Uniting for Survival

2021 ◽  
pp. 33-50
Author(s):  
Laura Warren Hill
Keyword(s):  
African Americans ◽  
Cross Section ◽  
Black Community ◽  
Malcolm X ◽  
Nation Of Islam ◽  
Justice Department ◽  
Colored People ◽  
The Us ◽  
Broad Cross Section ◽  
Significant Attention

This chapter documents several brutal clashes between African Americans and the police, which engendered a loose coalition of Black organizations and a number of sympathetic white ministers. It recounts the Rochester cases that garnered significant attention, while police clashes occurred throughout most cities in the postwar era. It also mentions a case where the US Justice Department interceded and another case where the famed Nation of Islam leader Malcolm X joined the protest efforts. The chapter argues that police brutality became a salient issue for a broad cross section of the Black community, which included ministers who cultivated and promoted a unified response. It talks about the local National Association for the Advancement of Colored People (NAACP) that worked closely with Malcolm X and local Nation of Islam leaders to organize a unity rally, chastising the Rochester branch for consorting with reputed Black separatists.

Revolutionary Name Choices

Free the Land ◽  
2020 ◽  
pp. 79-112
Author(s):  
Edward Onaci
Keyword(s):  
United States ◽  
Twentieth Century ◽  
African Americans ◽  
Fundamental Form ◽  
Black Power ◽  
The United States ◽  
Malcolm X ◽  
Nation Of Islam ◽  
Group Self ◽  
Naming Practices

This chapter focuses primarily on the ideas behind and the practice of naming. It argues that name choices are the most fundamental form of individual and group self-determination developed by New Afrikans (and Black Power activists more generally). This chapter historicizes black naming practices in the United States, covering their importance from the era of racial slavery to the moments when Nation of Islam and Malcolm X, among others, were helping instil Black pride in mid-twentieth century African Americans. Specifically, it examines the ways that individual and group names, identity, cartography, and orthography became effective tools for the mechanics of liberation struggle. Taken for granted by both the name studies scholarship and histories of the Black Power Movement, this consideration of naming encourages scholars and activists to think more deeply and critically about the value of politically conscious naming practices.

Diversifying Greek Tragedy on the Contemporary US Stage

2018 ◽  
Author(s):  
Melinda Powers
Keyword(s):  
Cross Section ◽  
Performance Studies ◽  
Greek Tragedy ◽  
Live Performance ◽  
Greek Drama ◽  
The Us ◽  
Social Concerns ◽  
Performance Context ◽  
Historical Identity ◽  
Ancient Drama

Demonstrating that ancient drama can be a powerful tool in seeking justice, this book investigates a cross section of live theatrical productions on the US stage that have reimagined Greek tragedy to address political and social concerns. To address this subject, it engages with some of the latest research in the field of performance studies to interpret not dramatic texts in isolation from their performance context, but instead the dynamic experience of live theatre. The book’s focus is on the ability of engaged performances to pose critical challenges to long-standing stereotypes that have contributed to the misrepresentation and marginalization of under-represented communities. Yet, in the process, it also uncovers the ways in which performances can inadvertently reinforce the very stereotypes they aim to challenge. This book thus offers a study of the live performance of Greek drama and its role in creating and reflecting social, cultural, and historical identity in contemporary America.

scholarly journals Incidence, Characteristics and Outcomes of Large Vessel Stroke in COVID-19 Cohort: An International Multicenter Study

Neurosurgery ◽  
2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Priyank Khandelwal ◽  
Fawaz Al-Mufti ◽  
Ambooj Tiwari ◽  
Amit Singla ◽  
Adam A Dmytriw ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
African Americans ◽  
Multicenter Study ◽  
Large Vessel ◽  
Vessel Occlusion ◽  
Cross Sectional ◽  
Younger Age ◽  
The Us ◽  
The Usa ◽  
Rehabilitation Facilities ◽  
International Multicenter Study

Abstract BACKGROUND While there are reports of acute ischemic stroke (AIS) in coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) patients, the overall incidence of AIS and clinical characteristics of large vessel occlusion (LVO) remain unclear. OBJECTIVE To attempt to establish incidence of AIS in COVID-19 patients in an international cohort. METHODS A cross-sectional retrospective, multicenter study of consecutive patients admitted with AIS and COVID-19 was undertaken from March 1 to May 1, 2020 at 12 stroke centers from 4 countries. Out of those 12 centers, 9 centers admitted all types of strokes and data from those were used to calculate the incidence rate of AIS. Three centers exclusively transferred LVO stroke (LVOs) patients and were excluded only for the purposes of calculating the incidence of AIS. Detailed data were collected on consecutive LVOs in hospitalized patients who underwent mechanical thrombectomy (MT) across all 12 centers. RESULTS Out of 6698 COVID-19 patients admitted to 9 stroke centers, the incidence of stroke was found to be 1.3% (interquartile range [IQR] 0.75%-1.7%). The median age of LVOs patients was 51 yr (IQR 50-75 yr), and in the US centers, African Americans comprised 28% of patients. Out of 66 LVOs, 10 patients (16%) were less than 50 yr of age. Among the LVOs eligible for MT, the average time from symptom onset to presentation was 558 min (IQR 82-695 min). A total of 21 (50%) patients were either discharged to home or discharged to acute rehabilitation facilities. CONCLUSION LVO was predominant in patients with AIS and COVID-19 across 2 continents, occurring at a significantly younger age and affecting African Americans disproportionately in the USA.

scholarly journals “The Negro's Peculiar Work”: Jim Crow and Black Discourses on US Empire, Race, and the African Question, 1877–1900

2018 ◽  
Vol 52 (2) ◽  
pp. 330-357 ◽  
Author(s):  
JEANNETTE EILEEN JONES
Keyword(s):  
New York ◽  
South Carolina ◽  
African Americans ◽  
Jim Crow ◽  
West Indians ◽  
Present Generation ◽  
Take Back ◽  
The Us ◽  
Emancipation Proclamation ◽  
Keynote Speech

In 1887, T. Thomas Fortune published an editorial, “The Negro's Peculiar Work,” in the black newspaper theNew York Freeman, wherein he reflected on a recent keynote speech delivered by Reverend J. C. Price on 3 January in Columbia, South Carolina, to commemorate Emancipation Day. Price, a member of the Zion Wesley Institute of the AME Zion Church, hailed from North Carolina and his denomination considered him to be “the most popular and eloquent Negro of the present generation.” On the occasion meant to reflect on the meaning of the Emancipation Proclamation (which went into effect on 1 January 1863) for present-day African Americans, Price turned his gaze away from the US towards Africa. In his speech “The American Negro, His Future, and His Peculiar Work” Price declared that African Americans had a duty to redeem Africans and help them take back their continent from the Europeans who had partitioned it in 1884–85. He railed,The whites found gold, diamonds, and other riches in Africa. Why should not the Negro? Africa is their country. They should claim it: they should go to Africa, civilize those Negroes, raise them morally, and by education show them how to obtain wealth which is in their own country, and take the grand continent as their own.Price's “Black Man's Burden” projected American blacks as agents of capitalism, civilization, and Christianity in Africa. Moreover, Price suggested that African American suffering under slavery, failed Reconstruction, and Jim Crow placed them in a unique position to combat imperialism. He was not alone in seeing parallels between the conditions of “Negroes” on both sides of the Atlantic. Many African Americans, Afro-Canadians, and West Indians saw imperialism in Africa as operating according to Jim Crow logic: white Europeans would subordinate and segregate Africans, while economically exploiting their labor to bring wealth to Europe.

Graphic Satire and the Printed Image in Shakespeare’s London

2016 ◽  
Author(s):  
Helen Pierce
Keyword(s):  
Seventeenth Century ◽  
Cross Section ◽  
Commercial Practice ◽  
Graphic Satire ◽  
Single Sheet ◽  
The Common ◽  
Broad Cross Section ◽  
Print Market

How was the multiplied, printed image encountered in Shakespeare’s London? This chapter examines a range of genres and themes for single sheet, illustrated broadsides in an emerging, specialist print market. It discusses how such images were used to persuade and to entertain a potentially broad cross-section of society along moral, political and religious lines, and according to both topical and commercial interests. The mimetic nature of the English print in both engraved and woodcut form is highlighted, with its frequent adaptation of continental models to suit more local concerns. Consideration is also given to the survival of certain images in later seventeenth-century impressions, indicative of popularity and the common commercial practice of reprinting stock from aging plates and blocks, and the sporadic nature of censorship upon the illustrated broadside.

scholarly journals Production of radioisotopes within a plasma focus device

2005 ◽  
Vol 20 (1) ◽  
pp. 33-37 ◽  
Author(s):  
Ergisto Angeli ◽  
Agostino Tartari ◽  
Michele Frignani ◽  
Vincenzo Molinari ◽  
Domiziano Mostacci ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Cross Section ◽  
Cross Sections ◽  
Plasma Focus ◽  
Reaction Rates ◽  
Experimental Production ◽  
Endogenous Production ◽  
The Us ◽  
Further Development ◽  
Radio Isotopes ◽  
Very High

In recent years, research conducted in the US and in Italy has demonstrated production of radioisotopes in plasma focus devices, and particularly, on what could be termed "endogenous" production, to wit, production within the plasma it self, as opposed to irradiation of tar gets. This technique relies on the formation of localized small plasma zones characterized by very high densities and fairly high temperatures. The conditions prevailing in these zones lead to high nuclear reaction rates, as pointed out in previous work by several authors. Further investigation of the cross sections involved has proven necessary to model the phenomena involved. In this paper, the present status of research in this field is re viewed, both with regards to cross section models and to experimental production of radio isotopes. Possible out comes and further development are discussed.

scholarly journals Repercussions of Stereotyping and Cultural Bigotry in John Updike’s 9/11 Fiction

2021 ◽  
Vol 3 (1) ◽  
pp. 64-73
Author(s):  
Saleem Dhobi
Keyword(s):  
African Americans ◽  
Ethnic Groups ◽  
Social Exclusion ◽  
Western Culture ◽  
Cultural Integration ◽  
The Novel ◽  
Cultural Groups ◽  
Religious Minorities ◽  
The Us ◽  
American Society

This article analyzes Updike’s 9/11 novel, Terrorist to explore the implications of stereotyping and cultural bigotry in US society in the aftermath. The novelist demonstrates the problematic in the cultural integration of minorities particularly Muslims and Jews as represented by Ahmad and Jack Levy. The primary motto of the article is to analyze the novel from the perspective of the protagonists Ahmad and Jack who suffer the cultural and social exclusion in American society. Ahmad is the victim of cultural bigotry and Jack Levy faces discriminatory practices at school. The isolation and marginalization of Ahmad and Jack respectively imply the ethnic crevices prevalent in the US society. The author demonstrates that the dominant cultural groups: European and African Americans do not accept the religious minorities: Muslims and Jews. Consequently, Muslims who are overtly the targets of cultural hatred and marginalization in the aftermath of the 9/11 as portrayed in the novel become hostile toward the Western culture. The efforts for integration of religious minorities are cosmetic as exemplified in the cases of Ahmad and Jack in the text. The writer makes a balance in representing both dominant and Muslim cultures to demonstrate the problems pertaining to ethnic groups at their failure in accommodating differences. The cultural separation and hatred prevalent in US society become obstacles even for those like Jack who seek to integrate. The paper eventually demonstrates the possibility of integration of religious minorities when both mainstream Americans and people of religious minorities conform to accepting the differences.

scholarly journals Managing Business-to-Business Customer Relationships following Key Contact Employee Turnover in a Vendor Firm

2002 ◽  
Vol 66 (2) ◽  
pp. 83-101 ◽  
Author(s):  
Neeli Bendapudi ◽  
Robert P. Leone
Keyword(s):  
Cross Section ◽  
Employee Turnover ◽  
Customer Relationships ◽  
Broad Cross Section ◽  
Business Customers ◽  
Business To Business ◽  
Oriented Approach

Customers form relationships with the employees who serve them as well as with the vendor firms these employees represent. In many cases, a customer's relationship with an employee who is closest to them, a key contact employee, may be stronger than the customer's relationship with the vendor firm. If the key contact employee is no longer available to serve that customer, the vendor firm's relationship with the customer may become vulnerable. In this article, the authors present the results of two studies that examine what business-to-business customers value in their relationships with key contact employees, what customers' concerns are when a favored key contact employee is no longer available to serve them, and what vendor firms can do to alleviate these concerns and to retain employee knowledge even if they cannot retain the employee in that position. The studies are based on a discovery-oriented approach and integrate input from business-to-business customers, key contact employees, and managers from a broad cross-section of companies to develop testable propositions. The authors discuss managerial and theoretical implications and directions for further research.

Abstract WP292: Temporal Trends in the Use of Ems Service as a Mode of Arrival by Acute Ischemic Stroke Patients

Stroke ◽  
2020 ◽  
Vol 51 (Suppl_1) ◽  
Author(s):  
Syed F Ali ◽  
Lee H Schwamm ◽  
Sanjeeva Onteddu ◽  
Krishna Nalleballe ◽  
Kelly-Ann Patrice ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
African Americans ◽  
Univariate Analysis ◽  
Temporal Trends ◽  
Stroke Patients ◽  
Altered Level ◽  
Stroke Registry ◽  
Stroke Risk Factors ◽  
The Us ◽  
Ems Education ◽  
Iv Tpa

Intro: Utilization of emergency medical services (EMS) can increase the likelihood of appropriate therapy with IV tPA or endovascular intervention. We investigate the use of EMS services in three large states across the US during the past decade. Methods: Using GWTG stroke registry data from three large comprehensive stroke centers in the Northeast, South and West, we analyzed 9,251 stroke admissions from 01/2010 - 12/2018. Overall rates of EMS use and temporal trends were computed. Factors associated with EMS use were evaluated with univariate analysis. Results: Of the 9,251 patients, 29.2 % (2,697/9,251) presented via EMS service. Overtime use of EMS service increased from 29% in 2010-11 to 34% in 2018. Use of EMS increased among severe stroke patients but decreased among mild stroke patients. Patients presenting via EMS were older, more often females while less often African Americans. They had more stroke risk factors, including hypertension, diabetes, atrial fibrillation and previous stroke/TIA. Smokers less often use EMS services. Median NIHSS was higher among patients presenting via EMS, and those with altered level of consciousness used EMS more often. In-hospital intervention rates (IV tPA/endovascular) were higher among patients presenting via EMS. Conclusion: Our results showed that after extensive EMS education in most parts of the study states, stroke presentation has increased via EMS overtime. Disparity in the use of EMS still exists with African Americans using the service less often. Patients should be encouraged to use EMS services and decrease delay in presentation which can results in higher rates of intervention.

ALLERGIC COLIC IN INFANTS IN THE GENERAL PRACTICE OF PEDIATRICS

PEDIATRICS ◽  
1956 ◽  
Vol 18 (5) ◽  
pp. 832-832
Author(s):  
Frederick J. Martin
Keyword(s):  
Cross Section ◽  
Migraine Headache ◽  
Social Classes ◽  
Basic Question ◽  
Perennial Allergic Rhinitis ◽  
Pediatric Practice ◽  
Gastrointestinal Allergy ◽  
The Family ◽  
History Of ◽  
Broad Cross Section

Gastrointestinal allergy has been said to be a rare cause of colic in infancy. We had been impressed by the family history of allergy elicited in many cases. Frequent occurrence in colicky babies of stools containing mucus, eosinophils, and sometimes blood, was also noted. The Nance method of staining stool mucus for eosinophils was used. A point was made of inquiring concerning hay fever, allergic asthma, perennial allergic rhinitis, atopic dermatitis, frequent and severe sinusitis and migraine headache, in the mother, father, siblings, grandfathers, uncles, aunts and first cousins. This has been done in the case of all newborns. The following data were accumulated from newborns whom we treated throughout the course of their complaint. We found 367 colicky infants among 611 who came from allergic families, an incidence of 60.1 per cent; among 296 infants from non-allergic families, 74 had colic, an incidence of 25 per cent. Where the father and mother both suffered from major manifestations of allergy, out of 55 infants, 43 had colic, an incidence of 78.2 per cent. A total of 814 infants had 308 colicky babies among them, an incidence of 36.1 pen cent in our practice. These data were gathered because we could find none in the literature answering the basic question of the incidence of colic in private pediatric practice. A broad cross-section of social classes and nationalities found in a metropolitan area were included. The over-all incidence of 36.1 per cent was a surprise to us. The incidence of 60.1 per cent of colic found in allergic families was impressive.

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