"Letters from Mississippi offers a riveting, personal and multi-faceted narrative of the dramatic events that took place during the summer of 1964, "Freedom Summer," when hundreds of people came to Mississippi to volunteer with the Mississippi Summer Voting Project. The book covers the disappearance and murder of James Cheney, Andrew Goodman, and Michael Schwerner, the Freedom Schools, the violence and tensions at voting registration cen ..."
Letters from Mississippi(Updated) Reports from Civil Rights Volunteers and Freedom School Poetry of the 1964 Freedom Summer by ElizabethMartinez, Julian Bond Paperback, 400 Pages, Published 2007 by Zephyr Press ISBN-13: 978-0-939010-92-9, ISBN: 0-939010-92-5
"""Letters from Mississippi" gives us a deeply personal look at one of the Civil Rights Movement's key moments--and reminds us that change happens because regular people have decided they were willing to fight for it."--Marian Wright Edelman, president of the Children's Defense FundThis expanded edition includes over forty pages of poetry by students in the Freedom Schools of 1964, adding the lively voices of local participants, mostly t ..."
"The worldview put forth in these texts rests on defining the United States as "a
nation of immigrants." This view ... The immigrant model has usually included the
"melting pot" metaphor; the Houghton Mifflin series rejects that now tarnished
image in favor of the "salad bowl," which allows different peoples to retain their
ethnic identity and culture inside one big unified society. ... Scores of
inaccuracies, distortions, sanitizat ..."
"Eighteen women, including Jamaica Kincaid, Rigoberta Menchu, Cherrie Moraga, Marjorie Agosin, Margaret Randall, Gloria Anzaldua, Michelle Cliff, Edwidge Danticat, and Julia Alvarez, are featured in this powerful anthology on art, feminism, and activism in Latin America and the Caribbean. Women Writing Resistance highlights Latin American and Caribbean women writers who, with increasing urgency, are writing in the service of social justi ..."
"This book is published in response to the Quincentennial celebration of Columbus's arrival and its lies. We offer a book that tells the real story of La Raza and other truths so long denied. This book also asks a question: after 500 years do Chicanos, Mexican Americans, mexicanos, Raza, whatever we call ourselves, have anything to celebrate? Our answer is yes: we have much to celebrate. And so this book speaks with grief and bitter trut ..."
La Liz A Complete Guide to Ineffectual Mission Work by ElizabethMartinez Published 2018 by Independently Published ISBN-13: 978-1-980406-91-4, ISBN: 1-980406-91-X
Henry Cisneros (Hispanic Heritage) by Elizabeth Coonrod Martinez Library, 32 Pages, Published 1993 by Millbrook Press ISBN-13: 978-1-56294-368-4, ISBN: 1-56294-368-5
Clinics Surgery: Quality of Anesthesia Care, an Issue of Anesthesiology Clinics by Mark Neuman, ElizabethMartinez 200 Pages, Published 2011 by Elsevier Health Sciences ISBN-13: 978-1-4557-0907-6, ISBN: 1-4557-0907-7
"Palliative care is time consuming, requiring clinicians to schedule family
meetings and to talk to each other and families. ... when ICU care providers
desire to incorporate more and better palliative care into daily practice, they may
not have the time, ... including remembrances of her, explorations into the
difficulties in caring for her, and explanations into what could be ... Providing
resource-intensive care to the sickest of ..."
"A Broken Flute is a book of reviews that critically evaluate children's books about Native Americans written between the early 1900s and 2003, accompanied by stories, essays and poems from its contributors. The authors critique some 600 books by more than 500 authors, arranging titles A to Z and covering pre-school, K-12 levels, and evaluations of some adult and teacher materials. This book is a valuable resource for community and educa ..."
"A Broken Flute: The Native Experience in Books for Children is a companion to its predecessor published by Oyate, Through Indian Eyes: The Native Experience in Books for Children. A compilation of work by Native parents, children, educators, poets and writers, A Broken Flute contains, from a Native perspective, "living stories," essays, poetry, and hundreds of reviews of "children's books about Indians." It's an indispensable volume for ..."
"Over the past hundred years the study of religion and magic has changed dramatically, expanding outside the traditional confines of theology and philosophy to become part of modern disciplines such as anthropology, sociology, and psychology. Religion and Magic provides a concise survey of some of the most important developments in the study of the sacred during this period of change.The book summarizes the approaches taken to religion a ..."
Dare to tell by ElizabethMartinez Paperback, Published 1996 by Creative Designs, Inc ISBN-13: 978-1-880047-41-5, ISBN: 1-880047-41-1
Ideas for Action(Updated) Relevant Theory for Radical Change by Cynthia Kaufman, ElizabethMartinez Paperback, 342 Pages, Published 2003 by South End Press ISBN-13: 978-0-89608-693-7, ISBN: 0-89608-693-3
"From the Enron scandal to global warming, from the war on terrorism to the war on drugs, a growing number of people are unhappy with the status quo. Yet those genuinely interested in reading about the issues find that few contemporary theorists are seriously committed to accessible, clear writing. Furthermore, the mainstream media rarely represents social movements, and the theories associated with them, without distortion or bias.Writt ..."