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Moore, Opal (1953) Reference library
The Concise Oxford Companion to African American Literature
...Moore, Opal (b. 1953 ), poet , short story writer , essayist , educator , and critic of children's literature . Born and raised in Chicago, Illinois, Opal Moore was influenced from childhood by the particular dynamics of the Pentecostal church; echoes of that institution reverberate in her plots, themes, characters, tone, and language. When Moore entered Illinois Wesleyan University's School of Art in 1970 , she was so shocked by her first real encounter with racism and her sense of powerlessness in the face of it that she sought some control over...
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Hansen, Joyce Reference library
The Oxford Encyclopedia of Children's Literature
...Hansen explores a range of inspiring lives lived in challenging times. Always concerned that her work expresses a sense of hope and possibility, Hansen's narratives, whether fiction or nonfiction, emphasize the importance of family and personal responsibility. Linda G. Benson Moore, Opal , and Donnarae MacCann . “On Canon Expansion and the Artistry of Joyce Hansen.” Children's Literature Association Quarterly 15 (Spring 1990):...
Tiffany Reference library
The Grove Encyclopedia of Decorative Arts
...brooch. In 1851 Tiffany brought the silver manufacturer John Chandler Moore into the firm, and under Moore ’s direction the company rose to dominate the domestic silver market. By 1853 the firm was known as Tiffany & Co. In 1850 Tiffany opened a branch in Paris; at the Expositions Universelles of 1867 and 1878 in Paris the firm was awarded medals, the first to be given to an American silver-maker. Moore’s son, the silver designer Edward Chandler Moore ( 1827–91 ), also joined the company; in 1871 he created the celebrated ‘Audubon’...
Hamilton, Virginia Reference library
The Oxford Encyclopedia of Children's Literature
...; Biography ; Fairy Tales and Folk Tales ; Myths ; and Picture Books . Michelle H. Martin Mikkelsen, Nina . “A Conversation with Virginia Hamilton.” Journal of Youth Services in Libraries 7 (1994): 392–405. Mikkelsen, Nina . Virginia Hamilton . New York: Twayne, 1994. Moore, Opal , and Donnarae MacCann . “The Uncle Remus Travesty, Part II: Julius Lester and Virginia Hamilton.” Children's Literature Association Quarterly 11 (1996): 205–210. Trites, Roberta Seelinger . “‘I Double Never Ever Never Lie to My Chil'ren’: Inside People in Virginia...
Anti-Imperialism Reference library
Robert David Johnson
The Oxford Encyclopedia of the History of American Foreign Relations
...1. “ Declaration of Independence ,” July 4, 1776; J. M. Opal , “ Common Sense and Imperial Atrocity,” Common-Place 9 (2009) , http://www.common-place.org/vol-09/no-04/forum/opal.shtml; see also Michael A. McDonnell, “ The American War for Independence and the American Revolution ,” Oxford Research Encyclopedias (forthcoming). 2. “ Declaration of Independence ,” July 4, 1776; Robert Remini , “Northwest Ordinance: Bulwark of the Republic,” Indiana Magazine of History 84, no. 1 (1988), 15–24 ; Opal , “ Common Sense ”. 3. On treaty-making, see Jack...
Harlem Renaissance Reference library
Black Women in America (2 ed.)
...at the time, the show was considered a triumph primarily for the cast. Critics of the time were hugely impressed by the quality of the performances. Robert Benchley , critic for the Tribune , raved. George Jean Nathan , leading critic of the day, put two of the actors— Opal Cooper and Inez Clough—on his list of the ten best male and the ten best female performers on Broadway that year. Another black woman who set the theatrical stage for the Harlem Renaissance was Rose McClendon . One of the few black women to win recognition on Broadway, she...
Diaspora Literacy, Heritage Knowledge, and Revolutionary African-Centered Pedagogy in Black Studies Curriculum Theorizing and Praxis Reference library
Joyce E. King
The Oxford Encyclopedia of Curriculum Studies
...including Trayvon Martin, George Floyd, Breonna Taylor, Philando Castile, Sandra Bland, Tamir Rice—to name a few—sparked massive global Black Lives Matter (BLM) public protests. In a Foreword to the collection of essays entitled Black Lives Matter at School , BLM co-founder Opal Tometi ( 2020 ) observed: the United States is in the midst of an urgent moral and legal crisis over the safety, liberty and well-being of Black young people . . . both within classroom and outside the school grounds Black lives are under threat. (pp. xi, xiv) The volume’s...
Antiblackness and the Adultification of Black Children in a U.S. Prison Nation Reference library
Amir A. Gilmore and Pamela J. Bettis
The Oxford Encyclopedia of Gender and Sexuality in Education
...that offered a more complete, not competing narrative about race, gender, and policing in America. Arguably, #SayHerName was launched in response to the #BlackLivesMatter movement—a movement created in 2013 by Black and queer activists Alicia Garza, Patrisse Cullors, and Opal Tometi following the murder of Trayvon Martin and the acquittal of George Zimmerman ( Black Lives Matter, n.d. ). While the #BlackLivesMatter movement led to awareness of injustices against Black people, it has been criticized for focusing on the lives of Black boys and men,...
African Historical Geography, Landscapes, and Environmental Change Reference library
Katherine Homewood
The Oxford Encyclopedia of African Historiography: Methods and Sources
...from grass, and microscopic fragments of charcoal, all used to reconstruct past environments. Grasses and other monocotyledonous plants often produce characteristically shaped phytoliths of silica and/or calcium, readily preserved and mineralizing, under the right conditions, to opal. All of these components, their presence/absence and proportional contribution to the overall core, constitute proxy measures of environmental characteristics. Total volumes of phytoliths, such as have been retrieved from oceanic cores off west equatorial Africa, may indicate...
Great Britain Reference library
The International Encyclopedia of Dance
...years) that the Rambert board decided to dismiss him as artistic director. Alston had introduced the Rambert dancers to Cunningham technique and, as artistic director, had revised the company's repertory radically. Cunningham's Septet, Doubles , and Touchbase , Trisha Brown 's Opal Loop , and new works by Lucinda Childs and David Gordon were presented alongside choreography predominantly by Alston and Davies. Alston also commissioned works by some of Britain's most experimental choreographers—the first being Swamp in 1986 , by Michael Clark , and, in...
Sigler Bunny Reference library
The Encyclopedia of Popular Music (4 ed.)
...Good Times Roll’/‘Feel So Good’ (number 20 R&B and number 22 pop) and ‘Lovey Dovey’/‘You’re So Fine’. Earlier in his career he had belonged to a doo-wop vocal group, the Opals, who recorded in 1959 for the Philadelphia V-Tone label, with little success. After his late 60s records, Sigler abandoned recording for several years to concentrate on songwriting, and wrote songs for Jackie Moore , Joe Simon , the Three Degrees , O’Jays , Intruders and Billy Paul , most of whom were Philadelphia International Records (PIR) artists. In 1973 Sigler returned to...
bend v. 1 Reference library
Green's Dictionary of Slang
...1928 V. Palmer Passage 142: Been bending his elbow a bit too much lately, I reckon. c. 1935 in W.C. Fields By Himself ( 1974 ) 155: The least I can do is to toast to your health and happyness, so time out, old pal – while I bend my elbow to you. 1946 C.S. Montanye ‘Opals Are Unlucky’ in Thrilling Detective Jan. [Internet] It was still gray and cheerless, the kind of a day that called for some elbow bending. 1955 ‘ Ed Lacy ’ Best that Ever Did It ( 1957 ) 143: Their roomers, who were just coming in from their Saturday night elbow-bending. ...
blind n. 1 Reference library
Green's Dictionary of Slang
...paying for scalps. 1917 All Abaht It (London) ( 1919 ) Feb. 62: What about getting it – ‘one on the blind’? [AND]. 1929 J.L. Moore Canine King 30: The dog is cast off ‘on the blind’ to use the expression by which a sheep-man admits his own impotence [AND]. 1936 I.L. Idriess Cattle King 63: He had taken up country on the ‘blind’, without ever having seen it. 1960 D. Mc Lean Roaring Days 62: When you're on opal country […] you have to sink ‘on the...
dog n. 2 Reference library
Green's Dictionary of Slang
... C. Reade It Is Never Too Late to Mend III 260: The unconquerable dog said to himself, ‘The day will come that I will tell her how I have risked my soul for her; how I have played the villain for her’. 1864 A.F. Hill Our Boys 166: You drunken dog! 1878 J.H. Nicholson Opal Fever 5: Dog! […] dog, that you are! 1883 J. Payn Thicker than Water II 5: You dog with the teeth […] you will be hanged like a dog. 1898 E. Dyson ‘Dead Man's Lode’ Below and On Top [Internet] He was a dog, a mean hound, but he didn't look it, an' he was a good miner....
Bibliography, Selected Reference library
Green's Dictionary of Slang
...1888) Moore, Bob Don't Call Me a Crook (London 1935) Moore, Briscoe From Forest to Farm (London 1969) Moore, Bruce A Lexicon of Cadet Language Royal Military College, Duntroon 1983–1985 (Canberra 1993) —— Gold! Gold! Gold! The Language of the 19th-century Australian Gold Rushes (Melbourne 2000) Moore, Charles CB Language in Great Britain (London 1981) Moore, Frank Songs and Ballads of the American Revolution (New York 1855) Moore, Pamela Chocolates for Breakfast (London/New York 1957) Moore, Susanne In the Cut (New York 1996) Moore,...
