African Americans in Asheville during the Gilded Age established businesses and organizations despite facing discrimination. Prominent black businessmen like Isaac Dickson owned land and rental properties and started transportation services. E.H. Lipscome founded an influential black newspaper. Black churches like Mt. Zion Baptist were integral to the community. Hundreds of African Americans worked constructing Biltmore Estate and in the household staff. The 1880s saw the most productive period for black businesses, but disenfranchisement increased by the early 1900s.
We The People, session v, First AmendmentJim Powers
This begins our look at the Bill of Rights. We see how these freedoms of expression come to be protected from state as well as federal repression. The Supreme Court used the Fourteenth Amendment to selectively incorporate these guarantees in a series of twentieth century decisions.
A Historical Perspective - All in the Name of ProgressBeth Schoren
This is a historical perspective of three different time periods in the city of Bellevue, Ohio. It will show the recorded changes with regard to things that were important to Bellevue’s families in early years and how things have changed today. Most especially the story of the Harkness Memorial and how it came to be.
We The People, session v, First AmendmentJim Powers
This begins our look at the Bill of Rights. We see how these freedoms of expression come to be protected from state as well as federal repression. The Supreme Court used the Fourteenth Amendment to selectively incorporate these guarantees in a series of twentieth century decisions.
A Historical Perspective - All in the Name of ProgressBeth Schoren
This is a historical perspective of three different time periods in the city of Bellevue, Ohio. It will show the recorded changes with regard to things that were important to Bellevue’s families in early years and how things have changed today. Most especially the story of the Harkness Memorial and how it came to be.
A presentation on the development of African-American communities after the Civil War in the United States presented to the Florida Humanities Council Teacher Workshop.
51bc studies, no. 78, Summer 3A Nation of Artists” .docxblondellchancy
51bc studies, no. 78, Summer 3
“A Nation of Artists”:
Alice R avenhill and the Society for
the Furtherance of British Columbia
Indian Arts and Crafts
L i Ly n n Wa n *
In 1996, Bill Reid sold a bronze sculpture to the Vancouver International Airport Authority for $3 million, making him the highest-paid Canadian artist to that date. An image of this
sculpture, The Spirit of Haida Gwaii, adorned the Canadian twenty-
dollar bill from 2004 until 2012, and the original casting of the sculpture
stands in front of the Canadian Embassy in Washington, DC. Reid’s
journey to this position as a Haida artist and Canadian icon provides
some insight into the often contradictory role of indigenous imagery in
visual representations of Canadian culture and identity. While Reid’s
work was certainly inspired by his ancestral ties, he learned technique
in a jewellery-making course at the Ryerson Institute of Technology in
Toronto, and he learned the fundamentals of Northwest Coast design
from two books, in particular. One of these books is the American
museum director Robert Bruce Inverarity’s Art of the Northwest Coast
Indians, which was published in 1950; the other is Alice Ravenhill’s
A Corner Stone of Canadian Culture: An Outline of the Arts and Crafts of
the Indian Tribes of British Columbia.1
* Research for this article was funded by the Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council
of Canada. Thanks to Shirley Tillotson and Richard Mackie for invaluable guidance and
editorial advice. And to Rebecca Moy-Behre, who taught me arts and crafts – not as an idea
but as a way of life.
1 Alice Ravenhill, A Corner Stone of Canadian Culture: An Outline of the Arts and Crafts of the
Indian Tribes of British Columbia (Victoria: British Columbia Provincial Museum, 1944).
In Tippett’s interpretation, Reid was consistently ambiguous about his identity for the first
twenty years of his career. His decision to promote himself as an “all Indian” artist did not
come about until the 1970s, after he received a Canada Council fellowship. While Reid had
Haida ancestry and ties to the Haida village of Skidegate, and his great-great-uncle, Charles
Edenshaw, as well as his grandfather, Charles Gladstone, were both Haida artists, his mother
was raised to “become more white and less Haida,” and his father was a “white man” in the
frontier of northern British Columbia in the early twentieth century. See Maria Tippett, Bill
Reid: The Making of An Indian (Toronto: Random House, 2003), 31, 25, 67.
bc studies52
The story of Alice Ravenhill, who spearheaded an arts and crafts
revival in British Columbia in the 1930s, is an important one to tell, and
not only because of her influence on Reid’s career. As Ronald Hawker
has shown, Ravenhill’s work was incorporated into the Indian education
system in both residential and day schools throughout the province.2
By the 1940s, the notion of indigenous peoples being what Ravenhill
described ...
51bc studies, no. 78, Summer 3A Nation of Artists” .docxfredharris32
51bc studies, no. 78, Summer 3
“A Nation of Artists”:
Alice R avenhill and the Society for
the Furtherance of British Columbia
Indian Arts and Crafts
L i Ly n n Wa n *
In 1996, Bill Reid sold a bronze sculpture to the Vancouver International Airport Authority for $3 million, making him the highest-paid Canadian artist to that date. An image of this
sculpture, The Spirit of Haida Gwaii, adorned the Canadian twenty-
dollar bill from 2004 until 2012, and the original casting of the sculpture
stands in front of the Canadian Embassy in Washington, DC. Reid’s
journey to this position as a Haida artist and Canadian icon provides
some insight into the often contradictory role of indigenous imagery in
visual representations of Canadian culture and identity. While Reid’s
work was certainly inspired by his ancestral ties, he learned technique
in a jewellery-making course at the Ryerson Institute of Technology in
Toronto, and he learned the fundamentals of Northwest Coast design
from two books, in particular. One of these books is the American
museum director Robert Bruce Inverarity’s Art of the Northwest Coast
Indians, which was published in 1950; the other is Alice Ravenhill’s
A Corner Stone of Canadian Culture: An Outline of the Arts and Crafts of
the Indian Tribes of British Columbia.1
* Research for this article was funded by the Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council
of Canada. Thanks to Shirley Tillotson and Richard Mackie for invaluable guidance and
editorial advice. And to Rebecca Moy-Behre, who taught me arts and crafts – not as an idea
but as a way of life.
1 Alice Ravenhill, A Corner Stone of Canadian Culture: An Outline of the Arts and Crafts of the
Indian Tribes of British Columbia (Victoria: British Columbia Provincial Museum, 1944).
In Tippett’s interpretation, Reid was consistently ambiguous about his identity for the first
twenty years of his career. His decision to promote himself as an “all Indian” artist did not
come about until the 1970s, after he received a Canada Council fellowship. While Reid had
Haida ancestry and ties to the Haida village of Skidegate, and his great-great-uncle, Charles
Edenshaw, as well as his grandfather, Charles Gladstone, were both Haida artists, his mother
was raised to “become more white and less Haida,” and his father was a “white man” in the
frontier of northern British Columbia in the early twentieth century. See Maria Tippett, Bill
Reid: The Making of An Indian (Toronto: Random House, 2003), 31, 25, 67.
bc studies52
The story of Alice Ravenhill, who spearheaded an arts and crafts
revival in British Columbia in the 1930s, is an important one to tell, and
not only because of her influence on Reid’s career. As Ronald Hawker
has shown, Ravenhill’s work was incorporated into the Indian education
system in both residential and day schools throughout the province.2
By the 1940s, the notion of indigenous peoples being what Ravenhill
described .
Foner Ch 13A The 1840sChapter Focus Quest.docxbudbarber38650
Foner Ch 13A The 1840s
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Chapter Focus Questions What was manifest destiny?
What were the major differences between the Oregon, Texas, and California frontiers?
What were the most important consequences of the Mexican-American War?
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Q: You’ve introduced a comparative dimension to the discussion of the California Gold Rush of the late 1840s and early 1850s. What important parallels do you see between that event and the simultaneous discovery of gold in Australia?
A: Of course it was a coincidence that gold was discovered in both places at the same time; it was not some global phenomenon. But in fact, these two gold rushes in the 1840s and the 1950s did play out in interestingly similar ways. The discovery of gold in California and part of southern Australia, first of all, led to an immense influx of population into both places of people seeking to get rich through gold. From all over the world, from Europe, from Latin America, from Asia, people streamed into these countries and in both places you developed this extraordinarily diverse population. San Francisco was probably the most racially and ethnically diverse city in the world in 1850, because everyone in the world had poured in there, and similarly Melbourne, Australia, had an incredibly diverse population for the same reason. On the other hand, in both places you got immediate racial tensions, and in the 1850s, efforts to push Asians, particularly the Chinese, out of the gold fields. California became very well-known for its anti-Chinese, anti-Asian policies, banning what they called foreign miners and things like that. Similarly in Australia you had efforts to push Chinese miners out of the gold fields. So I think the experience of Australia can reflect something back on our understanding of what happened in the United States to show how similar tensions and developments take place in this very hothouse atmosphere of everybody seeking to enrich themselves through gold.
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Q: What were the views of both southerners and northerners on the expansion of slavery into the new territories?
A: Southerners felt that slavery had the same right to expand in the new territory as any other form of property. Nobody was telling people they couldn't bring their livestock, their bank notes, their equipment, whatever it was. Any kind of property could be brought if somebody wanted. They said, Slaves are property, they aren't any different. The government doesn't have any rights to distinguish between forms of property. Moreover, southerners had fought in the American army in Mexico. They had died to gain this new territory; what right did the government have to tell them or their relatives that they could not bring slaves there? Northerners of course said, No, slavery is different; it's not just another form of property. Many of them thought slavery was immoral. Many who didn't care about morality said, Slavery retards economic growth..
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A Strategic Approach: GenAI in EducationPeter Windle
Artificial Intelligence (AI) technologies such as Generative AI, Image Generators and Large Language Models have had a dramatic impact on teaching, learning and assessment over the past 18 months. The most immediate threat AI posed was to Academic Integrity with Higher Education Institutes (HEIs) focusing their efforts on combating the use of GenAI in assessment. Guidelines were developed for staff and students, policies put in place too. Innovative educators have forged paths in the use of Generative AI for teaching, learning and assessments leading to pockets of transformation springing up across HEIs, often with little or no top-down guidance, support or direction.
This Gasta posits a strategic approach to integrating AI into HEIs to prepare staff, students and the curriculum for an evolving world and workplace. We will highlight the advantages of working with these technologies beyond the realm of teaching, learning and assessment by considering prompt engineering skills, industry impact, curriculum changes, and the need for staff upskilling. In contrast, not engaging strategically with Generative AI poses risks, including falling behind peers, missed opportunities and failing to ensure our graduates remain employable. The rapid evolution of AI technologies necessitates a proactive and strategic approach if we are to remain relevant.
Model Attribute Check Company Auto PropertyCeline George
In Odoo, the multi-company feature allows you to manage multiple companies within a single Odoo database instance. Each company can have its own configurations while still sharing common resources such as products, customers, and suppliers.
Acetabularia Information For Class 9 .docxvaibhavrinwa19
Acetabularia acetabulum is a single-celled green alga that in its vegetative state is morphologically differentiated into a basal rhizoid and an axially elongated stalk, which bears whorls of branching hairs. The single diploid nucleus resides in the rhizoid.
June 3, 2024 Anti-Semitism Letter Sent to MIT President Kornbluth and MIT Cor...Levi Shapiro
Letter from the Congress of the United States regarding Anti-Semitism sent June 3rd to MIT President Sally Kornbluth, MIT Corp Chair, Mark Gorenberg
Dear Dr. Kornbluth and Mr. Gorenberg,
The US House of Representatives is deeply concerned by ongoing and pervasive acts of antisemitic
harassment and intimidation at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT). Failing to act decisively to ensure a safe learning environment for all students would be a grave dereliction of your responsibilities as President of MIT and Chair of the MIT Corporation.
This Congress will not stand idly by and allow an environment hostile to Jewish students to persist. The House believes that your institution is in violation of Title VI of the Civil Rights Act, and the inability or
unwillingness to rectify this violation through action requires accountability.
Postsecondary education is a unique opportunity for students to learn and have their ideas and beliefs challenged. However, universities receiving hundreds of millions of federal funds annually have denied
students that opportunity and have been hijacked to become venues for the promotion of terrorism, antisemitic harassment and intimidation, unlawful encampments, and in some cases, assaults and riots.
The House of Representatives will not countenance the use of federal funds to indoctrinate students into hateful, antisemitic, anti-American supporters of terrorism. Investigations into campus antisemitism by the Committee on Education and the Workforce and the Committee on Ways and Means have been expanded into a Congress-wide probe across all relevant jurisdictions to address this national crisis. The undersigned Committees will conduct oversight into the use of federal funds at MIT and its learning environment under authorities granted to each Committee.
• The Committee on Education and the Workforce has been investigating your institution since December 7, 2023. The Committee has broad jurisdiction over postsecondary education, including its compliance with Title VI of the Civil Rights Act, campus safety concerns over disruptions to the learning environment, and the awarding of federal student aid under the Higher Education Act.
• The Committee on Oversight and Accountability is investigating the sources of funding and other support flowing to groups espousing pro-Hamas propaganda and engaged in antisemitic harassment and intimidation of students. The Committee on Oversight and Accountability is the principal oversight committee of the US House of Representatives and has broad authority to investigate “any matter” at “any time” under House Rule X.
• The Committee on Ways and Means has been investigating several universities since November 15, 2023, when the Committee held a hearing entitled From Ivory Towers to Dark Corners: Investigating the Nexus Between Antisemitism, Tax-Exempt Universities, and Terror Financing. The Committee followed the hearing with letters to those institutions on January 10, 202
Normal Labour/ Stages of Labour/ Mechanism of LabourWasim Ak
Normal labor is also termed spontaneous labor, defined as the natural physiological process through which the fetus, placenta, and membranes are expelled from the uterus through the birth canal at term (37 to 42 weeks
Francesca Gottschalk - How can education support child empowerment.pptxEduSkills OECD
Francesca Gottschalk from the OECD’s Centre for Educational Research and Innovation presents at the Ask an Expert Webinar: How can education support child empowerment?
2. Explanation of Project The Gilded Age, lasting from the 1870s to the 1910s, was a period of prosperity and excess. Robber barons such Cornelius Vanderbilt constructed an empire based on exploitation of the workers and strangleholds on their competition.1 The wealth gained from these practices spread to the whole family. George W. Vanderbilt II, Cornelius Vanderbilt’s grandson, built a summer home, Biltmore, in Asheville, NC, and subsequently brought industry to the city. In addition to the workers hired to construct the house, between 1889 and 1895, innumerous servants were required to run the house. Many of the workers they employed were African-American, who, in addition to working menially, were busy setting up businesses of their own and fighting for more rights. This project will examine the business and personal lives of African- Americans in Gilded Age Asheville, and the intersection between the two.
3. Significant Pre-Gilded Age Events Election of 1868 Riots2 : Blacks in Asheville traditionally voted Republican One African-American tried to vote for a Democratic candidate. Fight broke out between Blacks, trying to stop voter, and Whites. Whites opened fire on Blacks, but no lives lost. 1870 Election 400 Blacks showed up to vote, first African-American official in area elected. Henry Saxton, policeman, served for several years.
4. Early Gilded-Age Events Newton Shepherd, originally a street sweeper, was elected alderman in 1880. First Black to hold public office in Asheville.3 African-American businesses started to spring up around Asheville in 1880s. Mainly served domestic/personal service jobs. Many Blacks worked as barbers, hair dressers, janitors, cooks, and other such professions.4 Unknown Asheville African American, turn-of-century.
5. Noted African-American Businessmen Issac Dickson (pictured left) One of the first, and arguably most prominent African-American businessmen in Asheville 5 Started career buying 20 lots of land in the Valley and Velvet areas of Asheville; constructed houses to make “Dickson town.” 6 Rented and sold houses in the neighborhood to African-Americans; set up a grocery and coal & wood yard out of his own house.
6. Noted African-American Businessmen Issac Dickson (continued) Also established “hack service”– provided transportation to both white and black passengers from the train depot to their destination of choice. Served on Buncombe County Board of Education; helped establish first public African-American school in Asheville, cofounded St. Matthias church Episcopal church, the oldest surviving black church in Asheville. 7
7. Noted African-American Businessmen B. J. Jackson (right) One of first black businessmen operating out of downtown Asheville 8 Manned vegetable market with his family, operating from the 1880s until 1924. Stand was noted for fresh vegetables; provided for hotels, boarding houses, and cafes for more than 25 years.
8. Noted African-American Businessmen James Vester Miller Prominent Asheville builder, founded Miller Construction Company in 1881.9 Constructed the St. Matthias church (pictured left), homes for his family, and other churches and community buildings10
9. Other Black Figures in Asheville History E.H. Lipscome Founded The Mountain Gleaner, a black Asheville paper with considerable readership, in 1885. Widely read outside of state. Opinion was considered by Washington senators. 11 James Wilson African-American; one of Asheville’s first black undertakers. 12 Noah Murrough Established first black funeral home in Asheville in 1910. 13 Dr W.G. Torrence Founded first black hospital in the city in the 1910s; however, more of a clinic.
10. Black Organizations in Asheville14 Mt Zion Missionary Baptist Church Founded 1880 by Rev. Robert Parker. Became integral to Black community under leadership of Rev. Jacob Robert Nelson, after Parker resigned in 1897. Nelson persuaded city officials to allow burial of Blacks in Asheville Cemetery, the main cemetery of Asheville.
11. Black Organizations in Asheville15 Schooling First popular school for black children in Asheville opened in 1875 by Pease family from New York. Forced to close down, reopened in 1887. By 1888, more than 200 students were enrolled. First black public school in Asheville opened in 1888 under influence from the school board. Also proves popular. More public schools soon followed.
12. Blacks and Biltmore Several hundred African-Americans were employed in the construction of the Biltmore16. The Biltmore household was also solidly mix-raced, with a significant number of African-American workers. Edith Vanderbilt, George Vanderbilt’s wife, founded the School of Domestic Science in 1901, for the purpose of training African-American women in labor and household skills. 17
13. Analysis The most productive period for Asheville Gilded Age Blacks was the 1880s. Disenfranchised by turn of 20th century. Most Black businesses set up during 1880s, prospered. Figures such as Isaac Dickson and E.H. Lipscome became influential during era By end of 19th century, Blacks focused more on improving their community Mt Zion Church prospers by 1890s. Black hospital constructed early 1900s. Schooling gains in popularity by early 1890s In general the Black community during the Gilded Age strived for strong community, small businesses.
14. Citations 1. Fenn, Katy and Meredith Murphy. “Gilded Asheville Mini-term Introduction”. NCSSM, Durham, NC. 24 February 2011. Class lecture. 2. Sondley, F.A. . History of Buncombe County, North Carolina. Asheville, NC: Advocate Pub. Co., 1930. Print. 3. Sondley. 4. Tessier, Mitzi. Asheville: A Pictorial History. Virginia Beach, VA: Donning Co., 1982. 59. Print. 5. Davis, Lenwood. The Black Heritage of Western North Carolina. 1st ed. . Asheville, NC: University Graphics, UNCA, 198-. 1-38. Print. 6. Tessier. 7. "First Negro School Started Year After Citizen." Asheville Citizen-Times 26 Jan 1969, Print. 8. “Black-Owned Businesses Have Long History Here.” Asheville Citizen-Times 22 Aug 1977, Print. 9. “First Negro School.” 10. Tessier. 11. Tessier. 12. Sondley 13. Tessier. 14. Tessier. 15. Tessier 16. Curtis, Nancy C. Black heritage sites: an African American odyssey and finder's guide American Library Association., 1996. 168. Print. 17. Antler Hill display, Biltmore Estate. Print. Pictures collected from East Riverside Photographs, Asheville, NC, D.H. Ramsey Library, Special Collections, UNC Asheville