Umar F. Abd‐Allah
- Published in print:
- 2006
- Published Online:
- September 2006
- ISBN:
- 9780195187281
- eISBN:
- 9780199784875
- Item type:
- chapter
- Publisher:
- Oxford University Press
- DOI:
- 10.1093/0195187288.003.0005
- Subject:
- Religion, Islam
This chapter focuses on Webb's experiences as a US consul to the Philippines. On September 29, 1887, Webb was appointed US consul to Manila — then under Spanish colonial control — by President Grover ...
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This chapter focuses on Webb's experiences as a US consul to the Philippines. On September 29, 1887, Webb was appointed US consul to Manila — then under Spanish colonial control — by President Grover Cleveland (1885-1889), the first Democratic president since Reconstruction. Webb retained the position under the succeeding Republican administration of President Benjamin Harrison (1889-1893).Less
This chapter focuses on Webb's experiences as a US consul to the Philippines. On September 29, 1887, Webb was appointed US consul to Manila — then under Spanish colonial control — by President Grover Cleveland (1885-1889), the first Democratic president since Reconstruction. Webb retained the position under the succeeding Republican administration of President Benjamin Harrison (1889-1893).
Charles Musser
- Published in print:
- 2016
- Published Online:
- May 2017
- ISBN:
- 9780520292727
- eISBN:
- 9780520966123
- Item type:
- book
- Publisher:
- University of California Press
- DOI:
- 10.1525/california/9780520292727.001.0001
- Subject:
- Society and Culture, Media Studies
Politicking and Emergent Media looks at four presidential campaigns in the United States during the long 1890s (1888-1900) and the ways in which Republicans and Democrats mobilized a wide variety of ...
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Politicking and Emergent Media looks at four presidential campaigns in the United States during the long 1890s (1888-1900) and the ways in which Republicans and Democrats mobilized a wide variety of media forms in their efforts to achieve electoral victory. The 1890s was a pivotal era in which new means of audio and visual inscription were first deployed. Newspapers remained the dominant media, and Democrats had gained sufficient advantage in 1884 to put Grover Cleveland in the White House. In 1888 Republicans responded by strengthening their media arm with a variety of tactics, using the stereopticon, a modernized magic lantern, to deliver popular illustrated lectures on the protective tariff which helped Republican candidate Benjamin Harrison defeat Cleveland--though Harrison lost the rematch four years later. Efforts to regain a media advantage continued in 1896 as Republicans embraced motion pictures, the phonograph and telephone to further William McKinley’s campaign for president. When the traditionally Democratic press rejected “Free Silver” candidate William Jennings Bryan, McKinley’s victory was assured. As the United States became a world power in the aftermath of the Spanish-American War, audio-visual media promoted American Imperialism, the “paramount issue” of the 1900 election, as McKinley won a second term.Less
Politicking and Emergent Media looks at four presidential campaigns in the United States during the long 1890s (1888-1900) and the ways in which Republicans and Democrats mobilized a wide variety of media forms in their efforts to achieve electoral victory. The 1890s was a pivotal era in which new means of audio and visual inscription were first deployed. Newspapers remained the dominant media, and Democrats had gained sufficient advantage in 1884 to put Grover Cleveland in the White House. In 1888 Republicans responded by strengthening their media arm with a variety of tactics, using the stereopticon, a modernized magic lantern, to deliver popular illustrated lectures on the protective tariff which helped Republican candidate Benjamin Harrison defeat Cleveland--though Harrison lost the rematch four years later. Efforts to regain a media advantage continued in 1896 as Republicans embraced motion pictures, the phonograph and telephone to further William McKinley’s campaign for president. When the traditionally Democratic press rejected “Free Silver” candidate William Jennings Bryan, McKinley’s victory was assured. As the United States became a world power in the aftermath of the Spanish-American War, audio-visual media promoted American Imperialism, the “paramount issue” of the 1900 election, as McKinley won a second term.
Nicholas P. Money
- Published in print:
- 2004
- Published Online:
- September 2007
- ISBN:
- 9780195172270
- eISBN:
- 9780199790258
- Item type:
- chapter
- Publisher:
- Oxford University Press
- DOI:
- 10.1093/acprof:oso/9780195172270.003.0001
- Subject:
- Biology, Microbiology
This chapter begins with an overview of the treatment of indoor molds by the national media, stories of celebrity victims of mold exposure, and the epidemic of lawsuits related to fungal growth in ...
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This chapter begins with an overview of the treatment of indoor molds by the national media, stories of celebrity victims of mold exposure, and the epidemic of lawsuits related to fungal growth in homes. The outbreak of lung bleeding among infants in Cleveland in the 1990s, and subsequent study by the Centers for Disease Control (CDC) is another feature of this introductory chapter. Initial research identified the infants’ exposure to the mold Stachybotrys as the likely cause of their illness, but this conclusion was retracted later and remains highly controversial. Various approaches to assessing and treating mold growth are introduced to set the stage for the detailed discussion of every facet of the mold issue.Less
This chapter begins with an overview of the treatment of indoor molds by the national media, stories of celebrity victims of mold exposure, and the epidemic of lawsuits related to fungal growth in homes. The outbreak of lung bleeding among infants in Cleveland in the 1990s, and subsequent study by the Centers for Disease Control (CDC) is another feature of this introductory chapter. Initial research identified the infants’ exposure to the mold Stachybotrys as the likely cause of their illness, but this conclusion was retracted later and remains highly controversial. Various approaches to assessing and treating mold growth are introduced to set the stage for the detailed discussion of every facet of the mold issue.
Vanessa Northington Gamble
- Published in print:
- 1995
- Published Online:
- October 2011
- ISBN:
- 9780195078893
- eISBN:
- 9780199853762
- Item type:
- chapter
- Publisher:
- Oxford University Press
- DOI:
- 10.1093/acprof:oso/9780195078893.003.0006
- Subject:
- History, American History: 20th Century
Fifty-six years after Provident Hospital led the way in the black hospital movement, on August 4, 1957, Cleveland's first black hospital, the Forest City Hospital, opened its doors. This chapter ...
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Fifty-six years after Provident Hospital led the way in the black hospital movement, on August 4, 1957, Cleveland's first black hospital, the Forest City Hospital, opened its doors. This chapter analyzes several attempts made to establish a black hospital in Cleveland. It begins its discussion with the initiated campaign for the hospital in 1915 by Dr. Ellis A. Dale, a 1900 graduate of Cleveland Homeopathic Medical College, who proposed the construction of a hospital, under the control and management of black people. This however was unsuccessful due to financial difficulties. The chapter also looks at several other black physicians' campaign for the establishment of a black hospital. Also, the chapter illustrates how the opening of the city's municipal hospital to black physicians and nurses facilitated the success of the movement.Less
Fifty-six years after Provident Hospital led the way in the black hospital movement, on August 4, 1957, Cleveland's first black hospital, the Forest City Hospital, opened its doors. This chapter analyzes several attempts made to establish a black hospital in Cleveland. It begins its discussion with the initiated campaign for the hospital in 1915 by Dr. Ellis A. Dale, a 1900 graduate of Cleveland Homeopathic Medical College, who proposed the construction of a hospital, under the control and management of black people. This however was unsuccessful due to financial difficulties. The chapter also looks at several other black physicians' campaign for the establishment of a black hospital. Also, the chapter illustrates how the opening of the city's municipal hospital to black physicians and nurses facilitated the success of the movement.
Emmanuela Bakola
- Published in print:
- 2009
- Published Online:
- February 2010
- ISBN:
- 9780199569359
- eISBN:
- 9780191722332
- Item type:
- chapter
- Publisher:
- Oxford University Press
- DOI:
- 10.1093/acprof:oso/9780199569359.003.0003
- Subject:
- Classical Studies, Poetry and Poets: Classical, Early, and Medieval
Chapter 2 picks up on the theme of interaction with other genres and demonstrates how one of Cratinus' comedies, Dionysalexandros, operated throughout by cross‐generic play with satyr drama. Based ...
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Chapter 2 picks up on the theme of interaction with other genres and demonstrates how one of Cratinus' comedies, Dionysalexandros, operated throughout by cross‐generic play with satyr drama. Based on a fresh examination of the original papyrus POxy 663, and the satyr drama pattern of Dionysalexandros, it goes on to offer a reconstruction of the lost part of the papyrus hypothesis. By discussing material from fragmentary (Satyroi) and extant comedy (Peace, Birds), as well as vase‐paintings inspired by dramatic productions (the painting formerly known as ‘Getty Birds’, and the ‘Cleveland Dionysus’) it goes on to show that comic poets were actively exploring the possibilities of cross‐fertilization between comedy and satyr play to a far greater extent than current scholarship allows. With Dionysalexandros Cratinus offered one of the boldest cross‐generic experiments of fifth‐century drama.Less
Chapter 2 picks up on the theme of interaction with other genres and demonstrates how one of Cratinus' comedies, Dionysalexandros, operated throughout by cross‐generic play with satyr drama. Based on a fresh examination of the original papyrus POxy 663, and the satyr drama pattern of Dionysalexandros, it goes on to offer a reconstruction of the lost part of the papyrus hypothesis. By discussing material from fragmentary (Satyroi) and extant comedy (Peace, Birds), as well as vase‐paintings inspired by dramatic productions (the painting formerly known as ‘Getty Birds’, and the ‘Cleveland Dionysus’) it goes on to show that comic poets were actively exploring the possibilities of cross‐fertilization between comedy and satyr play to a far greater extent than current scholarship allows. With Dionysalexandros Cratinus offered one of the boldest cross‐generic experiments of fifth‐century drama.
Roger Glenn Robins
- Published in print:
- 2004
- Published Online:
- April 2005
- ISBN:
- 9780195165913
- eISBN:
- 9780199835454
- Item type:
- chapter
- Publisher:
- Oxford University Press
- DOI:
- 10.1093/0195165918.003.0014
- Subject:
- Religion, History of Christianity
In the fall of 1904, A.J. Tomlinson moved to Cleveland, Tennessee where he began planting congregations. His extensive organizational, pastoral and performance skills resulted in scores joining his ...
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In the fall of 1904, A.J. Tomlinson moved to Cleveland, Tennessee where he began planting congregations. His extensive organizational, pastoral and performance skills resulted in scores joining his churches. Tomlinson’s success is attributed to something old and something new. The old consisted of his restless energy. The new consisted of a more irenic and sociable habit of mind.Less
In the fall of 1904, A.J. Tomlinson moved to Cleveland, Tennessee where he began planting congregations. His extensive organizational, pastoral and performance skills resulted in scores joining his churches. Tomlinson’s success is attributed to something old and something new. The old consisted of his restless energy. The new consisted of a more irenic and sociable habit of mind.
Amanda Frisken
- Published in print:
- 2020
- Published Online:
- September 2020
- ISBN:
- 9780252042980
- eISBN:
- 9780252051838
- Item type:
- chapter
- Publisher:
- University of Illinois Press
- DOI:
- 10.5622/illinois/9780252042980.003.0005
- Subject:
- Society and Culture, Media Studies
This chapter documents how activists with access to print publications might develop counternarratives to dominant stereotypes. In response to racist representations, artists for African American ...
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This chapter documents how activists with access to print publications might develop counternarratives to dominant stereotypes. In response to racist representations, artists for African American newspapers, such as Henry J. Lewis and Moses Tucker for the Indianapolis Freeman, developed an anti-lynching critique. Along with editors for other papers, such as John Mitchell for the RichmondPlanet, Harry Smith for the ClevelandGazette, and Benjamin Pelham (and others) for the DetroitPlaindealer, they challenged the lynching epidemic with powerful images. Their allegorical interpretive illustrations reconfigured mainstream lynching imagery, to discredit the prevailing rape/lynching narrative and mobilize resistance to racial violence. Their anti-lynching iconography helped to raise consciousness and spark action within the African American community, and suggests sensationalism’s potential as a mobilizing tool.Less
This chapter documents how activists with access to print publications might develop counternarratives to dominant stereotypes. In response to racist representations, artists for African American newspapers, such as Henry J. Lewis and Moses Tucker for the Indianapolis Freeman, developed an anti-lynching critique. Along with editors for other papers, such as John Mitchell for the RichmondPlanet, Harry Smith for the ClevelandGazette, and Benjamin Pelham (and others) for the DetroitPlaindealer, they challenged the lynching epidemic with powerful images. Their allegorical interpretive illustrations reconfigured mainstream lynching imagery, to discredit the prevailing rape/lynching narrative and mobilize resistance to racial violence. Their anti-lynching iconography helped to raise consciousness and spark action within the African American community, and suggests sensationalism’s potential as a mobilizing tool.
Joel Williamson
- Published in print:
- 1996
- Published Online:
- October 2011
- ISBN:
- 9780195101294
- eISBN:
- 9780199854233
- Item type:
- chapter
- Publisher:
- Oxford University Press
- DOI:
- 10.1093/acprof:oso/9780195101294.003.0005
- Subject:
- History, Cultural History
In the middle 1880s, the town of Oxford grew quickly, established its own school system, and provided more material facilities to improve the quality of life of its citizens. The federal government ...
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In the middle 1880s, the town of Oxford grew quickly, established its own school system, and provided more material facilities to improve the quality of life of its citizens. The federal government constructed a big new building to house its post office and the headquarters of its district court for northern Mississippi. The economic outlook was optimistic, and there were clear signs that the South was again joining the Union. In November, 1884, Grover Cleveland was elected president and took office in March, 1885, the first Democrat in the White House since 1861. Cleveland was anxious to signal the reengagement of the South in the nation, and his enthusiasm led his thoughts straight to Oxford, Mississippi. He offered the position of secretary of interior in his cabinet to Lucius Quintus Cincinnatus Lamar.Less
In the middle 1880s, the town of Oxford grew quickly, established its own school system, and provided more material facilities to improve the quality of life of its citizens. The federal government constructed a big new building to house its post office and the headquarters of its district court for northern Mississippi. The economic outlook was optimistic, and there were clear signs that the South was again joining the Union. In November, 1884, Grover Cleveland was elected president and took office in March, 1885, the first Democrat in the White House since 1861. Cleveland was anxious to signal the reengagement of the South in the nation, and his enthusiasm led his thoughts straight to Oxford, Mississippi. He offered the position of secretary of interior in his cabinet to Lucius Quintus Cincinnatus Lamar.
Claudrena N. Harold
- Published in print:
- 2020
- Published Online:
- September 2021
- ISBN:
- 9780252043574
- eISBN:
- 9780252052453
- Item type:
- book
- Publisher:
- University of Illinois Press
- DOI:
- 10.5622/illinois/9780252043574.001.0001
- Subject:
- Music, History, American
When Sunday Comes charts the explosive growth of the gospel music industry between 1968 and 1994. It contextualizes the genre’s sonic innovations, theological tensions, and political assertions ...
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When Sunday Comes charts the explosive growth of the gospel music industry between 1968 and 1994. It contextualizes the genre’s sonic innovations, theological tensions, and political assertions within the larger framework of the socioeconomic and cultural transformations taking place in black America during the post–civil rights era. Through an examination of such gospel legends as James Cleveland, Andraé Crouch, Shirley Caesar, the Clark Sisters, the Winans, Al Green, and Kirk Franklin, among others, the book explores the ways in which gospel music has provided an outlet for African Americans to express their spiritual, cultural, and regional identities. Organized chronologically, When Sunday Comes pivots around six principal questions: What were the major sonic transformations in gospel music between 1968 and 1994, and to what extent were those transformations reflective of creative shifts within other musical genres, particularly R&B, soul, funk, disco, and hip-hop? In what ways were gospel artists shaped by larger political developments in the United States, i.e., the rise and fall of the Black Power movement as well as the growing influence of the Moral Majority? To what degree were the soundscapes of gospel music reflective of regional dynamics? How did the political economy of the entertainment industry affect gospel artists’ commercial opportunities? And did the end of de jure racial segregation alter black artists’ relationship with the predominantly white contemporary Christian music industry?Less
When Sunday Comes charts the explosive growth of the gospel music industry between 1968 and 1994. It contextualizes the genre’s sonic innovations, theological tensions, and political assertions within the larger framework of the socioeconomic and cultural transformations taking place in black America during the post–civil rights era. Through an examination of such gospel legends as James Cleveland, Andraé Crouch, Shirley Caesar, the Clark Sisters, the Winans, Al Green, and Kirk Franklin, among others, the book explores the ways in which gospel music has provided an outlet for African Americans to express their spiritual, cultural, and regional identities. Organized chronologically, When Sunday Comes pivots around six principal questions: What were the major sonic transformations in gospel music between 1968 and 1994, and to what extent were those transformations reflective of creative shifts within other musical genres, particularly R&B, soul, funk, disco, and hip-hop? In what ways were gospel artists shaped by larger political developments in the United States, i.e., the rise and fall of the Black Power movement as well as the growing influence of the Moral Majority? To what degree were the soundscapes of gospel music reflective of regional dynamics? How did the political economy of the entertainment industry affect gospel artists’ commercial opportunities? And did the end of de jure racial segregation alter black artists’ relationship with the predominantly white contemporary Christian music industry?
Thomas Goldsmith
- Published in print:
- 2019
- Published Online:
- September 2020
- ISBN:
- 9780252042966
- eISBN:
- 9780252051821
- Item type:
- chapter
- Publisher:
- University of Illinois Press
- DOI:
- 10.5622/illinois/9780252042966.003.0002
- Subject:
- Music, Popular
Chapter tells the story of Earl Scruggs’s childhood and school years in Boiling Springs, North Carolina, and of the early death of his father, George Elam Scruggs. Members of the family, including ...
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Chapter tells the story of Earl Scruggs’s childhood and school years in Boiling Springs, North Carolina, and of the early death of his father, George Elam Scruggs. Members of the family, including his mother, Lula Ruppe Scruggs, played organ, fiddle, banjo, guitar and other instruments. Scruggs had five brothers and sisters. While expected to take a full part in the backbreaking labor on the farm, Scruggs was also very occupied with music. While he was plowing, musical thoughts ran through his mind over and over. Cleveland County, where he grew up, was a thriving center of business, cotton-dominated agriculture, politics, and music.Less
Chapter tells the story of Earl Scruggs’s childhood and school years in Boiling Springs, North Carolina, and of the early death of his father, George Elam Scruggs. Members of the family, including his mother, Lula Ruppe Scruggs, played organ, fiddle, banjo, guitar and other instruments. Scruggs had five brothers and sisters. While expected to take a full part in the backbreaking labor on the farm, Scruggs was also very occupied with music. While he was plowing, musical thoughts ran through his mind over and over. Cleveland County, where he grew up, was a thriving center of business, cotton-dominated agriculture, politics, and music.
Robert M. Marovich
- Published in print:
- 2021
- Published Online:
- May 2022
- ISBN:
- 9780252044113
- eISBN:
- 9780252053054
- Item type:
- book
- Publisher:
- University of Illinois Press
- DOI:
- 10.5622/illinois/9780252044113.001.0001
- Subject:
- Music, Popular
One evening in September 1963, the Angelic Choir of the First Baptist Church of Nutley, New Jersey, assembled in nearby Newark to record their third live album with gospel music’s rising star, James ...
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One evening in September 1963, the Angelic Choir of the First Baptist Church of Nutley, New Jersey, assembled in nearby Newark to record their third live album with gospel music’s rising star, James Cleveland. Nobody that evening could have predicted the album’s overwhelming popularity. For two years, Peace Be Still and its haunting title track held top positions on gospel radio and record sales charts. The album is reported to have sold as many as 300,000 copies by 1966 and 800,000 copies by the early 1970s—figures normally achieved by pop artists. Nearly sixty years later, the album still sells. Of the thousands of gospel records released in the early 1960s, why did Peace Be Still become the most successful and longest lasting? To answer this question, the book details the careers of the album’s musical architects, the Reverends Lawrence Roberts and James Cleveland. It provides a history of the First Baptist Church and the Angelic Choir, explores the vibrant gospel music community of Newark and the roots of live recordings of gospel, and, most important, assesses the sociopolitical environment in which the album was created. By exploring the album’s sonic and lyrical themes and contextualizing them with comments by participants in the recording session, the book challenges long-held assumptions about the album and offers new interpretations in keeping with the singers’ original intent.Less
One evening in September 1963, the Angelic Choir of the First Baptist Church of Nutley, New Jersey, assembled in nearby Newark to record their third live album with gospel music’s rising star, James Cleveland. Nobody that evening could have predicted the album’s overwhelming popularity. For two years, Peace Be Still and its haunting title track held top positions on gospel radio and record sales charts. The album is reported to have sold as many as 300,000 copies by 1966 and 800,000 copies by the early 1970s—figures normally achieved by pop artists. Nearly sixty years later, the album still sells. Of the thousands of gospel records released in the early 1960s, why did Peace Be Still become the most successful and longest lasting? To answer this question, the book details the careers of the album’s musical architects, the Reverends Lawrence Roberts and James Cleveland. It provides a history of the First Baptist Church and the Angelic Choir, explores the vibrant gospel music community of Newark and the roots of live recordings of gospel, and, most important, assesses the sociopolitical environment in which the album was created. By exploring the album’s sonic and lyrical themes and contextualizing them with comments by participants in the recording session, the book challenges long-held assumptions about the album and offers new interpretations in keeping with the singers’ original intent.
Robert Dannin
- Published in print:
- 2005
- Published Online:
- October 2011
- ISBN:
- 9780195300246
- eISBN:
- 9780199850433
- Item type:
- book
- Publisher:
- Oxford University Press
- DOI:
- 10.1093/acprof:oso/9780195300246.001.0001
- Subject:
- Religion, Islam
This book offers an ethnographic study of African-American Muslims. Drawing on hundreds of interviews conducted over a period of several years, the author provides a look inside the little-understood ...
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This book offers an ethnographic study of African-American Muslims. Drawing on hundreds of interviews conducted over a period of several years, the author provides a look inside the little-understood world of black Muslims. He discovers that the well-known and cultlike Nation of Islam represents only a small part of the picture. Many more African Americans are drawn to Islamic orthodoxy, with its strict adherence to the Quran. The author takes us to the First Cleveland Mosque, the oldest continuing Muslim institution in America, on to a permanent Muslim village in Buffalo, and then inside New York’s maximum-security prisons to hear testimony of the powerful attraction of Islam for individuals in desperate situations. He looks at the aftermath of the assassination of Malcolm X, and the ongoing warfare between the Nation of Islam and orthodox Muslims.Less
This book offers an ethnographic study of African-American Muslims. Drawing on hundreds of interviews conducted over a period of several years, the author provides a look inside the little-understood world of black Muslims. He discovers that the well-known and cultlike Nation of Islam represents only a small part of the picture. Many more African Americans are drawn to Islamic orthodoxy, with its strict adherence to the Quran. The author takes us to the First Cleveland Mosque, the oldest continuing Muslim institution in America, on to a permanent Muslim village in Buffalo, and then inside New York’s maximum-security prisons to hear testimony of the powerful attraction of Islam for individuals in desperate situations. He looks at the aftermath of the assassination of Malcolm X, and the ongoing warfare between the Nation of Islam and orthodox Muslims.
Rebecca T. Alpert
- Published in print:
- 2011
- Published Online:
- September 2011
- ISBN:
- 9780195399004
- eISBN:
- 9780199897360
- Item type:
- chapter
- Publisher:
- Oxford University Press
- DOI:
- 10.1093/acprof:oso/9780195399004.003.0006
- Subject:
- Religion, Judaism
The communist sportswriters continued to agitate for baseball's integration after World War II when Brooklyn Dodger executive Branch Rickey broke the unwritten ban by signing Jackie Robinson. The ...
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The communist sportswriters continued to agitate for baseball's integration after World War II when Brooklyn Dodger executive Branch Rickey broke the unwritten ban by signing Jackie Robinson. The Daily Worker's role was hidden as Rickey, a staunch anticommunist, sought to erase their contribution. Sensing that integration would mean the end of the Negro Leagues, Abe Saperstein became the premier scout of Negro League talent for the Cleveland Indians and their owner, Bill Veeck. Saperstein and Ed Gottlieb focused their energies on basketball. Only Syd Pollock continued to promote black baseball and its comedy traditions. Jews, especially in Brooklyn, made Jackie Robinson an icon. They believed he exemplified the promise of equality in America, and Robinson himself saw a unique connection between Jews and blacks. But connecting Robinson's pioneering effort to the success of Jewish assimilation obscured the real differences between the fates of blacks and Jews in mid-twentieth-century America.Less
The communist sportswriters continued to agitate for baseball's integration after World War II when Brooklyn Dodger executive Branch Rickey broke the unwritten ban by signing Jackie Robinson. The Daily Worker's role was hidden as Rickey, a staunch anticommunist, sought to erase their contribution. Sensing that integration would mean the end of the Negro Leagues, Abe Saperstein became the premier scout of Negro League talent for the Cleveland Indians and their owner, Bill Veeck. Saperstein and Ed Gottlieb focused their energies on basketball. Only Syd Pollock continued to promote black baseball and its comedy traditions. Jews, especially in Brooklyn, made Jackie Robinson an icon. They believed he exemplified the promise of equality in America, and Robinson himself saw a unique connection between Jews and blacks. But connecting Robinson's pioneering effort to the success of Jewish assimilation obscured the real differences between the fates of blacks and Jews in mid-twentieth-century America.
Christopher Hill
- Published in print:
- 1997
- Published Online:
- October 2011
- ISBN:
- 9780198206682
- eISBN:
- 9780191677274
- Item type:
- chapter
- Publisher:
- Oxford University Press
- DOI:
- 10.1093/acprof:oso/9780198206682.003.0013
- Subject:
- History, British and Irish Modern History, History of Ideas
A successful underground movement is likely to leave few traces. However, seventeenth-century propagandists were aware of continuities. John Cleveland spoke of ‘Presbyter Wyclif’ and ‘Tyler's ...
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A successful underground movement is likely to leave few traces. However, seventeenth-century propagandists were aware of continuities. John Cleveland spoke of ‘Presbyter Wyclif’ and ‘Tyler's toleration’. From the other side Levellers and William Dell emphasized the politically radical element in the heretical tradition; and Quakers brought into prominence many long-standing lower-class gestures of insubordination, such as refusing to doff the hat in the presence of social superiors or before a magistrate, or using ‘thou’ instead of the more deferential ‘you’. One seventeenth-century heresy with political implications was rejection of the Calvinist doctrine that only a favoured few are predestined to salvation. Almost by definition such a theology must be that of an elite and is unlikely to be accepted by the silent majority.Less
A successful underground movement is likely to leave few traces. However, seventeenth-century propagandists were aware of continuities. John Cleveland spoke of ‘Presbyter Wyclif’ and ‘Tyler's toleration’. From the other side Levellers and William Dell emphasized the politically radical element in the heretical tradition; and Quakers brought into prominence many long-standing lower-class gestures of insubordination, such as refusing to doff the hat in the presence of social superiors or before a magistrate, or using ‘thou’ instead of the more deferential ‘you’. One seventeenth-century heresy with political implications was rejection of the Calvinist doctrine that only a favoured few are predestined to salvation. Almost by definition such a theology must be that of an elite and is unlikely to be accepted by the silent majority.
Robert M. Marovich
- Published in print:
- 2021
- Published Online:
- May 2022
- ISBN:
- 9780252044113
- eISBN:
- 9780252053054
- Item type:
- chapter
- Publisher:
- University of Illinois Press
- DOI:
- 10.5622/illinois/9780252044113.003.0012
- Subject:
- Music, Popular
The concluding chapter chronicles the retirement to Stone Mountain, Georgia, of Rev. and Mrs. Lawrence Roberts, made possible by a generous bequest from the estate of their friend, Doris Duke. ...
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The concluding chapter chronicles the retirement to Stone Mountain, Georgia, of Rev. and Mrs. Lawrence Roberts, made possible by a generous bequest from the estate of their friend, Doris Duke. Lawrence gave Duke singing lessons; for a while, she was a member of the Angelic Choir. The Robertses returned to New Jersey in 2005 for a reunion of the Angelic Choir. The event, which brought together members from more than forty years of music ministry, coincided with an official retiring of the Angelic Choir name at First Baptist. The chapter covers the deaths of James Cleveland and Lawrence Roberts, and features commentary from Angelic Choir members and family on their lasting influence.Less
The concluding chapter chronicles the retirement to Stone Mountain, Georgia, of Rev. and Mrs. Lawrence Roberts, made possible by a generous bequest from the estate of their friend, Doris Duke. Lawrence gave Duke singing lessons; for a while, she was a member of the Angelic Choir. The Robertses returned to New Jersey in 2005 for a reunion of the Angelic Choir. The event, which brought together members from more than forty years of music ministry, coincided with an official retiring of the Angelic Choir name at First Baptist. The chapter covers the deaths of James Cleveland and Lawrence Roberts, and features commentary from Angelic Choir members and family on their lasting influence.
Christina Rice
- Published in print:
- 2021
- Published Online:
- January 2022
- ISBN:
- 9780813181080
- eISBN:
- 9780813181110
- Item type:
- chapter
- Publisher:
- University Press of Kentucky
- DOI:
- 10.5810/kentucky/9780813181080.003.0010
- Subject:
- Film, Television and Radio, Film
This chapter describes Jane and Robert Waterfield’s Las Vegas elopement and the early part of their marriage spent in Fort Benning, Georgia while he was enlisted in the army, and then their time ...
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This chapter describes Jane and Robert Waterfield’s Las Vegas elopement and the early part of their marriage spent in Fort Benning, Georgia while he was enlisted in the army, and then their time spent in Cleveland, playing for the Rams football team. This chapter also covers Jane’s second movie The Young Widow and her evolving professional relationship with Howard Hughes.Less
This chapter describes Jane and Robert Waterfield’s Las Vegas elopement and the early part of their marriage spent in Fort Benning, Georgia while he was enlisted in the army, and then their time spent in Cleveland, playing for the Rams football team. This chapter also covers Jane’s second movie The Young Widow and her evolving professional relationship with Howard Hughes.
F. Brett Cox
- Published in print:
- 2021
- Published Online:
- January 2022
- ISBN:
- 9780252043765
- eISBN:
- 9780252052668
- Item type:
- chapter
- Publisher:
- University of Illinois Press
- DOI:
- 10.5622/illinois/9780252043765.003.0002
- Subject:
- Literature, Criticism/Theory
The chapter discusses Zelazny’s early life and career, from his childhood in Euclid, Ohio, to his undergraduate and graduate education and his initial publications in science fiction magazines. The ...
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The chapter discusses Zelazny’s early life and career, from his childhood in Euclid, Ohio, to his undergraduate and graduate education and his initial publications in science fiction magazines. The chapter notes his early discovery of science fiction literature and involvement with its fandom in the Cleveland area, his first efforts at writing, his wide-ranging undergraduate education, and his temporary abandoning of fiction writing for poetry. Also discussed are the influence of his academic immersion in Elizabethan drama at Columbia University, his embrace of the artistic lifestyle of Greenwich Village, and the impact of his romantic relationship with folksinger Hedy West. The chapter concludes with a discussion of his first fiction publications, concentrating on his breakthrough story, “A Rose for Ecclesiastes.”Less
The chapter discusses Zelazny’s early life and career, from his childhood in Euclid, Ohio, to his undergraduate and graduate education and his initial publications in science fiction magazines. The chapter notes his early discovery of science fiction literature and involvement with its fandom in the Cleveland area, his first efforts at writing, his wide-ranging undergraduate education, and his temporary abandoning of fiction writing for poetry. Also discussed are the influence of his academic immersion in Elizabethan drama at Columbia University, his embrace of the artistic lifestyle of Greenwich Village, and the impact of his romantic relationship with folksinger Hedy West. The chapter concludes with a discussion of his first fiction publications, concentrating on his breakthrough story, “A Rose for Ecclesiastes.”
Stephen Cretney
- Published in print:
- 2005
- Published Online:
- February 2010
- ISBN:
- 9780199280919
- eISBN:
- 9780191713170
- Item type:
- chapter
- Publisher:
- Oxford University Press
- DOI:
- 10.1093/acprof:oso/9780199280919.003.0020
- Subject:
- Law, Family Law, Legal History
The case of Maria Colwell brought into question the application of the hitherto accepted principle that the mere fact that a child could be better cared for by others was not a justification for ...
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The case of Maria Colwell brought into question the application of the hitherto accepted principle that the mere fact that a child could be better cared for by others was not a justification for removal from the parents: the existing legal procedures were perceived as inadequate. The importance of effective management — rather than reliance on the flair of individual workers — came to the foreground. In 1975 the Children Act was enacted in an attempt to improve the law dealing with adoption, guardianship, and care of children, but it soon became apparent that there were genuine issues of principle involved, which that Act failed to resolve. Matters were made worse by the failure to bring many crucial provisions of the 1975 Act into force for more than a decade. Child law was becoming increasingly politicised. In 1985 a very thorough and detailed Civil Service review of Child Care Law was published containing over 200 recommendations; and at much the same time the Law Commission was carrying out a massive investigation of the law, which dealt with the responsibility for caring for children when there was a divorce or other breakdown in the traditional pattern of family care. Once again, the published reports of child abuse scandals — the Jasmine Beckford case, and the allegations of widespread child abuse in Cleveland — greatly increased public pressure for change. The 1989 Children Act was the legislative outcome.Less
The case of Maria Colwell brought into question the application of the hitherto accepted principle that the mere fact that a child could be better cared for by others was not a justification for removal from the parents: the existing legal procedures were perceived as inadequate. The importance of effective management — rather than reliance on the flair of individual workers — came to the foreground. In 1975 the Children Act was enacted in an attempt to improve the law dealing with adoption, guardianship, and care of children, but it soon became apparent that there were genuine issues of principle involved, which that Act failed to resolve. Matters were made worse by the failure to bring many crucial provisions of the 1975 Act into force for more than a decade. Child law was becoming increasingly politicised. In 1985 a very thorough and detailed Civil Service review of Child Care Law was published containing over 200 recommendations; and at much the same time the Law Commission was carrying out a massive investigation of the law, which dealt with the responsibility for caring for children when there was a divorce or other breakdown in the traditional pattern of family care. Once again, the published reports of child abuse scandals — the Jasmine Beckford case, and the allegations of widespread child abuse in Cleveland — greatly increased public pressure for change. The 1989 Children Act was the legislative outcome.
Sefton D. Temkin
- Published in print:
- 1998
- Published Online:
- February 2021
- ISBN:
- 9781874774457
- eISBN:
- 9781800340930
- Item type:
- chapter
- Publisher:
- Liverpool University Press
- DOI:
- 10.3828/liverpool/9781874774457.003.0024
- Subject:
- Religion, Judaism
This chapter discusses Isaac Mayer Wise’s advocacy in Cleveland. The mood of elation which had borne him to Cleveland remained after his longed-for conference opened. Both as regards locality and ...
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This chapter discusses Isaac Mayer Wise’s advocacy in Cleveland. The mood of elation which had borne him to Cleveland remained after his longed-for conference opened. Both as regards locality and viewpoint, diverse congregations were represented. Shortly after opening, the conference proceeded to elect officers, and Wise was chosen president; Elkan Cohn, his successor at Albany, vice-president; and Max Lilienthal, his associate in Cincinnati, secretary. If any permanent structure was to ensue, Wise would be in an advantageous position to take first place; more immediately, the election placed control in the hands of the Reform element and increased the suspicion felt by the Orthodox.Less
This chapter discusses Isaac Mayer Wise’s advocacy in Cleveland. The mood of elation which had borne him to Cleveland remained after his longed-for conference opened. Both as regards locality and viewpoint, diverse congregations were represented. Shortly after opening, the conference proceeded to elect officers, and Wise was chosen president; Elkan Cohn, his successor at Albany, vice-president; and Max Lilienthal, his associate in Cincinnati, secretary. If any permanent structure was to ensue, Wise would be in an advantageous position to take first place; more immediately, the election placed control in the hands of the Reform element and increased the suspicion felt by the Orthodox.
Charles Musser
- Published in print:
- 2016
- Published Online:
- May 2017
- ISBN:
- 9780520292727
- eISBN:
- 9780520966123
- Item type:
- chapter
- Publisher:
- University of California Press
- DOI:
- 10.1525/california/9780520292727.003.0002
- Subject:
- Society and Culture, Media Studies
Examines the 1888 and 1892 presidential campaigns that pitted Republican Benjamin Harrison, who favored a protective tariff, against Democrat Grover Cleveland, who wanted to lower taxes on imports. ...
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Examines the 1888 and 1892 presidential campaigns that pitted Republican Benjamin Harrison, who favored a protective tariff, against Democrat Grover Cleveland, who wanted to lower taxes on imports. The New York press was predominantly Democratic, which enabled Cleveland to win the 1884 election. The pro-Republican Protective Tariff League sponsored Judge John L. Wheeler’s wildly popular stereopticon lecture The Tariff Illustrated in 1888x, which was hailed as contributing to Harrison’s victory (a brief recession and Tammany Hall’s hostility to Cleveland were additional factors). In 1892 Republicans nominated New York Tribune publisher Whitelaw Reid as vice-president and had six orators who toured the Northeast, delivering illustrated lectures and promoting the protective tariff. Nevertheless, Cleveland proved victorious in the rematch.Less
Examines the 1888 and 1892 presidential campaigns that pitted Republican Benjamin Harrison, who favored a protective tariff, against Democrat Grover Cleveland, who wanted to lower taxes on imports. The New York press was predominantly Democratic, which enabled Cleveland to win the 1884 election. The pro-Republican Protective Tariff League sponsored Judge John L. Wheeler’s wildly popular stereopticon lecture The Tariff Illustrated in 1888x, which was hailed as contributing to Harrison’s victory (a brief recession and Tammany Hall’s hostility to Cleveland were additional factors). In 1892 Republicans nominated New York Tribune publisher Whitelaw Reid as vice-president and had six orators who toured the Northeast, delivering illustrated lectures and promoting the protective tariff. Nevertheless, Cleveland proved victorious in the rematch.
