Death threats, bigotry, courage: Behind Giants historic hiring of Frank Robinson
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Frank Robinson is hired by the San Francisco Giants to be manager. To his left os Giants owner Bob Lurie, and to his right is wife barbara January 14, 1981 Associated Press Photo Photo ran 1/15/1981, p. 51Associated Press 1981Show MoreShow Less
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Bob Lurie in a 1958 photo dressed in a Giants uniform at his home in Atherton, Calif., on Sunday, February 14, 2021. In 1981, Bob Lurie hired Frank Robinson, the first Black manager in the National League.Carlos Avila Gonzalez / The ChronicleShow MoreShow Less
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Bob and Connie Lurie at their home in Atherton, Calif., on Sunday, February 14, 2021. In 1981, Bob Lurie hired Frank Robinson, the first Black manager in the National League.Carlos Avila Gonzalez / The ChronicleShow MoreShow Less
New Movies to Watch This Week: Nomadland, I Care a Lot, Test Pattern
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The treasures of an extended Oscar season just keep on giving, as Venice Film Festival winner and award season favorite “Nomadland” finds its way to theaters and Hulu subscribers. It’s a special film, about a woman (played by two-time Oscar winner Frances McDormand) who pulls up stakes and travels the country by van, hitting theaters at a time when many people have been reexamining their own lives. So if there’s a safe way to see it, you’d be hard-pressed to find a better option out there.
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February 21, 2021 07:58 IST
Tamil poet-writer-politician Salma’s hard-won personal victories give her voice universal resonance and a unique, reified timbre
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Tamil poet-writer-politician Salma’s hard-won personal victories give her voice universal resonance and a unique, reified timbre
Scholar Leela Gandhi said that what post-colonial theory “fails to recognize is that what counts as ‘marginal’ in relation to the West has often been central and foundational in the non-West.” This rings true with regard to feminism and its relationship with women from minority communities, whether Muslim or Dalit or Black. While Indian feminists successfully negotiated the mainstream to reposition issues like Sati or widow remarriage as being about women first and about culture and religion after, they hesitated to make the same leaps with, say, triple talaq.