Biography & Autobiography - Social Activists
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Troublemaker for Justice: The Story of Bayard Rustin, the Man Behind the March on Washington
$13.95 Add to cartChosen a Best Children’s Book of the Year by the Bank Street Center!
Voted a Best Book of the Year by School Library Journal and Kirkus Reviews!
A biography for younger readers about one of the most inf
- Author: Houtman, Jacqueline
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 172
- Publish Date: August 06 2019
- ISBN10: 087286765X
- Language: English
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Michi Challenges History: From Farm Girl to Costume Designer to Relentless Seeker of the Truth: The Life of Michi Nishiura Weglyn
$19.95 Add to cartThe daughter of Japanese immigrants, Michi Nishiura Weglyn was confined in Arizona’s Gila River concentration camp during World War II. She later became a costume designer for Broadway and worked as t
- Author: Mochizuki, Ken
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 160
- Publish Date: March 14 2023
- ISBN10: 1324015888
- Language: English
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I Could Not Do Otherwise: The Remarkable Life of Dr. Mary Edwards Walker
$16.99 Read moreGrateful American Book Prize Book of Honorable Mention
As a teenager, Mary Edwards Walker determined she would no longer wear the confining corsets and long skirts society dictated women wear at the
- Author: Latta, Sara
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 208
- Publish Date: October 04 2022
- ISBN10: 1728413923
- Language: English
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Imaginary Borders
$9.99 Add to cart“It won’t take you long to read this book, but it will linger in your heart and head for quite a while, and perhaps inspire you to join in the creative, blossoming movement to make this world work.” –… [more below]
- Series: Pocket Change Collective
- Author: Martinez, Xiuhtezcatl
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 64
- Publish Date: June 02 2020
- ISBN10: 0593094131
- Language: English
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From Here
$18.99 Add to cartIn her coming-of-age memoir, refugee advocate Luma Mufleh writes of her tumultuous journey to reconcile her identity as a gay Muslim woman and a proud Arab-turned-American refugee.
With no word for “g- Author: Mufleh, Luma
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 320
- Publish Date: May 16, 2023
- ISBN10: 0593354451
- Language: English
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The Rebellious Life of Mrs. Rosa Parks: Adapted for Young People
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“Jeanne’s book not only inspired the documentary but has been a catalyst in changing our national understanding of Rosa Parks. Highly recommend!”–Soledad O’Brien, executive producer of the Peabody Aw… [more below]- Series: Revisioning History for Young People
- Author: Theoharis, Jeanne
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 304
- Publish Date: February 02 2021
- ISBN10: 0807067571
- Language: English
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How to Be a (Young) Antiracist
$19.99 Read moreThe #1 New York Times bestseller that sparked international dialogue is now a book for young adults! Based on the adult bestseller by Ibram X. Kendi, and co-authored by bestselling author Nic Stone, H… [more below]
- Author: Kendi, Ibram X.
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 208
- Publish Date: January 31 2023
- ISBN10: 0593461606
- Language: English
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Beyond the Gender Binary
$8.99 Add to cartWinner of the 2021 In The Margins Award
“When reading this book, all I feel is kindness.”– Sam Smith, Grammy and Oscar award-winning singer and songwriter “Thank God we have Alok. And I’m learning a- Series: Pocket Change Collective
- Author: Vaid-Menon, Alok
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 64
- Publish Date: June 02, 2020
- ISBN10: 0593094654
- Language: English
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The New Queer Conscience
$8.99 Add to cartA 2021 Sydney Taylor Notable Book
“The new manifesto for how we as queer people could and should navigate the world. It’s the holding hand I never had–but wish I did.”–Troye Sivan, Golden Globe nomi- Series: Pocket Change Collective
- Author: Eli, Adam
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 64
- Publish Date: June 02, 2020
- ISBN10: 0593093682
- Language: English
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Rolling Warrior: The Incredible, Sometimes Awkward, True Story of a Rebel Girl on Wheels Who Helped Spark a Revolution
$16.95 Add to cartAs featured in the Oscar-nominated documentary Crip Camp, and for readers of I Am Malala, one of the most influential disability rights activists in US history tells her story of fighting to belong.
“- Author: Heumann, Judith
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 216
- Publish Date: June 15 2021
- ISBN10: 080700359X
- Language: English
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We Are Displaced: My Journey and Stories from Refugee Girls Around the World
$12.99 Add to cartNobel Peace Prize winner and New York Times bestselling author Malala Yousafzai turns the faceless statistics and endless news stories about displacement into real people–introducing a small fraction… [more below]
- Author: Yousafzai, Malala
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 224
- Publish Date: March 02 2021
- ISBN10: 316523658
- Language: English
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Fighter in Velvet Gloves: Alaska Civil Rights Hero Elizabeth Peratrovich
$18.95 Add to cart“No Natives or Dogs Allowed,” blared the storefront sign at Elizabeth Peratrovich, then a young Alaska Native Tlingit. The sting of those words would stay with her all her life. Years later, after bec
- Author: Boochever, Annie
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 80
- Publish Date: February 16, 2019
- ISBN10: 1602233705
- Language: English
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How to Be a (Young) Antiracist
$14.99 Add to cartThe #1 New York Times bestseller that sparked international dialogue is now in paperback for young adults! Based on the adult bestseller by Ibram X. Kendi, and co-authored by bestselling author Nic St
- Author: Kendi, Ibram X.
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 208
- Publish Date: September 12, 2023
- ISBN10: 0593461614
- Language: English
