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The Help
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Kathryn Stockett |
Three ordinary women are about to take one extraordinary step.
Twenty-two-year-old Skeeter has just returned home after graduating from Ole Miss. She may have a degree, but it is 1962, Mississippi… |
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American civil rights
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Phillis Engelbert |
Biographies of major civil rights figures, including sidebars covering related events and issues. |
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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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The war before
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Wonda Jones,Safiya Asya Bukhari,Laura Whitehorn |
>*The War Before* traces Bukhari’s lifelong commitment as an advocate for the rights of the oppressed. Following her journey from middle-class student to Black Panther to political prisoner, these wr… |
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Martin Luther King, Jr
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Stuart A. Kallen |
Describes the life of the great civil rights leader. |
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Free at last!
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Angela Bull |
A biography of the civil rights leader, covering his childhood, leadership, powerful speeches, assassination, and greatest influences. |
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Spies of Mississippi
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Rick Bowers |
The Spies of Mississippi is a compelling story of how state spies tried to block voting rights for African Americans during the Civil Rights era. This book sheds new light on one of the most momentou… |
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Birmingham 1963
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Shelley Tougas |
"Explores and analyzes the historical context and significance of the iconic Charles Moore photograph"--Provided by publisher. |
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Say it loud
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Stephen Smith,Catherine Ellis |
Collects the text and audio recordings of famous African American political speeches, by individuals ranging from Malcolm X and Martin Luther King, Jr. to Condoleezza Rice and Barack Obama. |
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Coretta Scott King
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Maria Nelson |
A brief biography of the wife of the Reverend Martin Luther King, Jr., who shared his dedication to working peaceably to achieve equality for all Americans. |
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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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The Ravine
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James Williamson |
A compelling story, "The Ravine" evokes the South during the early years of the Civil Rights movement where a complex mixture of love and hate, ignorance and enlightenment, and guilt and innocence co… |
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Edge of Eternity
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Ken Follett,John Lee |
Conclusion of Follett's *Century Trilogy*, set during the Cold War. |
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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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There comes a time
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Milton Meltzer |
Presents an overview of the events in African American history that culminated in the United States during the 1950s and 1960s and represented a striving for equal rights. |
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Ready for a brand new beat
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Mark Kurlansky |
Can a song change a nation? In 1964, Marvin Gaye, record producer William "Mickey" Stevenson, and Motown songwriter Ivy Jo Hunter wrote "Dancing in the Street." Recorded by Martha and the Vandellas a… |
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Martin Luther King, Jr
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Jill C. Wheeler |
A biography of the civil rights leader who spent much of his life pursuing his dream of equal treatment for fellow African Americans and for all people. |
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Coretta Scott King
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Lisa Renee Rhodes |
Biography of Martin Luther King's widow, from her childhood in rural Alabama to her crusade to keep her husband's message of peace and equality alive after his murder in 1968. |
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Betty before X
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Ilyasah Shabazz |
Collaborating with author Renée Watson, Ilyasah Shabazz illuminates four poignant years in her mother's childhood, painting a beautiful and inspiring portrait of a girl overcoming the challenges of s… |
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To write in the light of freedom
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William Sturkey,Jon N. Hale |
"Fifty years after Freedom Summer, To Write in the Light of Freedom offers a glimpse into the hearts of the African American youths who attended the Mississippi Freedom Schools in 1964. One of the mo… |
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