Social Activists
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Delivering Justice: W.W. Law and the Fight for Civil Rights
$7.99 Add to cartA gripping biography of the mail carrier who orchestrated the Great Savannah boycott — and was instrumental in bringing equality to his community.
“Grow up and be somebody,” Westley Wallace Law’s gra- Author: Haskins, Jim
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 32
- Publish Date: September 23 2008
- ISBN10: 0763638803
- Language: English
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Hard Work, But It’s Worth It: The Life of Jimmy Carter
$18.99 Read moreThe first picture book about the inspiring life of humanitarian Jimmy Carter, the thirty-ninth president of the United States and a Nobel Prize winner–from Alabama Spitfire author Bethany Hegedus. Th
- Author: Hegedus, Bethany
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 40
- Publish Date: January 28 2020
- ISBN10: 0062643789
- Language: English
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Abe’s Honest Words: The Life of Abraham Lincoln
$16.99 Add to cartThis stunningly illustrated picture book biography from an acclaimed author and bestselling, award-winning artist paints an epic portrait of one of the most influential American presidents.
From the- Series: A Big Words Book #3
- Author: Rappaport, Doreen
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 48
- Publish Date: November 01 2008
- ISBN10: 1423104080
- Language: English
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Failure is Impossible: Susan B. Anthony in Her Own Words
$29.00 Add to cart“Susan B. Anthony didn’t live long enough to see women get the vote, but her tireless dedication shines through on every page.”–The Washington Post Book World
Failure Is Impossible brings together–f… [more below]- Author: Sherr, Lynn
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 416
- Publish Date: January 30 1996
- ISBN10: 0812927184
- Language: English
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A Protest History of the United States
$21.95 Add to cartExploring 500 years of protest and resistance in US history–and what the unsung heroes of social movements past can teach us about navigating our chaotic world
In this timely new book in Beacon’s suc- Series: Revisioning History
- Author: Browne-Marshall, Gloria J.
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 360
- Publish Date: February 03 2026
- ISBN10: 0807022683
- Language: English
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When the World Sleeps: Stories, Words, and Wounds of Palestine
$28.99 Read moreThe first woman to serve as United Nations Special Rapporteur for the Occupied Palestinian Territory conveys the spirit of a people through 10 unforgettable stories of resilience and humanity.
Frances- Author: Albanese, Francesca
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 256
- Publish Date: April 28 2026
- ISBN10: 1635426030
- Language: English
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No Grier, No Game: How Bobby Grier and the Sugar Bowl Showdown Changed American Sports History
$24.97 Add to cartIn 1956, Bobby Grier stepped onto the field at the Sugar Bowl and into history. As the first Black player to break the color barrier in a major bowl game in the Deep South, his courage on that day cha
- Author: Grier, Rob
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 112
- Publish Date: October 06 2025
- ISBN10: 196937246X
- Language: English
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Harriet Tubman and the Freedom Train: Ready-To-Read Level 3
$5.99 Add to cartDiscover the inspiring true story of Harriet Tubman in this Level 3 Ready-to-Read storybook.
Harriet Tubman was born a slave. But she always knew that someday she would be free. After realizing her dr- Series: Ready-To-Read Stories of Famous Americans
- Author: Gayle, Sharon
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 32
- Publish Date: January 01 2003
- ISBN10: 0689854803
- Language: English
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The Man in Motion: How Rick Hansen’s World Tour Helped Break Down Barriers for People with Disabilities
$18.95 Read moreThe inspiring story of Canadian hero Rick Hansen, who wheeled around the world to raise money and awareness for people with disabilities
In 1973, at the age of 15, Rick Hansen was in a life-changing c
- Author: Schultz Nicholson, Lorna
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 40
- Publish Date: April 07 2026
- ISBN10: 177147677X
- Language: English
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Song for a Hard-Hit People: A Memoir of Antiracist Solidarity from a Coal Miner’s Daughter
$29.95 Read moreAn Appalachian organizer’s excavation of the past, her own and her people’s, to spark a collective fight for a future where we all have what we need and deserve
In Song for a Hard-Hit People, Beth How
- Author: Howard, Beth
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 368
- Publish Date: April 21 2026
- ISBN10: 9798888904893
- Language: English
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March (Omnibus Edition): The Complete Trilogy in One Volume
$39.99 Add to cartDiscover the award-winning #1 New York Times bestseller that brings the Civil Rights Movement to life — the stunning graphic memoir of the man called “the conscience of America.”
Congressman John Lew- Series: March
- Author: Lewis, John
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 588
- Publish Date: February 03 2026
- ISBN10: 1603095764
- Language: English
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Enduring Conviction: Fred Korematsu and His Quest for Justice
$24.95 Add to cartFred Korematsu’s decision to resist F.D.R.’s Executive Order 9066, which provided authority for the internment of Japanese Americans during World War II, was initially the case of a young man followin
- Series: Scott and Laurie Oki Series in Asian American Studies
- Author: Bannai, Lorraine K.
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 312
- Publish Date: February 01 2018
- ISBN10: 029574281X
- Language: English
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Anthony Benezet: Quaker, Abolitionist, Anti-Racist
$32.95 Add to cartWilberforce, Clarkson, Wesley. Britain’s great abolitionist activist Granville Sharp. Each of these consequential figures of the eighteenth-century Atlantic world were galvanized by the moral power of
- Author: Chanoff, David
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 232
- Publish Date: September 15 2025
- ISBN10: 0820374237
- Language: English
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Fred Korematsu Speaks Up
$15.00 Add to cartWinner, Carter G. Woodson Book Award * Winner, New-York Historical Society Children’s Book Prize * Winner, Social Justice Literature Award * Honor Title, Jane Addams Children’s Book Award * Finalist,
- Series: Fighting for Justice #1
- Author: Atkins, Laura
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 112
- Publish Date: September 23 2025
- ISBN10: 1597146897
- Language: English
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Heroic Kids
$12.99 Add to cartYoung Changemakers is an inspirational series all about real kids from around the globe doing extraordinary things to make a difference in their communities and the world!
Heroes use their skills and t
- Series: Young Changemakers
- Author: Bauer, Stacy C.
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 40
- Publish Date: January 06 2026
- ISBN10: 1464223149
- Language: English
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A Clean Hell: Anarchy and Abolition in America’s Most Notorious Dungeon
$22.95 Read moreA Clean Hell: Anarchy and Abolition in America’s Most Notorious Dungeon by Eric King is a searing firsthand account from inside the most repressive prison in the United States, a place built not for r
- Author: King, Eric
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 256
- Publish Date: January 20 2026
- ISBN10: 9798887441597
- Language: English
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Calling in: How to Start Making Change with Those You’d Rather Cancel
$19.00 Add to cartFrom a pioneering Black feminist and MacArthur “Genius” Fellow, this urgent and exhilarating memoir-manifesto-handbook provides bold, practical new ways to transform conflicts into connections, even w… [more below]
- Author: Ross, Loretta J.
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 288
- Publish Date: February 10 2026
- ISBN10: 1982190809
- Language: English
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I Am the River: Sarah E. Ray and the Bob-Lo Boat
$19.99 Add to cartI am the river. Blue and green, fast and flowing,
The Detroit River has long had a story to tell. It has seen a time before
sweeping river grasses aside . . .
moving between Lake Erie and Detroit.- Author: Gauch, Patricia Lee
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 48
- Publish Date: January 06 2026
- ISBN10: 1646145801
- Language: English
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Champions for Change
$12.99 Add to cartYoung Changemakers is an inspirational series all about real kids from around the globe doing extraordinary things to make a difference in their communities and the world!
There are lots of ways to be
- Series: Young Changemakers
- Author: Bauer, Stacy C.
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 40
- Publish Date: January 06 2026
- ISBN10: 1464223106
- Language: English
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Defying China: A Memoir
$20.99 Add to cartThe incredible true story of a teen who became an activist for the Tibetan independence movement, for readers of Red Scarf Girl and Farewell to Manzanar.
Tsultrim Dolma, born in a tiny village in the- Author: Dolma, Tsultrim
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 352
- Publish Date: March 10 2026
- ISBN10: 0593615956
- Language: English
