Author : Nell Soto
Publisher :
Page : 240 pages
File Size : 12,62 MB
Release : 1988
Category : Apportionment (Election law)
ISBN :
Soto discusses her family background, education, experiences working during World War II, interest and activity in Democratic party politics in the Los Angeles metropolitan area, and involvement in her husband's (Philip L. Soto) La Puente City council and California State Assembly election campaigns.
Author : Philip Lewis Soto
Publisher :
Page : 490 pages
File Size : 30,56 MB
Release : 1988
Category : Agricultural laborers
ISBN :
Philip L. Soto discusses his family background, service in World War II, securing a vocational education under the G.I. bill, civic affairs and community involvement in La Puente, including service on the city council, supporting the presidential candidacy of John F. Kennedy, running successfully in 1962 and 1964 for an assembly seat, sponsoring numerous bills on education, health, and local government; shares observations about Jesse M. Unruh and other significant assembly members and Governor Edmund G. Brown, Sr.
Author : Terry Greene Sterling
Publisher : Univ of California Press
Page : 431 pages
File Size : 27,40 MB
Release : 2022-09-06
Category : Family & Relationships
ISBN : 0520389808
"Driving While Brown is a saga and a warning. Two investigative journalists spent several years chronicling the human consequences of Sheriff Joe Arpaio's relentless immigration enforcement in Maricopa County, Arizona. They tell the tale of two dueling movements--Arizona's restrictionist cause embraced by Joe Arpaio and the Latino resistance that rose up against him. This inside story of the wrenching battles that embittered and divided Arizonans offers a fresh perspective on the roots of the Trump administration's national crusade against immigrants. The narrative follows activist Lydia Guzman, who paid a steep personal price for gathering evidence in a landmark racial-profiling lawsuit that took surprising twists and stunned the nation. The daughter of a Mexican immigrant, Guzman was one voice in the Latino-led resistance--a coalition of men and women of different generations united in their unfaltering resolve to stop Arpaio, reform unconstitutional law enforcement, and fight for their civil rights. Driving While Brown documents Arpaio's transformation from 'America's Toughest Sheriff,' who forced jail inmates to wear pink underwear, into the nation's most notorious immigration enforcer. A polarizing figure in recent American history, the sheriff was celebrated by a national fan base even as he became a symbol of white supremacy to his foes. After being found guilty of a crime tied to disobeying a federal judge, Arpaio was pardoned by his friend, Donald Trump. In Driving While Brown, Terry Greene Sterling and Jude Joffe-Block immerse readers in the lives of people on both sides of this tense narrative. The result of tireless investigative reporting, their book provides critical insights into effective resistance to entrenched, institutionalized racism in law enforcement"--
Author : United States. Congress. Senate
Publisher : Government Printing Office
Page : 760 pages
File Size : 32,24 MB
Release : 1982
Category :
ISBN :
Author : John E. Huerta
Publisher :
Page : 530 pages
File Size : 43,27 MB
Release : 1990
Category : African Americans
ISBN :
Huerta discusses his family background and education, his employment in Peru, in the Santa Maria Valley, California, at the University of California, Davis, and as deputy assistant U.S. Attorney General for Civil Rights. He discusses Mexican-American Legal Defense Fund, and Californios for Fair Representation. He comments extensively on reapportionment and its impact on Mexican-Americans throughout California.
Author : University of California, Los Angeles. Oral History Program
Publisher :
Page : 344 pages
File Size : 10,17 MB
Release : 1992
Category : California
ISBN :
Author : Mab Segrest
Publisher : South End Press
Page : 294 pages
File Size : 27,89 MB
Release : 1994
Category : Civil rights movements
ISBN : 9780896084742
'Courageous and daring, this work documents the reality that political solidarity, forged in struggle, can exist across difference.' bell hooks
Author : Alejandro Morales
Publisher : Arte Publico Press
Page : 324 pages
File Size : 25,47 MB
Release : 1988-01-01
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 9781611920796
The Brick People is an historical novel that traces the growth of California from the nineteenth to the twentieth century by following the development of the Simons Brick Factory. The bricks that laid the foundation of modern California were manufactured by the people that ventured from Central Mexico to stoke the furnaces of industry. With an attention to historical reality blended with myth and legend, Morales recounts the epic struggle of a people who forge their destiny, along with CaliforniaÍs. In this fictional story rooted in factual history, two families are pitted against each other: the powerful Simons and the proud Revueltas clan. The Brick People provides an authentic portrayal of the history of California and those who built it.
Author : Joanna Nell
Publisher : Hachette Australia
Page : 353 pages
File Size : 28,33 MB
Release : 2021-09-29
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 0733642918
The heartwarming and hilarious bestseller by the author of treasured novels, The Single Ladies of Jacaranda Retirement Village and The Great Escape from Woodlands Nursing Home The Marjorie Marshall Memorial Cafeteria has been serving refreshments and raising money at the hospital for over fifty years, long after anybody can remember who Marjorie Marshall actually was. Staffed by successive generations of dedicated volunteers, the beloved cafeteria is known as much for offering a kind word and sympathetic ear (and often unsolicited life advice) as for its tea and buns. Stalwart Hilary has worked her way up through the ranks to Manageress; Joy has been late every day since she started as the cafeteria's newest recruit. She doesn't take her role as 'the intern' quite as seriously as Hilary would like but there's no doubt she brings a welcome pop of personality. Seventeen-year-old Chloe, the daughter of two successful surgeons, is volunteering during the school holidays because her mother thinks it will look good on her CV. Chloe is at first bewildered by the two older women but soon realises they have a lot in common, not least that each bears a secret pain. When they discover the cafeteria is under threat of closure, this unlikely trio must band together to save it. 'Takes readers on a sweet journey. A warm-hearted read from Nell, who tells engaging stories with older protagonists' The Australian 'The Tea Ladies is a delight. Warm characters and observations and great pace' AMANDA HAMPSON 'Another funny, warm-hearted read' Herald Sun **Contains BONUS EXTRACT from Joanna Nell's novel Mrs Winterbottom Takes a Gap Year** Praise for the novels of Joanna Nell: 'Tender and funny' Woman's Weekly 'Whip-smart dialogue, humour and sarcasm ... highly addictive' Sun Herald 'Lively and whimsical' Sydney Morning Herald
Author : Paula Kane Robinson Arai
Publisher : Oxford University Press
Page : 266 pages
File Size : 37,89 MB
Release : 1999-08-26
Category : Religion
ISBN : 019512393X
Although many Buddhists have made concessions to contradictory religious and social expectations during the twentieth century, these Zen nuns spent much of the century advancing their traditional monastic values by fighting for and winning reforms of the sect's misogynist regulations."--BOOK JACKET.
