If They Come, book construction, $150
Slave States, Book Construction, $150
Uhuru, book construction, $150
Black Rage, book construction, $150
US HISTORY
My CRT* Book Tower contains my own high school and college textbooks in some cases from over half-a-century ago. I have only Re•Illustrated and Re•Contextualized the physical forms to both reinforce the physical books against time, and to shift the meanings of the books through time.
The actor and NASA spokesperson, Nichelle Nichols, an African American female from Illinois, described taking and discussing the book she was reading, Uhuru, to her interview for ‘Star Trek’ with the show’s creator Gene Roddenberry, a European American male from Texas. The book, by Robert Ruark, a European American male from North Carolina, weaves stories of Africa emerging from colonialism in the1950s and 1960s.
The Uhuru book title inspired her character name, ‘Uhura’ the African Earth woman in a far-flung future in outer space that included African people. That name emerged only after her interview. DR Martin Luther King JR urged her to continue in the role beyond her year commitment. She went on to become an official spokesperson for NASA. There is a mapped 1.5 wide minor planet orbiting our sun officially named 68410Nichols in her honor.
The word Uhuru translates as freedom in the African language of Swahili. It is also one of the slogans of the Proud Boys, a contemporary American white supremacy movement. US HISTORY.
Feel free to handle the books on display and Re•Search US History yourself.
_Bill Jeter
*Critical Race Theory is an academic concept that is more than 40 years old. The core idea is that race is a social construct and that racism is not merely a product of individual bias and prejudice, but something embedded in legal systems and policies. Critical race theory emerged from postmodern thought- tends to be skeptical of universal values, objective knowledge, and individual merit…
Education Week
Steven Sawchuk, May 18, 2021
Steven Sawchuk, May 18, 2021
IF Lions Had History, Tales Of Hunting Would Not Glorify The Lion Hunter
_ African Axiom
_ African Axiom
