Sherie M. Randolph
- Published in print:
- 2015
- Published Online:
- May 2016
- ISBN:
- 9781469623917
- eISBN:
- 9781469625119
- Item type:
- chapter
- Publisher:
- University of North Carolina Press
- DOI:
- 10.5149/northcarolina/9781469623917.003.0002
- Subject:
- History, African-American History
This chapter is set in Kansas City, Missouri and Los Angeles, California and demonstrates how Flo Kennedy’s parents contributed to the formation of her black feminist radicalism. Her parents not only ...
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This chapter is set in Kansas City, Missouri and Los Angeles, California and demonstrates how Flo Kennedy’s parents contributed to the formation of her black feminist radicalism. Her parents not only stood up for themselves and their daughters against racist white authorities but also held progressive views about personal autonomy and female sexuality. Kennedy’s mother allowed her to kiss boys on the front porch and to discuss taboo topics, such as the scents and sensations of a woman’s body. Both her mother and father actively defended themselves against entrenched forms of power and had numerous run-ins with the Ku Klux Klan, white employers, and black school officials. They taught Kennedy not to defer to any type of authority. The sexual freedom that Kennedy experienced and the battles with both black and white authorities that she witnessed helped her to embrace a black feminist politics and reject the politics of respectability and other social constraints that inhibited black women’s political activism and mobility.Less
This chapter is set in Kansas City, Missouri and Los Angeles, California and demonstrates how Flo Kennedy’s parents contributed to the formation of her black feminist radicalism. Her parents not only stood up for themselves and their daughters against racist white authorities but also held progressive views about personal autonomy and female sexuality. Kennedy’s mother allowed her to kiss boys on the front porch and to discuss taboo topics, such as the scents and sensations of a woman’s body. Both her mother and father actively defended themselves against entrenched forms of power and had numerous run-ins with the Ku Klux Klan, white employers, and black school officials. They taught Kennedy not to defer to any type of authority. The sexual freedom that Kennedy experienced and the battles with both black and white authorities that she witnessed helped her to embrace a black feminist politics and reject the politics of respectability and other social constraints that inhibited black women’s political activism and mobility.
Reynaldo Anderson
- Published in print:
- 2010
- Published Online:
- March 2014
- ISBN:
- 9781604734928
- eISBN:
- 9781621035916
- Item type:
- chapter
- Publisher:
- University Press of Mississippi
- DOI:
- 10.14325/mississippi/9781604734928.003.0003
- Subject:
- History, African-American History
The Black Panther Party (BPP) differed from the civil rights movement in two ways: its goal of gaining control over institutions that influenced the lives of African Americans; and its willingness to ...
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The Black Panther Party (BPP) differed from the civil rights movement in two ways: its goal of gaining control over institutions that influenced the lives of African Americans; and its willingness to engage in armed self-defense tactics in the face of violent oppression. This chapter examines the rise and fall of the BPP branch in Kansas City, Missouri, between 1968 and 1971. In order to put the Kansas City branch of the BPP in its proper context, it assesses the city’s sociopolitical environment and looks at the branch’s activities in relation to the larger black freedom struggle at the local, state, and national levels. The chapter considers how the Kansas City branch addressed problems confronting African Americans that traditional civil rights organizations could not, and also comments on the rise of militancy in the city, the challenges that impacted the Kansas City BPP, and its responses to such challenges. It concludes with an analysis of the aftermath and decline of black politics in Kansas City.Less
The Black Panther Party (BPP) differed from the civil rights movement in two ways: its goal of gaining control over institutions that influenced the lives of African Americans; and its willingness to engage in armed self-defense tactics in the face of violent oppression. This chapter examines the rise and fall of the BPP branch in Kansas City, Missouri, between 1968 and 1971. In order to put the Kansas City branch of the BPP in its proper context, it assesses the city’s sociopolitical environment and looks at the branch’s activities in relation to the larger black freedom struggle at the local, state, and national levels. The chapter considers how the Kansas City branch addressed problems confronting African Americans that traditional civil rights organizations could not, and also comments on the rise of militancy in the city, the challenges that impacted the Kansas City BPP, and its responses to such challenges. It concludes with an analysis of the aftermath and decline of black politics in Kansas City.
Gayle Sherwood Magee
- Published in print:
- 2014
- Published Online:
- November 2014
- ISBN:
- 9780199915965
- eISBN:
- 9780190205348
- Item type:
- chapter
- Publisher:
- Oxford University Press
- DOI:
- 10.1093/acprof:oso/9780199915965.003.0002
- Subject:
- Music, Popular, History, American
Altman grew up in Kansas City, Missouri, in the 1920s and 1930s, during the “Pendergast” era of the city’s history. His childhood included a viewing of the legendary King Kong (1933), as well as ...
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Altman grew up in Kansas City, Missouri, in the 1920s and 1930s, during the “Pendergast” era of the city’s history. His childhood included a viewing of the legendary King Kong (1933), as well as experiences listening to Norman Corwin’s radio dramas and groundbreaking jazz. Altman grew up during a particularly rich period of change and innovation in the history of American media, particularly in film, music (both live and recorded), and broadcast sound. New technologies emerged, overlapped, and coexisted with older ones, and Altman would recall and use each and every one of them, to great effect.Less
Altman grew up in Kansas City, Missouri, in the 1920s and 1930s, during the “Pendergast” era of the city’s history. His childhood included a viewing of the legendary King Kong (1933), as well as experiences listening to Norman Corwin’s radio dramas and groundbreaking jazz. Altman grew up during a particularly rich period of change and innovation in the history of American media, particularly in film, music (both live and recorded), and broadcast sound. New technologies emerged, overlapped, and coexisted with older ones, and Altman would recall and use each and every one of them, to great effect.
Gary Giddins
- Published in print:
- 2013
- Published Online:
- August 2015
- ISBN:
- 9780816690411
- eISBN:
- 9781452949536
- Item type:
- chapter
- Publisher:
- University of Minnesota Press
- DOI:
- 10.5749/minnesota/9780816690411.003.0002
- Subject:
- Literature, Film, Media, and Cultural Studies
This chapter describes Charlie Parker’s early years as a musician. Parker was born on August 29, 1920, in Kansas City, Kansas, during the time when jazz music was successfully gaining popularity in ...
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This chapter describes Charlie Parker’s early years as a musician. Parker was born on August 29, 1920, in Kansas City, Kansas, during the time when jazz music was successfully gaining popularity in Europe. He expressed his enthusiasm for music when his mother bought him a used and unplayable alto for forty-five dollars. When he was a freshman, Charlie was encouraged to join the school’s marching band by its locally celebrated bandmaster Alonzo Lewis who assigned him to play baritone horn. He did his best to improve his performance, soliciting help from anyone willing to teach him, and attended school periodically, chiefly to play in the band.Less
This chapter describes Charlie Parker’s early years as a musician. Parker was born on August 29, 1920, in Kansas City, Kansas, during the time when jazz music was successfully gaining popularity in Europe. He expressed his enthusiasm for music when his mother bought him a used and unplayable alto for forty-five dollars. When he was a freshman, Charlie was encouraged to join the school’s marching band by its locally celebrated bandmaster Alonzo Lewis who assigned him to play baritone horn. He did his best to improve his performance, soliciting help from anyone willing to teach him, and attended school periodically, chiefly to play in the band.
Gary Giddins
- Published in print:
- 2013
- Published Online:
- August 2015
- ISBN:
- 9780816690411
- eISBN:
- 9781452949536
- Item type:
- book
- Publisher:
- University of Minnesota Press
- DOI:
- 10.5749/minnesota/9780816690411.001.0001
- Subject:
- Literature, Film, Media, and Cultural Studies
Within days of Charlie “Bird” Parker’s death at the age of thirty-four, a scrawled legend began appearing on walls around New York City: Bird Lives. Gone was one of the most outstanding jazz ...
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Within days of Charlie “Bird” Parker’s death at the age of thirty-four, a scrawled legend began appearing on walls around New York City: Bird Lives. Gone was one of the most outstanding jazz musicians of any era, the troubled genius who brought modernism to jazz and became a defining cultural force for musicians, writers, and artists of every stripe. Arguably the most significant musician in the country at the time of his death, Parker set the standard many musicians strove to reach—though he never enjoyed the same popular success that greeted many of his imitators. Today, the power of Parker’s inventions resonates undiminished; and his influence continues to expand. This book presents account of the life and legend of Charlie Parker. This book overturns many of the myths that have grown up around Parker. It cuts a fascinating portrait of the period, from Parker’s apprentice days in the 1930s in his hometown of Kansas City to the often difficult years playing clubs in New York and Los Angeles, and reveals how Parker came to embody not only musical innovation and brilliance but the rage and exhilaration of an entire generation.Less
Within days of Charlie “Bird” Parker’s death at the age of thirty-four, a scrawled legend began appearing on walls around New York City: Bird Lives. Gone was one of the most outstanding jazz musicians of any era, the troubled genius who brought modernism to jazz and became a defining cultural force for musicians, writers, and artists of every stripe. Arguably the most significant musician in the country at the time of his death, Parker set the standard many musicians strove to reach—though he never enjoyed the same popular success that greeted many of his imitators. Today, the power of Parker’s inventions resonates undiminished; and his influence continues to expand. This book presents account of the life and legend of Charlie Parker. This book overturns many of the myths that have grown up around Parker. It cuts a fascinating portrait of the period, from Parker’s apprentice days in the 1930s in his hometown of Kansas City to the often difficult years playing clubs in New York and Los Angeles, and reveals how Parker came to embody not only musical innovation and brilliance but the rage and exhilaration of an entire generation.
Edward F. Zigler, Jim Hinson, and Jennifer Walker
- Published in print:
- 2014
- Published Online:
- June 2014
- ISBN:
- 9780199897841
- eISBN:
- 9780190217686
- Item type:
- chapter
- Publisher:
- Oxford University Press
- DOI:
- 10.1093/acprof:oso/9780199897841.003.0006
- Subject:
- Psychology, Developmental Psychology
Chapter 6 reveals the progressive leadership that Dr. Jim Hinson provides for the Independence School District when he is named superintendent in 2002. He aggressively advances program management ...
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Chapter 6 reveals the progressive leadership that Dr. Jim Hinson provides for the Independence School District when he is named superintendent in 2002. He aggressively advances program management efficiency, grantsmanship initiatives and establishes new partnerships with community organizations. He charges Jennifer Walker, director of youth development and education, with restructuring early education and family outreach services to make service delivery more efficient. In an extraordinary year of change, this eliminates administrative "silos" between departments and establishes new procedures to better administer early education and outreach services. Dr. Hinson’s leadership prevails during one of the biggest challenges in District history: the District’s annexation of failing schools in the neighboring Kansas City School District. The litigious, two-year battle engages Missouri politicians, businesses, churches, and thousands of local citizens. This annexation changes the size, scope, and student population of the Independence School District and academic outcomes of thousands of students for the better.Less
Chapter 6 reveals the progressive leadership that Dr. Jim Hinson provides for the Independence School District when he is named superintendent in 2002. He aggressively advances program management efficiency, grantsmanship initiatives and establishes new partnerships with community organizations. He charges Jennifer Walker, director of youth development and education, with restructuring early education and family outreach services to make service delivery more efficient. In an extraordinary year of change, this eliminates administrative "silos" between departments and establishes new procedures to better administer early education and outreach services. Dr. Hinson’s leadership prevails during one of the biggest challenges in District history: the District’s annexation of failing schools in the neighboring Kansas City School District. The litigious, two-year battle engages Missouri politicians, businesses, churches, and thousands of local citizens. This annexation changes the size, scope, and student population of the Independence School District and academic outcomes of thousands of students for the better.
Gayle Sherwood Magee
- Published in print:
- 2014
- Published Online:
- November 2014
- ISBN:
- 9780199915965
- eISBN:
- 9780190205348
- Item type:
- chapter
- Publisher:
- Oxford University Press
- DOI:
- 10.1093/acprof:oso/9780199915965.003.0008
- Subject:
- Music, Popular, History, American
The reinvented art market began quietly in the mid-1980s but exploded in the early 1990s, much to Altman’s benefit. “Major independent” or “mini major” companies such as New Line and Miramax combined ...
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The reinvented art market began quietly in the mid-1980s but exploded in the early 1990s, much to Altman’s benefit. “Major independent” or “mini major” companies such as New Line and Miramax combined studio backing, Cineplex venues, and high-profile supporting institutions such as the Sundance Film Festival and cable channels. Unlike the emergence of New Hollywood more than two decades earlier, the industry managed this economically viable art film cycle to coexist with higher-earning movies aimed at the teen and tween markets. Altman benefited significantly from the so-called Indiewood boom, achieving a much-publicized return with The Player in 1992. Working in an industry climate receptive to his work during the final stage of his career, Altman produced a string of films that straddled the commercial–art divide including Short Cuts and Kansas City, both of which return to jazz for their innovative soundtracks.Less
The reinvented art market began quietly in the mid-1980s but exploded in the early 1990s, much to Altman’s benefit. “Major independent” or “mini major” companies such as New Line and Miramax combined studio backing, Cineplex venues, and high-profile supporting institutions such as the Sundance Film Festival and cable channels. Unlike the emergence of New Hollywood more than two decades earlier, the industry managed this economically viable art film cycle to coexist with higher-earning movies aimed at the teen and tween markets. Altman benefited significantly from the so-called Indiewood boom, achieving a much-publicized return with The Player in 1992. Working in an industry climate receptive to his work during the final stage of his career, Altman produced a string of films that straddled the commercial–art divide including Short Cuts and Kansas City, both of which return to jazz for their innovative soundtracks.
JOY G. DRYFOOS
- Published in print:
- 2000
- Published Online:
- March 2012
- ISBN:
- 9780195137859
- eISBN:
- 9780199846948
- Item type:
- chapter
- Publisher:
- Oxford University Press
- DOI:
- 10.1093/acprof:oso/9780195137859.003.0012
- Subject:
- Psychology, Developmental Psychology
This chapter presents examples of two specific communities, Minneapolis and Kansas City, several other multicommunity initiatives, and discusses what seem to be the most promising approaches to ...
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This chapter presents examples of two specific communities, Minneapolis and Kansas City, several other multicommunity initiatives, and discusses what seem to be the most promising approaches to organizing neighborhoods. Here, the concept of community is an area defined by tradition as a neighborhood, with enough students to fill one high school but small enough so people feel a sense of identity with the area. A great deal of positive energy is directed toward putting together the pieces of effective programming at the community level. Diverse ways of governing reflect the strengths and attributes of local governing bodies and community agencies.Less
This chapter presents examples of two specific communities, Minneapolis and Kansas City, several other multicommunity initiatives, and discusses what seem to be the most promising approaches to organizing neighborhoods. Here, the concept of community is an area defined by tradition as a neighborhood, with enough students to fill one high school but small enough so people feel a sense of identity with the area. A great deal of positive energy is directed toward putting together the pieces of effective programming at the community level. Diverse ways of governing reflect the strengths and attributes of local governing bodies and community agencies.
Dale Maharidge
- Published in print:
- 2011
- Published Online:
- May 2012
- ISBN:
- 9780520262478
- eISBN:
- 9780520948792
- Item type:
- chapter
- Publisher:
- University of California Press
- DOI:
- 10.1525/california/9780520262478.003.0027
- Subject:
- Anthropology, American and Canadian Cultural Anthropology
This chapter introduces Sherri Harvel and talks about her success story. It starts as she is hoeing around her purple-hulled peas in a community garden in Kansas City. It was the early 1990s, and ...
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This chapter introduces Sherri Harvel and talks about her success story. It starts as she is hoeing around her purple-hulled peas in a community garden in Kansas City. It was the early 1990s, and Sherri had just joined the garden. An African American resident of the inner city, she worked hard as a single mom, and she was stressed by her job as a loan-processing officer for a bank. The garden most evenings was a refuge, for at least an hour of relaxation. One day a few summers later, Sherri was in the patch, complaining about her job, wishing she could be in the garden all the time. One of the other community gardeners suggested that Sherri sell some of the excess produce at a farmers market. The next weekend, Sherri took some tomatoes and beans to the market, and they rapidly sold. In 2003, she quit her banking job to become an urban farmer. She called the new business Root Deep Urban Farm.Less
This chapter introduces Sherri Harvel and talks about her success story. It starts as she is hoeing around her purple-hulled peas in a community garden in Kansas City. It was the early 1990s, and Sherri had just joined the garden. An African American resident of the inner city, she worked hard as a single mom, and she was stressed by her job as a loan-processing officer for a bank. The garden most evenings was a refuge, for at least an hour of relaxation. One day a few summers later, Sherri was in the patch, complaining about her job, wishing she could be in the garden all the time. One of the other community gardeners suggested that Sherri sell some of the excess produce at a farmers market. The next weekend, Sherri took some tomatoes and beans to the market, and they rapidly sold. In 2003, she quit her banking job to become an urban farmer. She called the new business Root Deep Urban Farm.
Robert Peterson
- Published in print:
- 1992
- Published Online:
- October 2011
- ISBN:
- 9780195076370
- eISBN:
- 9780199853786
- Item type:
- chapter
- Publisher:
- Oxford University Press
- DOI:
- 10.1093/acprof:oso/9780195076370.003.0053
- Subject:
- History, Cultural History
This chapter describes the events that transpired and the people that made it possible to breach the color line. Two persons, half a continent apart, are credited for making such a breach—Jack ...
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This chapter describes the events that transpired and the people that made it possible to breach the color line. Two persons, half a continent apart, are credited for making such a breach—Jack Roosevelt Robinson and Wesley Branch Rickey. In the guise of forming the Brooklyn Brown Dodgers, Rickey scouted for a black baseball player who would breach the color bar and he found Jackie Robinson of the Kansas City Monarchs. This chapter describes Robinson's early beginnings in baseball. When he arrived in Brooklyn, Robinson was surprised to find out he was to play for the Montreal Royals. The announcement of his signing with the Montreals was easily the top sports story of the year. As expected, the news was greeted by misgivings and disbelief.Less
This chapter describes the events that transpired and the people that made it possible to breach the color line. Two persons, half a continent apart, are credited for making such a breach—Jack Roosevelt Robinson and Wesley Branch Rickey. In the guise of forming the Brooklyn Brown Dodgers, Rickey scouted for a black baseball player who would breach the color bar and he found Jackie Robinson of the Kansas City Monarchs. This chapter describes Robinson's early beginnings in baseball. When he arrived in Brooklyn, Robinson was surprised to find out he was to play for the Montreal Royals. The announcement of his signing with the Montreals was easily the top sports story of the year. As expected, the news was greeted by misgivings and disbelief.
Simine Short
- Published in print:
- 2011
- Published Online:
- April 2017
- ISBN:
- 9780252036316
- eISBN:
- 9780252093326
- Item type:
- book
- Publisher:
- University of Illinois Press
- DOI:
- 10.5406/illinois/9780252036316.001.0001
- Subject:
- History, American History: 20th Century
French-born and self-trained civil engineer Octave Chanute designed America's two largest stockyards, created innovative and influential structures such as the Kansas City Bridge over the previously ...
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French-born and self-trained civil engineer Octave Chanute designed America's two largest stockyards, created innovative and influential structures such as the Kansas City Bridge over the previously “unbridgeable” Missouri River, and was a passionate aviation pioneer whose collaborative approach to aeronautical engineering problems helped the Wright brothers take flight. Drawing on a trove of archival material and exclusive family sources, this book is the first detailed examination of Chanute's life and his immeasurable contributions to the fields of engineering and transportation, from the ground transportation revolution of the mid-nineteenth century to the early days of aviation. This book brings to light many previously overlooked facets of Chanute's life, in both his professional accomplishments and his personal relationships. Through the reflections of other engineers, scientists and pioneers in various fields who knew him, the book characterizes Chanute as a man who believed in fostering and supporting people who were willing to learn. This biography cements Chanute's place as a preeminent engineer, pioneer, and mentor in the history of transportation in the United States and the development of the airplane.Less
French-born and self-trained civil engineer Octave Chanute designed America's two largest stockyards, created innovative and influential structures such as the Kansas City Bridge over the previously “unbridgeable” Missouri River, and was a passionate aviation pioneer whose collaborative approach to aeronautical engineering problems helped the Wright brothers take flight. Drawing on a trove of archival material and exclusive family sources, this book is the first detailed examination of Chanute's life and his immeasurable contributions to the fields of engineering and transportation, from the ground transportation revolution of the mid-nineteenth century to the early days of aviation. This book brings to light many previously overlooked facets of Chanute's life, in both his professional accomplishments and his personal relationships. Through the reflections of other engineers, scientists and pioneers in various fields who knew him, the book characterizes Chanute as a man who believed in fostering and supporting people who were willing to learn. This biography cements Chanute's place as a preeminent engineer, pioneer, and mentor in the history of transportation in the United States and the development of the airplane.
Daniel B. Botkin
- Published in print:
- 2004
- Published Online:
- September 2007
- ISBN:
- 9780195162431
- eISBN:
- 9780199790043
- Item type:
- chapter
- Publisher:
- Discontinued
- DOI:
- 10.1093/acprof:oso/9780195162431.003.0014
- Subject:
- Biology, Biodiversity / Conservation Biology
This chapter discusses the significance of the Lewis and Clark expedition. Their journals help us understand what has happened to nature in the American West since European settlement. Perhaps most ...
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This chapter discusses the significance of the Lewis and Clark expedition. Their journals help us understand what has happened to nature in the American West since European settlement. Perhaps most startling is that the least-celebrated ecological regions — the tall- and shortgrass prairies — are the most changed, difficult to find now even as small remnants. Lewis and Clark's journey also provides insight about the idea of nature. They found a nature much different from that of European expectations: they found a nature of constant change, in which what would happen could at best be estimated as probabilities.Less
This chapter discusses the significance of the Lewis and Clark expedition. Their journals help us understand what has happened to nature in the American West since European settlement. Perhaps most startling is that the least-celebrated ecological regions — the tall- and shortgrass prairies — are the most changed, difficult to find now even as small remnants. Lewis and Clark's journey also provides insight about the idea of nature. They found a nature much different from that of European expectations: they found a nature of constant change, in which what would happen could at best be estimated as probabilities.
Davis W. Houck and David E. Dixon
- Published in print:
- 2008
- Published Online:
- March 2014
- ISBN:
- 9781604731071
- eISBN:
- 9781604737608
- Item type:
- chapter
- Publisher:
- University Press of Mississippi
- DOI:
- 10.14325/mississippi/9781604731071.003.0009
- Subject:
- History, African-American History
Born on October 13, 1901, in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, Edith Spurlock Sampson graduated from Peabody High School before moving to New York City where she enrolled at the New York School of Social ...
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Born on October 13, 1901, in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, Edith Spurlock Sampson graduated from Peabody High School before moving to New York City where she enrolled at the New York School of Social Work while working for Associated Charities. She moved to Chicago in 1922, graduating from John Marshall Law School first in her class three years later. In 1927, she became the first woman to earn a Masters Degree in Law from Loyola University and she passed the bar exam that same year. She was admitted to practice before the U.S. Supreme Court and became assistant state’s attorney for Cook County in 1947. On April 12, 1957, she spoke at the Regional Conference of the Links in Kansas City, Missouri. This chapter includes Sampson’s speech, in which she talked about segregation and her experience of having been vilified by segregationists. Sampson also argued that Negroes in America successed because they kept the dream of a democratic freedom alive.Less
Born on October 13, 1901, in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, Edith Spurlock Sampson graduated from Peabody High School before moving to New York City where she enrolled at the New York School of Social Work while working for Associated Charities. She moved to Chicago in 1922, graduating from John Marshall Law School first in her class three years later. In 1927, she became the first woman to earn a Masters Degree in Law from Loyola University and she passed the bar exam that same year. She was admitted to practice before the U.S. Supreme Court and became assistant state’s attorney for Cook County in 1947. On April 12, 1957, she spoke at the Regional Conference of the Links in Kansas City, Missouri. This chapter includes Sampson’s speech, in which she talked about segregation and her experience of having been vilified by segregationists. Sampson also argued that Negroes in America successed because they kept the dream of a democratic freedom alive.
Eduardo Sáenz Rovner
- Published in print:
- 2009
- Published Online:
- July 2014
- ISBN:
- 9780807831755
- eISBN:
- 9781469605722
- Item type:
- chapter
- Publisher:
- University of North Carolina Press
- DOI:
- 10.5149/9780807888582_saenz_rovner.8
- Subject:
- History, Latin American History
This chapter discusses the period at the end of 1942, when agents of the Federal Bureau of Narcotics (FBN) found a quantity of morphine and cocaine from Cuba in Kansas City. The drugs had been ...
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This chapter discusses the period at the end of 1942, when agents of the Federal Bureau of Narcotics (FBN) found a quantity of morphine and cocaine from Cuba in Kansas City. The drugs had been siphoned from legally imported quotas and then brought back clandestinely into the United States. Based on this case, the FBN decided that it would no longer grant permits for the export of legal shipments of drugs from the United States to Cuba. Such a policy presumably would prevent the drugs from being diverted to illegal channels. The case, however, did not stop there, as the U.S. embassy in Cuba requested that an FBN agent be designated to assist the Cuban ministry of health in reconstructing how the drugs had been diverted. In turn, the Cuban Department of State authorized the commissioner of drugs in the health ministry to exchange information about his country's narcotics situation with U.S. officials.Less
This chapter discusses the period at the end of 1942, when agents of the Federal Bureau of Narcotics (FBN) found a quantity of morphine and cocaine from Cuba in Kansas City. The drugs had been siphoned from legally imported quotas and then brought back clandestinely into the United States. Based on this case, the FBN decided that it would no longer grant permits for the export of legal shipments of drugs from the United States to Cuba. Such a policy presumably would prevent the drugs from being diverted to illegal channels. The case, however, did not stop there, as the U.S. embassy in Cuba requested that an FBN agent be designated to assist the Cuban ministry of health in reconstructing how the drugs had been diverted. In turn, the Cuban Department of State authorized the commissioner of drugs in the health ministry to exchange information about his country's narcotics situation with U.S. officials.
