1.

Record Nr.

UNINA9910457443603321

Autore

Miller Eben

Titolo

Born along the color line [[electronic resource] ] : the 1933 Amenia Conference and the rise of a national civil rights movement / / Eben Miller

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Oxford ; ; New York, : Oxford University Press, 2011

ISBN

0-19-025428-9

1-283-42819-9

9786613428196

0-19-993055-4

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (368 p.)

Disciplina

323.1196/073

323.1196073

Soggetti

Civil rights movements - United States - History - 20th century

African Americans - Civil rights - History - 20th century

African Americans - Economic conditions - 20th century

Electronic books.

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

Cover; Contents; Acknowledgments; Introduction; PART ONE; 1. Louis Redding's Invitation; 2. Abram Harris and the "Economics of the Race Problem"; PART TWO; 3. At Troutbeck; 4. 69 Fifth Avenue; PART THREE; 5. Juanita Jackson, Leading Negro Youth; 6. In Moran Weston's Harlem; 7. The Question of Ralph Bunche's Loyalty; Epilogue; Notes; Index; A; B; C; D; E; F; G; H; I; J; K; L; M; N; O; P; Q; R; S; T; U; V; W; Y

Sommario/riassunto

In August, 1933, dozens of people gathered amid seven large, canvas tents in a field near Amenia, in upstate New York. Joel Spingarn, president of the board of the NAACP, had called a conference to revitalize the flagging civil rights organization. In Amenia, such old lions as the 65 year-old W.E.B. DuBois would mingle with ""the coming leaders of Negro thought."" It was a fascinating encounter that would transform the civil rights movement. With elegant writing and piercing insight, historian Eben Miller narrates how this little-known conference brought together a remarkable young group of Af



2.

Record Nr.

UNISA996660366803316

Titolo

Engineering Psychology and Cognitive Ergonomics : 22nd International Conference, EPCE 2025, Held as Part of the 27th HCI International Conference, HCII 2025, Gothenburg, Sweden, June 22–27, 2025, Proceedings, Part I / / edited by Don Harris, Wen-Chin Li

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Cham : , : Springer Nature Switzerland : , : Imprint : Springer, , 2025

ISBN

3-031-93718-X

Edizione

[1st ed. 2025.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (XXVI, 371 p. 121 illus., 101 illus. in color.)

Collana

Lecture Notes in Artificial Intelligence, , 2945-9141 ; ; 15776

Disciplina

003.54

Soggetti

Coding theory

Information theory

Computer networks

Computers, Special purpose

Computer systems

User interfaces (Computer systems)

Human-computer interaction

Artificial intelligence

Coding and Information Theory

Computer Communication Networks

Special Purpose and Application-Based Systems

Computer System Implementation

User Interfaces and Human Computer Interaction

Artificial Intelligence

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Sommario/riassunto

This two-volume set constitutes the thoroughly refereed proceedings of the 22nd International Conference on Engineering Psychology and Cognitive Ergonomics, EPCE 2025, held as part of HCI International 2025, held in Gothenburg, Sweden, during June 22–27, 2025. Two volumes of the HCII 2025 proceedings are dedicated to this year’s



edition of the EPCE conference. The first volume centers around a diverse array of interconnected themes related to human performance, workload and situational awareness in the use of complex interactive applications and environments, as well as the role of cognitive psychology on designing and evaluating interactive systems and investigating computer-supported as in collaboration and teaming. The second volume focuses on issues related to Cognitive Psychology in the demanding contexts of aviation and space.