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Breach of peace
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Eric Etheridge |
In the spring and summer of 1961, several hundred Americans -- blacks and whites, men and women -- converged on Jackson, Mississippi, to challenge state segregation laws. The Freedom Riders, as they … |
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Rosa Parks and the Montgomery Bus Boycott
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Gary Jeffrey |
The story of Rosa Parks and the Montgomery bus boycott in comic format. |
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Toward the meeting of the waters
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Orville Vernon Burton,Winfred B. Moore |
This book takes a provocative look into civil rights progress in the Palmetto State from activists, statesmen, and historians. Toward the Meeting of the Waters represents a watershed moment in civil … |
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March. Book Three
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Nate Powell,John Lewis,Andrew Aydin,Andrew Aydin |
Welcome to the stunning conclusion of the award-winning and best-selling *March* trilogy. Congressman John Lewis, an American icon and one of the key figures of the civil rights movement, joins co-wr… |
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The Selma campaign, 1963-1965
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Wally G. Vaughn |
Personal reminiscences of individuals involved in this campaign, during which the civil rights movement in America took a decisive turn. |
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Rosa Parks
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Kathleen V. Kudlinski,Meryl Henderson |
Describes the courageous childhood of the woman who is most known for her refusal to sit at the back of the bus that set off one of the most famous battles for civil rights, and surveys her later wor… |
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Lay bare the heart
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James Farmer |
The soul survivor of the Big Four, and founder of CORE, James Farmer writes to set the record straight regarding the evolution of the civil rights movement and to document the conditions under which … |
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More harm than good
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Susan C. Boyd |
In an era when the "war on drugs" has resulted in increasingly militarized responses from police, harsh prison sentences and overcrowded prisons, a re-examination of drug policy is sorely needed. Are… |
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What truth sounds like
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Michael Eric Dyson |
"In 1963 Attorney General Robert Kennedy sought out James Baldwin to explain the rage that threatened to engulf black America. Baldwin brought along some friends, including playwright Lorraine Hansbe… |
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A spy in Canaan
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Marc Perrusquia |
The story of the double life of famed civil rights photographer Ernest Withers--and how a closely guarded government secret finally came to light, told by the journalist who broke the story. Ernest W… |
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King
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Ho Che Anderson |
"Ho Che Anderson's biography of America's great civil rights advocate Martin Luther King is both a monumental recreation of his tumultuous public life (and death) and an intimate portrait of the man … |
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Behind the public veil
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Lewis V. Baldwin |
"What was Martin Luther King Jr. really like? In this groundbreaking volume, Lewis V. Baldwin answers this question by focusing on the man himself. Drawing on the testimonies of friends, family, and … |
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John Lewis
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Christine M. Hill |
Chronicles the life of the man whose politics took him from civil rights worker in the South to serving as a United States Congressman. |
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Fact Cat : History
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Izzi Howell |
1 volume : 23 cm |
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Ellington Was Not a Street
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Ntozake Shange |
In a reflective tribute to the African-American community of old, noted poet Ntozake Shange recalls her childhood home and the close-knit group of innovators that often gathered there. These men of v… |
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Risking everything
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Michael Edmonds |
"Risking Everything : A Freedom Summer Reader documents the 1964 Mississippi Freedom Summer Project, when SNCC and CORE workers and volunteers arrived in the Deep South to register voters and teach n… |
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Dark princess
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W. E. B. Du Bois |
29, 311 p. 24 cm |
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Witness to the truth
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John Henry Scott |
"Witness to the Truth tells the extraordinary life story of a grassroots human rights leader and his courageous campaign to win the right to vote for the African Americans of Lake Providence, Louisia… |
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Daisy Bates
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Amy Polakow |
A biography of the civil rights activist who led the fight to integrate schools in Little Rock, Arkansas, during the 1950s. |
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April 4, 1968
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Michael Eric Dyson |
On April 4, 1968, at 6:01 PM, while he was standing on a balcony at a Memphis hotel, Martin Luther King, Jr. was shot and fatally wounded. Only hours earlier King-the prophet for racial and economic … |
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