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When Language Fails: A Critical Analysis Essay Of Kathryn Stockett’S The Help:, Evan Mccreary Feb 2024

When Language Fails: A Critical Analysis Essay Of Kathryn Stockett’S The Help:, Evan Mccreary

Black Album Mixtape

A critical analysis essay of Kathryn Stockett's New York Times Bestselling book, The Help, and it's subsequent film adaptation, and how in recent years, particularly following the murder of George Floyd, the story has been used as a classroom tool for teaching students about racism and its effects. Written by a Black student in a primarily white school community, this essay was written as an antithesis to the ideology that the book and movie exceed their intended intentions of being a beneficial teaching tool to youth.


Playing Changes: Music As Mediator Between Japanese And Black Americans, E Taylor Atkins Jan 2024

Playing Changes: Music As Mediator Between Japanese And Black Americans, E Taylor Atkins

Faculty Books & Book Chapters

Since the mid-twentieth century, music has played a central role in encounters and interactions between the people of Japan and those of African descent. It proved far more effective for pro- moting interracial dialogue and understanding than efforts in the early 1900s to foster an alliance against white supremacy and imperialism. This essay unpacks the ways that encounters with Black music transformed Japanese musicking and generated knowledge and empathy for people of African descent among Japanese. Personal interactions between Black and Japanese musicians constituted a process of “grassroots globalization” that circumvented the dominance of American mass media in representing African …


Community Health Workers, Stress Reduction, And Racial Equity In Infant Vitality, Justin Rex Nov 2023

Community Health Workers, Stress Reduction, And Racial Equity In Infant Vitality, Justin Rex

ICS Fellow Lectures

How can communities help mothers reduce stress during pregnancy and provide the social supports that contribute to infant vitality? This talk presented findings from an evaluation of the Northwest Ohio Pathways HUB program, a nationally recognized best practice program model that pairs at-risk mothers with community health workers (CHWs) who connect mothers to services that reduce pregnancy risks. The talk included stories from mothers and CHWs about the challenges and stresses they face as well as data from interviews and surveys that quantify the impact CHWs have for reducing mothers' stress and providing supports that help mothers and their children …


My Life, Malik Ahmad Ii Aug 2023

My Life, Malik Ahmad Ii

Melanated Monograms: Exploring African American and Black Identities and Cultivating Community

No abstract provided.


Doctor, Mikal Dawit Aug 2023

Doctor, Mikal Dawit

Melanated Monograms: Exploring African American and Black Identities and Cultivating Community

No abstract provided.


Untitled Melanated Monogram 1, Chai Jordan Aug 2023

Untitled Melanated Monogram 1, Chai Jordan

Melanated Monograms: Exploring African American and Black Identities and Cultivating Community

No abstract provided.


Nurse, Serenity Phillips Aug 2023

Nurse, Serenity Phillips

Melanated Monograms: Exploring African American and Black Identities and Cultivating Community

No abstract provided.


Green, Robert - Estate Administration Record, Louis Bingamon For Robert Green, Deceased, Chancery Court Of Adams County May 2023

Green, Robert - Estate Administration Record, Louis Bingamon For Robert Green, Deceased, Chancery Court Of Adams County

Historic Natchez Foundation

Account of Louis Bingamon Administrator on the estate of Robert Green, deceased. Includes a reference to the delivery of one unnamed enslaved boy.


Green, Robert - Inventory And Appraisment Of The Personal Property Of The Late Robert Green, Deceased, Chancery Court Of Adams County May 2023

Green, Robert - Inventory And Appraisment Of The Personal Property Of The Late Robert Green, Deceased, Chancery Court Of Adams County

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Inventory of the personal property of the late Robert Green, deceased, appraised by Robert Moore, John B. Taylor and Adam Bingamon 28th April 1812. 1 Negro Boy $400 1 Negro woman + child $450 2 Horses $70 1 Table $4 1 Bedstead $4 [total] $928 Due the estate 310.74 [final total] 1238.74


Green, Robert - Power Of Attorney Of William Green Of Henry County, Kentucky, Granted To Son Joseph Green, Chancery Court Of Adams County May 2023

Green, Robert - Power Of Attorney Of William Green Of Henry County, Kentucky, Granted To Son Joseph Green, Chancery Court Of Adams County

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Power of attorney of William Green of Henry County, Kentucky, granted to son Joseph Green, in order to transact any business in which he may be concerned in Mississippi, and in particular to obtain whatever he might be entitled to as the father of Robert Green, deceased.


Bruner, Michael - Record Of Charges For Goods And Services, Michael Bruner To James Tobin, Chancery Court Of Adams County May 2023

Bruner, Michael - Record Of Charges For Goods And Services, Michael Bruner To James Tobin, Chancery Court Of Adams County

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Record of charges for goods and services, Michael Bruner to James Tobin, 1802-1810


Green, Robert - Estate Of Robert Green, Deceased, With Louis Bingamon, Admr., Chancery Court Of Adams County May 2023

Green, Robert - Estate Of Robert Green, Deceased, With Louis Bingamon, Admr., Chancery Court Of Adams County

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Envelope for probate records of Robert Green, deceased.


Bruner, Michael - Inventory And Appraisement Of The Estate Of Michael Bruner, Chancery Court Of Adams County May 2023

Bruner, Michael - Inventory And Appraisement Of The Estate Of Michael Bruner, Chancery Court Of Adams County

Historic Natchez Foundation

A true and perfect Inventory and appriasement of all the goods and chattels and personal property or estate of Michael Bruner late of Adams County deceased as shewn to us by the administrator this 18th day of May 1814. The property of the copartnership of Bruner + Swayze was appraised at the prices opposite to each article[.] [List of stock of leather, as well as cutting and tanning tools, folows.] Also this day is shewn to us by the administrators, as not of the copartnership, the Goods and Chattels and Personal Property of the Estate of Michael Bruner deceased appraised …


Bruner, Michael - Estate Administration Record For The Estate Of Michael Bruner, Deceased, Chancery Court Of Adams County May 2023

Bruner, Michael - Estate Administration Record For The Estate Of Michael Bruner, Deceased, Chancery Court Of Adams County

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Record of credits and expenditures on behalf of the estate, by Ebeneezer Hpwell. Includes a reference to an enslaved woman named Beck, who is recorded as being appraised but not sold.


Bruner, Michael - Estate Administration Record For The Estate Of Michael Bruner, Deceased, Chancery Court Of Adams County May 2023

Bruner, Michael - Estate Administration Record For The Estate Of Michael Bruner, Deceased, Chancery Court Of Adams County

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Ebenezer Hpwell and Gabriel Swayze in right of his wife as executor of the estate of Michael Bruner. Record of expenditures on behalf of the estate. Also includes a note that an enslaved woman named Beck was claimed by Mrs. Bruner the mother of the deceased by a proper bill of sale.


Bruner, Michael - Charges Assessed To White Turfin (?), Sherriff Of Adams County, Mississippi Territory, Chancery Court Of Adams County May 2023

Bruner, Michael - Charges Assessed To White Turfin (?), Sherriff Of Adams County, Mississippi Territory, Chancery Court Of Adams County

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Record of unpaid fees charged to imprisoned individuals for board at the Adams County Jail. One of the prisoners was accused of stealing an enslaved person.


Bruner, Michael - Estate Of Michael Bruner, Deceased, With Savil L. Winston Administrator, Chancery Court Of Adams County May 2023

Bruner, Michael - Estate Of Michael Bruner, Deceased, With Savil L. Winston Administrator, Chancery Court Of Adams County

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Envelope for the probate records of Michael Bruner, deceased


Bruner, Michael - Inventory And Appraisal Of The Estate Of Michael Bruner, Deceased, Chancery Court Of Adams County May 2023

Bruner, Michael - Inventory And Appraisal Of The Estate Of Michael Bruner, Deceased, Chancery Court Of Adams County

Historic Natchez Foundation

Inventory and appraisal of the estate of Michael Bruner, deceased, including an enslaved woman named Beck who is recorded as being appraised as the property of the firm of Bruner + Swayze. There is also a second note stating that Beck has been delivered by mistake on the part of Mrs. Bruner, the widow of the deceased.


Brown, Sarah - Order For The Inventory And Appraisal Of The Estate Of Sarah Brown, Chancery Court Of Adams County May 2023

Brown, Sarah - Order For The Inventory And Appraisal Of The Estate Of Sarah Brown, Chancery Court Of Adams County

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Order for the inventory and appraisal of the estate of Sarah Brown, inluding one enslaved boy about eight years old named Solomon, and an enslaved woman named Lacy.


Brown, Sarah - Estate Of Sarah Brown, Deceased, With S.W. Butler + John Corn Admr., Chancery Court Of Adams County May 2023

Brown, Sarah - Estate Of Sarah Brown, Deceased, With S.W. Butler + John Corn Admr., Chancery Court Of Adams County

Historic Natchez Foundation

Envelope for the probate records of Sarah Brown, deceased


Brower, William - Receipt For Medical Services, Chancery Court Of Adams County May 2023

Brower, William - Receipt For Medical Services, Chancery Court Of Adams County

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Receipt for payment for medical services for an enslaved man named Charles, for treatment and medication for venereal disease


Brower, William - The Account Of Adam Brower, Executor Of The Estate Of William Brower, Deceased, Chancery Court Of Adams County May 2023

Brower, William - The Account Of Adam Brower, Executor Of The Estate Of William Brower, Deceased, Chancery Court Of Adams County

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Estate administration record for the estate of William Brower, deceased, covering expenditures of the estate


Brower, William - Sales Of The Personal Estate Of William Brower, Deceased, Chancery Court Of Adams County May 2023

Brower, William - Sales Of The Personal Estate Of William Brower, Deceased, Chancery Court Of Adams County

Historic Natchez Foundation

Sales of the personal estate of William Brower, deceased, including one enslaved boy named Charles, sold to H. Gridbey, and one enslaved boy named George, sold to P. Brill.


Brower, William - Order For The Inventory And Appraisal Of The Estate Of William Brower, Deceased, Chancery Court Of Adams County May 2023

Brower, William - Order For The Inventory And Appraisal Of The Estate Of William Brower, Deceased, Chancery Court Of Adams County

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Order for the inventory and appraisal of the estate of William Brower, deceased


Brower, William - Estate Of William Brower, Deceased, With Adam Brower, Executor, Chancery Court Of Adams County May 2023

Brower, William - Estate Of William Brower, Deceased, With Adam Brower, Executor, Chancery Court Of Adams County

Historic Natchez Foundation

Envelope for the probate records of William Brower, deceased


Brooks, William - Tax Receipt, Mrs. M.P. Brooks, 1836, Chancery Court Of Adams County May 2023

Brooks, William - Tax Receipt, Mrs. M.P. Brooks, 1836, Chancery Court Of Adams County

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Receipt for taxes paid on real and personal property including 4 enslaved persons.


Brooks, William - Memorandum Of Evidence, Chancery Court Of Adams County May 2023

Brooks, William - Memorandum Of Evidence, Chancery Court Of Adams County

Historic Natchez Foundation

Memorandum of evidence Nuse Ireys (?) in relation to the petition filed by Mrs. Brooks to account of Sam'l Ivey one of the Executors of the estate of William Brooks. Includes statements that Ivey never took possession of the enslaved woman named Isabella, or the enslaved woman named Mary, nor did he think he had the right to do so.


Brooks, William - Tax Receipt, 1836, Chancery Court Of Adams County May 2023

Brooks, William - Tax Receipt, 1836, Chancery Court Of Adams County

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Receipt for taxes paid on real and personal property including 365 acres and 14 enslaved persons.


Brooks, William - Receipt For Taking Up An Enslaved Person, Chancery Court Of Adams County May 2023

Brooks, William - Receipt For Taking Up An Enslaved Person, Chancery Court Of Adams County

Historic Natchez Foundation

Receipt for payment for taking up an enslaved boy named Moses


Brooks, William - Tax Receipt, 1830, Chancery Court Of Adams County May 2023

Brooks, William - Tax Receipt, 1830, Chancery Court Of Adams County

Historic Natchez Foundation

Receipt for taxes paid on real and personal property including 20 enslaved persons.