The Chosen and The Damned: Native Americans and the Making of Race in the United States | David J. Silverman (Author) Women in History Jessica Shepherd

Jessica Shepherd

An empowering message inspired by a beloved quote from Madeleine L'Engle's enduring classic A Wrinkle in Time

When young Tybre Faw discovers John Lewis and his heroic march across the Edmund Pettus Bridge in the fight for voting rights

and Marcos tries not to think too hard about how he makes a living

“Go slow

The Chosen and The Damned: Native Americans and the Making of Race in the United States | David J. Silverman (Author) Women in History Jessica ShepherdA sweeping chronicle placing race at the center of Native American U. S. history, from the award winning author of This Land Is Their Land. When the colonial era began, Europeans did not consider themselves as Whites, and Native Americans did not think of themselves as Indians. Yet as a genocidal struggle for America unfolded over the course of generations, all that changed. Euro Americans developed a sense of racial identity, superiority, and