A Badge of Dishonor and Betrayal

A Badge of Dishonor and Betrayal
Author: Jacob O. Smith Sr.
Publisher: Xlibris Corporation
Total Pages: 288
Release: 2009-03-23
Genre: Juvenile Nonfiction
ISBN: 1462840876

A Badge of Dishonor and Betrayal is a non-fiction account of an Alabama sheriff, three U.S. soldiers, and the tragic night that brought them together. The sheriff, elected by the citizens of Madison country, Alabama, took office in January 1977. Six months later, his life became intertwined with three young soldiers then stationed at the U.S Army's Redstone Arsenal near Huntsville, Alabama. The events of that night led to probes by the U.S Army Provost Marshall at Redstone, U.S Justice Department, Federal Bureau of Investigation, and Alabama's Bureau of Investigations. When it was over, it had gone all the way to then President Jimmy Carter.

Badge of Dishonor

Badge of Dishonor
Author: J. Patrick Hare
Publisher: Xlibris Corporation
Total Pages: 311
Release: 2022-06-01
Genre: Fiction
ISBN: 1669821870

Badge of Dishonor follows the life of Bobby, whose father is killed by a police officer when he was 9. Finding a way to move on with his life is challenging but Bobby finds contentment as a young man until he is again faced with the same corrupt police department, he thought was a part of his past. Determined not to relive the helplessness of his 9-year-old self, he and two friends from his past vow to do everything in their power to bring these corrupt officers to justice. Exploring a fictional tale of what could happen when a young black man finds himself trapped because those in power are working against him, Badge of Dishonor explores a cautionary tale of powerlessness turned fear, then anger, then rage. Who is right, who is wrong, when dealing with tragedy, loss, and injustice?

A Companion to the British and Irish Novel, 1945 - 2000

A Companion to the British and Irish Novel, 1945 - 2000
Author: Brian W. Shaffer
Publisher: John Wiley & Sons
Total Pages: 608
Release: 2008-04-15
Genre: Literary Criticism
ISBN: 1405156163

A Companion to the British and Irish Novel 1945-2000 serves as an extended introduction and reference guide to the British and Irish novel between the close of World War II and the turn of the millennium. Covers a wide range of authors from Samuel Beckett to Salman Rushdie Provides readings of key novels, including Graham Greene’s ‘Heart of the Matter’, Jean Rhys’s ‘Wide Sargasso Sea’ and Kazuo Ishiguro’s ‘The Remains of the Day’ Considers particular subgenres, such as the feminist novel and the postcolonial novel Discusses overarching cultural, political and literary trends, such as screen adaptations and the literary prize phenomenon Gives readers a sense of the richness and diversity of the novel during this period and of the vitality with which it continues to be discussed

Race, Whiteness, and Education

Race, Whiteness, and Education
Author: Zeus Leonardo
Publisher: Routledge
Total Pages: 232
Release: 2009-05-12
Genre: Education
ISBN: 1135850313

In the colorblind era of Post-Civil Rights America, race is often wrongly thought to be irrelevant or, at best, a problem of racist individuals rather than a systemic condition to be confronted. Race, Whiteness, and Education interrupts this dangerous assumption by reaffirming a critical appreciation of the central role that race and racism still play in schools and society. Author Zeus Leonardo’s conceptual engagement of race and whiteness asks questions about its origins, its maintenance, and envisages its future. This book does not simply rehearse exhausted ideas on the relationship among race, class, and education, but instead offers new ways of understanding how multiple social relations interact with one another and of their impact in thinking about a more genuine sense of multiculturalism. By asking fundamental questions about whiteness in schools and society, Race, Whiteness, and Education goes to the heart of race relations and the common sense understandings that sustain it, thus painting a clearer picture of the changing face of racism.

The Routledge International Handbook of Critical Education

The Routledge International Handbook of Critical Education
Author: Michael W. Apple
Publisher: Routledge
Total Pages: 513
Release: 2009-02-17
Genre: Education
ISBN: 1135903093

The Routledge International Handbook of Critical Education is the first authoritative reference work to provide an international analysis of the relationship between power, knowledge, education, and schooling. Rather than focusing solely on questions of how we teach efficiently and effectively, contributors to this volume push further to also think critically about education's relationship to economic, political, and cultural power. The various sections of this book integrate into their analyses the conceptual, political, pedagogic, and practical histories, tensions, and resources that have established critical education as one of the most vital and growing movements within the field of education, including topics such as: social movements and pedagogic work critical research methods for critical education the politics of practice and the recreation of theory the freirian legacy. With a comprehensive introduction by Michael W. Apple, Wayne Au, and Luis Armando Gandin, along with thirty-five newly-commissioned pieces by some of the most prestigious education scholars in the world, this Handbook provides the definitive statement on the state of critical education and on its possibilities for the future.