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Vor 6 Stunden · Myrdal is best known for his two multi-volume studies—An American Dilemma: The Negro Problem and Modern Democracy and Asian Drama: An Inquiry into the Poverty of Nations . His other works include The Political Element in the Development of Economic Theory ( 1953 ), Monetary Equilibrium ( 1931 ), Economic Theory and Underdeveloped Regions ( 1957 ) and The Challenge of World Poverty ( 1970 ).
Vor 3 Tagen · In recent years research has uncovered extensive evidence of racial discrimination in various sectors of modern U.S. society, including the criminal justice system, businesses, the economy, housing, health care, the media, and politics.
Vor 6 Tagen · Using resources held in the Research and Reference Division, researchers can trace the evolution of African American press from the its beginning in the 19th century as it documented the abolition of slavery through historical movements in the 20th-century to present day America.
Vor 3 Tagen · A wartime quarterly of African American thought and opinion edited by Ralph Ellison, author of Invisible Man, and political activist Angelo Herndon. Contributors include Langston Hughes. Ellison advocated for Negro support of American and Allied principles during World War II while still remaining vigilant against white supremacy ...
Vor 4 Tagen · In short, Americans engaged in a strenuous debate about the nature of freedom and equality. With the surrender of Confederate armies and the capture of Jefferson Davis in the spring of 1865, pressing questions demanded immediate answers.
Vor 5 Tagen · Clifford Geertz 1. Historians have long revered and relied upon written documents to construct a narrative account of an event, a time, a people. They stand as authoritative evidence because they can be consulted, circulated, compared with, and corroborated by other written sources.
Vor 5 Tagen · Shirley Chisholm. As African Americans gained new access to white-dominated institutions, the freedom struggle moved inside from the streets. On college campuses, black students fought for and won the creation of Afro-American Studies programs and financial aid policies that would allow children of lower-income families to get college educations.
