[PDF] Banned in the U S A

• Author : Herbert N. Foerstel
• Publisher : Greenwood Publishing Group
• Release Date : 2002
• ISBN : 0313311668

Looks at censorship in American schools and libraries, and includes a section of the fifty most banned books from 1996 through 2000, including newcomer Harry Potter.

• Author : Race On The Agenda
• Publisher : Trentham Books
• Release Date : 1999
• ISBN : 1858562031

This book is a manual for planning and taking action against racism in schools. Its implementation will improve schooling for all children, not just those from ethnic minority groups. It clearly sets out the issues, the statistics and the research that show which groups are failed by schools and why, and then moves to a range of solutions. It is compiled by leading United Kingdom experts in the field of education and race, who have consulted widely, and is certainly

• Author : Paul John Eakin
• Publisher : Univ of Wisconsin Press
• Release Date : 1991
• ISBN : 0299127842

This is the first comprehensive assessment of the major periods and varieties of American autobiography. The eleven original essays in this volume do not only survey what has been done; they also point toward what can and should be done in future studies of a literary genre that is now receiving major scholarly attention. Book jacket.

• Author : Timothy Dow Adams
• Publisher : UNC Press Books
• Release Date : 1990-01-01
• ISBN : 0807818887

This collection of twelve essays discusses the principles and practices of women's autobiographical writing in America, England, and France from the eighteenth to the twentieth centuries.

• Author : Michael B. Snyder
• Publisher : Greenwood Publishing Group
• Release Date : 2003
• ISBN : 0313313466

Looks at gender-related themes in ninety-six of the most frequently taught works of fiction, including "Anna Karenina," "Brave New World," "Great Expectations," and "Lord of the Flies."

• Author : Black Books Galore!,Donna Rand,Toni Trent Parker
• Publisher : John Wiley & Sons
• Release Date : 2002-03-14
• ISBN : 9780471437185

A Treasury of Hundreds of Books that Help Boys Grow andFlourish "Images-strong, proud and happy, brave, and now also humorous . . .what a joy it is to see black faces of all shades in our children'sbooks."-Doug E. Doug, Actor, The Bill Cosby Show "As a child . . . I wish there had been more books that reflectedmy world and my interests."-Earl G. Graves, Chairman, Publisher,and CEO, Black Enterprise magazine How do you know which books are the best for boys

• Author : Maya Marshall
• Publisher : Haymarket Books
• Release Date : 2022-06-28
• ISBN : 9781642597226

Marshall’s poems traverse familial mythography to investigate contemporary politics, Blackness, reproductive justice, and the stakes of race and interracial partnership, queerness, and love. With an unflinching seriousness she interrogates womanhood, meditates on race and queerness, and considers the monetary, mental, and physical costs of adopting or birthing a Black child.

• Author : Kay Boyle
• Publisher : New Directions Publishing
• Release Date : 1992
• ISBN : 0811212068

Boyle, 50 Stories. An eloquent testament to the possibilities of living and writing.

• Author : Diane Luby Lane,the Get Lit Players
• Publisher : Simon and Schuster
• Release Date : 2016-10-18
• ISBN : 9781582705767

Get to know the Get Lit Players—a group of teens who use poetry to take on the world—with this common-core aligned book that sheds light on teen issues through their own poetry and slam poetry performances. Get Lit Rising brings to life the true story of nineteen teen poets (the Get Lit Players) who are inspiring thousands of teens across the country through their award-winning performances of classic and spoken word poems. This book takes readers inside the

• Author : Nisheet Gosai
• Publisher : Cambridge Scholars Publishing
• Release Date : 2011-09-22
• ISBN : 9781443834360

This study critically explores contemporary African/Caribbean boys’ (15–16 years old) educational experiences in the UK. It focuses on their lives from both within and outside the school. Various research methods are employed in order to gain a comprehensive picture that includes the accounts of African/Caribbean boys, parents, teachers and youth workers. The study explores both the boys’ positive and negative experiences of school life. At one level, the boys’ narratives suggest ‘a nothing but the same old story’ of

• Author : Anthony Sargent
• Publisher : AuthorHouse
• Release Date : 2021-06-29
• ISBN : 9781665528924

This Is All I Got, looks back on a short period of time in a young boy’s life when the world seems to be spinning out of control. The years of innocents that shape our aspirations and excite our minds with dream of something better. As we live each day in the cold stark reality of struggle and rejection. What propels one to fulfill a dream. When does innocence end? Join Willy as he navigates the street of Queens,

• Author : Great Britain. Parliament. House of Commons
• Publisher : Unknown
• Release Date : 1860
• ISBN : OXFORD:555096480

• Author : Paul Youngquist
• Publisher : Routledge
• Release Date : 2016-05-23
• ISBN : 9781317072195

In highlighting the crucial contributions of diasporic people to British cultural production, this important collection defamiliarizes prevailing descriptions of Romanticism as the expression of a national character or culture. The contributors approach the period from the perspective of the Atlantic maritime economy, making a strong case for viewing British Romanticism as the effect of myriad economic and cultural exchanges occurring throughout a circum-Atlantic world driven by an insatiable hunger for sugar and slaves. Typically taken for granted, the material contributions

• Author : American Aberdeen-Angus Breeders' Association
• Publisher : Unknown
• Release Date : 1890
• ISBN : UCAL:B3243340

• Author : Zeke Jarvis
• Publisher : ABC-CLIO
• Release Date : 2017-08-18
• ISBN : 9781440843952

Censorship has been an ongoing phenomenon even in "the land of the free." This examination of banned books across U.S. history examines the motivations and effects of censorship, shows us how our view of right and wrong has evolved over the years, and helps readers to understand the tremendous importance of books and films in our society. • Provides readers with a broad understanding of the different levels of censorship • Puts challenges to books into historical context of societal standards