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Author:   Rochelle Brock ,  Cynthia B. Dillard ,  Richard Greggory Johnson III ,  Emmanuel Harris II
Publisher:   Peter Lang Publishing Inc
Imprint:   Peter Lang Publishing Inc
Edition:   2nd Revised edition
Volume:   79
Dimensions:   Width: 15.50cm , Height: 1.50cm , Length: 23.00cm
Weight:   0.400kg
ISBN:  

9781433127830

ISBN 10:   1433127830
Pages:   195
Publication Date:   13 February 2015
Audience:   Professional and scholarly ,  Professional & Vocational
Format:   Paperback
Publisher's Status:   Active
Availability:   In Print  
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Table of Contents

Contents: William L. Johnson III: A Message for Our Sons and Daughters: Remembering Trayvon – Rodney D. Smith: I Cried: My Personal Sentiments About Trayvon Martin’s Death and the George Zimmerman Trial – Theodore W. Burgh: Why Did Zimmerman Get Out of His Car? – Quito J. Swan: If We Must Die: Trayvon Martin and the Black Piñata – Yvette Modestin: The Pain Felt by Every Afro-Descendant – Cristina Cabral: Personal Reflections on Race and Blackness From an Academic Afro-Latin Woman – María Zalduondo: Mater Dolorosa: The Bléssed Virgin Wore a Hoodie – Timothy J. Lensmire: A Letter to My Son – Emmanuel Harris II: A Message to My Daughter: Of Trayvon Martin and Young Black Men – Angela Y. Douglas: Questions Arise: The Political, Legal, and Social Implications of the Trayvon Martin Tragedy – Brian Lozenski/Jonel Daphnis: Trayvon, Medicine, and Education in the US: Moving Away From Individualized Analyses of Race – Michelle C. Stevens: Historical PTSD - In the Midst of a Tragedy – Louis L. Woods II: Killing for Inclusion: Racial Violence and Assimilation Into the Whiteness Gang – Dennis B. Rogers: Reflections on the Diversity of Thought in Black America on the Trayvon Martin Case – Deborah A. Brunson: «How shall we sing the Lord’s song in a strange land?» Reflections Upon Responses of Trayvon Martin’s Parents to the George Zimmerman Trial – Todd Steven Burroughs: Disposable Images of Our HipHoprisy: Trayvon Martin Stares at Emmett Till – Glen Anthony Harris: How Does It Feel to Be a Problem? Reflections on the Trayvon Martin Case and the American Idea – Antonio D. Tillis: The Black Male Defiled: Whose Fault Is It? Critical Historical Analysis on Black Male Subjecthood.

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Emmanuel Harris II, PhD, is Professor of Spanish and Africana Studies at the University of North Carolina Wilmington. He has published in Spanish and English in various books, academic journals, and edited volumes both nationally and internationally. He is the award-winning English translator of the Afro-Peruvian novel Malambo by Lucía Charún-Illescas. Antonio D. Tillis, PhD, is Professor of Hispanic Studies and Dean of the School of Languages, Cultures, and World Affairs at the College of Charleston. He has authored Manuel Zapata Olivella and the «Darkening<187> of Latin American Literature, Caribbean-African Upon Awakening: Poetry by Blas Jiménez, Critical Perspectives on Afro-Latin American Literature, and (Re) Considering Blackness in Contemporary Afro-Brazilian Contexts. He is editor of PALARA and series editor of Black Diasporic Worlds.

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