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Cherokee Acculturation & The Fall Of Women's Status, Danielle Rogner
Cherokee Acculturation & The Fall Of Women's Status, Danielle Rogner
2013 Awards for Excellence in Student Research & Creative Activity - Documents
As the eyes of the late 18th century Americans fell upon the territories occupied by the Cherokee Nation, the cultural disparities between the two nations became a source of apprehension. Most challenging to many Americans was the differences between the traditional roles of women. Instead of possessing the domestic, submissive role of the American homemaker, Cherokee women held positions of authority within society.
The Political And Personal Tension Between Tom Bradley And Daryl Gates, Ryan Repking
The Political And Personal Tension Between Tom Bradley And Daryl Gates, Ryan Repking
2013 Awards for Excellence in Student Research & Creative Activity - Documents
"Los Angeles in the early 1990's was a virgining metropolis, boasting of its diversity of a world city posed to be the gateway of the pacific. Los Angeles was home to over a 100 ethnicities from all points of the globe; it was perceived to be the international city that was going to lead America into the 21st century." 1 The city's pictureous landscape of beautiful sky scrapers, however hid dangerous social and racial fault lines. In only a matter of time tensions would boil over, and two key political figures, Los Angeles Police Chief, Daryl Gates and Mayor of …
Ninth Annual Barry D. Riccio Lecture - Satchel Paige And Black Baseball In The Rethinking Of The Civil Rights Movement, Donald Spivey
Ninth Annual Barry D. Riccio Lecture - Satchel Paige And Black Baseball In The Rethinking Of The Civil Rights Movement, Donald Spivey
Barry D. Riccio Lecture Series
The EIU History Department presents the Ninth Annual Barry D. Riccio Lecture.
Donald Spivey is the author of several books dealing with African-American history, sport, labor, music, and education. If You Were Only White: The Life of Leroy "Satchel" Paige (University of Missouri Press, 2012) is his most recent book.
The City Upon A Hill: Boston As God's Bulwark Against Piracy, 1630-1720, Kimberly A. Lorton
The City Upon A Hill: Boston As God's Bulwark Against Piracy, 1630-1720, Kimberly A. Lorton
Undergraduate Honors Theses
No abstract provided.
Putting The Ill In Illinois: How The Suffrage And Antisuffrage Movements In Illinois Transformed Themselves And The Nation, Emily Scarbrough
Putting The Ill In Illinois: How The Suffrage And Antisuffrage Movements In Illinois Transformed Themselves And The Nation, Emily Scarbrough
Undergraduate Honors Theses
No abstract provided.
America's Music: A Film History Of Our Popular Music From Blues To Bluegrass To Broadway, Booth Library
America's Music: A Film History Of Our Popular Music From Blues To Bluegrass To Broadway, Booth Library
America's Music: Exhibit Booklet
Exhibit Dates
This exhibit was displayed at Booth Library January 11 - April 6, 2013
About the Exhibit
America’s Music: A Film History of Our Popular Music from
Blues to Bluegrass to Broadway brought together scholars, musicians, students and community members to gain new perspectives on American music, culture and history. The program featured screenings of documentary films on six uniquely American genres: blues and gospel, Broadway, jazz, bluegrass and country, rock ‘n’ roll, and mambo and hip hop. Scholars will gave presentations to contextualize the films and led discussions following the screenings.
Additionally, the programs included performances, panel discussions, …
Separating The Whites From The Chaff: Whiteness, Blackness, Racial Exclusion In The Midwest Agrarian Mind, Philip Mohr
Separating The Whites From The Chaff: Whiteness, Blackness, Racial Exclusion In The Midwest Agrarian Mind, Philip Mohr
Masters Theses
This thesis approaches the construction of race through the vantage of one agrarian magazine, the Prairie Farmer. It analyzes the rhetoric of the people who wrote for this magazine to distinguish changing attitudes toward whiteness and blackness in the rural and agricultural Midwest from the end of the Civil War to the Great Migration. While whiteness was equated with what the Prairie Farmer saw as the active, progressive farmer, blackness was associated with stupidity, laziness, and threat to property. From this, the thesis argues we can build a base of knowledge from which to analyze the roots of racism …