Social Activists
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The Journey of an Old White Dude in the Age of Black Lives Matter: A Primer
$18.95 Add to cartWhether as an individual, business, or organization, we are all somewhere along a developmental continuum relating to issues around race. In The Journey of an Old White Dude in the Age of Black Lives
- Author: Gerdy, John R.
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 256
- Publish Date: May 16 2023
- ISBN10: 1646639707
- Language: English
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A Few Days Full of Trouble: Revelations on the Journey to Justice for My Cousin and Best Friend, Emmett Till
$18.99 Read moreThe last surviving witness to the lynching of Emmett Till tells his story, with poignant recollections of Emmett as a boy, critical insights into the recent investigation, and powerful lessons for rac… [more below]
- Author: Parker, Wheeler
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 432
- Publish Date: January 02 2024
- ISBN10: 0593134281
- Language: English
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Mother Teresa of Calcutta: A Personal Portrait: 50 Inspiring Stories Never Before Told
$18.95 Read moreMother Teresa’s life sounds like a legend. The Albanian girl who entered an Irish order to go to India as a missionary and became an Angel of the Poor for countless people. She was greatly revered by
- Author: Maasburg, Leo
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 240
- Publish Date: January 16 2015
- ISBN10: 158617827X
- Language: English
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The Great Escape: A True Story of Forced Labor and Immigrant Dreams in America
$19.99 Add to cartIn late 2006, Saket Soni, an Indian-born community organizer, received an anonymous phone call from an Indian migrant worker in Mississippi. He was one of five hundred men trapped in squalid Gulf Coas… [more below]
- Author: Soni, Saket
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 368
- Publish Date: January 16 2024
- ISBN10: 1643755757
- Language: English
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Acknowledging Radical Histories
$19.99 Add to cartIn this collection of conversations, Dr. Horne confronts the history of settler colonialism and fighting fascism while giving dazzling insights on Jazz, Claude Barnett, Paul Robeson, W.E.B. Du Bois, a
- Author: Steele, Chris Time
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 196
- Publish Date: August 25 2023
- ISBN10: 0717809420
- Language: English
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Unruly Saint: Dorothy Day’s Radical Vision and Its Challenge for Our Times
$26.99 Read moreIn 1933, in the shadow of the Great Depression, Dorothy Day started the most prominent Catholic radical movement in United States history, the Catholic Worker Movement, a storied organization with a l
- Author: Mayfield, D. L.
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 256
- Publish Date: November 08 2022
- ISBN10: 1506473598
- Language: English
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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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A Bigger Picture: My Fight to Bring a New African Voice to the Climate Crisis
$17.99 Read moreA leading voice in the global climate movement delivers a powerful manifesto and moving memoir about climate justice and how we can–and must–build a livable and inclusive future for all.
Leading clim
- Author: Nakate, Vanessa
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 240
- Publish Date: November 08, 2022
- ISBN10: 0063269120
- Language: English
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Power Hungry: Women of the Black Panther Party and Freedom Summer and Their Fight to Feed a Movement
$27.99 Add to cartTwo unsung women whose power using food as a political weapon during the civil rights movement was so great it brought the ire of government agents working against them
In early 1969 Cleo Silvers and- Author: Cope, Suzanne
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 304
- Publish Date: November 09 2021
- ISBN10: 1641604522
- Language: English
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Native Elders: Sharing Their Wisdom
$12.95 Read moreIn Indigenous cultures, elders serve as a bridge across time: they are connected to the past, they live in the present and they offer wisdom for the future. In these fascinating biographical essays, t… [more below]
- Series: Native Trailblazers
- Author: Sigafus, Kim
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 112
- Publish Date: May 24 2014
- ISBN10: 097791836X
- Language: English
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Girls Like Us: Fighting for a World Where Girls Are Not for Sale: A Memoir
$18.99 Add to cart“Powerfully raw, deeply moving, and utterly authentic. Rachel Lloyd has turned a personal atrocity into triumph and is nothing less than a true hero. . . . Never again will you look at young girls on
- Author: Lloyd, Rachel
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 288
- Publish Date: February 28 2012
- ISBN10: 0061582069
- Language: English
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Revolution from Within: A Book of Self-Esteem
$21.99 Add to cartThis updated edition of Gloria Steinem’s classic bestseller — called “the ultimate self-help book” by the Los Angeles Times — features a new preface by the author.
For decades, Gloria Steinem has l- Author: Steinem, Gloria
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 384
- Publish Date: December 29 2020
- ISBN10: 0316706361
- Language: English
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The Essential Dick Gregory
$27.99 Read moreA soulful, generation-defining collection of thought-provoking, agitating, and liberating works from Dick Gregory, the activist and author of sixteen books, including the classic bestseller Nigger: An
- Author: Gregory, Dick
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 288
- Publish Date: October 11 2022
- ISBN10: 0062879200
- Language: English
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Firebrands: Activists You Didn’t Learn about in School
$15.95 Add to cart- Series: Real Heroes
- Author: Justseeds
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 192
- Publish Date: March 12 2024
- ISBN10: 1648413447
- Language: English
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I Am Gandhi
$9.99 Read moreAdvocate for peace and nonviolent revolutionary Gandhi is the 12th hero in the New York Times bestselling picture book biography series for ages 5 to 8. (Cover may vary)
As a young man in India, Gand… [more below]- Series: Ordinary People Change the World
- Author: Meltzer, Brad
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 40
- Publish Date: August 01 2023
- ISBN10: 0593619218
- Language: English
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Dead Weight: A Memoir in Essays
$22.95 Add to cartDead Weight chronicles the improbable turnaround of a drug smuggler who, after being sentenced to eight years in state prison, returned to society to earn a PhD in creative writing and become the only… [more below]
- Author: Horton, Randall
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 144
- Publish Date: February 15 2022
- ISBN10: 0810144638
- Language: English
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Helen Roseveare: The Doctor Who Kept Going No Matter What
$14.99 Add to cartRead the true story of Helen Roseveare, a missionary doctor in central Africa.
On the day of her eighth birthday, Helen sat in Sunday school cutting and sticking pictures of faraway countries and, in h
- Series: Do Great Things for God
- Author: Wickham, Laura
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 24
- Publish Date: February 01 2023
- ISBN10: 1784987468
- Language: English
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The Story of John Lewis: An Inspiring Biography for Young Readers
$6.99 Add to cartDiscover the life of John Lewis–a story for kids 6 to 9 about fighting for a better world
John Lewis was a civil rights leader and United States congressman who never stopped speaking up for justice- Series: Story of
- Author: Leslie, Tonya
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 66
- Publish Date: January 26 2021
- ISBN10: 1648766978
- Language: English
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The Poison Squad: One Chemist’s Single-Minded Crusade for Food Safety at the Turn of the Twentieth Century
$18.00 Add to cartA New York Times Notable Book
The inspiration for PBS’s AMERICAN EXPERIENCE film The Poison Squad. From Pulitzer Prize winner and New York Times-bestselling author Deborah Blum, the dramatic true stor- Author: Blum, Deborah
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 352
- Publish Date: September 24 2019
- ISBN10: 0143111124
- Language: English
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Reweaving the Tapestry of Tenure: Eight Elders of the CLT Movement Who Championed Community Ownership of Land
$19.50 Add to cartThe community land trust (CLT) movement has grown from a single CLT in 1970 to nearly six hundred today, scattered across a dozen countries. While many people can be credited with the global spread of
- Author: Davis, John Emmeus
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 352
- Publish Date: October 10 2023
- ISBN10: 9798986177625
- Language: English
