Biography
Herbert Marcuse, Philosopher of Utopia: A Graphic Biography
“I believe that Marcuse’s ideas can be as valuable today as they were fifty years ago.”—Angela Y. Davis, from the foreword Herbert Marcuse was one of the twentieth century’s most unlikely pop stars: a celebrity philosopher. In the 1960s, his...
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On Juneteenth
Publisher: Liveright Publishing Corporation NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER The essential, sweeping story of Juneteenth’s integral importance to American history, as told by a Pulitzer Prize–winning historian and Texas native. Weaving together American history, dramatic family chronicle, and searing episodes of memoir,...
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Book of Black Heroes: Political Leaders Past and Present
The highly anticipated fourth installment of the Book of Black Heroes series, Political Leaders Past and Present, spotlights African American who have made valuable contributions in U.S. government leadership. Included are Hiram Revels, P.B.S. Pinchback and Robert Smalls, among the...
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The Dead Are Arising: The Life of Malcolm X
Publisher: Liveright Publishing Corporation WINNER • 2021 PULITZER PRIZE IN BIOGRAPHY • WINNER ― 2020 NATIONAL BOOK AWARD FOR NONFICTION • TIME Magazine ― 10 Best Nonfiction Books of 2020 • A New York Times Notable Book of 2020 and Editors' Choice Selection •...
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Racial Justice
Publisher: 45th Parallel Press Pub Date: 08/01/2021 Learn all about racial justice, from the Black Lives Matter movement to criminal justice reform. Get a global look at the history of the movement, meet the activists involved, and celebrate some of...
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The Youngest Marcher: The Story of Audrey Faye Hendricks, a Young Civil Rights Activist
Publisher:Atheneum Books for Young Readers Pub Date: 01/17/2017 Meet the youngest known child to be arrested for a civil rights protest in Birmingham, Alabama, 1963, in this moving picture book that proves you’re never too little to make a difference.Nine-year-old...
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The People Remember
Publisher:Balzer & Bray/Harperteen Pub Date: 09/28/2021 From award-winning, New York Times bestselling author Ibi Zoboi comes her debut picture book—a tour de force that uses the principles of Kwanzaa to talk about the history of African Americans. This lyrical, powerful tribute is...
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This Promise of Change: One Girl's Story in the Fight for School Equality
Publisher:Bloomsbury Publishing PLC Pub Date: 01/08/2019 Recipient of a Robert F. Sibert Informational Book HonorWinner of the 2019 Boston Globe-Horn Book Award for Nonfiction2020 National Council for the Social Studies Carter G. Woodson Honor RecipientA NYPL Top Ten of 2019A Kirkus Reviews Best...
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The Racial Justice Movement
Publisher:Child's World Pub Date: 08/01/2021 This book examines the activism involved in the ongoing fight for racial justice in the United States. Additional features to aid comprehension include a table of contents, informative captions and sidebars, a phonetic glossary,a time...
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We Are the Change: Words of Inspiration from Civil Rights Leaders (Books for Kid Activists, Activism Book for Children)
Publisher:Chronicle Books Pub Date: 05/07/2019 Sixteen award-winning children's book artists illustrate the civil rights quotations that inspire them in this stirring and beautiful book. Featuring an introduction by Harry Belafonte, words from Eleanor Roosevelt, Maya Angelou, and Dr. Martin Luther...
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Brave Leaders and Activists
Publisher:Crabtree Publishing Company Pub Date: 01/01/2021 The act of segregation was a common thread woven throughout the world, directed at people of color. It takes great courage to stand up against racial injustice and many Black leaders sacrificed their lives...
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Enough! 20 Protesters Who Changed America
Publisher:Crown Books for Young Readers Change takes courage. Introduce your young activist to America's most influential protesters in this lushly illustrated picture book. Stand beside contemporary groundbreakers like Colin Kaepernick and transgender teen Jazz Jennings, and march in the footsteps...
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March Forward, Girl: From Young Warrior to Little Rock Nine
Publisher:Houghton Mifflin Pub Date: 01/02/2019 From the legendary civil rights activist and author of the million-copy-selling Warriors Don’t Cry comes an ardent and profound childhood memoir of growing up while facing adversity in the Jim Crow South.Long before she was one of the Little...
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The Hero In The Helmet: Colin Kaepernick
Publisher:Joa Macnalie Pub Date: 05/13/2018 The Hero in the Helmet is a biographical children's short-story, written in a third-person narrative, to educate both children and parents alike on the life and legacy of super-star athlete Colin Kaepernick. Colin Kaepernick or 'Kap'...
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Stamped (for Kids): Racism, Antiracism, and You
Publisher:Little, Brown Books for Young Readers THE #1 NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLERThis chapter book edition of the groundbreaking #1 bestseller by luminaries Ibram X. Kendi and Jason Reynolds is an essential introduction to the history of racism and antiracism in America RACE....
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What Is the Civil Rights Movement?
Publisher:Penguin Workshop Pub Date: 12/29/2020 Relive the moments when African Americans fought for equal rights, and made history.Even though slavery had ended in the 1860s, African Americans were still suffering under the weight of segregation a hundred years later. They...
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Mighty Justice (Young Readers' Edition): The Untold Story of Civil Rights Trailblazer Dovey Johnson Roundtree
Publisher:Roaring Brook Press Pub Date: 12/15/2020 A young reader’s adaptation of Mighty Justice: My Life in Civil Rights, the memoir of activist and trailblazer Dovey Johnson Roundtree, by Katie McCabe.Raised in Charlotte, North Carolina, at the height of Jim Crow, Dovey...
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Ballad of an American: A Graphic Biography of Paul Robeson
Supplier: Rutgers University Press The first-ever graphic biography of Paul Robeson, Ballad of an American, charts Robeson’s career as a singer, actor, scholar, athlete, and activist who achieved global fame. Through his films, concerts, and records, he became a potent...
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Big Black: Stand at Attica
Supplier: Archaia A graphic novel memoir from Frank “Big Black” Smith, a prisoner at Attica State Prison in 1971, whose rebellion against the injustices of the prison system remains one of the bloodiest civil rights confrontations in American history.FOUR DAYS...
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