.  It explores the similarities in Perry's experience writing her grandmother's biography, BELLE MOSKOWITZ: FEMININE POLITICS IN THE AGE OF ALFRED E. SMITH, to my own writing experience of my grandmother's biography, entitled "Memories: Writing the Life of Mayme Williams Carney."

See online at: https://www.shgape.org/writing-a-womans-life-a-personal-journey/
This historiographical essay examines major debates about the politics of race during the New Deal. A central focus is the way in which Black Americans viewed FDR and how scholars have portrayed that view. It illustrates the impact of... more
This historiographical essay examines major debates about the politics of race during the New Deal. A central focus is the way in which Black Americans viewed FDR and how scholars have portrayed that view.  It illustrates the impact of activists and leaders on New Deal policy.  In several ways, this chapter includes original research from my dissertation.

According to the editors, the text as a whole aims to present scholarship on the New Deal written by new scholars covering this period.

Only three sample pages are presented here, pages 131, 133-134.

Further down on this page is information about my historiography on portrayals of Mary McLeod Bethune (1875-1955) which covers portrayals of her during the New Deal period and in scholarship on women's history:
http://tinyurl.com/PortrayalsOfBethune.
This document is a review of the book THE NEW DEAL AND THE GREAT DEPRESSION, in which I have a chapter entitled "African Americans and the Politics of Race During the New Deal."  Pages from that chapter appear here on my web page.
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'Use our qualified Negro women among the active forces who are working toward the protection of our democratic stronghold,' wrote Bethune in her appeal to President Roosevelt on June 22, 1940. Mary McLeod Bethune had arranged for... more
'Use our qualified Negro women among the active forces who are working toward the protection of our democratic stronghold,' wrote Bethune in her appeal to President Roosevelt on June 22, 1940.  Mary McLeod Bethune had arranged for Congressman Louis Ludlow of Indiana to introduce the statement on the floor of the House of Representatives.

This chapter chronicles the political activism of Bethune and "her National Council of Negro Women (NCNW)" in which she served as president. 

Bethune and the NCNW pressed the Roosevelt administration for inclusion, for a place at the table in deciding the role and welfare of Black civilians and military (especially in terms of jobs and in promoting an anti-discrimination policy) during the buildup for defense in the early 1940s. It also shows Bethune's "push" to work/interact with White women's organizations whom were already “at the table."

During this period, Bethune promoted the NCNW as 800,000 Black women strong, with affiliates throughout the country.  This chapter also describes Bethune and the NCNW's public support behind Asa Philip Randolph's 1941 March-on-Washington Movement which lead to the passage of the Fair Employment Practices Act that year and prohibited discrimination in defense industry and government jobs.

Additionally, Bethune's political alliance with Eleanor Roosevelt is discussed along with her connections with U.S. Secretary of Labor Francis Perkins, Caroline Ware (history professor and activist) representing the Advisory Committee to the National Defense Council, and a host of other White women's organizations.  A limited PREVIEW is on Google books, Chapter Two.

Material based upon this chapter will appear in book three POLITICAL ADVOCACY FOR JUSTICE (December 2015,) a self-publishing project. 

GOOGLE BOOKS, preview of chapter: http://tinyurl.com/lkw3y6t

Forthcoming is the 1st book the series, PUSHING THE LIMITS OF THE COLOR LINE: Mary McLeod Bethune and the New Deal.
Second paragraph of review (including text on my chapter): "Several of the essays dealing with the WWII period focus on the role of key African American organizers and their organizations, especially on the March on Washington Movement... more
Second paragraph of review (including text on my chapter):

"Several of the essays dealing with the WWII period focus on the role of key African American organizers and their organizations, especially on the March on Washington Movement led by A. Philip Randolph and the subsequent creation by the Roosevelt Administration of the Fair Employment Practices Commission. Rhoda Jones provides a concise overview of the role of Randolph and the March on Washington, albeit adding little to what recent biographies of Randolph by Beth Bates and Cornelius Bynum have covered. However, Gloria-Yvonne's article on "Mary McLeod Bethune, the National Council of Negro Women, and the Prewar Push for Equal Opportunity for Defense Projects" uncovers the ways in which African American women influenced the incorporation of black men and women into federal jobs during WWII. Framing the issue as part of the "democratic mission" (p. 31) of the war, the National Council of Negro Women insisted on not only having a seat at the table but also opening up opportunities for women often overlooked by policymakers in Washington, DC."

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Chicago style: The Free Library. S.v. The Economic Civil Rights Movement: African Americans and the Struggle for Economic Power.." Retrieved Dec 29 2014 from http://www.thefreelibrary.com/The+Economic+Civil+Rights+Movement%3a+African+Americans+and+the...-a0373031072
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***Description of this Reading***: This is chapter six of my dissertation with only eleven pages available for preview here on Academia.edu. It chronicles the beginning of Bethune's NCNW. Readers gain a sense of her organizing... more
***Description of this Reading***:
This is chapter six of my dissertation with only eleven pages available for preview here on Academia.edu.  It chronicles the beginning of Bethune's NCNW.  Readers gain a sense of her organizing principles, why she felt it was necessary to "pool" Black feminine political energy at this time, in the mid 1930s.  You will also get a sense of the friction she encountered from other Black activist women--an aspect of her political career that has not been properly examined.  In my narrative, archival/primary source research takes precedence.  Pulling particularly from newspapers of that era lend a more complete picture of the dynamics between these particular Black women activists.


***Near Future Plans for this Chapter***:
I am in the process of redeveloping this chapter to self-publish as part of a three-book series, "A Passion For Social Equality," covering Bethune's political activism during the 1930s and 1940s.  POLITICAL ADVOCACY FOR JUSTICE is the title of the third book, forthcoming.

POLITICAL ADVOCACY FOR JUSTICE will include an expanded narrative, interpretation, and analysis of Bethune's activism during the prewar period, from 1940-1941, and material regarding her activism during WWII.  (Some of the former material has already been published in my chapter two of THE ECONOMIC CIVIL RIGHTS MOVEMENT; see http://www.routledge.com/books/details/9780415537360/.)

***On Book Series: "A Passion For Social Equality"***
The first book of this series has been published, entitled PUSHING THE LIMITS OF THE COLOR LINE: MARY McLEOD BETHUNE AND THE NEW DEAL.  It can be viewed at: https://www.createspace.com/4283303  or the Amazon link on this page.
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Social Change, Social Movements, Black Studies Or African American Studies, Gender Studies, Labor Economics, and 39 more
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If you are teaching a course on the Transatlantic Slave Trade or studying this topic independently, this article introduces readers to this period, and covers primarily social, political, and economic factors behind the development and... more
If you are teaching a course on the Transatlantic Slave Trade or studying this topic independently, this article introduces readers to this period, and covers primarily social, political, and economic factors behind the development and institutionalization of the Trade.  The chronology follows the 15th century up to the 19th century period of British Abolitionism.  Key figures of British and (North) American abolitionism are highlighted, such as Granville Sharpe and Anthony Benezet to illustrate transatlantic communication in the beginnings of this liberation movement, which led up to the Somerset decision.
SAMPLE PAGES ATTACHED HERE ON ACADEMIA.EDU This article is a detailed teaching guide including Introduction, Key People/Places, Timeline, Themes (such as Causes & Effects, The North: Atlantic Slave Trade & Antislavery, Repression vs.... more
SAMPLE PAGES ATTACHED HERE ON ACADEMIA.EDU

This article is a detailed teaching guide including Introduction, Key People/Places, Timeline, Themes (such as Causes & Effects, The North: Atlantic Slave Trade & Antislavery, Repression vs. Retention: African Ethnicity & Cultural Survivals, and Capitalism & Slavery), Bibliographic Essay, Discussion Questions, Glossary, and Bibliography. 

This document is over sixty pages; publication is forthcoming.
Florence Price was an African-American composer of classical music in the early to mid twentieth century. Her 'Symphony in E minor' was performed in Chicago, IL., at Orchestra Hall in June 1933, the first time a Black woman's composition... more
Florence Price was an African-American composer of classical music in the early to mid twentieth century.  Her 'Symphony in E minor' was performed in Chicago, IL., at Orchestra Hall in June 1933, the first time a Black woman's composition was performed by a prominent American symphony orchestra.

This biographical sketch is based on my original research of primary and secondary sources.  The URL link is to the University of Illinois Chicago Special Collections site which houses the information that I used for this article under Price's name, and there are links to the story behind the creation and publication of this massive biographical dictionary-project, which consists of hundreds of biographical portraits.  Reviews of this collection of biographies can be found at Amazon books.

The Price biography appears in WOMEN BUILDING CHICAGO: 1790-1990: A BIOGRAPHICAL DICTIONARY, ed. by Rima Schultz and Adele Hast.
Biographical sketch begins at bottom of page 50 (the first page of this copy). From Text: "Lovie Austin was an African American female blues pianist who was popular during the Chicago Jazz Age of the 1920s. . . . . There is scant... more
Biographical sketch begins at bottom of page 50 (the first page of this copy).

From Text: "Lovie Austin was an African American female blues pianist who was popular during the Chicago Jazz Age of the 1920s.  . . . . There is scant information on her family and upbringing and on her beginning years.  Austin was a college-trained musician, rare for her time."

This biographical sketch is based on my original research of primary and secondary sources.  The URL link is to the University of Illinois Chicago Special Collections site which houses the information that I used for this article under Price's name, and there are links to the story behind the creation and publication of this massive biographical dictionary-project, which consists of hundreds of biographical portraits.  Reviews of this collection of biographies can be found at Amazon books.

The Austin biography appears in WOMEN BUILDING CHICAGO: 1790-1990: A BIOGRAPHICAL DICTIONARY, ed. by Rima Schultz and Adele Hast.
Consider reading if you are looking for a recent but brief biographical sketch of Bethune based upon my doctoral work. Of course, an in depth analysis of Bethune's political career appears in my dissertation, "A Passion for Social... more
Consider reading if you are looking for a recent but brief biographical sketch of Bethune based upon my doctoral work.  Of course, an in depth analysis of Bethune's political career appears in my dissertation, "A Passion for Social Equality: Mary McLeod Bethune's Race Woman Leadership and the New Deal."

At the link on Amazon's Look Inside for this encyclopedia, search under my name "gloria-yvonne" or under "Bethune."  The sketch appears on pp 162-163.

Source: ENCYCLOPEDIA OF THE AFRICAN DIASPORA: ORIGINS, EXPERIENCES, AND CULTURE, ed. Carole Boyce Davies
This essay appeared in the first learning week of an online course that I taught at Ashford University, “American History Since 1865.” It was written particularly to address questions and presumptions students make when starting this... more
This essay appeared in the first learning week of an online course that I taught at Ashford University, “American History Since 1865.” It was written particularly to address questions and presumptions students make when starting this course that begins with Reconstruction. Many of them did not have the advantage of having taken the first half of American History, before 1865.
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***UPDATE: 2015 I am currently adapting the print copy of my book, PUSHING THE LIMITS OF THE COLOR LINE, into an eBook and adding additional material. Thus, the print copy is currently unavailable. If you want to be notified when it is... more
***UPDATE: 2015
I am currently adapting the print copy of my book, PUSHING THE LIMITS OF THE COLOR LINE, into an eBook and adding additional material.  Thus, the print copy is currently unavailable.  If you want to be notified when it is available again, then just send me an email at magajiya@gmail.com.***


This is an excerpt from chapter one, "Portrayals of Mary McLeod Bethune." 

The complete chapter is available at http://www.scribd.com/gy%20williams ."
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***UPDATE: 2015 I am currently adapting the print copy of my book, PUSHING THE LIMITS OF THE COLOR LINE, into an eBook. Thus, the print copy is currently unavailable. If you want to be notified when it is available again, then just... more
***UPDATE: 2015
I am currently adapting the print copy of my book, PUSHING THE LIMITS OF THE COLOR LINE, into an eBook.  Thus, the print copy is currently unavailable.  If you want to be notified when it is available again, then just send me an email at magajiya@gmail.com.***


This analysis is an excerpt from my new book, PUSHING THE LIMITS OF THE COLOR LINE:  MARY McLEOD BETHUNE & THE NEW DEAL. 

See Amazon books, http://tinyurl.com/anmbpqa  and http://www.scribd.com/gy%20williams

***Description of Excerpt***
Bethune's significance to Black America during her time and also to interracial audiences can hardly be illustrated briefly.  But in this analysis I look closely at her political rhetoric, how she influenced the masses during the New Deal era.  Her political activism continues to inspire many people today who have the opportunity to embrace the character of her transformative leadership.

This book is part of a self-publishing project entitled "A Passion for Social Equality." It will include a three-book series (primarily eBooks) based upon my dissertation.  All three books are forthcoming.
***UPDATE
Adapting the print copy of my book, PUSHING THE LIMITS OF THE COLOR LINE into one text, instead of three volumes.  Thus, the print copy is unavailable.  ***

Posted here is a summary of each section of the book.
***UPDATE: I am currently adapting the print copy of my book, PUSHING THE LIMITS OF THE COLOR LINE. Thus, the print copy is unavailable. If you want to be notified when it is available again, then just send me an email at... more
***UPDATE:
I am currently adapting the print copy of my book, PUSHING THE LIMITS OF THE COLOR LINE.  Thus, the print copy is unavailable.  If you want to be notified when it is available again, then just send me an email at magajiya@gmail.com.***
Instead of 3 volumes the plan is to publish all of the chapters as one biography.  Plans are for the new title to be "APPRECIATE THAT YOU'RE RISING": MARY McLEOD BETHUNE, RACE WOMAN LEADER & THE NEW DEAL.



Photograph on this page is the cover design of my book:
PUSHING THE LIMITS OF THE COLOR LINE: MARY McLEOD BETHUNE & THE NEW DEAL on Amazon  http://tinyurl.com/anmbpqa .

Book includes excerpt, "Why We Need Black (Women) Leaders Like Bethune Today," posted here on my web page.

***BOOK Description***
“Unless the people have vision, they perish,” speaking to an interracial audience in 1935, Mary McLeod Bethune challenged them to “make way for social and political justice.” 

This political biography examines Bethune's activist leadership from the early 1900s to the New Deal era. (240 pp).

For a pdf-Book copy, contact me through my email address, posted here on Academia.edu.

***COVER DESIGN***
~ by David McCowan II

**PHOTOGRAPH CREDIT**
~ Front Cover, “Mary McLeod Bethune,” 1904?
State Archives of Florida, Florida Memory, http://floridamemory.com/items/show/762"
Description from Website (Rhetoric, Race, and Religion Blog): Philosopher, author and activist Cornel West talks [about] his latest book "Black Prophetic Fire," which examines the impact and legacies of Frederick Douglass, W.E.B. Du Bois,... more
Description from Website (Rhetoric, Race, and Religion Blog):
Philosopher, author and activist Cornel West talks [about] his latest book "Black Prophetic Fire," which examines the impact and legacies of Frederick Douglass, W.E.B. Du Bois, MLK Jr., Ella Baker, Malcolm X and Ida B. Wells.  (end of blog's description)

My description:
Excellent "inspiring and teaching" interview for undergraduate and graduate classes, and for students of protests.  As shown on video, interview is originally from Huff Post Live; the interviewee is Marc Lamont Hill.  Hill poses intellectual and thought-provoking questions on "Race and Activism" (from a historical perspective based upon the Black Activists covered in West's book (which by the way is an interview of West's thoughts (theories) of these activists hisorically and comparisons to our racial and sociopolitical lives (of protest) today), "Race and Gender (in terms of the Black Prophetic Tradition)," Race and Society," and "What is the Prophetic Tradition.'"
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From Sweet Honey In the Rock's Tribute: December 18, 2014, New York, NY...Grammy Award-nominated and internationally revered a cappella ensemble, SWEET HONEY IN THE ROCK have released their first ever holiday video to follow up their... more
From Sweet Honey In the Rock's Tribute:
December 18, 2014, New York, NY...Grammy Award-nominated and internationally revered  a cappella ensemble, SWEET HONEY IN THE ROCK have released their first ever holiday video to follow up their single release and rendition of the classic Christmas carol, "Silent Night."  The documentary style video features compelling still images that depict the national and global public outcry, demonstrations, protests and unprecedented worldwide media attention which were jettisoned by the killings of Michael Brown in Ferguson, MO., and Eric Garner in Staten Island, New York, along with the recent alarming deaths of several other unarmed Black males and youth at the hands of police in many other cities across the country.

Sweet Honey has been performing "Silent Night" on their current run of seasonal performances this month entitled, SWEET HONEY IN THE ROCK: CELEBRATING THE HOLYDAYS. Their final performance of the year . . .  [was] at NJPAC in Newark, NJ this Saturday, December 20, 2014.

For more information go to:    www.sweethoneyintherock.org
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The BBC asked President Ellen Johnson Sirleaf, of Liberia, to write a letter regarding her country's struggle with the Ebola outbreak. Many of us have heard details regarding their plight, but President Johnson Sirleaf makes a touching,... more
The BBC asked President Ellen Johnson Sirleaf, of Liberia, to write a letter regarding her country's struggle with the Ebola outbreak.  Many of us have heard details regarding their plight, but President Johnson Sirleaf makes a touching, timely, and urgent request in her letter to the world. 

The link provided here is to the BBC's online coverage of her letter.  Within the text you can link to another site to listen to the recording.

https://www.bbc.com/news/world-africa-29680934
From Website: One day after the exiled former Black Panther Assata Shakur became the first woman named to the FBI’s Most Wanted Terrorists list, we’re joined by another legendary African-American activist, Angela Davis, as well as... more
From Website:

One day after the exiled former Black Panther Assata Shakur became the first woman named to the FBI’s Most Wanted Terrorists list, we’re joined by another legendary African-American activist, Angela Davis, as well as Shakur’s longtime attorney, Lennox Hinds. Davis, a professor at the University of California, Santa Cruz, is the subject of the recent film, "Free Angela and All Political Prisoners." She argues that the FBI’s latest move, much like its initial targeting of Shakur and other Black Panthers four decades ago, is politically motivated. "It seems to me that this act incorporates or reflects the very logic of terrorism," Davis says. "I can’t help but think that it’s designed to frighten people who are involved in struggles today. Forty years ago seems like it was a long time ago. In the beginning of the 21st century, we’re still fighting around the very same issues — police violence, healthcare, education, people in prison." A professor of criminal justice at Rutgers University, Hinds has represented Shakur since 1973. "This is a political act pushed by the state of New Jersey, by some members of Congress from Miami, and with the intent of putting pressure on the Cuban government and to inflame public opinion," Hinds says. "There is no way to appeal someone being put on the terrorists list."
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Critical Theory, American History, Social Movements, Ethnic Studies, Black Studies Or African American Studies, and 37 more
From Website: All of Us or None is a grassroots civil rights organization fighting for the rights of formerly- and currently- incarcerated people and our families. We are fighting against the discrimination that people face every day... more
From Website:

All of Us or None is a grassroots civil rights organization fighting for the rights of formerly- and currently- incarcerated people and our families.  We are fighting against the discrimination that people face every day because of arrest or conviction history.  The goal of All of Us or None is to strengthen the voices of people most affected by mass incarceration and the growth of the prison-industrial complex. Through our grassroots organizing, we will build a powerful political movement to win full restoration of our human and civil rights. Learn more about us by watching our videos Locked Up, Locked Out and Enough is Enough or check out our newsletter.

http://www.prisonerswithchildren.org/our-projects/allofus-or-none/

For more on using the term ABOLITION DEMOCRACY in your teaching and research, see the book:

ABOLITION DEMOCRACY: BEYOND EMPIRE, PRISONS, AND TORTURE, by Angela Y. Davis & Eduardo Mendieta
http://www.amazon.com/dp/1583226958/ref=rdr_ext_tmb
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Cornel West, one of America's most celebrated and provocative public intellectuals, in conversation with Paul Gilroy (KCL) on Politics and Race.

http://www.crassh.cam.ac.uk/events/2411/
***Ms. Gbowee also compares the "Lockdown" after the Boston Bombing to her experiences in her country.*** From website: Join us for the next installment of the Frank and Kula Kumpuris Distinguished Lecture Series featuring 2011 Nobel... more
***Ms. Gbowee also compares the "Lockdown" after the Boston Bombing to her experiences in her country.***

From website:
Join us for the next installment of the Frank and Kula Kumpuris Distinguished Lecture Series featuring 2011 Nobel Peace Laureate Leymah Gbowee, a Liberian peace activist, trained social worker and women’s rights advocate. Gbowee’s leadership of the Women of Liberia Mass Action for Peace – which brought together Christian and Muslim women in a nonviolent movement that played a pivotal role in ending Liberia’s civil war in 2003 – is chronicled in her memoir, “Mighty Be Our Powers,” and in the documentary, “Pray the Devil Back to Hell.” She is founder and president of the Gbowee Peace Foundation Africa, head of the Liberia Reconciliation Initiative and co-founder and executive director of Women Peace and Security Network Africa (WIPSEN-A). She is also a founding member and former Liberian coordinator of Women in Peacebuilding Network/West Africa Network for Peacebuilding (WIPNET/WANEP).
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Geography, Political Geography and Geopolitics, Black Studies Or African American Studies, African Studies, International Relations, and 33 more
From Website, first introductory paragraph: "The Negro Travelers’ Green Book was a travel guide series published from 1936 to 1964 by Victor H. Green. It was intended to provide African American motorists and tourists with the... more
From Website, first introductory paragraph:

"The Negro Travelers’ Green Book was a travel guide series published from 1936 to 1964 by Victor H. Green. It was intended to provide African American motorists and tourists with the information necessary to board, dine, and sightsee comfortably and safely during the era of segregation." END of paragraph from website.

***Background on this publication:  see NPR's "HERE and NOW" episode aired on November 23rd 2015, http://hereandnow.wbur.org/2015/11/23/green-book-travel-guides-history.

***Also, check out this NYTimes piece on "The Green Book Legacy, a Beacon for Black Travelers":
http://www.nytimes.com/2015/08/07/arts/design/the-green-book-legacy-a-beacon-for-black-travelers.html .

*****Please remember to give proper credit to these sources when citing  or teaching.
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FROM Website: "With the help of the essays, books, articles, maps, and illustrations gathered on this site, it becomes clear that the story of the eradication of the international slave trade to the Americas was not straightforward. It... more
FROM Website: "With the help of the essays, books, articles, maps, and illustrations gathered on this site, it becomes clear that the story of the eradication of the international slave trade to the Americas was not straightforward. It did not happen overnight because laws were passed. It was a long, arduous, and tortuous process that spanned almost nine decades. Ultimately, a conjunction of economic, political, social, and moral factors contributed to the slow extinction of the legal slave trade and the end of the illegal introductions that, in several countries, had taken its place. "

FROM ABOUT THE SITE page:"The Abolition of the Slave Trade presents more than 8,000 pages of original essays, primary documents—books, pamphlets, articles, and illustrations—as well as secondary sources and original maps. The site is organized around eight themes that tell the forgotten story of the abolition of the transatlantic slave trade to the United States and, more generally, to the Western Hemisphere. Each theme is presented through an essay, images, and texts."
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Sigining up on Medscape is free. You have access to News & Perspective, information on Drugs and Diseases, and access to medical journals and textbooks. The link provided here is to its "Multispecialty News" page. For those... more
Sigining up on Medscape is free.  You have access to News & Perspective, information on Drugs and Diseases, and access to medical journals and textbooks.

The link provided here is to its "Multispecialty News" page. 
For those interested in a blog on "Ebola and 'Unknown Unknowns'" see the "Multispecialty Specialty" section on the right margin.
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Includes 170,000 photographs in the collection, 1935-1946 Description of Collection from website: The bulk of the collection is the Farm Security Administration Collection and the Office of War Information Collection (including... more
Includes 170,000 photographs in the collection, 1935-1946

Description of Collection from website:
The bulk of the collection is the Farm Security Administration Collection and the Office of War Information Collection (including Domestic Operations Branch and Overseas Operations Branch photograph files).

Also included are the Office of Emergency Management-Office of War Information Collection that focuses on the News Bureau photographs, the American at War Collection that contains eighty photographs, the Portrait of America Collection that is organized around lots for foreign circulation.
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LIBRARY OF CONGRESS Hispanic Reading Room: Online Collections http://www.loc.gov/rr/hispanic/onlinecol.html Introduction on Website: What do we mean by "Luso-Hispanic? The term "Luso-Hispanic" (derived from the Latin names for both... more
LIBRARY OF CONGRESS
Hispanic Reading Room: Online Collections
http://www.loc.gov/rr/hispanic/onlinecol.html

Introduction on Website:
What do we mean by "Luso-Hispanic? The term "Luso-Hispanic" (derived from the Latin names for both entities of the Iberian Peninsula, i.e., Portugal was Lusitania and Spain was Hispania) encompasses Latin America, the Caribbean, Hispanics and Portuguese in the United States, the Iberian Peninsula, and other places where Iberian culture dominated and has survived. The Hispanic Division participates in the Library of Congress' ongoing exhibition program and contributes to its digitized collections.

Prof Bledstein's assessement:
Over a dozen digital collections crafted from primary and secondary source materials related to Luso-Hispanic cultural history, including the Kraus Collection of Sir Francis Drake, a collection on Puerto Rico and the Dawn of the Modern Age, visual explorations of the Spanish-American War and the Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo.
(Site information shared by Professor B.J. Bledstein, Emeritus, History at the University of Illinois Chicago.)
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"According to the website: "The Shelley-Godwin Archive will provide the digitized manuscripts of Percy Bysshe Shelley, Mary Wollstonecraft Shelley, William Godwin, and Mary Wollstonecraft, bringing together online for the first time... more
"According to the website:

"The Shelley-Godwin Archive will provide the digitized manuscripts of Percy Bysshe Shelley, Mary Wollstonecraft Shelley, William Godwin, and Mary Wollstonecraft, bringing together online for the first time ever the widely dispersed handwritten legacy . . . ""
CONTENTS (From Website) http://onlinebooks.library.upenn.edu/ BOOKS ONLINE Search our Listings -- New Listings -- Authors -- Titles -- Subjects -- Serials NEWS A public domain metadata gift for our 20th birthday -- Blog... more
CONTENTS
(From Website)
http://onlinebooks.library.upenn.edu/

BOOKS ONLINE

Search our Listings -- New Listings -- Authors -- Titles -- Subjects -- Serials
NEWS

A public domain metadata gift for our 20th birthday -- Blog (Everybody's Libraries) -- Latest Book Listings
FEATURES

A Celebration of Women Writers -- Banned Books Online -- Prize Winners Online
ARCHIVES AND INDEXES

General -- Non-English Language -- Specialty
THE INSIDE STORY

*****My Comments: I just stumbled upon this site searching for a recent text on teaching writing.  Perhaps indicative of future academic library websites, this one has books published in the recent past and long ago.  I downloaded a 19th century (c1820) memoir, an archival source, of course, of an English abolitionist whom I am researching.*****
http://www.ucdenver.edu/academics/colleges/business/degrees/ms/gem/Pages/Free-Energy-Course.aspx From Website: GEM Offers Free Online Global Energy Business Course Course begins on Monday, November 4, 2013 Registration is now... more
http://www.ucdenver.edu/academics/colleges/business/degrees/ms/gem/Pages/Free-Energy-Course.aspx

From Website:
GEM Offers Free Online Global Energy Business Course
Course begins on Monday, November 4, 2013

Registration is now open for the Global Energy Management (GEM) Program’s free, online energy business course titled Fundamentals of Global Energy Business on Coursera. Coursera is a learning platform that partners with top universities to offer free online courses globally.
Taught by GEM Instructor, Dr. Michael Orlando, the Fundamentals of Global Energy Business course will provide students with an introduction to the business of primary energy production.  It will examine the nature of demand and supply in global energy markets, and business considerations for participants in those markets.
Upon completion of this course, students will be able to identify the distinctive challenges facing enterprises engaged in development of primary energy resources.
You can find this course and other courses offered by the University of Colorado System by visiting Coursera’s webpage and clicking on the U.S. State Institutions link at the top of the page. 

The course is five weeks long and delivered completely online; it is asynchronous which means that you can login and complete the course at your own pace but all work must be completed during the five week period.
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Two Websites 1) http://www.wilsoncenter.org/program/cold-war-international-history-project or go straight to: http://digitalarchive.wilsoncenter.org/ Open to Anyone 2) University of Illinois Library, users only:... more
Two Websites

1) http://www.wilsoncenter.org/program/cold-war-international-history-project

or go straight to:
http://digitalarchive.wilsoncenter.org/

Open to Anyone


2) University of Illinois Library, users only:
http://researchguides.uic.edu/trials
Until November 2013

MY APOLOGY to those from other colleges and countries who tried to access these documents.  I found out that they are only for University of Illinois users.  (I will update accordingly if wider access is available in the future.)
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Information From Website (as of 04 June 2013) (Document is dated April 2013, 36 pgs.) About this report: This document presents the City of Vancouver’s Digital Strategy. It provides background on the current state, the results of... more
Information From Website (as of 04 June 2013)
(Document is dated April 2013,  36 pgs.)

About this report:
This document presents the City of Vancouver’s Digital Strategy. It provides background on the current state, the results of the consultation process, the goals and objectives,the strategy’s digital initiatives, and a road map for action plans.

Description:
The Mayor and City Council will vote next week on the first-ever digital strategy for the City of Vancouver, continuing City Hall's work to support the local digital economy and improve service delivery for citizens.
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Black Studies Or African American Studies, Information Technology, Gender Studies, Digital Divide, New Media, and 51 more
HARVARD UNIVERSITY Digital Atlas of Roman and Medieval Civilizations From Website: The Digital Atlas of Roman and Medieval Civilization (DARMC) makes freely available on the internet the best available materials for a Geographic... more
HARVARD UNIVERSITY
Digital Atlas of Roman and Medieval Civilizations

From Website:
The Digital Atlas of Roman and Medieval Civilization (DARMC) makes freely available on the internet the best available materials for a Geographic Information Systems (GIS) approach to mapping and spatial analysis of the Roman and medieval worlds. DARMC allows innovative spatial and temporal analyses of all aspects of the civilizations of western Eurasia in the first 1500 years of our era, as well as the generation of original maps illustrating differing aspects of ancient and medieval civilization. A work in progress with no claim to definitiveness, it has been built in less than three years by a dedicated team of Harvard undergraduates, graduate students, research scholars and one professor, with some valuable contributions from younger and more senior scholars at other institutions.
http://medievalmap.harvard.edu/icb/icb.do?keyword=k40248&pageid=icb.page188865
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Book: ORAL LITERATURE IN THE DIGITAL AGE: Archiving Orality and Connecting with Communities FROM WEBSITE Thanks to ever-greater digital connectivity, interest in oral traditions has grown beyond that of researcher and research subject... more
Book: ORAL LITERATURE IN THE DIGITAL AGE: Archiving Orality and Connecting with Communities

FROM WEBSITE
Thanks to ever-greater digital connectivity, interest in oral traditions has grown beyond that of researcher and research subject to include a widening pool of global users. When new publics consume, manipulate and connect with field recordings and digital cultural archives, their involvement raises important practical and ethical questions. This volume explores the political repercussions of studying marginalised languages; the role of online tools in ensuring responsible access to sensitive cultural materials; and ways of ensuring that when digital documents are created, they are not fossilized as a consequence of being archived. Fieldwork reports by linguists and anthropologists in three continents provide concrete examples of overcoming barriers—ethical, practical and conceptual—in digital documentation projects. Oral Literature in the Digital Age is an essential guide and handbook for ethnographers, field linguists, community activists, curators, archivists, librarians, and all who connect with indigenous communities in order to document and preserve oral traditions.

Announced on H-AFRARTS@H-NET.MSU.EDU
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UNIVERSITY OF MISSOURI The Lloyd L. Gaines Collection http://digital.library.umsystem.edu/cgi/t/text/text-idx?page=home;c=gnp ***From Website*** Lloyd Lionel Gaines (1911-1939), [an African-American] one of eleven children, was... more
UNIVERSITY OF MISSOURI
The Lloyd L. Gaines Collection
http://digital.library.umsystem.edu/cgi/t/text/text-idx?page=home;c=gnp

***From Website***
Lloyd Lionel Gaines (1911-1939), [an African-American] one of eleven children, was denied admission to the University of Missouri School of Law in 1936 solely on the grounds that Missouri's state constitution called for "separate education of the races." With the NAACP Gaines sued in 1938 and won his case before the United States Supreme Court. At age 28 he disappeared in Chicago and was never seen or heard from again. Collection of documents on Gaines's life, including photographs,
family correspondence, and materials related to the Supreme Court
case with links to the trial briefs, respondents' and statements.


**Under this heading "FREE ACCESS: OnlineArchive/Database for Research/Teaching" are numerous online sites available to the public.  All sites have been checked for access.  Some are constructed beautifully and are easy to manipulate through collection(s); others may not be so easy but require time and patience.  The listing  is in no particular order.**

*Special Note:  Many of these sources came from multiple lists that were collated by Prof BJ Bledstein of the University of Illinois Chicago,
History department.*
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This site is easy to navigate and a pleasure to view primary source material as it originally existed. A few issues are missing; otherwise I would highly recommend it for research and teaching. (posted originally by Dr. BJ Bledstein,... more
This site is easy to navigate and a pleasure to view primary source material as it originally existed.  A few issues are missing; otherwise I would highly recommend it for research and teaching.

(posted originally by Dr. BJ Bledstein, University of Illinois Chicago Listserv)

UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO
The Chicagoan
http://chicagoan.lib.uchicago.edu/xtf/search?static=home

A new rich source for research in Chicago and urban history.  In response to "The New Yorker" (debut 1925), Chicagoans began publishing a mutual magazine in 1926 lasting until  1935--"to portray the city as a cultural hub and counter its image as a place of violence and vice."  This is a near complete run with graphic colored covers and a full-text search of every issue.
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***You can browse*** Search the Collection Browse Authors Browse Funders Browse Issue Areas Browse Geographical Regions Browse Publishing Organizations URL with this posting, I browsed by ISSUE area: "Race &... more
***You can browse***
Search the Collection
Browse Authors
Browse Funders
Browse Issue Areas
Browse Geographical Regions
Browse Publishing Organizations

URL with this posting, I browsed by ISSUE area: "Race & Ethnicity."


FROM WEBSITE:

Through IssueLab, the Foundation Center is working to more effectively gather, index, and share the collective intelligence of the social sector. We provide free access to thousands of case studies, evaluations, white papers, and issue briefs addressing some of the world's most pressing social problems. We also are committed to increasing access to this knowledge by making it broadly available through this website, other Foundation Center websites, distributed Knowledge Centers, and content-sharing partnerships with libraries, archives, and online communities.

IssueLab became a project of the Foundation Center in 2012 when its collection was merged with that of PubHub. Together we are building one of the sector's largest knowledge bases and the capacity and tools for meaningful knowledge mobilization.
http://www.issuelab.org/content/about_us
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Posted on H-West Africa Disussion, 29 April 2013 --Announcement of mobile application for Internet Library-- http://h-net.msu.edu/cgi-bin/logbrowse.pl?trx=vx&list=H-West-Africa&month=1305&week=a&msg=IcWyDIo6xinasqXdAmGKiw&user=&pw=... more
Posted on H-West Africa Disussion, 29 April 2013
--Announcement of mobile application for Internet Library--
http://h-net.msu.edu/cgi-bin/logbrowse.pl?trx=vx&list=H-West-Africa&month=1305&week=a&msg=IcWyDIo6xinasqXdAmGKiw&user=&pw=

***From: Dr. Hartmut Bergenthum***
Africa Librarian, Frankfurt University Library

The “internet library sub-saharan Africa” (ilissAfrica) now offers a new touch optimized website for smartphones:
http://m.ilissafrica.de/en

There is also a French version:
http://m.ilissafrica.de/fr

ilissAfrica allows a cross search in catalogues of research libraries
like ASC Leiden, NAI Uppsala, GIGA Hamburg, UB Frankfurt, IFEAS Mainz, and in Africa-sections of the databases "World Affairs Online", "Online Contents", BASE and the colonial picture archive as well as in a database on internet resources with >4.850 websites on sub-Saharan Africa. The Open Access Guide “Cheap or free information resources for researchers based in Africa” is also available on ilissAfrica mobile.

The search option “online full-texts only” might make it useful for academics world-wide.

More information on: http://wp.me/p18iyp-cO

(from gy williams: This Internet Library is probably one of the most exciting databases online, and the navigation is smooth.  Linking to the Internet data, I searched for "atlantic slave trade" and all sorts of resources appeared. (You can also search under Literature.)  I think if this is an area of your scholarship, you will return to this database again and again.  The default language is German but you can translate the page into English or translate into many other languages.)
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Following, a Sample of Links to Research Tools: -Analyze Data http://dirt.projectbamboo.org/categories/data-analysis -Communicate with Colleagues http://dirt.projectbamboo.org/categories/communication -Stay Current With... more
Following, a Sample of Links to Research Tools:

-Analyze Data
http://dirt.projectbamboo.org/categories/data-analysis

-Communicate with Colleagues
http://dirt.projectbamboo.org/categories/communication

-Stay Current With Research
http://dirt.projectbamboo.org/categories/staying-current

Conduct Linguistic Research
http://dirt.projectbamboo.org/categories/linguistic-research

-Take Notes/Annotate Resources
http://dirt.projectbamboo.org/categories/annotation

-Transcribe Handwritten or Spoken Texts
http://dirt.projectbamboo.org/categories/transcription

(Note: This site apparently is a library of information regarding research tools with links to its resource (including name and date regarding person submitting the information).  Posted here are just a few examples from the site for Academia.edu Readers to determine if it is worth approaching/accessing.)
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"Description at website: This website allows you to search a wide body of digital resources relating to early modern and eighteenth-century London, and to map the results on to a fully GIS compliant version of John Rocque's 1746... more
"Description at website:
This website allows you to search a wide body of digital resources relating to early modern and eighteenth-century London, and to map the results on to a fully GIS compliant version of John Rocque's 1746 map.<http://www.locatinglondon.org/index.html>.

Details of "Historical background" at <http://www.locatinglondon.org/static/Historical.html>
This site lists the following datasets and maps:
*Datasets*
-Centre for Metropolitan History Datasets
-London Lives, 1690-1800: Crime, Poverty and Social Policy in the Metropolis
-MOLA Archaeological Data
-Old Bailey Proceedings
-Estimating London's Population

*Maps*
-John Rocque's Survey of London, Westminster & Southwark, 1746
-Ordnance Survey, 1st Edition Map of London 1863-80
"
From Website: This search engine searches through 255 news sources from Africa south-of-the-Sahara. A list of the sources [are] included [on website page with direct access to news source from html] . . . . This search engine only... more
From Website:
This search engine searches through 255 news sources from Africa south-of-the-Sahara. A list of the sources [are] included [on website page with direct access to news source from html] . . . . This search engine only searches news sources that are freely available on the internet and is most useful for news published in the last 10 years.  . . . [Users can search] from the late 19th and early 20th centuries . . .  African Newspapers from the World Newspaper Archive to search more than sixty newspapers published between 1800 and 1922.
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From Their Website Their Mission: We aim to make New Zealand digital content more useful. This includes helping people use digital material from libraries, museums, government departments, publicly funded organisations, the private... more
From Their Website
Their Mission:
We aim to make New Zealand digital content more useful. This includes helping people use digital material from libraries, museums, government departments, publicly funded organisations, the private sector, and community groups.

Searching Potential:
Search across more than 25 million digital items to discover New Zealand treasures such as amazing aerial photos, old posters and memorabilia, newspaper clippings, artworks, and publications. Items are contributed from partners including Te Papa, the Alexander Turnbull Library, Auckland Art Gallery, Te Ara, NZ On Screen and many many more.
http://www.digitalnz.org/about
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From article on DPLA: "The Digital Public Library of America, to be launched on April 18, is a project to make the holdings of America’s research libraries, archives, and museums available to all Americans—and eventually to everyone in... more
From article on DPLA: "The Digital Public Library of America, to be launched on April 18, is a project to make the holdings of America’s research libraries, archives, and museums available to all Americans—and eventually to everyone in the world—online and free of charge. How is that possible?  . . .

The DPLA will be a distributed system of electronic content that will make the holdings of public and research libraries, archives, museums, and historical societies available, effortlessly and free of charge, to readers located at every connecting point of the Web."
http://www.nybooks.com/articles/archives/2013/apr/25/national-digital-public-library-launched/?pagination=false

Also, Academia.edu's viewers interested in a perspective from a genealogist or just plain research of digital archives, see Dan Eastman's blog-article on DPLA:  http://blog.eogn.com/eastmans_online_genealogy/2013/04/the-digital-public-library-of-america-will-launch-on-april-18-and-19.html.
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Published by EDUCAUSE and available as free download as of this posting, 15 April 2013. From website: "Game Changers: Education and Information Technologies is a collection of chapters and case studies contributed by college and... more
Published by EDUCAUSE and available as free download as of this posting, 15 April 2013. 

From website: "Game Changers: Education and Information Technologies is a collection of chapters and case studies contributed by college and university presidents, provosts, faculty, and other stakeholders. Institutions are finding new ways of achieving higher education’s mission without being crippled by constraints or overpowered by greater expectations.

Find out who is changing the game and what we can learn from their different approaches . . ."
This webcast is one of four that will be held through May 2013 by the Institute for Humane Studies, George Mason University in Arlington VA. According to its website, the seminars' focus are "career options in academia." Other seminars:... more
This webcast is one of four that will be held through May 2013 by the Institute for Humane Studies, George Mason University in Arlington VA.  According to its website, the seminars' focus are "career options in academia."  Other seminars: "Preparing Your CV for the Academic Job Market" (18 April), "What to Do With Your Dissertation" (02 May), and "Entering the Academic Job Market" (08 May).
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"The Institute of Historical Research History Lab's one day workshop 'is directed towards postgraduate (Masters and doctoral) students who wish to look at current historical theory and the ways in which theory can be used in producing... more
"The Institute of Historical Research History Lab's one day workshop 'is directed towards postgraduate (Masters and doctoral) students who wish to look at current historical theory and the ways in which theory can be used in producing historical research. It is made up of a series of interactive workshops in which invited academics, and [Univ. of] Roehampton staff, introduce theoretical ideas which have influenced their own historical work and explore the ways in which these ideas can be deployed in research and writing,'  according to their website.  As of today, 05 April, registration is still open.

Other seminars are scheduled through June. 

For readers not planning to be in the UK, you might want to check out the Workshop's program, and topics of future events. 

Once you reach the website site, scroll down the page to the highlighted html link for 'calendar' and click."
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""Mia Ridge gave this presentation at the Women’s History in the Digital World Conference <http://repository.brynmawr.edu/greenfield_conference/> at Bryn Mawr’s Albert Greenfield Digital Center for the History of Women’s Education (March... more
""Mia Ridge gave this presentation at the Women’s History in the Digital World Conference <http://repository.brynmawr.edu/greenfield_conference/> at
Bryn Mawr’s Albert Greenfield Digital Center for the History of Women’s Education (March 22-23, 2013). The talk explores  why and how academics should edit Wikipedia articles. 

(posted originally by Dominique Daniel, PhD, on H-HISTBIBL@H-NET.MSU.EDU)""
"What We're Reading" points out a post from the National Council on Public History blog, which discusses an experiment with open review. The post "sparked a fascinating conversation in the comments on the nature of public engagement and... more
"What We're Reading" points out a post from the National Council on Public History blog, which discusses an experiment with open review. The post "sparked a fascinating conversation in the comments on the nature of public
engagement and the goals of open review. Is it enough to open publications up for comment? Or should authors actively reach out to interested members of the public, meet them where they are, and start a conversation? What are
the goals of open review, and how do they differ from the scholarly model of peer review?"

Listing of Other Career oriented Articles/Blogs, including this one, see AHA Today:
http://blog.historians.org/what-we-are-reading/2001/what-were-reading-march-21-2013.

Information for this blog, originally posted on H-HISTBIBL Listserv by Dominique Daniel, PhD.
The current Chronicle of Higher Education article "'Someone Searched for You': Academia.edu and Me: A mound of data, both tantalizingly suggestive and wholly inconclusive, presents itself for my consideration" is not constructive... more
The current Chronicle of Higher Education article "'Someone Searched for You': Academia.edu and Me: A mound of data, both tantalizingly suggestive and wholly inconclusive, presents itself for my consideration" is not constructive criticism of Academia.edu.  Perhaps, more articles and responses from an Academia.edu spokesperson and its users will help to clarify the (individual, domestic, and international) benefits of using this platform to share research/knowledge.  Although, I am not sure if the Chronicle would acknowledge the benefits.  I sense the Chronicle piece speaks to a large community of scholars who do not appreciate the philosophy of sharing research/scholarly work.
***UPDATE: July 2018 I am currently adapting the print copy of my book, PUSHING THE LIMITS OF THE COLOR LINE (see on Amazon: http://tinyurl.com/anmbpqa). Thus, the print copy is currently unavailable, out of print. If you want to be... more
***UPDATE: July 2018

I am currently adapting the print copy of my book, PUSHING THE LIMITS OF THE COLOR LINE (see on Amazon: http://tinyurl.com/anmbpqa).  Thus, the print copy is currently unavailable, out of print.  If you want to be notified when it is available again, then just send me an email at magajiya@gmail.com.***

As the first chapter of my dissertation, readers are introduced briefly to the political career of Mary McLeod Bethune (1875-1955) and the purpose of this political biography. An overview of texts on the New Deal, Black leadership, and women and the New Deal is provided with an analysis of how Bethune's activism is central to these three areas which are illustrated throughout the dissertation. 

Along with gaining insight into the political life history of Bethune, readers will find an introduction to historiography that touches on United States History, Black Studies, and Women's Studies.
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Black Studies Or African American Studies, Gender Studies, American Politics, Educational Leadership, Women's Studies, and 30 more
***UPDATE: July 2018 I am currently adapting the print copy of my book, PUSHING THE LIMITS OF THE COLOR LINE.. Thus, the print copy is currently unavailable. If you want to be notified when it is available again, then just send me an... more
***UPDATE: July 2018
I am currently adapting the print copy of my book, PUSHING THE LIMITS OF THE COLOR LINE..  Thus, the print copy is currently unavailable.  If you want to be notified when it is available again, then just send me an email at magajiya@gmail.com.***


This chapter introduces readers to Mary McLeod Bethune's early life, briefly covering her upbringing and family, but also discussing her founding of a grammar school for girls at the turn of the twentieth century and her development of that school into a junior college while she also pursued political activism and gained the role of president of the National Association of Colored Women in 1924.
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Black Studies Or African American Studies, Literacy, Educational Leadership, Women's Studies, Women's History, and 27 more
If you want to understand my approach, these pages are a good place to start. (Other chapters, a "Prologue" and a biographical portrait, are posted on this page.)
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See ProQuest URL gradworks