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Your Child Is a Person
Herbert George Birch , Stella Chess , and Audrey Thomas
Manufacturer: Penguin (Non-Classics)
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philosophy hope in a jar daily moisturizer

ASIN: 0140044396

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Ten green bottles
Audrey Callahan Thomas
Manufacturer: Oberon Press
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Binding: Unknown Binding

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ASIN: 0887502164

Imaging Blackness: Race And Racial Representation in Film Poster Art

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A fascinating approach to film history
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Imaging Blackness: Race And Racial Representation in Film Poster Art
Audrey Thomas McCluskey
Manufacturer: Indiana University Press
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ASIN: 0253217792

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These striking, colorful posters, selected from the more than one thousand housed at Indiana University's Black Film Center/Archive, graphically illustrate the artistic and thematic range of racial representation in the American film industry from its early days through the present. Chosen for their value as cultural artifacts, they combine art and commerce and are richly imbued with historical and social meanings that continue to engage and inform. The earliest posters, such as the one from pioneering black filmmaker Oscar Micheaux, represent truly independent productions. That crop of "race movies," dating from the late 1920s through the early 1940s, targeted a black audience hungry for respectful images of themselves. In Hollywood films, however, black life was often presented in contorted and narrowly defined ways, reflective of America's racial morass. Yet as a whole, the posters managed to capture the artistry, if not the full range, of black performance.

Many of these posters appear in the touring exhibition "Imaging Blackness: Film Posters from the Black Film Center/Archive." Since they were originally produced as ephemera that would follow the distribution of the film and return to the studio, it is surprising that so many early posters featuring African Americans are still in existence. This collection includes some of the rarer examples.

In addition to their relative merit as commercial art, the posters are visual cues to the social construction of race in our society as revealed by that most potent dream merchant, the Hollywood film industry. Designed to catch the eye, they also offer a window into the history of race relations in the 20th-century U.S. In his foreword to the collection, filmmaker Melvin Van Peebles notes the evolution of how blacks were portrayed in the posters. Ever so slowly, he writes, "you begin to see a few black faces minus the shovels and trays." These incremental changes are notable because they show the long, slow, and continuing struggle of blacks to alter racial perceptions—as well as reality—in the film industry.

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A fascinating approach to film history .......2007-06-09

"Imaging Blackness: Race And Racial Representation In Film Poster Art" is compiled, edited, curated and presented by Audrey Thomas McCluskey (Associate Professor of African-American and African Diaspora Studies). Professor McCluskey draws upon her years of experience and expertise when she was formerly the director of the Black Film Center Archive at Indiana University to present a series of movie posters for the 'race movies' that were a part of cinematic history from the late 1920s through the early 1940s when African-Americans were largely barred from mainstream Hollywood productions (except for stereotypical roles as maids, butlers, and comic relief characters), necessitating independent and small budget productions featuring African-American casts. Posters were a widespread means of advertising and promotion, designed to persuade members of the public to buy a ticket and see the film publicized by the images depicted in the poster material. "Imaging Blackness" shows the steady evolution of how African-American men and women were pictured on those posters in incremental changes that paralleled the discrimination and slow progress of change of the broader American culture. A fascinating approach to film history that accords with vigorous academic standards of scholarship, "Imaging Blackness" is an especially recommended addition to academic and community library African-American Studies and American Film History reference collections and supplemental reading lists.

A Must Have!.......2007-02-27

A must have for any collection of film and African American book collection.

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Fond memories

Beechview (PA) (Images of America)
Audrey Iacone , Anna Loney , Nate Marini , and Robert Thomas
Manufacturer: Arcadia Publishing
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Binding: Paperback

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ASIN: 0738537888
Release Date: 2005-05-10

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Purportedly named for the many beech trees growing on its hillsides, Beechview was settled by Scotch-Irish and English pioneers in the late 1700s. This Pittsburgh neighborhood stretches along a broad ridge two and a half miles south of the Point.

While Pittsburgh grew and developed into the political and economic center of the region, on the ridge, self-reliant farmers, miners, and shopkeepers maintained an easy interdependency. In 1905, Beechview separated from Union Township to become a borough. The broad ridge was graded and laid with trolley track, which brought commercial and residential development to the area. Beechview became a destination community for inner-city residents seeking relief from the crowded urban spaces. Hundreds of new families arrived, established businesses, and created a degree of prosperity for the community. Beechview merged with Pittsburgh in 1909, and today, it is a thriving and diverse neighborhood.

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Fond memories.......2007-01-10

I grew up in Beechview. This book brought back some fond memories of a world I once knew in a far simpler time. It was just great. Fantastic!

Goodbye Harold, Good Luck (Short Fiction)

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Goodbye Harold, Good Luck (Short Fiction)
Audrey Thomas
Manufacturer: Penguin (Non-Classics)
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Binding: Paperback

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Racism and Psychiatry
Audrey Thomas
Manufacturer: Citadel
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Needlecrafters' Travel Companion
Audrey Swales Anderson , and Thomas Culp
Manufacturer: Chalet Publishing
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ASIN: 097081190X

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A comprehensive quide to over 1500 needlecraft shops in the United States and Canada. Many of the shops have ads highlighting their products, store highlights, hours of business and local maps. State maps pinpoint the stores for locating the stores and planning trips.

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50 Ways to Leave Your Clutter
Audrey Thomas
Manufacturer: Expert Publishing, Inc.
ProductGroup: Book
Binding: Spiral-bound

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ASIN: 1931945683
Release Date: 2006-12-15

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Each year Americans as a whole waste nine million hours searching for misplaced items. That's 375,000 days of time that could be spent in other ways. As you make New Year's resolutions to get organized, "50 Ways to Leave Your Clutter" will help you stick to your resolutions all year long. Written by organizing expert, Audrey Thomas, it is an easy-to-digest, spiral-bound book with fifty ideas designed to be implemented over the course of one year, which allows long-term habits to form. The book is filled with simple, manageable steps to gain control of all types of clutter, including what to do with piles of paper and mail, overflowing email, the Tupperware cupboard and other kitchen surprises. In addition, Thomas offers loads of time and space-saving tips for every area of the home and home-office.

Ain't Nothin' As Sweet As My Baby : The Story of Hank Williams' Lost Daughter

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A Happy But Bittersweet Ending...
FACT IS STRANGER THAN FICTION...

Ain't Nothin' As Sweet As My Baby : The Story of Hank Williams' Lost Daughter
J. G. Williams , and Audrey Thomas
Manufacturer: Berkley
ProductGroup: Book
Binding: Paperback

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A Happy But Bittersweet Ending..........2005-09-23

The premise of this book is so sad it makes me want to cry. Hank Williams was an unreliable country singer (like George Jones who came along later), who did things he would not have done had he not been on drugs and a hard drinker. Before his death, he signed a written contract that a child had been born to a woman in Montgomery. Actually, he had signed a notarized contract acknowledging his paternity of Bobbie Jett's as yet unborn child on October 15, 1952, three months before her birth. She was to be "wholly and completed supported by him."

He was a lanky, boyish-looking man (not good looking) with eyes much older than his years. Drugs, liquor, and hard-living caught up with him on New Year's Eve, 1952, in Knoxville, Tennessee, at the Andrew Johnson Hotel -- six days before Jett was born. Bobbie Jett moved from Montgomery to California after the birth, and Hank's mother adopted her only to die and leave the child unprotected. She was with a foster home, as a ward of the state, then adopted again at the age of three when she went to live in Mobile, Alabama.

On her 21st birthday, her mother visited her where she was attending the University of Alabama and presented her with two thousand dollars her grandmother had bequeathed to her to receive at that time. So the truth is out. She did have a famous father from whom she had inherited his talent. "My guitar was my best friend growing up," she said; the radio was mine, and I sang along with the pop songs and could mimic them perfectly, and pantomime difficult recordings such as Teresa Brewer who always sang in a hurry. My dad used to sing the Hank Williams' songs, 'Hey, Good Lookin' and "I'm so lonesome I could cry' along with 'Beautiful, beautiful brown eyes' to me as he played his guitar. His father sang church music and played harmonica. I did try 'Your Cheatin' Heart' on the Cas Walker Show once, but I was not country enough to suit his high standards and went back to the love of my life, pop music.

She'd wondered where she had gotten her deep love of music, but now knew and also realized that "Hard to believe I'd been so wanted after all." She discovered that her mother had married and had five other children but, when Jett called to speak with her on the phone, she leared that her mother was dead, too. So, now she is an orphan. Just knowing she was loved after all was the lifting of a tremendous burden.

You must see the photo sections in the book to realize just how far this woman has come. Her biological mother was beautiful, could have been my sister, dark eyes and all. There is a photo of Hank and Aubrey (Hank, Jr.'s mother) with a group called 'The Drifting Cowboys." Jett made a tour in 1989 with this same group (old men now) and it was called "Jett Williams and the Drifting Cowboys." Life comes full circle. There is an article in August, 2005, edition of 'Guideposts,' an inspirational publication called "Birthright" about her present life in Hartsdale, Tennessee. She looks like her dad.

FACT IS STRANGER THAN FICTION..........2002-02-13

Jett Williams' story is the sort of tale for soap opera fodder, only better, because it's based on true life. This book has everything...fame, sex, sabotage, covertness, secrets, lies, legal battles...and all within the same family. It's sad to know that the family of such an inspiring talent as Hank Williams, Sr., could stoop to such cruelty and greed...and even more amazing that Jett was able to rise above it all, claim her heritage and be recognized for her own talent. She should be a spokesperson for open adoption records everywhere! Her struggle is an inspiration to adoptees everywhere who hope for a biological reconnection.

Mary McLeod Bethune: Building a Better World, Essays and Selected

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Mary McLeod Bethune: Building a Better World, Essays and Selected

Manufacturer: Indiana University Press
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Binding: Paperback

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Neither Lady nor Slave: Working Women of the Old South

ASIN: 025321503X

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Once hailed as the most influential black woman in the U.S., Mary McLeod Bethune has received little scholarly attention in the histories of the period. McCluskey and Smith examine the complex career of this leader, demonstrating her role as stateswoman, politician, educational leader, and visionary. A unique blend of original documentation and scholarship, highlighting over 70 documents from 1902 to 1955.

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