Evelyn M Simien: 2 books
Historic Firsts
How Symbolic Empowerment Changes U.S. Politics
Language: English
Release Date: October 1, 2015
The 2008 presidential election made American history. Yet before Barack Obama and Hillary Clinton, there were other "historic firsts": Shirley Chisholm, who ran for president in 1972, and Jesse Jackson, who ran in 1984 and 1988. While unsuccessful, these campaigns were significant, as they rallied...
Gender and Lynching
The Politics of Memory
Language: English
Release Date: April 30, 2016
The authors probe the reasons and circumstances surrounding the death and torture of African American female victims, relying on such methodological approaches as comparative historical work, content and media analysis, as well as literary criticism.