Selected Works on Black History & the Black Experience

The following books were displayed with the physical exhibition of Black History at W&M Law. Links are to the W&M Libraries catalog. All books are held in print by the Wolf Law Library. Most books are also available in e-book format and may be borrowed by members of the William & Mary community. After the Dream: Black and White Southerners Since 1965 by Timothy J. Minchin. (Lexington, Ky: University Press of Kentucky, c2011). Are Prisons Obsolete? by Angela Y. Davis. (New York: Seven Stories Press, 2003). The Black Revolution on Campus by Martha Biondi. (Berkeley, CA: University of California Press, 2012). Blinded by the Whites: Why Race Still Matters in 21st-Century America by David Ikard. (Bloomington: Indiana University Press, 2013). Concordance: Black Lawmaking in the U.S. Congress from Carter to Obama by Katherine Tate. (Ann Arbor: University of Michigan Press, 2014). Daisy Turner\u27s Kin: An African American Family Saga by Jane C. Beck. (Urbana, Illinois: University of Illinois Press, 2015). Desert Rose: The Life and Legacy of Coretta Scott King by Edythe Scott Bagley. (Tuscaloosa: University of Alabama Press, c2012). The Dream Is Lost: Voting Rights and the Politics of Race in Richmond, Virginia by Julian Maxwell Hayter. (Lexington, Kentucky: University Press of Kentucky, 2017). Encyclopedia of African American History, 1896 to the Present: From the Age of Segregation to the Twenty-First Century edited by Paul Finkleman. (New York: Oxford University Press, 2009). Fighting for Democracy: Black Veterans and the Struggle Against White Supremacy in the Postwar South by Christopher S. Parker. (Princeton, NJ: Princeton University Press, 2009). Freedom Is a Constant Struggle: Ferguson, Palestine, and the Foundations of a Movement by Angela Y. Davis. (Chicago, Illinois: Haymarket Books, 2016). Heavy by Kiese Laymon. (New York, NY: Scribner, 2018). How to Be an Antiracist by Ibram X. Kendi. (New York: One World, 2019). Julius Chambers: A Life in the Legal Struggle for Civil Rights by Richard A. Rosen and Joseph Mosnier. (Chapel Hill: The University of North Carolina Press, 2016). The Magnificent Mays: A Biography of Benjamin Elijah Mays by John Herbert Roper, Sr. (Columbia: University of South Carolina Press, c2012). Revolutionaries to Race Leaders: Black Power and the Making of African American Politics by Cedric Johnson. (Minneapolis: University of Minnesota Press, c2007). Right to Ride: Streetcar Boycotts and African American Citizenship in the Era of Plessy v. Ferguson by Blair L.M. Kelley. (Chapel Hill: The University of North Carolina Press, 2010). Sister Outsider by Audre Lorde. (Berkeley: Crossing Press), 2007. So You Want to Talk About Race by Iljeoma Oluo. (New York, NY: Seal Press, Hachette Book Group, 2019). Stamped from the Beginning: The Definitive History of Racist Ideas in America by Ibram X. Kendi. (New York: Nation Books, 2016). Thurgood Marshall: Race, Rights, and the Struggle for a More Perfect Union by Charles L. Zelden. (New York, NY: Routledge, 2013). A Voice that Could Stir an Army: Fannie Lou Hamer and the Rhetoric of the Black Freedom Movement by Maegan Parker Brooks. (Jackson, Mississippi: University Press of Mississippi, 2014). The Water Dancer by Ta-Nehisi Coates. (New York: One World, 2019). Why Are All the Black Kids Sitting Together in the Cafeteria? and Other Conversations About Race by Beverly Daniel Tatum. (New York: Basic Books, 1997; 2003).https://scholarship.law.wm.edu/blackhistorywmls/1029/thumbnail.jp

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How Ration Books Work

Rationing was one of the most important topics to understand before going into the Market. Rationing started in the United States in 1942. The Office of Price Administration monitored prices and issued ration books. The system took into account the number of persons in a household and their ages. Colored stamps represented different groups of products and each item was worth points. Shopping could be very complicated. Many families planted Victory Gardens to supplement their vegetable supply.Destination Indiana - YAT World War II Grocery Journe

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