The Beautiful Race

2018-04-03 Sports & Recreation

Author : Colin O'Brien
Release : 2018-04-03
Genre : Sports & Recreation
Kind : eBook
Book Rating : 193/5 ( reviews)

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Book Synopsis The Beautiful Race by : Colin O'Brien

Download or read book The Beautiful Race written by Colin O'Brien. This book was released on 2018-04-03. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Born of tumult in 1909, the Giro d'Italia helped unite a nation. Since then, it has reflected it's home country—the Giro's capricious and unpredictable nature matches the passions and extremes of Italy itself.A desperately hard race through a beautiful country, the Giro has bred characters and stories that dramatize the shifting culture and society of its home. There was Alfonsina Strada, who cropped her hair and raced against the men in 1924, or Ottavio Bottecchia, expected to challenge for the winner's "Maglia Rosa," the famed pink jersey, in 1928, until he was killed on a training ride—most likely by Mussolini's Black Shirts. And what would a book about the Giro d'Italia be without Fausto Coppi, the metropolitan playboy with amphetamines in his veins, guided by a mystic blind masseur, who seemed to glide up the peaks. But let us not forget his arch rival Gino Bartali—humble, pious and brave. It recently emerged that he smuggled papers for persecuted Jewish Italians. Then there is the Giro's most tragic hero, Marco Pantani, born to climb but fated to lose.Halted only by World Wars, the Giro has been contested for over a century, and The Beautiful Race is a richly written celebration of this legendary race.

Ain't I a Beauty Queen?

2002-06-20 History

Author : Maxine Leeds Craig
Release : 2002-06-20
Genre : History
Kind : eBook
Book Rating : 557/5 ( reviews)

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Download or read book Ain't I a Beauty Queen? written by Maxine Leeds Craig. This book was released on 2002-06-20. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "Black is Beautiful!" The words were the exuberant rallying cry of a generation of black women who threw away their straightening combs and adopted a proud new style they called the Afro. The Afro, as worn most famously by Angela Davis, became a veritable icon of the Sixties. Although the new beauty standards seemed to arise overnight, they actually had deep roots within black communities. Tracing her story to 1891, when a black newspaper launched a contest to find the most beautiful woman of the race, Maxine Leeds Craig documents how black women have negotiated the intersection of race, class, politics, and personal appearance in their lives. Craig takes the reader from beauty parlors in the 1940s to late night political meetings in the 1960s to demonstrate the powerful influence of social movements on the experience of daily life. With sources ranging from oral histories of Civil Rights and Black Power Movement activists and men and women who stood on the sidelines to black popular magazines and the black movement press, Ain't I a Beauty Queen? will fascinate those interested in beauty culture, gender, class, and the dynamics of race and social movements.

Between Justice and Beauty

2011-06-03 History

Author : Howard Gillette, Jr.
Release : 2011-06-03
Genre : History
Kind : eBook
Book Rating : 294/5 ( reviews)

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Download or read book Between Justice and Beauty written by Howard Gillette, Jr.. This book was released on 2011-06-03. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: As the only American city under direct congressional control, Washington has served historically as a testing ground for federal policy initiatives and social experiments—with decidedly mixed results. Well-intentioned efforts to introduce measures of social justice for the district's largely black population have failed. Yet federal plans and federal money have successfully created a large federal presence—a triumph, argues Howard Gillette, of beauty over justice. In a new afterword, Gillette addresses the recent revitalization and the aftereffects of an urban sports arena.

Giro D'Italia

2017-04

Author : Colin OBrien
Release : 2017-04
Genre :
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Book Rating : 166/5 ( reviews)

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Download or read book Giro D'Italia written by Colin OBrien. This book was released on 2017-04. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Let's Talk About Race

2020-07-14 Juvenile Nonfiction

Author : Julius Lester
Release : 2020-07-14
Genre : Juvenile Nonfiction
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Book Rating : 410/5 ( reviews)

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Download or read book Let's Talk About Race written by Julius Lester. This book was released on 2020-07-14. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "This wonderful book should be a first choice for all collections and is strongly recommended as a springboard for discussions about differences.” —School Library Journal (starred review) In this acclaimed book, the author of the Newbery Honor Book To Be a Slave shares his own story as he explores what makes each of us special. A strong choice for sharing at home or in the classroom. Karen Barbour's dramatic, vibrant paintings speak to the heart of Lester's unique vision, truly a celebration of all of us. "This stunning picture book introduces race as just one of many chapters in a person's story" (School Library Journal). "Lester's poignant picture book helps children learn, grow, discuss, and begin to create a future that resolves differences" (Children's Literature). Julius Lester said: "I write because our lives are stories. If enough of these stories are told, then perhaps we will begin to see that our lives are the same story. The differences are merely in the details." I am a story. So are you. So is everyone.

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