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- "Jim Crow Guide to the U.S.A.," 1959 - Activist, folklorist and author Stetson Kennedy exposed American racism in his book <em>Jim Crow Guide to the U.S.A.</em> First published in France in 1956 -- he could find no American publisher to take on the project -- this mock guidebook uncovered the reach of Jim Crow inequality. Kennedy examined a number of areas including where one could live, work, travel, eat, sleep or study.
- 1959
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"Jim Crow Guide to the U.S.A.," 1959
Activist, folklorist and author Stetson Kennedy exposed American racism in his book Jim Crow Guide to the U.S.A. First published in France in 1956 -- he could find no American publisher to take on the project -- this mock guidebook uncovered the reach of Jim Crow inequality. Kennedy examined a number of areas including where one could live, work, travel, eat, sleep or study.
- Benjamin Lovett Teaching Dance Classes in Recently Completed Lovett Hall, April 1938 - After Henry Ford built the Lovett Hall ballroom in 1937, dance classes for the students of his Edison Institute schools moved from the dance room at Ford Motor Company Engineering Lab to this gracious ballroom setting. Students not only learned the steps to traditional American dances like the reel, schottische, and quadrille--but also the etiquette that went along with them.
- April 07, 1938
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Benjamin Lovett Teaching Dance Classes in Recently Completed Lovett Hall, April 1938
After Henry Ford built the Lovett Hall ballroom in 1937, dance classes for the students of his Edison Institute schools moved from the dance room at Ford Motor Company Engineering Lab to this gracious ballroom setting. Students not only learned the steps to traditional American dances like the reel, schottische, and quadrille--but also the etiquette that went along with them.
- "Hill's Manual of Social and Business Reforms," 1880 -
- 1880
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"Hill's Manual of Social and Business Reforms," 1880