Category: jimmie lee jackson

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+ Alex Pretti, george takei, jimmie lee jackson, Julie Otsuka, Renee Good, ta-nehisi coates, they called us enemy, Viola Liuzzo

We Cannot Keep the Shades Pulled Down and Claim Ignorance at Atrocities Surrounding Us

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As a result of Executive Order 9066, the United States government abducted George Takei and his family, taking them to a concentration camp in Rohwer, Arkansas. They took a train to Arkansas, and during the trip, whenever they entered a town, the soldiers guarding them on board the train would tell them to shut shades so that no one outside the train, walking through the … Read More We Cannot Keep the Shades Pulled Down and Claim Ignorance at Atrocities Surrounding Us

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+ alabama, alabama literature, civil rights, Darkroom: A Memoir in Black and White, ernest j gaines, graphic memoir, graphic novels, jimmie lee jackson, Lila Quintero Weaver

Whiteness in Lila Quintero Weaver’s “Darkroom”: Part I

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During the fall semester, a student told me about on of her classes where the professor was using Lila Quintero Weaver’s Darkroom: A Memoir in Black and White in the course. The student told me about Weaver’s book, and I immediately became interested in reading it. Finally, I picked up a copy and read it. In Darkroom, Weaver details her family’s experiences during the … Read More Whiteness in Lila Quintero Weaver’s “Darkroom”: Part I

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