Richmond Independent Press

Author : Dale M Brumfield
Publisher : Arcadia Publishing
ISBN 13 : 1614239975
Total Pages : 235 pages
Book Rating : 4.70/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Richmond Independent Press written by Dale M Brumfield and published by Arcadia Publishing. This book was released on 2013-07-30 with total page 235 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: An acclaimed local author recounts the evolution of Richmond’s alternative newspapers, comics, and small presses beginning in the Civil Rights Era. As the political and social upheaval of the 1960s took hold across the United States, even the sleepy town of Richmond, Virginia, experienced a countercultural shift. New attitudes about the value of journalism spurred an underground movement in the press. “The Sunflower,” Richmond’s first underground newspaper, appeared in 1967 and set the stage for a host of alternative local media lasting into the 1990s and beyond. Publications such as the “Richmond Chronicle,” “Richmond Mercury,” and “Commonwealth Times,” as well as numerous minority-focused presses such as “Richmond Afro-American,” served the progressive-minded citizens of the River City. In Richmond Independent Press, the historian, activist and former “ThroTTle” editor Dale Brumfield reveals the untold story of this cultural revolution in the River City.

Author : Dale M. Brumfield
Publisher : Arcadia Publishing
ISBN 13 : 1625854382
Total Pages : 208 pages
Book Rating : 4.84/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Independent Press in D.C. and Virginia written by Dale M. Brumfield and published by Arcadia Publishing. This book was released on 2015-04-20 with total page 208 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The nation's capital and the state of Virginia were a hotbed of political and social turmoil that marked the 1960s and 1970s. The area saw anti-Vietnam War protests, civil rights marches and students clamoring for a cultural revolution. Underground publications in D.C. and Virginia sprang up to document the radical change and question the "straight media." Off Our Backs led the charge for women's equality. The Gay Blade fought for the rights of homosexuals. Even the FBI began infiltrating the underground press movement by planting informants and creating fake magazines to attract suspicious "radicals." Join author and former underground editor Dale Brumfield as he traces the history of alternative press in the Commonwealth and the District.

Author : Dale M. Brumfield
Publisher : Arcadia Publishing
ISBN 13 : 1467137634
Total Pages : 272 pages
Book Rating : 4.38/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Virginia State Penitentiary: A Notorious History written by Dale M. Brumfield and published by Arcadia Publishing. This book was released on 2017 with total page 272 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Thomas Jefferson developed the idea for the Virginia State Penitentiary and set the standard for the future of the American prison system. Designed by U.S. Capitol and White House architect Benjamin Latrobe, the "Pen" opened its doors in 1800. Vice President Aaron Burr was incarcerated there in 1807 as he awaited trial for treason. The prison endured severe overcrowding, three fires, an earthquake and numerous riots. More than 240 prisoners were executed there by electric chair. At one time, the ACLU called it the "most shameful prison in America." The institution was plagued by racial injustice, eugenics experiments and the presence of children imprisoned among adults. Join author Dale Brumfield as he charts the 190-year history of the iconic prison.

Author : Stephen V. Ash
Publisher : UNC Press Books
ISBN 13 : 1469650991
Total Pages : 297 pages
Book Rating : 4.99/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Rebel Richmond written by Stephen V. Ash and published by UNC Press Books. This book was released on 2019-08-14 with total page 297 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In the spring of 1861, Richmond, Virginia, suddenly became the capital city, military headquarters, and industrial engine of a new nation fighting for its existence. A remarkable drama unfolded in the months that followed. The city's population exploded, its economy was deranged, and its government and citizenry clashed desperately over resources to meet daily needs while a mighty enemy army laid siege. Journalists, officials, and everyday residents recorded these events in great detail, and the Confederacy's foes and friends watched closely from across the continent and around the world. In Rebel Richmond, Stephen V. Ash vividly evokes life in Richmond as war consumed the Confederate capital. He guides readers from the city's alleys, homes, and shops to its churches, factories, and halls of power, uncovering the intimate daily drama of a city transformed and ultimately destroyed by war. Drawing on the stories and experiences of civilians and soldiers, slaves and masters, refugees and prisoners, merchants and laborers, preachers and prostitutes, the sick and the wounded, Ash delivers a captivating new narrative of the Civil War's impact on a city and its people.

Author : Gary W. Gallagher
Publisher : UNC Press Books
ISBN 13 : 9780807825525
Total Pages : 304 pages
Book Rating : 4.22/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Richmond Campaign of 1862 written by Gary W. Gallagher and published by UNC Press Books. This book was released on 2000 with total page 304 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Whiting's Confederate division in the battle of Gaines's Mill, the role of artillery in the battle of Malvern Hill, and the efforts of Radical Republicans in the North to use the Richmond campaign to rally support for emancipation."--BOOK JACKET.

Author : Sarah Shields Driggs
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 306 pages
Book Rating : 4.59/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Richmond's Monument Avenue written by Sarah Shields Driggs and published by . This book was released on 2001 with total page 306 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: An illustrated history of Richmond, Virginia's Monument Avenue, showing the most prestigious homes and distinguished architecture, as well as the statues that have often been a source of controversy.

Author : United States. Bureau of the Census
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 1298 pages
Book Rating : 4.88/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Newspaper and Periodical Press written by United States. Bureau of the Census and published by . This book was released on 1884 with total page 1298 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Author : United States. Census Office
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 1290 pages
Book Rating : 4.19/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Census Reports Tenth Census: The newspaper and periodical press written by United States. Census Office and published by . This book was released on 1884 with total page 1290 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Author : Steve Early
Publisher : Beacon Press
ISBN 13 : 0807094269
Total Pages : 234 pages
Book Rating : 4.66/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Refinery Town written by Steve Early and published by Beacon Press. This book was released on 2017-01-17 with total page 234 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The People vs. Big Oil—how a working-class company town harnessed the power of local politics to reclaim their community With a foreword by Bernie Sanders Home to one of the largest oil refineries in the state, Richmond, California, was once a typical company town, dominated by Chevron. This largely nonwhite, working-class city of 100,000 suffered from poverty, pollution, and poorly funded public services. It had one of the highest homicide rates per capita in the country and a jobless rate twice the national average. But when veteran labor reporter Steve Early moved from New England to Richmond in 2012, he discovered a city struggling to remake itself. In Refinery Town, Early chronicles the 15 years of successful community organizing that raised the local minimum wage, defeated a casino development project, challenged home foreclosures and evictions, and sought fair taxation of Big Oil. A short list of Richmond’s activist residents helps to propel this compelling chronicle: • 94 year old Betty Reid Soskin, the country’s oldest full-time national park ranger and witness to Richmond’s complex history • Gayle McLaughlin, the Green Party mayor who challenged Chevron and won • Police Chief Chris Magnus, who brought community policing to Richmond and is now one of America’s leading public safety reformers Part urban history, part call to action, Refinery Town shows how concerned citizens can harness the power of local politics to reclaim their community and make municipal government a source of much-needed policy innovation. “Refinery Town provides an inside look at how one American city has made radical and progressive change seem not only possible but sensible.”—David Helvarg, The Progressive

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ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 1694 pages
Book Rating : 4.89/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Ayer Directory, Newspapers, Magazines and Trade Publications written by and published by . This book was released on 1918 with total page 1694 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: