True Grit - American Prints from 1900 to 1950

African American culture draws upon a rich body of traditions from Africa, Latin America, and the South, and folklore is fundamental to the African American heritage. The first wor...

An intimate look at the Halstonettes—the women who inspired legendary fashion designer Halston. One of the greatest fashion designers of all time, Halston defined...

This chapter argues that certain important lessons about truth can only be appreciated by approaching semantic circularity from the perspective of a compositional semanticist. It e...

In 1950, Senator Joseph McCarthy declared that the State Department was a haven for communists and traitors. Among famous targets, like Alger Hiss, the senator also named librarian...

There is nothing absurd about holding a sentence true without believing the proposition it expresses. For example, people often hold Holy Scriptures to be true without necessarily ...

An eye-witness account from two key figures inLiberia’s struggle with colonial threats and the political, economic, and social changes of five presidential terms of the time of the...

African American folklore dates back 240 years and has had a significant impact on American culture from the slavery period to the modern day. This encyclopedia provides accessible...