The Oral History Review articles from June 2006

The Oral History Review archives from June 2006

Editor's introduction.
June 22, 2006... As I assume editorship of the Oral History Review, I do so knowing that I stand upon the shoulders of many. This particular issue is the product of outgoing OHR editor Andrew J. Dunar's and my collaboration. It is difficult to put into...

"The civil rights movement of the 1990s?": the anti-abortion movement and the struggle for racial justice.
June 22, 2006... Abstract In 1964, Claude and Jeanne Nolen, who were white, joined an interracial NAACP team intent on desegregating local restaurants in Austin, Texas as a test of the recently passed Civil Rights Act. Twenty-five years later, the Nolens...

Recovering a "lost" story using oral history: the United States Supreme Court's Historic Green v. New Kent County, Virginia, decision.
June 22, 2006... Abstract In 1965, New Kent County, located just east of Richmond, Virginia, became the setting for the one of the most important school desegregation cases since Brown v. Board of Education. Ten years after the U.S. Supreme Court declared...

Finding our place: reconstructing community through oral history.
June 22, 2006... Abstract "Finding Our Place: Reconstructing Community through Oral History," analyzes how oral histories not only give new meaning to places, but play a significant role in locating sites specific in the development of the Spanish-language...

From farm to factory: transitions in work, gender, and leisure at Banning Mill, 1910-1930s.
June 22, 2006... Abstract This study explores new and traditional forms of leisure enjoyed by white southern rural millhands at Banning Mill between 1910 and the 1930s. As they moved from farm to factory, millhands experienced unfamiliar working conditions,...

Commentary.(biography of Anne Braden)
June 22, 2006... Catherine Fosl's account of writing Anne Braden's biography while she was alive is important for helping us understand the complex "dialogue" which can occur when a subject, in some fundamental way, is ambivalent about having her life recorded...

Response to commentary.(Paul Mishler's biography of Anne Braden)
June 22, 2006... I appreciate very much the spirit of Paul Mishler's comments on my reflections about my biography of Anne Braden. The focus of Dr. Mishler's research is quite different from mine, and I value his insights into the personal and cultural dynamics...

Born and Raised in Tobacco Fields: Portrait of a Changing American Landscape.(Book review)
June 22, 2006... Born and Raised in Tobacco Fields: Portrait of a Changing American Landscape. Written by Carrie Nobel Kline and Adam Nordell. Talking Across the Lines, LLC, 2004. $16.00. www.folktalk.org. "When I ride around the southern Maryland area and...

Freedom Colonies: Independent Black Texans in the Time of Jim Crow.(Book review)
June 22, 2006... FREEDOM COLONIES: INDEPENDENT BLACK TEXANS IN THE TIME OF JIM CROW. By Thad Sitton and James H. Conrad. Austin: University of Texas Press, 2005. 256 pp. Hardbound, $50.00; Softbound, $19.95. Thad Sitton and James Conrad, both accomplished...

Reporting from Washington: The History of the Washington Press Corps.(Book review)
June 22, 2006... REPORTING FROM WASHINGTON: THE HISTORY OF THE WASHINGTON PRESS CORPS. By Donald A. Ritchie. New York: Oxford University Press, 2005. Pp. xx + 390. Hardbound, $30. Donald Ritchie has produced a well-written and thoroughly researched new...

The Salish People and the Lewis and Clark Expedition.(Book review)
June 22, 2006... THE SALISH PEOPLE AND THE LEWIS AND CLARK EXPEDITION. Salish-Pend d'Oreille Culture Committee and Elders Cultural Advisory Council, Confederated Salish and Kootenai Tribes. Lincoln, Nebraska: University of Nebraska Press, 2005. 216 pp....

The Apache Indians: In Search of the Missing Tribe.(Book review)
June 22, 2006... THE APACHE INDIANS: IN SEARCH OF THE MISSING TRIBE. By Helge Ingstad. Trans. Janine K. Stenehjem. With a Preface by Benedicte Ingstad and an introduction by Thomas J. Nevins. Gyldendal Norsk Forlad A/S, 1945; English edition, 2004. 186 pp.....

Soldiers and Slaves: American Pows Trapped By the Nazis' Final Gamble.(Book review)
June 22, 2006... SOLDIERS AND SLAVES: AMERICAN POWS TRAPPED BY THE NAZIS' FINAL GAMBLE. By Roger Cohen. New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 2005.303 pp. Hardbound, $25.95. Veteran New York Times reporter Roger Cohen has written a powerful book that details one...

Making History: Czech Voices of Dissent and the Revolution of 1989.(Book review)
June 22, 2006... MAKING HISTORY: CZECH VOICES OF DISSENT AND THE REVOLUTION OF 1989. By Michael Long. Lanham, MD: Rowman & Littlefield Publishers, Inc., 2005. 189 pp. Hardbound, $70.00; Softbound, $29.95. Making History explores the lives and political...

Promises I Can Keep: Why Poor Women Put Motherhood Before Marriage.(Book review)
June 22, 2006... PROMISES I CAN KEEP: WHY POOR WOMEN PUT MOTHERHOOD BEFORE MARRIAGE. By Kathryn Edin and Maria Kefalas. Berkeley: The University of California Press, 2005. 293 pp. Hard cover, $24.95. In Promises I Can Keep, sociologists Kathryn Edin and...

Fighting Against the Odds: A History of Southern Labor Since World War II.(Book review)
June 22, 2006... FIGHTING AGAINST THE ODDS: A HISTORY OF SOUTHERN LABOR SINCE WORLD WAR II. By Timothy J. Minchin. Gainesville, FL: University of Florida Press, 2005. 232pp. Hardbound, $59.95. Timothy J. Minchin's new book, Fighting Against the Odds: A...

Remembering: Oral History As Performance.(Book review)
June 22, 2006... REMEMBERING: ORAL HISTORY AS PERFORMANCE. Edited by Della Pollock. Afterword by Jacquelyn Dowd Hall. Palgrave Macmillan, 2005.224 pp. Hardbound, $75.00; Softbound, 24.95. It is no simple feat to create, develop, and edit a strong...

Wives of Steel. Voices of Women from the Sparrows Point Steelmaking Communities.(Book review)
June 22, 2006... WIVES OF STEEL. VOICES OF WOMEN FROM THE SPARROWS POINT STEELMAKING COMMUNITIES. By Karen Olson. University Park, PA.: The Pennsylvania State University Press, 2005. 240 pp. Hardbound, $45.00. In 1887, as the American steel industry was...

An Unauthorized Biography of the World: Oral History on the Front Lines.(Book review)
June 22, 2006... AN UNAUTHORIZED BIOGRAPHY OF THE WORLD: ORAL HISTORY ON THE FRONT LINES. By Michael Riordon. Toronto: Between the Lines, 2004. 323 pp. Softbound, $21.95. This is not a book that fits easily into categories. It is a series of interviews...

The Surgeon and the Shepherd: Two Resistance Heroes in Vichy France.(Book review)
June 22, 2006... THE SURGEON AND THE SHEPHERD: TWO RESISTANCE HEROES IN VICHY FRANCE. By Meg Ostrum. Lincoln, NE AND London: University of Nebraska Press, 2004. 208 + xxvi pp. Biblio. + index. Hardbound. $27.95 The surgeon of the title is an eminent Belgian...

Silent Scars of Healing Hands: Oral Histories of Japanese American Doctors in World War II Detention Camps.(Book review)
June 22, 2006... SILENT SCARS OF HEALING HANDS: ORAL HISTORIES OF JAPANESE AMERICAN DOCTORS IN WORLD WAR II DETENTION CAMPS. By Naomi Hirahara and Gwenn M. Jensen. Fullerton, CA: Center for Oral and Public History. 197 pp. Softbound, $18.50. This book is a...

Oneida Lives: Long Lost Voices of the Wisconsin Oneidas.(Book review)
June 22, 2006... ONEIDA LIVES: LONG LOST VOICES OF THE WISCONSIN ONEIDAS. Herbert S. Lewis, ed., with the assistance of L. Gordon McLester III. Foreword by Gerald L. Hill. Lincoln, NE: University of Nebraska Press, 2005. 426 pp. Softbound $29.95. Many oral...

Crow Is My Boss: The Oral Life History of a Tanacross Athabaskan Elder.(Book review)
June 22, 2006... CROW IS MY BOSS: THE ORAL LIFE HISTORY OF A TANACROSS ATHABASKAN ELDER. By Kenny Thomas St. Edited by Craig Mishler. Norman, OK: University of Oklahoma Press, 2005. 288 pp. Hardbound, $32.95. Kenny Thomas, Sr. is an Athabaskan elder from...

The Heart Has Reasons: Holocaust Rescuers and Their Stories of Courage.(Book review)
June 22, 2006... THE HEART HAS REASONS: HOLOCAUST RESCUERS AND THEIR STORIES OF COURAGE. Mark Klempner. Cleveland: The Pilgrim Press, 2006. 235 pages. Hard bound, $24. Jewish survival rates in the Netherlands during World War II were the worst in western...