McRae, Elizabeth Gillespie
Summary: "They are often seen in photos of crowds in the mid-century South--white women shooting down blacks with looks of pure hatred. Yet it is the male white supremacists who have been the focus of the literature on white resistance to Civil Rights. This groundbreaking first book recovers the daily workers who upheld the system of segregation and Jim Crow for so long--white women. Every day in rural...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Oxford University Press 2018
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 320.5 MCRMcGuire, Danielle L.
Contents: "They'd kill me if I told" -- "Negroes every day are being molested" -- "Walking in pride and dignity" -- "There's open season on Negroes now" -- "It was like all of us had been raped" -- "A black woman's body was never hers alone" -- Sex and civil rights -- "Power to the ice pick!" -- Epilogue: "we all lived in fear for years."
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Publisher / Publication Date: Alfred A. Knopf 2010
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 323.119 MCGAtwood, Kathryn J.
Summary: Collects the stories of fifteen women who risked their lives to become heroes in the Pacific theater of World War II.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Chicago Review Press 2017
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1 available in Young Adult Non-fiction, Call number: YA 920 ATWGarner, Art.
Summary: "Just before high noon on May 30th, 1964, the Indy 500 stopped for the first time in history. Seven cars had crashed in a fiery accident, killing two drivers, and threatening the very future of the 500. In this tight, fast-paced narrative, Art Garner expertly reconstructs the events, circumstances, and fatal decisions leading up to the sport's blackest day. Recalling a bygone era when drivers...
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Publisher / Publication Date: St Martins Pr 2014
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 796.72 GARSummary: This text examines the collection of feminist art in the Museum of Modern Art. It features essays presenting a range of generational and cultural perspectives.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Museum of Modern Art 2010
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1 available in Oversize, Call number: OVS 709.04 MODContents: Better man / Clint Black -- Cry, cry, cry / Highway 101 -- I told you so / Randy Travis -- I'll always come back / K.T. Oslin -- I wonder do you think of me / Keith Whitley -- There's a tear in my beer / Hank Williams Jr. and Hank Williams Sr. -- Set 'em up Joe / Vern Gosdin -- Bluest eyes in Texas / Restless Heart -- If you change your mind / Rosanne Cash -- What am I gonna do about you / Reba...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Time-Life Music 1992
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1 available in Compact Audio Disc, Call number: CD COUNTRY CONContents: My baby thinks he's a train/Rosanne Cash -- I'm just an old chunk of coal(But I'm gonna be a diamond someday)/John Anderson -- Bobbie Sue/Oak Ridge Boys -- Love is on a roll/Don Williams -- Tennessee Whiskey/George Jones -- Always on my mind/Willie Nelson -- Theme from the Dukes of Hazzard (Good Ol'Boys)/Waylon Jennings -- Party time/T.G. Sheppard -- Pickin'Up strangers/Johnny Lee -- You win...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Time-Life Music 1993
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1 available in Compact Audio Disc, Call number: CD COUNTRY CONSummary: The increasing representation of trans identity throughout art and popular culture in recent years has been nothing if not paradoxical. Trans visibility is touted as a sign of a liberal society, but it has coincided with a political moment marked both by heightened violence against trans people (especially trans women of color) and by the suppression of trans rights under civil law. 'Trap Door'...
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Publisher / Publication Date: The MIT Press 2017
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 700 TRABlack Thought
Summary: Through vivid vignettes, the platinum-selling, Grammy-winning co-founder of The Roots tells dramatic stories of the four powerful relationships that shaped him, each a complex weave of love, discovery, trauma and loss, illuminating the redemptive power of the upcycle.
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Publisher / Publication Date: One World 2023
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1 available in New Non-fiction, Call number: 921 BLACK THOUGHT BLAHolden, Vanessa M.
Summary: "The 1831 Southampton Rebellion led by Nat Turner involved an entire community. Vanessa M. Holden rediscovers the women and children, free and enslaved, who lived in Southampton County before, during, and after the revolt. Mapping the region's multilayered human geography, Holden draws a fuller picture of the inhabitants, revealing not only their interactions with physical locations but also...
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Publisher / Publication Date: University of Illinois Press 2021
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 306.3 HOLArt Ensemble of Chicago
Contents: Coming soon (1:31) -- African woman = Umafazi w ese Afriki (13:54) -- Fundamental destiny (9:13) -- Fresh start (6:41) -- Khauleza = Hurry up (2:43) -- The bottom line (5:31) -- Black man = Indoda emnyama (9:18)
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Publisher / Publication Date: DIW 1990
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1 available in Compact Audio Disc, Call number: CD JAZZ ARTSummary: In this comprehensive and vibrant poetry anthology, bestselling author and poet Kwame Alexander curates a collection of contemporary anthems at turns tender and piercing and deeply inspiring throughout. Featuring work from well-loved poets such as Rita Dove, Jericho Brown, Warsan Shire, Ross Gay, Tracy K. Smith, Terrance Hayes, Morgan Parker, and Nikki Giovanni, This Is the Honey is a rich and...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Little, Brown and Company 2024
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Place a hold to request this item.Contents: Guitars, Cadillacs / Dwight Yoakam -- Guitar town / Steve Earl -- Mama he's crazy / The Judds -- Does Fort Worth ever cross your mind / George Strait -- Highwayman / Willie Nelson, Waylan Jennings, Johnny Cash, Kris Kristofferson -- Nobody loves me like you do / Anne Murray and Dave Loggins -- I can tell by the way you dance (you're gonna love me tonight) / Vern Gosdin -- Morning desire / Kenny...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Time-Life Music 1991
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1 available in Compact Audio Disc, Call number: CD COUNTRY CONTatum, Art
Contents: Stay as sweet as you are / Harry Revel, Mack Gordon (2:41) -- Where or when / Richard Rodgers, Lorenz Hart (4:02) -- Louise / Richard A. Whiting, Leo Robin (3:05) -- Song of the vagabonds / Rufolf Friml, Brian Hooker (2:16) -- Night and day / Cole Porter (1:26) -- Poor butterfly / Raymond Hubbell, John Golden (3:26) -- Indiana / James F. Hanley, Ballard MacDonald (2:39) -- Sweet Lorraine /...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Storyville Records 2003
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1 available in Compact Audio Disc, Call number: CD JAZZ TATMoorehead, Caroline.
Summary: In January 1943, the Gestapo hunted down 230 women of the French Resistance and sent them to Auschwitz. This is their story, told in full for the first time--a searing and unforgettable chronicle of terror, courage, defiance, survival, and the power of friendship to transcend evil that is an essential addition to the history of World War II.
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Publisher / Publication Date: HarperCollins Publishers 2011
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1 available in Adult, Call number: 940.53 MOOContents: The grand tour / George Jones -- She's actin' single (I'm drinkin' doubles) / Gary Stewart -- Louisiana woman, Mississippi man / Loretta Lynn and Conway Twity -- You're my best friend / Don Williams -- Together again / Emmylou Harris -- Before the next teardrop falls / Freddy Fender -- Don't the girls all get prettier at closing time / Mickey Gilley -- (Hey won't you play) another somebody done...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Time-Life Music 1992
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1 available in Compact Audio Disc, Call number: CD COUNTRY CONSummary: Life, death, heroism, tragedy-subjects that, until the latter half of the 20th century, propelled the canon of Western art. How do the abstractions of Mark Rothko figure in that tradition? Are they, in a sense, its swan song? This program depicts Rothko's engagement with timeless themes that dominated his thinking long after the mythic grandeur of Abstract Expressionism had yielded to the...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Films Media Group 2007
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Contents: (Ghost) riders in the sky -- It's been a great afternoon -- If I could only win your love -- All of me -- Room full of roses -- Amony my souvenirs -- You're the one -- Rated "X" -- Don't be angry -- I may never get to heaven -- A picture of me (without you) -- Ruby (are you mad) -- Baby boy -- Rednecks, white socks and blue ribbon beer -- Sometimes -- Feelins' -- Before my time -- I'll go to my...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Time Life Music 1993
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1 available in Compact Audio Disc, Call number: CD COUNTRY CONContents: Streets of Bakersfield / Dwight Yoakam and Buck Owens -- Blue side of town / Patty Loveless -- I couldn't leave you if I tried / Rodney Crowell -- The Way we make a broken heart / Roseanne Cash -- Don't close your eyes / Keith Whitley -- The Church on Cumberland Road / Shenandoah -- Darlene / T. Graham Brown -- Somewhere tonight / Highway 101 -- The Last one to know / Reba McEntire -- Deeper...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Time-Life Music 1992
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1 available in Compact Audio Disc, Call number: CD COUNTRY CONNational Gallery of Art (U.S.)
Summary: "Lavishly illustrated with hundreds of full color images, this family-oriented art resource introduces children to more than 50 great artists and their work, with corresponding activities and explorations that inspire artistic development, focused looking, and creative writing. This treasure trove of artwork from the National Gallery of Art includes, among others, works by Raphael, Rembrandt,...
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Publisher / Publication Date: 2013
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Place a hold to request this item.Contents: You're lookin' at country / Loretta Lynn -- I ain't never / Mel Tillis -- How I got to Memphis / Bobby Bare -- It's not love (but it's not bad) / Merle Haggard -- How much more can she stand / Conway Twitty -- Lovin' on back streets / Mel Street -- She's all I got / Johnny Paycheck -- After the fire is gone / Conway Twitty & Loretta Lynn -- The lord knows I'm drinking / Cal Smith -- A good year...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Time-Life Music 1992
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1 available in Compact Audio Disc, Call number: CD COUNTRY CONInmann, Christiane.
Summary: Chronologically arranged, explores civilizations from ancient times to medieval and Renaissance Europe and to modern England and America, examining the depiction of women and the books they read in art.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Prestel 2009
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1 available in Oversize, Call number: OVS 709 INMBachrach, Lilyan.
Contents: Introduction: Enameling basics -- Professional enamelists' techniques -- Champleve and Basse-taille -- Enameling on precious metals -- Vessels -- Portraits -- Other materials for enameling -- Other techniques -- The gallery of contemporary enamelists -- Charts.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Schiffer 2006
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Place a hold to request this item.Contents: The fightin' side of me (Merle Haggard and the Strangers) -- Coal miner's daughter (Loretta Lynn) -- Easy loving (Freddie Hart) -- Woman (Sensuous woman) (Don Gibson) -- Hello darlin' (Conway Twitty) -- Would you take another chance on me (Jerry Lee Lewis) -- He loves me all the way (Tammy Wynette) -- Loving you could never be better (George Jones) -- Empty arms (Sonny James) -- Help me make...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Time-Life Music 1992