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Tom Paine
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Milton Meltzer |
The story of the self-educated craftsman who earned a place in history as the voice of the American Revolution. |
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Guerrilla USA
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Daniel Burton-Rose |
From the publisher:
> “We are cozy cuddly/armed and dangerous/and we will/raze the fucking prisons/to the ground.” In an attempt to deliver on this promise, the George Jackson Brigade launched a vio… |
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From ACT UP to the WTO
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Ronald Hayduk,Benjamin Shepard |
This anthology offers a history of ACT UP for a new generation of activists and students. Divided into five sections, it explores the innovative use of civil rights era non-violent disobedience, medi… |
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Our lives, our fortunes and our sacred honor
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Richard R. Beeman |
Acclaimed historian Richard R. Beeman examines the grueling 22-month period between the meeting of the Continental Congress on September 5, 1774, and the audacious decision for independence in July 1… |
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Black prophetic fire
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Christa Buschendorf,Cornel West |
"Celebrated intellectual and activist Cornel West offers an unflinching look at nineteenth- and twentieth-century African American leaders and their visionary legacies. In an accessible, conversation… |
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Joe Hill
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Franklin Rosemont |
A monumental work, expansive in scope, covering the life, times, and culture of that most famous of the Wobblies--songwriter, poet, hobo, thinker, humorist, martyr--Joe Hill. It is a journey into the… |
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Tom Paine
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Keane, John |
"More than any other public figure of the eighteenth century, Tom Paine (1737-1809) strikes our times like a trumpet blast from a distant world." So begins John Keane's magnificent biography of one o… |
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Founders
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Ray Raphael |
We know them well: Washington, Franklin, Jefferson, Hamilton, Adams, and Madison -- an intimate coterie of daring, brilliant men widely credited with our nation's founding. But can this small group t… |
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Generous enemies
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Judith L. Van Buskirk |
"In July 1776, the final group of more than 130 ships of the Royal Navy sailed into the waters surrounding New York City, marking the start of seven years of British occupation that spanned the Ameri… |
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Afeni Shakur
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Jasmine Guy |
A series of dialogues with the visionary civil rights leader and mother of late rapper Tupac Shakur documents her activities as a Black Panther; cites the role of race, music, and drugs on her life; … |
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