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Let Justice Be Done: Writings from American Abolitionists, 1688-1865
No full textAlmost from the first arrival of enslaved Africans in 1619 until the end of the antebellum period, a prophetic crusade to eliminate the sin of slavery stirred the American conscience. The abolitionists were deeply faithful Christians who believed that if anything was contrary to the will of God, it was human bondage. Mocked, threatened, and abused, their influence was ultimately profound.
Let Justice Be Done includes representative voices of the abolitionist cause—women and men, black and white. Among them are towering figures such as William Lloyd Garrison, Frederick Douglass, Sojourner Truth, and Lucretia Mott. Their struggle against one of the greatest evils to blemish American history demonstrated that religious faith can and rightfully should be a powerful force in calling out injustice, speaking truth to power, and planting seeds of change.https://cupola.gettysburg.edu/books/1166/thumbnail.jp
Queens, Contracts, and Colonialism: A Brief Overview of Copyright Law in History and Culture
No full textThe dominant retelling of the history of copyright, from the invention of the printing press through the modern day, provides context into the economic, political, and social factors that influenced copyright law\u27s influence on American culture. This context helps undergraduate authors orient their scholarship within the larger scholarly communications system so that they can more easily understand the terms of their author agreements and how they fit into the larger culture around copyright. However, the traditional retelling of copyright\u27s history neglects the ways in which copyright served to reinforce social inequalities-- most notably the fact that at the time copyright law was enacted in the United States, enslaved people were unable claim the right to copyright-- and therefore ignores the resulting disenfranchisement of black scholarship and culture in the United States
Planned Policy Action
Get PDFGettysburg College was built on the foundation of “doing great work,” not just for the betterment of ourselves and our education but also for others in the college and surrounding community. This project seeks to do precisely this, encourage everyone, including students, tourists, and community members, to do great work in benefiting others around them. It primarily consists of a comprehensive summary of the plans and actions required to create a community-wide tab collection bin to benefit the Ronald McDonald House Charities (RMHC). The project seeks to achieve two main goals: encourage people to collect and donate their aluminum can tabs to benefit RMHC and foster the relationship between students and community members over a common goal. For over 45 years, the Ronald McDonald House Charities have helped families with children in critical health conditions. With the help of college students and the surrounding Gettysburg community, we will donate valuable aluminum tabs to benefit a worthy cause; after all, we are “Better Together.
Visual Weimar: The Iconography of Social and Political Identities
Get PDFIn the Weimar Republic, images were perceived to be as unreliable as they were powerful. They helped create and codify difference while simultaneously blurring lines within the categories of gender and race. Visual culture provided a wild playground for discourses about gender presentation and sexuality that encompassed veterans, athletes, criminals, the New Woman, and androgynous figures. Despite the growing prominence of images in race science, it was widely held that images could not be trusted to convey accurate information about race. The propagandistic use of images for political purposes had the potential to be equally ambiguous. It was ultimately up to the beholder to interpret the multiple meanings and symbolic potential of a given image
African Americans Accused of “Acting White”: The Impacts on Their Selves and Identities
Get PDFA majority of the research on the accusation of acting white focuses on whether it is responsible for creating the wide achievement gap between white and Black people in America (Tyson, Darity, and Castellino 2005). However, there is little research that has looked into the potentially damaging effects that this accusation can have on the selves and identities of Black students. Through the analysis of classical and contemporary sociological theories and studies, it is determined that African Americans’ selves and identities are negatively impacted when they are accused of “acting white.” The suggested impacts are negative social reflection and the necessity to manage conflicting identities. Additionally, the creation of double consciousnesses, a shift in salience hierarchy, and impression management difficulties can also result
APPC Minutes - September 29, 2020
No full textMinutes of the Academic Policy and Program Committee Meeting, September 29, 2020
01. Richard C. Richards, I Hardly Knew Ye
Get PDFI first met Richard Richards at California State Polytechnic University, Pomona, in the fall of 1996. I was a Freshman who had a curious interest in philosophy; yet, at the time, I was a Biology major planning of a life in Hawaii where I’d be conducting research on sharks while teaching at the University of Hawaii and surfing before and after work. Little did I know that my life would be changed forever, after a chance meeting with Richard. [excerpt