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Drive Toward Freedom: African American: The Story Of Black Automobility In The Fight For Civil Rights, Xavier Macy Dec 2015

Drive Toward Freedom: African American: The Story Of Black Automobility In The Fight For Civil Rights, Xavier Macy

Masters Theses, 2010-2019

Looking across the 20th century, this thesis seeks to understand the relationship African Americans developed between automobility and the fight for civil rights, filling a gap left in the historiography of both the automobile and the Civil Rights Movement. Historians of the automobile have almost exclusively focused their lens on white suburbia and the “autotopias” that Americans created, while historians of the Civil Rights Movement ignored the automobile entirely. This thesis hopes to begin to fill that void by explaining how African Americans exploited the technological system of the automobile to create forms of transportation accessible to African American …


2015-12-07 Newsletter, Morehead State University. Staff Congress. Dec 2015

2015-12-07 Newsletter, Morehead State University. Staff Congress.

Staff Congress Records

Staff Congress newsletter for December 7, 2015.


2015-12-07 Meeting Minutes, Morehead State University. Staff Congress. Dec 2015

2015-12-07 Meeting Minutes, Morehead State University. Staff Congress.

Staff Congress Records

Staff Congress meeting minutes for December 7, 2015.


“Men Of Good Timber”: An Archaeological Investigation Of Labor In Michigan’S Upper Peninsula, Aaron Howe Dec 2015

“Men Of Good Timber”: An Archaeological Investigation Of Labor In Michigan’S Upper Peninsula, Aaron Howe

Masters Theses

This study approaches the material assemblage of Coalwood, a cordwood camp that operated from 1900-1912 in Michigan’s Upper Peninsula, with a dialectal method and a theory of internal relations in order to understand how daily life was produced and reproduced. Common sense notions often see home and work as separate entities that only relate to one another externally. My archaeological and historical research abstracts domestic labor as a set of social relations that are dialectically and internally connected to the processes of capital accumulation. My archaeological analysis concludes that both productive and reproductive labor was conducted within the home and …


2015-12-00 Concerns, Morehead State University. Staff Congress. Dec 2015

2015-12-00 Concerns, Morehead State University. Staff Congress.

Staff Congress Records

Staff Congress concerns for December of 2015.


The Future Of Farming In Capable And Small Hands: The Young Farmer’S Movement In Waterloo Region 1907-1924, Morgan Williams Nov 2015

The Future Of Farming In Capable And Small Hands: The Young Farmer’S Movement In Waterloo Region 1907-1924, Morgan Williams

Laurier Undergraduate Journal of the Arts

No abstract provided.


2015-11-02 Meeting Minutes, Morehead State University. Staff Congress. Nov 2015

2015-11-02 Meeting Minutes, Morehead State University. Staff Congress.

Staff Congress Records

Staff Congress meeting minutes for November 2, 2016.


2015-11-02 Newsletter, Morehead State University. Staff Congress. Nov 2015

2015-11-02 Newsletter, Morehead State University. Staff Congress.

Staff Congress Records

Staff Congress newsletter for November 2, 2015.


2015-11-00 Concerns, Morehead State University. Staff Congress. Nov 2015

2015-11-00 Concerns, Morehead State University. Staff Congress.

Staff Congress Records

Staff Congress concerns for November of 2015.


"Portraits Of Freedom" Opening Reception And Art Exhibition Grant Report For Humanities Texas, Kyle Ainsworth Oct 2015

"Portraits Of Freedom" Opening Reception And Art Exhibition Grant Report For Humanities Texas, Kyle Ainsworth

Librarian and Staff Publications

The Office of Research and Sponsored Programs, on behalf of the East Texas Research Center (ETRC), Ralph W. Steen Library, Stephen F. Austin State University (SFA), was awarded a Humanities Texas mini-grant to provide programming for the opening reception of the Portraits of Freedom art exhibition, June 11, 2015. A $1,000 grant from Humanities Texas paid the honoraria for two guest speakers, Dr. Douglas Chambers from the University of Southern Mississippi and Dr. Daina Berry from the University of Texas at Austin. Dr. Chambers spoke about runaway slaves in the Atlantic World and Dr. Berry about Juneteenth and the Civil …


2015-10-05 Newsletter, Morehead State University. Staff Congress. Oct 2015

2015-10-05 Newsletter, Morehead State University. Staff Congress.

Staff Congress Records

Staff Congress newsletter for October 5, 2015.


2015-10-05 Meeting Minutes, Morehead State University. Staff Congress. Oct 2015

2015-10-05 Meeting Minutes, Morehead State University. Staff Congress.

Staff Congress Records

Staff Congress meeting minutes for October 5, 2015.


"Pray For The People Who Feed You": Voices Of Pauper Children In The Industrial Age, Rebecca S. Duffy, Jill Ogline Titus Oct 2015

"Pray For The People Who Feed You": Voices Of Pauper Children In The Industrial Age, Rebecca S. Duffy, Jill Ogline Titus

Schmucker Art Catalogs

Following the Industrial Revolution in the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries, countries such as the United States and England experienced a widening gap between the rich industrialists and the impoverished working class. As a result, poverty quickly shifted from a localized problem to a national epidemic. Each country was faced with the challenges of addressing and alleviating poverty on a national scale. With a limited amount of resources, questions arose about who should receive relief. What should it look like? How should it be administered? And how would poverty and policy affect political, economic, social and familial structures? [ …


2015-10-00 Concerns, Morehead State University. Staff Congress. Oct 2015

2015-10-00 Concerns, Morehead State University. Staff Congress.

Staff Congress Records

Staff Congress concerns for October of 2015.


Love, Charity, & Pope Leo Xiii: A Leadership Paradigm For Catholic Education, Henry J. Davis Sep 2015

Love, Charity, & Pope Leo Xiii: A Leadership Paradigm For Catholic Education, Henry J. Davis

Journal of Catholic Education

The treatment of workers is an ongoing social issue affecting society. No organization is immune to questionable employee practices, including Catholic educational institutions. For Catholic leadership to fully embody its intended justice-based role, it must first be aware of the social teachings put forth by the Roman Catholic Church. In this study, the researcher suggests Pope Leo XIII’s social writings as a guiding presence for beginning this formation, starting with the concepts of love and charity within labor. The analysis of Leo’s work shows love and charity as interchangeable virtues that enhance our God-given dignity by acknowledging other people’s inherent …


Chapman, John (Fa 816), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives Sep 2015

Chapman, John (Fa 816), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

Folklife Archives Finding Aids

Finding aid only for Folklife Archives Project 816. This collection “Mining and The Company Store,” describes essential phases of mining coal and the companies miners worked for in the Pennyroyal Region of Kentucky. The narrative is in an interview format and illustrated with photos; a small portion of the narrative features information about company stores. This information was collected by Western KentuckyUniversity student John Chapman, for credit in a folklore class.


2015-09-14 Newsletter, Morehead State University. Staff Congress. Sep 2015

2015-09-14 Newsletter, Morehead State University. Staff Congress.

Staff Congress Records

Staff Congress newsletter for September 14, 2015.


2015-09-14 Meeting Minutes, Morehead State University. Staff Congress. Sep 2015

2015-09-14 Meeting Minutes, Morehead State University. Staff Congress.

Staff Congress Records

Staff Congress meeting minutes for September 14, 2015.


Centralia, Collective Memory, And The Tragedy Of 1919, Shawn T. Daley Sep 2015

Centralia, Collective Memory, And The Tragedy Of 1919, Shawn T. Daley

Dissertations and Theses

The Centralia Tragedy of 1919 has been represented in numerous works over the course of the past 100 years. The vast majority of them concern the events of the day of the Tragedy, November 11, 1919, and whether a small group of Wobblies – members of a union group known as the International Workers of the World (I.W.W.) – opened fire on a group of parading American Legionnaires. This particular element, whether or not the Wobblies opened fire on the Legionnaires or the Legionnaires actually charged the hall where the Wobblies were staying, has generated significant concern in academic and …


2015-09-00 Concerns, Morehead State University. Staff Congress. Sep 2015

2015-09-00 Concerns, Morehead State University. Staff Congress.

Staff Congress Records

Staff Congress concerns for September of 2015.


The Forgotten Front: Gender, Labor, And Politics In Camas, Washington, And The Northwest Paper Industry, 1913-1918, Bradley Dale Richardson Aug 2015

The Forgotten Front: Gender, Labor, And Politics In Camas, Washington, And The Northwest Paper Industry, 1913-1918, Bradley Dale Richardson

Dissertations and Theses

Southwest Washington labor history has received little examination by scholars. Focusing mainly on Seattle, Everett, Centralia, and Spokane, historians view Southwest Washington, a traditionally conservative community, to be of little importance in the state's overall historical narrative. This thesis corrects that assumption and the omission of Southwest Washington. The failure of the unionization effort in Camas impacted organization in Pacific Northwest paper mills for nearly a decade. Although workers failed to sustain their union, the events in Camas between 1913 and 1918 present an excellent new laboratory and case study to explore the intersection of gender, labor, and politics. Despite …


2015-08-03 Newsletter, Morehead State University. Staff Congress. Aug 2015

2015-08-03 Newsletter, Morehead State University. Staff Congress.

Staff Congress Records

Staff Congress newsletter for August 3, 2015.


2015-08-03 Meeting Minutes, Morehead State University. Staff Congress. Aug 2015

2015-08-03 Meeting Minutes, Morehead State University. Staff Congress.

Staff Congress Records

Staff Congress meeting minutes for August 3, 2015.


2015-08-00 Concerns, Morehead State University. Staff Congress. Aug 2015

2015-08-00 Concerns, Morehead State University. Staff Congress.

Staff Congress Records

Staff Congress concerns for August of 2015.


Diamonds In The Rough : Corporate Paternalism And African Professionalism On The Mines Of Colonial Angola, 1917–1975, Todd Cleveland Jul 2015

Diamonds In The Rough : Corporate Paternalism And African Professionalism On The Mines Of Colonial Angola, 1917–1975, Todd Cleveland

Ohio University Press Open Access Books

Diamonds in the Rough explores the lives of African laborers on Angola’s diamond mines from the commencement of operations in 1917 to the colony’s independence from Portugal in 1975. The mines were owned and operated by the Diamond Company of Angola, or Diamang, which enjoyed exclusive mining and labor concessions granted by the colonial government. Through these monopolies, the company became the most profitable enterprise in Portugal’s African empire. After a tumultuous initial period, the company’s mines and mining encampments experienced a remarkable degree of stability, in striking contrast to the labor unrest and ethnic conflicts that flared in other …


2015-07-06 Meeting Minutes, Morehead State University. Staff Congress. Jul 2015

2015-07-06 Meeting Minutes, Morehead State University. Staff Congress.

Staff Congress Records

Staff Congress meeting minutes for July 6, 2015.


2015-07-06 Newsletter, Morehead State University. Staff Congress. Jul 2015

2015-07-06 Newsletter, Morehead State University. Staff Congress.

Staff Congress Records

Staff Congress newsletter for July 6, 2015.


2015-07-00 Concerns, Morehead State University. Staff Congress. Jul 2015

2015-07-00 Concerns, Morehead State University. Staff Congress.

Staff Congress Records

Staff Congress concerns for July of 2015.


The Floating Men: Portland And The Hobo Menace, 1890-1915, Marin Elizabeth Aurand Jun 2015

The Floating Men: Portland And The Hobo Menace, 1890-1915, Marin Elizabeth Aurand

Dissertations and Theses

At the beginning of the twentieth century, transient laborers in Portland, Oregon faced marginalization and exploitation at the hands of the classes that relied on them for their own prosperity. Portland at this time was poised to flourish as a major population and industrial center of the American West. The industries that fueled the city's growth were dependent on cheap and mobile manual labor made available by the expansion of the nation's railroads. As the city prospered and grew, the elite of the city created and promoted an image of Portland as an Eden of material abundance where industriousness and …


The Repatriation Of Mexican-Americans To America, Aaron Ziskin Jun 2015

The Repatriation Of Mexican-Americans To America, Aaron Ziskin

History

Shortly following the onset of the Great Depression America undertook a policy coined as Mexican Repatriation wherein it began encouraging people of Mexican descent to return home in order to free up jobs for 'actual' American citizens. This Policy touched countless people as it was broadly applied to anyone of the Mexican race, however as American influence in World War II increased it began facing a worker shortage. In response to this shortage America and Mexico devised a program which allowed for Mexican laborers to be imported for temporary farm and manual labor positions. The focus of this paper involves …