Social Activists
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Alabama Crimson Tide: 1967 and the Undercurrents of Integration – The First Five – Before the Season Changed
$34.99 Add to cartAlabama Crimson Tide: 1967 and the Undercurrents of Integration – The First Five – Before the Season Changed
By: Andrew Pernell
Mr.Pernell was born in the basement of the segregated Bessemer General Hos
- Author: Pernell, Andrew
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 188
- Publish Date: March 25 2021
- ISBN10: 1649572700
- Language: English
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His Truth Is Marching on: John Lewis and the Power of Hope
$30.00 Read more#1 NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER – An intimate and revealing portrait of civil rights icon and longtime U.S. congressman John Lewis, linking his life to the painful quest for justice in America from the 1… [more below]
- Author: Meacham, Jon
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 368
- Publish Date: August 25 2020
- ISBN10: 1984855026
- Language: English
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Daring to Drive: A Saudi Woman’s Awakening
$18.99 Add to cart“A vital, inspiring book” (O, The Oprah Magazine)–a ferociously intimate memoir by a devout woman from a modest family in Saudi Arabia who became the unexpected leader of the courageous movement that… [more below]
- Author: Al-Sharif, Manal
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 320
- Publish Date: June 12 2018
- ISBN10: 1476793034
- Language: English
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The Fondas: Henry, Jane, & Peter–TRIPLE EXPOSURE
$49.99 Add to cartThroughout his forty-five year career, Henry Fonda-a stable, reassuring archetype of the American male-never gave a bad performance. Personal tragedies included five wives (two of whom committed suici
- Series: Blood Moon’s Magnolia House
- Author: Porter, Darwin
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 402
- Publish Date: June 14 2023
- ISBN10: 1936003864
- Language: English
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The Dream Lives On
$15.00 Add to cartDorothy Word, an African American woman dreaming of a hopeful future for her people, advocated for African American scientists, athletes, inventors, and others often not recognized for their contribut… [more below]
- Author: Elias, Jacob W.
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 128
- Publish Date: September 18 2023
- ISBN10: 1666783676
- Language: English
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John Lewis: The Last Interview: And Other Conversations
$16.99 Add to cartFeaturing interviews of civil rights activist and congressman John Lewis at almost every stage of his career, this collection illustrates why Lewis has become a human rights icon and remains an inspir… [more below]
- Series: Last Interview
- Author: Melville House
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 176
- Publish Date: November 23 2021
- ISBN10: 1612199623
- Language: English
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Betty Ford: First Lady, Women’s Advocate, Survivor, Trailblazer
$20.99 Add to cartFrom the #1 New York Times bestselling author of Five Presidents and The Kennedy Detail comes an “insightful and beautifully told look into the life of one of the most public and admired first ladies”… [more below]
- Author: McCubbin Hill, Lisa
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 432
- Publish Date: April 23 2019
- ISBN10: 1501164759
- Language: English
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Things I Should Have Told My Daughter: Lies, Lessons & Love Affairs
$19.99 Add to cartIn this inspiring memoir–that Jane Fonda raves “will make you braver…want to live your life better and make a difference”–the award-winning playwright and bestselling author of What Looks Like Cra… [more below]
- Author: Cleage, Pearl
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 320
- Publish Date: February 20 2018
- ISBN10: 1451664702
- Language: English
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White Lies: The Double Life of Walter F. White and America’s Darkest Secret
$21.99 Read moreA New Yorker Best Book of the Year 2022
An “electrifying” biography of Walter White, a little-remembered Black civil rights leader who passed for white in order to investigate racist murders, help put
- Author: Baime, A. J.
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 400
- Publish Date: February 14 2023
- ISBN10: 0063268744
- Language: English
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Terlingua Teacher: The Remarkable Lessons Taught and Learned in a One-room Texas Schoolhouse.
$22.00 Add to cartThe Remarkable Lessons Taught and Learned in a One-room Texas Schoolhouse.
A search for a simpler, more rewarding lifestyle brings Trent Jones and his wife Olga to the ghost town of Terlingua, Texas so
- Author: Jones, Trent
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 212
- Publish Date: March 13 2017
- ISBN10: 0974504831
- Language: English
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Tears for Tarshiha
$21.35 Add to cartOlfat Mahmoud’s confronting autobiography asks when the world will deliver on its promise and allow her people to return home to Palestine.
Olfat Mahmoud is a stateless Palestinian refugee. Born in a r
- Author: Mahmoud, Olfat
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 218
- Publish Date: August 01 2018
- ISBN10: 0648066363
- Language: English
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Bird Uncaged: An Abolitionist’s Freedom Song
$18.99 Read moreFrom a leading prison abolitionist, a moving memoir about coming of age in Brooklyn and surviving incarceration–and a call to break free from all the cages that confine us.
Marlon Peterson grew up in- Author: Peterson, Marlon
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 224
- Publish Date: December 06, 2022
- ISBN10: 1645036529
- Language: English
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Fighting for Life: Becoming a Force for Change in a Wounded World
$18.99 Add to cartWhat makes your heart break for our broken world?
You want to make a difference in the world. You’re concerned about all the problems you see, the injustices and the suffering. But you don’t know wher
- Author: Rose, Lila
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 240
- Publish Date: July 05 2022
- ISBN10: 1400219914
- Language: English
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World Piece: A Pie Baker’s Global Quest for Peace, Love, and Understanding
$18.00 Add to cartCAN PIE REALLY PROMOTE WORLD PEACE?
Beth Howard always dreamed of circumnavigating the planet; not to tick off a list of tourist sites, but to immerse herself in the culture of each country by making p
- Author: Howard, Beth M.
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 328
- Publish Date: September 16 2022
- ISBN10: 1732672563
- Language: English
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Coretta: My Life, My Love, My Legacy
$18.99 Read moreThe True Story of Coretta Scott King Told Fully for the First Time
Named a Washington Post Book to Read – A New York Times Book Review Editors’ Choice – A USA Today “New and Noteworthy” Pick – A Read- Author: King, Coretta Scott
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 384
- Publish Date: February 20 2018
- ISBN10: 1250159938
- Language: English
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Border Hacker: A Tale of Treachery, Trafficking, and Two Friends on the Run
$19.99 Read moreAn unlikely friendship, a four-thousand-mile voyage, and an impenetrable frontier–this dramatic odyssey reveals the chaos and cruelty US immigration policies have unleashed beyond our borders.
Axel K- Author: Vonk, Levi
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 352
- Publish Date: October 03, 2023
- ISBN10: 1645037061
- Language: English
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Autobiography of a Recovering Skinhead: The Frank Meeink Story as Told to Jody M. Roy, Ph.D.
$20.95 Add to cartThis new edition of the acclaimed Frank Meeink story includes a preface by the author, nine new chapters, an updated epilogue, and resource guides for substance abuse recovery and countering racism.
A- Author: Meeink, Frank
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 0
- Publish Date: September 05 2017
- ISBN10: 099706837X
- Language: English
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All Else Failed: The Unlikely Volunteers at the Heart of the Migrant Aid Crisis
$19.99 Read moreAs hundreds of thousands of displaced people sought refuge in Europe, the global relief system failed. This is the story of the volunteers who stepped forward to help.
In 2015, increasing numbers of re
- Author: Sachs, Dana
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 304
- Publish Date: March 21 2023
- ISBN10: 1954276095
- Language: English
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Generation Exile: The Lives I Leave Behind
$22.95 Read more- Author: Dorfman, Rodrigo
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 0
- Publish Date: March 31 2023
- ISBN10: 1558859624
- Language: English
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My Name Is Bill
$17.00 Add to cartThe definitive biography of Bill Wilson, the man who established Alcoholics Anonymous, and the first to be written with access to documents in that organization’s archives, by a noted author who is he… [more below]
- Author: Cheever, Susan
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 320
- Publish Date: August 23 2005
- ISBN10: 0743405919
- Language: English
