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Viva la raza
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Yolanda Alaniz |
"A history of Chicana and Chicano militancy that explores the question of whether this social movement is a racial or a national struggle"--Provided by publisher. |
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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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They had a dream
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Jules Archer |
Traces the progression of the civil rights movement and its effect on history through biographical sketches of four prominent and influential African Americans: Frederick Douglass, Marcus Garvey, Mar… |
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The civil rights movement
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Sanford Wexler |
Uses speeches, articles, and other writings of those involved to trace the history of the civil rights movement in the United States, primarily from 1954 to 1965. |
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Building a just and secure world
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Amy C. Schneidhorst |
"This work discusses the activism in the 60s of progressive women who came of age during the Popular Front era of the 30s and 40s"-- |
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The poet's daughter
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Parvānah Bahār |
Intimate and emotionally engaging, this powerful and timely memoir introduces western readers to the high-profile Iranian hero Malek o'Shoara Bahar--whose freedom poem "Morghe Sahar" ("Bird of dawn")… |
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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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Something Must Be Done About Prince Edward County
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Kristen Green |
Combining hard-hitting investigative journalism and a sweeping family narrative, this provocative true story reveals a little-known chapter of American history: the period after the Brown v. Board of… |
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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 March on Washington
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Jones, William Powell |
A history professor describes the impact and history of the opening speech made during the March on Washington by the trade unionist Philip Randolph whose vision and fight for equal economic and soci… |
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Beyond Civil Rights
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Daniel Geary |
Shortly after the 1964 Civil Rights Act, Daniel Patrick Moynihan authored a government report titled The Negro Family: A Case for National Action that captured the attention of President Lyndon Johns… |
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Freedom walk
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Mary Stanton |
"In 1963, the streams of religious revival, racial strife, and cold-war politics were feeding the swelling river of social unrest in America. Marshaling massive forces, civil rights leaders were prim… |
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My Soul Looks Back in Wonder
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Juan Williams |
The historic struggle for civil rights has revolutionized every aspect of American life and is still shaping what it means to be free in a fast-changing global society. In My Soul Looks Back in Wonde… |
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Why We Can't Wait
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Martin Luther King Jr.,J.D. Jackson |
In 1963, Birmingham, Alabama, Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. launched the Civil Rights movement and demonstrated to the world the power of nonviolent direct action with this letter from Birmingham Jail.… |
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A Knock at Midnight
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Martin Luther King Jr. |
With fiery words of wisdom and a passion for justice, Reverend Martin Luther King, Jr., inspired people everywhere to perform extraordinary acts of courage and ignited one of the most influential mov… |
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Civil rights music
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Reiland Rabaka |
While there have been a number of studies that have explored African American "movement culture" and African American "movement politics," rarely has the mixture of black music and black politics or,… |
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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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For a voice and the vote
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Lisa Anderson Todd |
"During the summer of 1964, more than a thousand individuals descended on Mississippi to help the state's African American citizens register to vote. Student organizers, volunteers, and community mem… |
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The butler's child
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Lewis M. Steel |
"The Butler's Child is the personal story of a Warner Brothers family grandson who spent more than fifty years as a fighting, no holds barred civil rights lawyer. Lewis explores why he, a privileged … |
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Freedom dreams
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Robin D.G. Kelley |
Kelley unearths freedom dreams in this exciting history of renegade intellectuals and artists of the African diaspora in the twentieth century. Focusing on the visions of activists from C.L.R. James … |
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