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… Girl” wins $25,000 Frederick Douglass Prize (New York) - A long-awaited biography of Harriet Jacobs, who wrote the 1861 … south during the Civil War to establish a school for black refugees behind Union lines. The $25,000 annual award … “To say that the result more than justifies the wait would be an understatement. This book is an extraordinary …

… of the Ukrainian people, more than a year into the war. “My wife is an obstetrician and gynecologist in reproductive … here to study and to learn,” she said. “We’re trying to get as much as possible to a better future.” It was doctors … not for a yearlong fellowship, but for an intensive month-long visit. Steven Wilkinson, Director of the MacMillan …

… local community and we were assured that virtual workshops would offer positive and fun learning outlets during the … “Revolutions are messy. When the people succeed and guns go silent and rulers fall, what happens next?” Tavana used … When asked post-workshop to share their thoughts on the event, one student wrote “I found it very interesting to be …

… on Soviet film in which Vertov figured prominently. “My first book was on poetry,” MacKay explained, “but I had a … in Moscow led MacKay to undertake the project that would become a three-volume, comprehensive biography of the … ones who’ve actually taken up Vertov,” he said. “There’s a long history of Austrian response to Vertov, so I’m going to …

… How did you become an anthropologist? Aniket Aga: My first degree is in electronics engineering from IIT … figured out that a sociology or anthropology program would actually be the best fit for me. I reapplied to … of 20 years. I hope to use it as a window into certain long-term structural tendencies in Indian political economy. …

… research have pulled out of the field, a mistake in my view. They’ve shifted their research to new areas like … the 1970s, when the Western advantage was overwhelming. It would be like in the 19th century if Europe tried to stop … was beyond European policies, even in the unlikely event that they could agree on a common strategy. It was …

… of law, and under the protection of civil government.” I would rather say, Let all the slaves, who wish it, be at once … States, be either transported to Africa, or permitted to go elsewhere, under such restrictions as the wisdom of the … and so noble an object? The rights of injured Africa have long enough been trampled upon. The blood of her sable sons …

… the remarks I shall have to make this evening. I regret my inability to give you in one short lecture the history of … country was severed from the Spanish government, and this event rendered the original contract of settlement null and … be fit for freedom even then. One would think ten years long enough to teach them the value of liberty, but these …

… How did you come upon the story of Ndaleni? I had finished my first book, “ The Law and the Prophets ,” which was about … determined so much of your life. He was determined that would not be his life in exile. The school was part of the … and other artists, to travel, to swim in the ocean, to go to museums. These were uncommon experiences that …