June 4, 2007
ISSUE# LXVII
THE SOCIAL SCIENCES & THEORIES OF RACE (Paperback)
by Vernon J. Williams Jr. (Author)
Vernon J. Williams Jr. is a Professor at Indiana University Department of African American & African Diaspora Studies
Planting Rice and Harvesting Slaves: Transformations along the Guinea-Bissau Coast,1400-1900 (Social History of Africa Series) (Paperback) by Walter Hawthorne (Author)
WALTER HAWTHORNE is Assistant Professor of History at Ohio University.
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Rice and Slavery: A Fatal Gold Seede
Jean M. West
On New Year's Day, many Americans, especially those with southern origins, eat a dish combining black-eyed peas and rice called "Hoppin' John." It's supposed to bring good luck since people who "eat poor New Year's Day, eat rich the rest of the year." Most would be surprised to learn that rice is not a plant native to the New World. They would be even more surprised to learn that the dish has roots in tragedy rather than in luck..….....(Read More )
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