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"George M. Houser (1916-2015) was one of the most important civil rights and antiwar activists of the twentieth century. A draft resister during World War II who went to prison for his refusal to register for the draft, in 1942 Houser cofounded and led the Congress of Racial Equality (CORE), whose embrace of nonviolent protest strategies and tactics characterized the modern American Civil Rights Movement. Beginning in the 1950s, Houser played a critical...
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Scott Poole's central argument is that monster tales intertwine with America's troubled history of racism, politics, class struggle, and gender inequality. The second edition of Monsters leads readers deeper into America's tangled past to show how monsters continue to haunt contemporary American ideology. By adding new discussions of the American West, Poole focuses intently on the Native American experience. He reveals how monster stories went west...
9346) Hit & stay
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On May 17, 1968, nine Catholic activists entered a Selective Service office in suburban Catonsville, Maryland, dragged stacks of Draft Board records out into the parking lot, and set them on fire with homemade napalm. They then prayed, and waited to be arrested. In doing so, they kindled a wave of similar protests against the Vietnam War across the country that swept up dozens of participants and inspired thousands, and then millions. HIT & STAY,...
9347) Santo Luzbel
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"Nos muestra como el choque entre el occidente y nuestras figuras prehispánicas tiñen de sangre una pequeña obra rural que aborda el episodio bíblico de la derrota de Luzbel (el diablo).Los indígenas desean a toda costa combinar sus antiguos ritos y mostrar al ángel caído como una víctima de las circunstancias en una obra teatral. Al enterarse de este echo atroz el Padre Santos, un ferviente defensor de la iglesia y sus costumbres, comienza...
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"In the Upper Amazon, mestizos are the Spanish-speaking descendants of Hispanic colonizers and the indigenous peoples of the jungle. Some mestizos have migrated to Amazon towns and cities, such as Iquitos and Pucallpa; most remain in small villages. They have retained features of a folk Catholicism and traditional Hispanic medicine, and have incorporated much of the religious tradition of the Amazon, especially its shamanism, sorcery, healing, and...
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Take a look, it's in a book. For over thirty years, this beloved children's television series has been bringing stories to life. Hosted by acclaimed actor LeVar Burton, journey to exciting places and build a lasting connection.
Levar Burton introduces young viewers to illustrated readings of children's literature and explores their related subjects.
If you give a mouse a cookie: A little boy offers a mouse a cookie and a chain reaction is set in...
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