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Love history? Know your stuff with History in an Hour. From the first slaves arriving in Jamestown in 1619, the cotton fields in the Southern States and shipbuilding in New England, to the slaves who laid down their lives in war so that Americans could be free, American Slavery in an Hour covers the breadth of the subject without sacrificing important historical and cultural details. An important and dark time in Black – and American – history,...
2) Native Heart
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Most lives are lived solely in the present. But some lives are also lived with a spiritual and historical connection to the past. These lives grant us a sense of hope for the future. Native Heart is the story of Gabriel Horn and his attempt to live a modern man's life that's true to the indigenous spirit of this land we call America. As a teacher in the American Indian Movement Survival Schools, and as a writer, activist, husband, and father, Horn...
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Let's go back in time and look at the big events and changes in culture that made this year so important. This interesting book takes you on a trip through history as it talks about the Civil Rights Movement and its important achievements, like getting the Civil Rights Act passed. Watch the British Invasion and the rise of bands like The Who, The Beatles, and The Rolling Stones. They changed popular music forever. Take a deep dive into the exciting...
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History Encounters unearths the greatest stories with the major events from Boston Tea Party to expand reader horizons for readers to be best informed. The Boston Tea Party took place at Griffin's Wharf on December 16, 1773. Furious with Britain for "taxation without representation," the Americans dropped 342 British East India Company tea boxes into the bay. It was the first great colony rebellion against British control. It proved to Great Britain...
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