African Americans - Civil rights - History
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I Must Resist: Bayard Rustin’s Life in Letters
$35.00 Add to cartBAYARD RUSTIN POSTHUMOUSLY AWARDED THE 2013 PRESIDENTIAL MEDAL OF FREEDOM
A master strategist and tireless activist, Bayard Rustin is best remembered as the organizer of the 1963 March on Washington, o
- Author: Rustin, Bayard
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 516
- Publish Date: March 20 2012
- ISBN10: 0872865789
- Language: English
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Reckoning with Race: An Unfinished Journey
$26.00 Read moreReckoning with Race is a firsthand account of race relations in America from award-winning journalist, author, and former CNN commentator, Rick Allen. Allen’s collection of essays shows the progress o… [more below]
- Author: Allen, Frederick
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 224
- Publish Date: August 01 2023
- ISBN10: 1637631529
- Language: English
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Waging a Good War: A Military History of the Civil Rights Movement, 1954-1968
$30.00 Add to cart#1 New York Times bestselling author and Pulitzer Prize winner Thomas E. Ricks offers a new take on the Civil Rights Movement, stressing its unexpected use of military strategy and its lessons for non
- Author: Ricks, Thomas E.
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 448
- Publish Date: October 04 2022
- ISBN10: 0374605165
- Language: English
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Revolution in Our Time: The Black Panther Party’s Promise to the People
$24.99 Read moreA National Book Award Finalist
A Coretta Scott King Author Award Honor Book
A Michael L. Printz Honor Book
A Walter Dean Myers Honor Book
With passion and precision, Kekla Magoon relays an essential acco… [more below]- Author: Magoon, Kekla
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 400
- Publish Date: November 08 2021
- ISBN10: 1536214183
- Language: English
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Letters from Mississippi: Reports from Civil Rights Volunteers & Poetry of the 1964 Freedom Summer
$18.95 Read moreLetters from Mississippi offers a riveting, personal and multi-faceted narrative of the dramatic events that took place during the summer of 1964, “Freedom Summer,” when hundreds of people came to Mis
- Author: Martínez, Elizabeth
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 416
- Publish Date: April 01 2014
- ISBN10: 1938890027
- Language: English
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Coretta Scott
$9.99 Add to cartMultiple starred reviews greeted this amazing collaboration between Ntozake Shange and Kadir Nelson. As Booklist put it: “Poet and painter have joined forces to offer an indelible, emotional expressio
- Author: Shange, Ntozake
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 32
- Publish Date: December 27 2011
- ISBN10: 0061253669
- Language: English
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The Beatitudes: From Slavery to Civil Rights
$18.00 Read moreSince the earliest days of slavery, African Americans have called on their religious faith in the struggle against oppression. In this book the Beatitudes — from Jesus’ famous Sermon on the Mount — … [more below]
- Author: Weatherford, Carole Boston
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 40
- Publish Date: November 13 2009
- ISBN10: 0802853528
- Language: English
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1939 (Exploring Civil Rights: The Beginnings)
$11.99 Read moreLearn about the key events of the Civil Rights Movement in this exciting and informative series.
The year 1939 was one of constant change in the United States. The decade-long Great Depression left mil
- Series: Exploring Civil Rights
- Author: Leslie, Jay
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 96
- Publish Date: September 06 2022
- ISBN10: 133880054X
- Language: English
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Cracking the Wall: The Struggles of the Little Rock Nine
$7.99 Read moreIn 1957, nine teenagers were chosen to be the first black students to attend all-white Central High School in Little Rock, Arkansas. A small group of people in Little Rock, including the governor of A
- Series: On My Own History
- Author: Lucas, Eileen
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 48
- Publish Date: October 01 1997
- ISBN10: 157505227X
- Language: English
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The Story of Martin Luther King Jr.: An Inspiring Biography for Young Readers
$10.99 Add to cartDiscover the life of Martin Luther King Jr.–a story about standing up for civil rights for kids ages 6 to 9
Martin Luther King Jr. became one of the most important civil rights leaders in America by- Series: The Story Of: A Biography Series for New Readers
- Author: Platt, Christine
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 68
- Publish Date: September 07 2021
- ISBN10: 1638788243
- Language: English
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The Port Chicago 50: Disaster, Mutiny, and the Fight for Civil Rights (National Book Award Finalist)
$15.99 Add to cartAn astonishing World War II military story of civil rights from New York Times bestselling author and Newbery Honor recipient Steve Sheinkin.
A National Book Award Finalist
A YALSA Award for Excellence- Author: Sheinkin, Steve
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 208
- Publish Date: January 03 2017
- ISBN10: 1250073499
- Language: English
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The History of the Civil Rights Movement: A History Book for New Readers
$11.99 Add to cartAn introduction to the history of the civil rights movement for kids ages 6 to 9
Years ago, American laws were unfair to Black people. Black people were not allowed to shop in the same stores as white
- Series: History Of: A Biography Series for New Readers
- Author: Mallory, Shadae
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 66
- Publish Date: December 14 2021
- ISBN10: 1638786135
- Language: English
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Black Leaders in the Civil Rights Movement: A Black History Book for Kids
$9.99 Add to cartIncredible stories of Black civil rights leaders for kids ages 8 to 12
The Civil Rights Movement was an organized effort by Black Americans to claim the fundamental rights that the U.S. government had
- Series: Biographies for Kids
- Author: Armand, Glenda
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 120
- Publish Date: October 05 2021
- ISBN10: 1648764452
- Language: English
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Coretta Scott
$17.99 Read moreMultiple starred reviews greeted this amazing collaboration between Ntozake Shange and Kadir Nelson. As Booklist put it: “Poet and painter have joined forces to offer an indelible, emotional expressio
- Author: Shange, Ntozake
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 32
- Publish Date: January 06 2009
- ISBN10: 0061253642
- Language: English
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The Rabbi and the Reverend: Joachim Prinz, Martin Luther King Jr., and Their Fight Against Silence
$7.99 Read moreWhen Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. gave his “I Have a Dream” speech at the March on Washington, he did not stand alone. He was joined by Rabbi Joachim Prinz, a refugee from Nazi Germany, who also address
- Author: Ades, Audrey
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 32
- Publish Date: November 01 2021
- ISBN10: 1541589777
- Language: English
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W.E.B. Du Bois: A Biography 1868-1963
$45.00 Add to cartThe two-time Pulitzer Prize-winning biography of W. E. B. Du Bois from renowned scholar David Levering Lewis, now in one condensed and updated volume
William Edward Burghardt Du Bois–the premier arch- Author: Lewis, David
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 912
- Publish Date: August 04 2009
- ISBN10: 0805088059
- Language: English
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The Rise and Fall of Jim Crow
$22.99 Add to cartFrom Reconstruction to the Civil Rights Movement, African Americans fought the status quo, acquiring education and land, and building businesses, churches and communities, despite laws designed to seg… [more below]
- Author: Wormser, Richard
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 222
- Publish Date: February 05 2003
- ISBN10: 1250292034
- Language: English
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Lincoln’s Unfinished Work: The New Birth of Freedom from Generation to Generation
$49.95 Add to cartIn his Gettysburg Address, Abraham Lincoln promised that the nation’s sacrifices during the Civil War would lead to a “new birth of freedom.” Lincoln’s Unfinished Work analyzes how the United States h
- Series: Conflicting Worlds: New Dimensions of the American Civil War
- Author: Burton, Orville Vernon
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 448
- Publish Date: May 18 2022
- ISBN10: 0807176761
- Language: English
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Buses Are a Comin’: Memoir of a Freedom Rider
$22.00 Add to cartA firsthand exploration of the cost of boarding the bus of change to move America forward—written by one of the Civil Rights Movement’s pioneers.
At 18, Charles Person was the youngest of the origin- Author: Person, Charles
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 304
- Publish Date: January 11 2022
- ISBN10: 125083676X
- Language: English
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Understanding Jim Crow: Using Racist Memorabilia to Teach Tolerance and Promote Social Justice
$24.95 Add to cartFor many people, especially those who came of age after landmark civil rights legislation was passed, it is difficult to understand what it was like to be an African American living under Jim Crow seg
- Author: Pilgrim, David
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 208
- Publish Date: November 25 2015
- ISBN10: 1629631140
- Language: English
