Bøger af Michael Ralph

A gorgeous full-color graphic historical novel, sure to become an instant classic, that explores the friendship and feud between Ida B. Wells and Frederick Douglass, offering new insights into slavery and incarceration in the United States.Told from the perspectives of statesman and orator Frederick Douglass, and journalist and activist Ida B. Wells, Before 13th is a story that illuminates the contradictions of freedom. Friends and rivals, Douglass and Wells clashed over how to grapple with the racism and exoticism that defined portrayals of African Americans at the 1893 Chicago World's Fair, where Douglass was invited to speak after they had initially agreed to boycott the event. It uses the story of this real-life conflict as a lens through which we see the history of slavery and incarceration as never before.Historical anthropologist Michael Ralph joins forces with acclaimed illustrator Laura Molnar to reimagine these two influential Black Americans and the controversies surrounding the Thirteenth Amendment--which some contend did not abolish slavery, claiming instead it was used to keep African Americans in a condition approximating bondage in the years immediately following Emancipation. Before 13th boldly takes on this issue, offering a provocative re-thinking that goes back years earlier than the adoption of the Thirteenth Amendment, to a practice known as convict leasing, an experiment in capitalist innovation and progressive legal reform, whose profound effects continue to be felt today.Before 13th features100 four color illustrations.

This epic biographical story is one of an enigmatic family of deep religious faith, spirituality, education, migration, resilience, persistence and achievement. From humble beginnings in the Caribbean country of Guyana the Ralphs blazed a trail of service and achievement, globally, and specifically throughout Guyana, Caribbean islands of Jamaica, the Bahamas, Dominica, and Haiti. They continued making significant educational and cultural contributions in London England, Senegal Africa, New York, New Jersey, Atlanta Georgia, Los Angeles California, New Orleans Louisiana and throughout the state of Florida. The educational achievements of family members include several advanced degrees, including four doctorates in one family and educational tenure at the foremost US ivy league colleges and universities of Harvard, Princeton, Cornell and service at other highly ranked universities such as New York University, and several others.

This book chronicles a tour across China that visited four of the country's most populated, interesting, and iconic cities. The metropolises toured provided several insights into Chinese cultural exhibits, art, families, education, recreational and working life in general and specifically into industrial practices such as silk manufacture and production. Just as interesting was the opportunity of gaining a firsthand acquaintance of the Chinese tourist industry and its highly prized tourist attractions in Northeast China such as the terra-cotta warriors and the wall of China and other unique sites.

Examines Senegal's crucial and pragmatic decisions related to its development and how they garnered international favor, decisions such as its opposition to Soviet involvement in African liberation - despite itself being a socialist state - or its support for the US-led war on terror - despite its population being predominately Muslim.