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King : A Life
Eig, JonathanMacmillan Audio 2023 UnabridgedWinner of the 2024 Audie Award for Best Nonfiction Narrator! This program is narrated by Dion Graham, narrator of over 300 audiobooks and an AudioFile Golden Voice. Dion has won mu...
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Mrs. Everything : A Novel
Weiner, JenniferAtria Books 2019In this instant New York Times bestseller and "multigenerational narrative that's nothing short of brilliant" (People), two sisters' lives from the 1950s to the present are explore...
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The Civil Rights Movement
Braun, EricLerner Publishing Group 2018Civil rights have been in the news with the rise of Black Lives Matter, Colin Kaepernick taking a knee during the national anthem at NFL games, and more. Yet civil rights activists...
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The American Indian Rights Movement
Braun, EricLerner Publishing Group 2018What do you know about the American Indian rights movement? You may have heard about modern pipeline protests, but this resistance has its roots in the early years of the United St...
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The Women's Rights Movement
Braun, EricLerner Publishing Group 2018Women have come a long way since the first women's rights convention took place in Seneca Falls, New York, in 1848—but women's rights activists are still working to expand rights t...
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The Negro Leagues : Celebrating Baseball's Unsung Heroes
Doeden, MattLerner Publishing Group 2018 UnabridgedWhen modern baseball fans think of African American players, they may think of Ken Griffey Jr. or Derek Jeter. But what about the black stars who didn't play Major League Baseball?...
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I Am Alfonso Jones
Medina, TonyLee & Low Books 2017The Hate U Give meets The Lovely Bones in this unflinching graphic novel about the afterlife of a young man killed by an off-duty police officer, co-illustrated by New York Times b...
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Locked Up for Freedom : Civil Rights Protesters at the Leesburg Stockade
Schwartz, Heather E.Lerner Publishing Group 2017In 1963, more than 30 African-American girls ages 11 to 16 were arrested for taking part in Civil Rights protests in Americus, Georgia. They were taken without their families' know...
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Muhammad Ali : The Greatest
Doeden, MattLerner Publishing Group 2017Muhammad Ali, born Cassius Marcellus Clay Jr., was known for his battles in the ring as well as his achievements outside of it. An outspoken activist, he joined the Nation of Islam...
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Feminism : Reinventing the F-Word
Higgins, Nadia AbushanabLerner Publishing Group 2016While most people say they believe in equal rights, the word feminism—America's new F-word—makes people uncomfortable. Explore the history of US feminism through pioneers such as E...
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Negroland : A Memoir
Jefferson, MargoKnopf Doubleday Publishing Group 2015Winner of the National Book Critics Circle Award Winner of the Heartland PrizeA New York Times Notable Book One of the Best Books of the Year: The Washington Post, Los Angeles T...
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Lies We Tell Ourselves
Talley, RobinHarlequin 2014In 1959 Virginia, the lives of two girls on opposite sides of the battle for civil rights will be changed forever. Sarah Dunbar is one of the first black students to attend the pr...
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Edge of Eternity : Book Three of The Century Trilogy: The Century Trilogy Series, Book 3
Follett, KenPenguin Publishing Group 2014Ken Follett's extraordinary historical epic, the Century Trilogy, reaches its sweeping, passionate conclusion. In Fall of Giants and Winter of the World, Ken Follett followed the f...
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A Day Late and a Dollar Short: High Hopes and Deferred Dreams in Obama's "Post-Racial" America
Jeter, Jon; Pierre, RobertJohn Wiley and Sons, Inc. 2010 1. editionCould this be the final victory for civil rights, or the first of many to come? When Henry Louis Gates spoke out about his ridiculous arrest, he stated a truth few Americans?incl...