The Man In The Lower Ten: Library Edition

Literature & Fiction

RINEHART, MARY ROBERTS

Burns, Rebecca

Classics

Blackstone Audio,Inc.

During the hot summer of 1906, anger simmered in Atlanta, a city that outwardly savored its reputation as the Gate City of the New South, a place where the races lived peacefully, if apart, and everyone focused more on prosperity than prejudice. But racial hatred came to the forefront during a heated political campaign, and the city's newspapers fanned its flames with sensational reports alleging assaults on white women by black men. The rage erupted in late September, and, during one of the most brutal race riots in the history of America, roving groups of whites attacked and killed at least twenty-five blacks. After four days of violence, black and white civic leaders came together in unprecedented meetings that can be viewed either as concerted public relations efforts to downplay the events or as setting the stage for Atlanta's civil rights leadership half a century later. Rage in the Gate City focuses on the events of August and September 1906, offering readers a tightly woven narrative account of those eventful days. Fast-paced and vividly detailed, it brings history to life. As June Dobbs Butts writes in her foreword, "For too long, this chapter of Atlanta's history was covered up, or was explained away. . . . Rebecca Burns casts the bright light of truth upon those events."

Rage in the Gate City: The Story of the 1906 Atlanta Race Riot

History

Americas

University of Georgia Press

Many schools under pressure to meet new standards of learning mistakenly believe that they must adopt a narrow curriculum that imposes strict boundaries on what students are taught. In this book, Susan Drake and Rebecca Burns address this issue by offering strategies for synchronizing standards across the disciplines. At the heart of the book is the KNOW/DO/BE framework, which teachers can use to ensure a curriculum that is both rigorous and relevant to K-12 students at all stages of proficiency. Among other things, this comprehensive framework allows teachers to * Map curricula * Scan and cluster standards * Develop assessments and guiding questions * Align integrated instructional strategies and assessments Though the authors draw much of their data from research on integration, their focus is on analyzing the real-life experiences of teachers who have successfully integrated their curricula in the service of accountability. The many benefits of this approach that the authors explore include lower absenteeism, fewer behavioral problems, and higher rates of homework completion. By combining case studies with a wealth of supporting research, Meeting Standards Through Integrated Curriculum offers teachers a user- friendly system for meeting standards while advancing broad-based learning.

Meeting Standards Through Integrated Curriculum

Business & Money

Drake, Dr Susan M

Education & Reference

ASCD

Briefly describes Mexican history, culture, and geography, looks at points of interest along each coast, and recommends hotels and restaurants

Hidden Mexico: Adventurer's Guide to the Beaches and Coasts

Travel

Houser, Dave

Mexico

Ulysses Pr

In the aftermath of Martin Luther King Jr.’s assassination, riots broke out in 110 cities across the country. For five days, Atlanta braced for chaos while preparing to host King’s funeral. An unlikely alliance of former student radicals, the middle-aged patrician mayor, the no-nonsense police chief, black ministers, white churchgoers, Atlanta’s business leaders, King’s grieving family members, and his stunned SCLC colleagues worked to keep Atlanta safe, honor a murdered hero, and host the tens of thousands who came to pay tribute. On April 9, 1968, 150,000 mourners took part in a daylong series of rituals honoring King—the largest funeral staged for a private U.S. citizen. King’s funeral was a dramatic event that took place against a national backdrop of war protests and presidential politics in a still-segregationist South, where Georgia’s governor surrounded the state capitol with troops and refused to lower the flag in acknowledgment of King’s death. Award-winning journalist Rebecca Burns delivers a riveting account of this landmark week and chronicles the convergence of politicians, celebrities, militants, and ordinary people who mourned in a peaceful Atlanta while other cities burned. Drawing upon copious research and dozens of interviews— from staffers at the White House who dealt with the threat of violence to members of King’s family and inner circle—Burns brings this dramatic story to life in vivid scenes that sweep readers from the mayor’s office to the White House to Coretta Scott King’s bedroom. Compelling and original, Burial for a King captures a defining moment in America’s history. It encapsulates King’s legacy, America’s shifting attitude toward race, and the emergence of Atlanta as a new kind of Southern city.

Burial for a King: Martin Luther King Jr.'s Funeral and the Week that Transformed Atlanta and Rocked the Nation

Scribner

In the aftermath of Martin Luther King Jr.'s assassination, riots broke out in 110 cities across the country. For five days, Atlanta braced for chaos while preparing to host King's funeral. An unlikely alliance of former student radicals, the middle-aged patrician mayor, the no-nonsense police chief, black ministers, white churchgoers, Atlanta's business leaders, King's grieving family members, and his stunned SCLC colleagues worked to keep Atlanta safe, honor a murdered hero, and host the tens of thousands who came to pay tribute. On April 9, 1968, 150,000 mourners took part in a daylong series of rituals honoring King--the largest funeral staged for a private U.S. citizen. King's funeral was a dramatic event that took place against a national backdrop of war protests and presidential politics in a still-segregationist South, where Georgia's governor surrounded the state capitol with troops and refused to lower the flag in acknowledgment of King's death. Award-winning journalist Rebecca Burns delivers a riveting account of this landmark week and chronicles the convergence of politicians, celebrities, militants, and ordinary people who mourned in a peaceful Atlanta while other cities burned. Drawing upon copious research and dozens of interviews-- from staffers at the White House who dealt with the threat of violence to members of King's family and inner circle--Burns brings this dramatic story to life in vivid scenes that sweep readers from the mayor's office to the White House to Coretta Scott King's bedroom. Compelling and original, Burial for a King captures a defining moment in America's history. It encapsulates King's legacy, America's shifting attitude toward race, and the emergence of Atlanta as a new kind of Southern city.

Biographies & Memoirs

Historical

In September 1906, triggered by sensational newspaper accounts accusing black men of sexually assaulting white women, Atlanta’s simmering racial tension exploded. Over four days of rioting, mobs of violent whites killed at least 10 blacks, looted black-owned businesses, and ransacked homes and neighborhoods. In the days immediately following the riot, black and white leaders came together in an unprecedented move, setting the stage for Atlanta’s emergence as the city too busy to hate” decades later. But while their business-first attitude may have quelled the most overt rhetoric and raging violence, it also reinforced class prejudices that existed in both the black and white communities. Released on the 100-year anniversary of the riots, Rage in the Gate City provides a compelling narrative of the events during the month that shaped Atlanta and explores questions of race and class prejudice that are as relevant today as they were a century ago.

Clerisy Press, Emmis Books

'Atlanta: Yesterday &amp; Today' is a tribute to one of America s most energetic and progressive cities. In 192 pages of beautiful photography and fascinating stories, the book celebrates the character, moxie, and extraordinary history that combined to earn Atlanta its status as the capital of the New South. From the city s rebirth after the Civil War, to the fight for social equality and civil rights, all the way through its meteoric growth as an international hub, Atlanta, Georgia, has grown into one of the United States most significant cities, as documented in 'Atlanta: Yesterday &amp; Today'. Read and learn about: Centennial Olympic Park, built for the 1996 Olympic Games. Downtown s Underground Atlanta, Georgia Aquarium, and World of Coca-Cola Museum. The Midtown district s Piedmont Park. The bohemian neighborhood of Little Five Points. The Fabulous Fox theater and The Varsity restaurant. Atlanta University Center, home of the largest consortium of private historically black colleges and universities in the nation. Sweet Auburn, birthplace of Martin Luther King, Jr., and home of the Martin Luther King Jr. National Historic Site, the International Civil Rights Walk of Fame, and Ebeneezer Baptist Church. The famed shopping district and grand estates of the Buckhead district. Hartsfield-Jackson Atlanta International Airport, the world s busiest airport. The carvings of Confederate Civil War leaders Stonewall Jackson, Robert E. Lee, and Jefferson Davis on the side of Stone Mountain east of Atlanta. Filled with both rare historical photographs and stunning modern photographs, 'Atlanta: Yesterday &amp; Today' is a thorough presentation of Atlanta, Georgia. The book is part of West Side Publishing s popular Yesterday &amp; Today city series.

Atlanta: Yesterday & Today

West Side Publishing

United States

Publications, International, Ltd.

The Bishop's Girl

Genre Fiction

Odyssey Books

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