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237 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm
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English
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"A revealing portrait of one of the most gifted and charismatic, yet least understood, Black artists and intellectuals of the twentieth century"--
Best-known for her work A Raisin in the Sun, Hansberry had an unflinching commitment to social justice which brought her under FBI surveillance when she was barely in her twenties. Hansberry associated with many activists, writers, and musicians; though she married a man, she identified as a lesbian. Perry...
82) Cesar Chavez
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1 videodisc (approximately 102 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
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English
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The story of the famed civil rights leader and labor organizer torn between his duties as a husband and father and his commitment to securing a living wage for farm workers. Chavez embraced non-violence as he battled greed and prejudice in his struggle to bring dignity to people. He inspired millions of Americans who never worked on a farm to fight for social justice. His triumphant journey is a remarkable testament to the power of one individual's...
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352 pages : illustrations ; 26 cm
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English
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"Jonathan Daniels, a white seminary student from New Hampshire, traveled to Selma, Alabama, in 1965 to help with voter registration of black residents. After the voting rights marches, he remained in Alabama, in the area known as "Bloody Lowndes," an extremely dangerous area for white freedom fighters, to assist civil rights workers. Five months later, Jonathan Daniels was shot and killed while saving the life of Ruby Sales, a black teenager. Through...
87) Nelson Mandela
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112 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm.
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English
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Profiles the life, career, and imprisonment of Nelson Mandela, the African antiapartheid revolutionary. Also discusses his prominence as a statesman following his release from prison.
88) Medgar Evers
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64 pages : illustrations (some color) ; 24 cm.
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English
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Examines the life of African-American civil rights leader Medgar Evers, discussing his youth and education, his work with the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People, and his assassination in 1963.
90) March: Book two
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"After the success of the Nashville sit-in campaign, John Lewis is more committed than ever to changing the world through nonviolence -- but as he and his fellow Freedom Riders board a bus into the vicious heart of the deep south, they will be tested like never before."--page 3 of cover.
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111 pages : illustrations ; 27 cm
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English
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For twelve history-making days in May 1961, thirteen black and white civil rights activists, also known as the Freedom Riders, traveled by bus into the South to draw attention to the unconstitutional segregation still taking place. Despite their peaceful protests, the Freedom Riders were met with increasing violence the further south they traveled.
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x, 497 pages, 16 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations ; 24 cm
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English
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"Born to an aspirational blue-collar family during the Great Depression, Constance Baker Motley was expected to find herself a good career as a hair dresser. Instead, she became the first black woman to argue a case in front of the Supreme Court, the first of ten she would eventually argue. The only black woman member in the legal team at the NAACP's Inc. Fund at the time, she defended Martin Luther King in Birmingham, helped to argue in Brown vs....
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"Martin Luther King Jr. creció siendo discriminado debido al color de su piel. Camina en sus zapatos para aprender acerca de sus vivencias de niño. Aprende sobre cómo Martin usó las protestas pacíficas para convertirse en uno de los más grandes líderes de derechos civiles del mundo."--P. [4] of cover.
Martin Luther King Jr. grew up being discriminated against because of the color of his skin. Learn how Martin used peaceful protests to become...
97) Maya Angelou
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English
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Maya Angelou spent much of her childhood in Stamps, Arkansas. After a traumatic event at age eight, she stopped speaking for five years. However, Maya rediscovered her voice through wonderful books, and went on to become one of the world's most beloved writers and speakers.
100) The movement: 1963
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96 pages : illustrations (some color), photographs ; 24 cm.
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English
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"The years from 1955 to 1965 are at the heart of the civil rights movement. Resistance was often met with violence against Black Americans fighting to end discrimination and segregation. Yet the courage of those yearning for equal opportunities under the law continued to persevere. The year 1963 was memorable for both the violence against Black Americans and the words and actions it inspired. In June, two Black students were blocked from registering...
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