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Critical Foundations Collection

Title: A Disability History of the United States
Author: Nielsen, Kim E
A Disability History of the United States
Title: An African American and Latinx History of the United States
Author: Ortiz, Paul
An African American and Latinx History of the United States
Title: A Queer History of the United States
Author: Bronski, Michael
A Queer History
Title: Becoming a Student-Ready College
Author: McNair, Tia Brown
becoming a student ready college
Title: Between the World and Me
Author: Coates, Ta-Nehisi
Between the world and me
Title: College Students’ Sense of Belonging: A Key to Educational Success For All Students
Author: StrayHorn, Terrell L.
College Students Sense of Belonging
Title: Confronting Equity Issues on Campus: Implementing the Equity Scorecard in Theory and Practice
Author: Sterling, Virginia
Confronting Equity Isshues on Campus
Title: Creating the Path to Success in the Classroom
Author: Gabriel, Kathleen F
Creating the Path to Success in the Classroom
Title: Creating the Path to Success in the Classroom.jpg
Author: Astin, Alexander
Cultivating the Spiritt
Title: Educated: A Memoir
Author: Westover, Tara
Educated
Title: Every Student Has a Story: Personal Narratives from First-Generation College Students
Author: Fort Wayne, Ind.
Every Student Has A Story
Title: Everything Here is Beautiful
Author: Lee, Mira T.
Everything here is beatiful
Title: Evicted: Poverty and Profit in the American City
Author: Desmond, Matthew
Evicted
Title: From Equity Talk to Equity Walk
Author: McNair, Tia Brown
Equity talk to equity walk
Title: Getting College Ready: Latin@ Student Experiences of Race, Access, and Belonging at Predominantly White Universities
Author: Minikel-Lacocque, Julie
Getting College Ready
Title: Hillbilly Elegy: A Memoir of a Family and Culture in Crisis
Author: Vance, J.D
Hillbilly Elegy
Title: In the Shadows of the Freeway: Growing Up Brown and Queer
Author: Otero, Lydia R.
In the shadows of the freeway
Title: March: Book One
Author: Lewis, John
March Book One
Title: March: Book Two
Author: Lewis, John
March Book Two
Title: March: Book Three
Author: Lewis, John
March Book Three
Title: Me and White Supremacy: Combat Racism, Change the World, and Become a Good Ancestor
Author: Saad, Layla F.
Me and White Supremacy
Title: Normal Life: Administrative Violence, Critical Trans Politics, and the Limits of Law
Author: Spade, Dean
Normal Life
Title: Not a Crime to be Poor
Author: Edelman, Peter B.
Not a Crime to be Poor
Title: Paying for the Party: How College Maintains Inequality
Author: Armstrong, Elizabeth
Paying for the Party
Title: Power, Race, and Higher Education: A Cross-Cultural Parallel Narrative
Author: Bhattacharya, Kakali
Power Race and Higher Education
Title: Race on Campus: Debunking Myths with Data
Author: Nielsen, Kim E.
Race on Campus
Title: Racism in Kansas City: A Short Story
Author: Griffin, G.S
Racism in Kansas City
Title: Slavery by Another Name: The Re-Enslavement of Black Americans from the Civil War to World War ||
Author: Blackmon, Douglas A.
Slavery by Another Name
Title: So You Want to Talk About Race
Author: Oluo, Ijeoma
So You Want to Talk About Rac e
Title: Stamped from the Beginning
Author: Kendi, ibram
Stamped from the beginning
Title: Student Success in Higher Education: Developing the Whole Person Through High-Impact Practices
Author: Brzycki, Elaine J,
Student Success in Higher Education
Title: Supporting Transgender and Non-Binary Students and Staff in Further and Higher Education
Author: Lawrence, Matson
Supporting Transgender and Non-Binary Students
Title: Talking to Strangers: What We Should Know ABout The People We Don’t Know
Author: Gladwell, Malcolm
Talking to Strangers
Title: Technology and Engagement
Author: Rowan-Kenyon Heather T.
Technology and Engagment
Title: The Color of Law: A Forgotten History of How our Government Segregated America
Author: Author: Rothstein, Richard
color of law
Title: The Color of Money-Black Banks and the Racial Wealth Gap
Author: Baradaran, Mehrsa
the color of money
Title: The Death Gap: How Inequality Kills
Author: Ansell, David A.
the death gap
Title: The Empowered University: Shared Leadership, Culture Change, and Academic Success
Author: Hrabowski, Freeman A.
empowered university
Title: The Hidden Rules of Race: Barriers to an Inclusive Economy
Author: Flynn, Andrea
The Hidden Rules of Race
Title: The Mis-Education of the Negro
Author: Woodson, Carter Godwin
The Miseducation of the Negro
Title: The New Jim Crow: Mass Incarceration in the Age of Colorblindness
Author: Alexander, Michelle
The new jim crow
Title: The Privileged Poor: How Elite Colleges are Failing Disadvantaged Students
Author: Jack, Anthony Abraham
The Privileged
Title: The Undergraduate Experience: Focusing Institutions On What Matters Most
Author: Felten, Peter
The Undergraduate Expiernce
Title: Thinking, Fast, and Slow
Author: Kahneman, Daniel
Thinking fast and slow
Title: This is How it Always Is
Author: Frankel, Laurie
This is how it always is
Title: This Will be my Undoing: Living at the Intersection of Black, Female, and Feminst in (White) America
Author: Jerkins Morgan
This will be my undoing
Title: Trans* in College: Transgender Students Strategies for Navigating Campus Life and the Institutiona
Author: Lawrence, Matson
Trans in college
Title: Violence Against Queer People: Race, Class, Gender, and the Persitance of Anti-LGBT Discrimnation
Author: Meyer, Doug
Violence Against Queer People
Title: Waking up White: and Finding Myself in the Story of Race
Author: Irving, Debby
Waking up white
Title: White Fragility: Why It’s So Hard for White People to Talk About Racism
Author: Wiggins, Joy L.
White Fragility
Title: White Guys on Campus
Author: Cabera, Nolan L.
White guys on campus
Title: White Like Me: Reflections on Race from a Privileged Son: The Remix
Author: Wise, Tim J.
White like me
Title: White Rage: The Unspoken Truth of Our Racial Divide
Author: Anderson, Carol
white rage
Title: Why are the Black Kids Sitting Together in the Cafeteria?
Author: Tatum, Beverly Daniel
Why are all the black kids sitting together in the cafeteria
ISBN: 9780203108499
Title: Writing beyond race
Author: hooks, bell
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Academic Search Ultimate offers an enormous collection of full-text journals, providing users access to critical information from many sources unique to this database. In addition, it includes peer-reviewed full text for STEM research, as well as for the social sciences and humanities. Scholarly content covers a broad range of important areas of academic study, including anthropology, engineering, law, sciences and more.
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Through the shared MOBIUS Collection, patrons have access to thousands of e-books and audio books in OverDrive, including popular titles. Titles can be downloaded to phones, tablets, and computers. Select sign in (top right) and William Jewell College from the drop-down menu. Coverage: Paid for by Curry Library

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ProQuest Central includes over 40 smaller databases holding material from over 17,000 sources covering 160 subjects. Over half the resources offer full-text online. Coverage: Paid for by Curry Library

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