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Languages : en
Pages : 26
Book Description
Markham Street
Author: Ronnie WilliamsPublisher: Bookbaby
ISBN: 9781667811291
Category : Social Science
Languages : en
Pages : 296
Book Description
"Markham Street" is more than a story about systemic racism, police violence, or brutal murder, although it is all of those. Above all, it is the story of one man's enduring love for his lost brother and his devotion to his grieving parents, who kept silent for two and half decades to protect their seven surviving children. Through the lens of his then-thriving Black community of Menifee, Ronnie Williams vividly describes the suffocating misery and debasement of Black families who worked in the cotton fields or as domestic help for white families and businesses. He shares in loving detail how his parents made ends meet through constant work and resourcefulness and raised eight children, six of whom became educators like himself. He also shares his memories of the night his brother died, a night when a literal tornado tore apart his home, while only miles away, a tornado of rage and hate tore apart his family. Most of all, he writes poignantly about his brother Marvin - a prodigy who graduated from high school at the age of 15, Marvin desperately tried to escape the grinding poverty of field labor. He joined the Navy and later the Army, where he became a respected U.S. Paratrooper. At age 20, he was a beloved son, husband, and father. He had a good job, a second child on the way, and a bright future - until the night he was unlawfully arrested on Markham Street and bludgeoned to death by police. The book resounds with the author's unresolved grief over his brother's terrible death, his righteous determination to get justice for Marvin, and his own remarkable, ground-breaking career in the same city where his brother was killed.
Markham St Parkway Extension, Little Rock
Author: Minutes of Proceedings of the Council of the Corporation of the City of Toronto
Author: Toronto (Ont.). City CouncilPublisher:
ISBN:
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 2248
Book Description
Street Railway Reports Annotated
Author: Frank B. GilbertPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Electric railroads
Languages : en
Pages : 1162
Book Description
The Far Away Brothers
Author: Lauren MarkhamPublisher: Crown
ISBN: 1101906200
Category : Social Science
Languages : en
Pages : 322
Book Description
The deeply reported story of identical twin brothers who escape El Salvador's violence to build new lives in California—fighting to survive, to stay, and to belong. Growing up in rural El Salvador in the wake of the civil war, the United States was a distant fantasy to identical twins Ernesto and Raul Flores—until, at age seventeen, a deadly threat from the region’s brutal gangs forces them to flee the only home they’ve ever known. In this urgent chronicle of contemporary immigration, journalist Lauren Markham follows the Flores twins as they make their way across the Rio Grande and the Texas desert, into the hands of immigration authorities, and from there to their estranged older brother in Oakland, CA. Soon these unaccompanied minors are navigating school in a new language, working to pay down their mounting coyote debt, and facing their day in immigration court, while also encountering the triumphs and pitfalls of teenage life with only each other for support. With intimate access and breathtaking range, Markham offers an unforgettable testament to the migrant experience. NAMED ONE OF THE BEST BOOKS OF THE YEAR BY THE NEW YORK TIMES BOOK REVIEW | WINNER OF THE RIDENHOUR BOOK PRIZE | SILVER WINNER OF THE CALIFORNIA BOOK AWARD | FINALIST FOR THE LOS ANGELES TIMES BOOK PRIZE | SHORTLISTED FOR THE J. ANTHONY LUKAS BOOK PRIZE | LONGLISTED FOR THE PEN/BOGRAD WELD PRIZE FOR BIOGRAPHY
The Railroad Trainman
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Category : Labor unions
Languages : en
Pages : 1020
Book Description
The Ontario reports
Author: The Ontario Reports ...
Author: Ontario. High Court of JusticePublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Equity
Languages : en
Pages : 810
Book Description
New York Court of Appeals. Records and Briefs.
Author: New York (State). Court of Appeals.Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Law
Languages : en
Pages : 1222
Book Description
Volume contains: 210 NY 225 (Baird v. Erie R.R. Co.) 210 NY 601 (Beauty Spring Water Co. v. Village of Lyons Falls)
Report on Labour Organization in Canada
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Category : Labor unions
Languages : en
Pages : 306
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