Social Activists
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Haben: The Deafblind Woman Who Conquered Harvard Law
$19.99 Add to cart“This autobiography by a millennial Helen Keller teems with grace and grit.” — O, The Oprah Magazine
“A profoundly important memoir.” — The Times
** As featured in The Wall Street Journal, People, and… [more below]- Author: Girma, Haben
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 288
- Publish Date: August 11 2020
- ISBN10: 1538728737
- Language: English
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The Flag, the Cross, and the Station Wagon: A Graying American Looks Back at His Suburban Boyhood and Wonders What the Hell Happened
$18.99 Add to cartOne of the New Yorker‘s Best Books of 2022
Bill McKibben–award-winning author, activist, educator–is fiercely curious. “I’m curious about what went so suddenly sour with American patriotism, America- Author: McKibben, Bill
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 240
- Publish Date: April 11 2023
- ISBN10: 1250871433
- Language: English
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Rising Out of Hatred: The Awakening of a Former White Nationalist
$18.00 Add to cartThe powerful story of how a prominent white supremacist changed his heart and mind. From the Pulitzer Prize-winning reporter, this is a book to help us understand the American moment and to help us be… [more below]
- Author: Saslow, Eli
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 304
- Publish Date: September 03 2019
- ISBN10: 052543495X
- 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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She Persisted: Wilma Mankiller
$16.99 Read moreInspired by the #1 New York Times bestseller She Persisted by Chelsea Clinton and Alexandra Boiger, a chapter book series about women who spoke up and rose up against the odds–including Wilma Mankill… [more below]
- Series: She Persisted
- Author: Sorell, Traci
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 96
- Publish Date: October 04 2022
- ISBN10: 0593403037
- Language: English
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Just Mercy (Adapted for Young Adults): A True Story of the Fight for Justice
$19.99 Add to cartThe young adult adaptation of the acclaimed, #1 New York Times bestseller Just Mercy–now a major motion picture starring Michael B. Jordan, Jaime Foxx, and Brie Larson and the subject of an HBO docum
- Author: Stevenson, Bryan
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 288
- Publish Date: September 18, 2018
- ISBN10: 0525580034
- Language: English
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Gifts from the Enemy
$13.95 Add to cart“I am an ordinary person with an extraordinary past.”
In this true and moving story, Alter Wiener, a teen Holocaust survivor of five Nazi prison camps during World War II, transports young readers back
- Author: Ludwig, Trudy
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 34
- Publish Date: September 3, 2019
- ISBN10: 0578553260
- Language: English
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The Gray Bird Sings
$14.99 Add to cartShe’s the humanitarian compared to Mother Teresa, hailed as the “Hong Kong Angel,” and beloved by her community in Humboldt County. She miraculously survived the worst of brutalities to become a beaco
- Author: Price, Karen M.
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 254
- Publish Date: October 27 2023
- ISBN10: 1962081001
- Language: English
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I Am Muhammad Ali
$16.99 Add to cartThe American boxing champ and vocal civil rights activist Muhammad Ali is the 27th hero in the New York Times bestselling picture book biography series for ages 5 to 8. (Cover may vary)
Muhammad Ali w… [more below]- Series: Ordinary People Change the World
- Author: Meltzer, Brad
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 40
- Publish Date: February 08 2022
- ISBN10: 0593405854
- Language: English
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Helen Keller
$15.99 Add to cartIn this book from the critically acclaimed, multimillion-copy best-selling Little People, BIG DREAMS series, discover the true story of Helen Keller.
Little Helen was curious and eager to learn about- Series: Little People, Big Dreams #89
- Author: Sanchez Vegara, Maria Isabel
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 32
- Publish Date: October 04 2022
- ISBN10: 0711259542
- Language: English
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Unbound: My Story of Liberation and the Birth of the Me Too Movement
$18.99 Add to cartINSTANT NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER
“Searing. Powerful. Needed.” –Oprah “Sometimes a single story can change the world. Unbound is one of those stories. Tarana’s words are a testimony to liberation and- Author: Burke, Tarana
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 288
- Publish Date: September 13 2022
- ISBN10: 1250621747
- Language: English
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The Long Loneliness: The Autobiography of the Legendary Catholic Social Activist
$16.99 Add to cartThis inspiring and fascinating memoir, subtitled, “The Autobiography of the Legendary Catholic Social Activist,” The Long Loneliness is the late Dorothy Day’s compelling autobiographical testament to
- Author: Day, Dorothy
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 304
- Publish Date: September 1, 2009
- ISBN10: 0060617519
- Language: English
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Zev’s Los Angeles: From Boyle Heights to the Halls of Power. a Political Memoir
$25.00 Read moreThis is the story of Zev Yaroslavsky, a young social activist, who became one of Los Angeles’ most powerful and consequential elected officials, taking on established power brokers and sparking major … [more below]
- Author: Yaroslavsky, Zev
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 388
- Publish Date: May 30 2023
- ISBN10: 9.79889E+12
- Language: English
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The Rebellious Life of Mrs. Rosa Parks: Adapted for Young People
$19.95 Read more
“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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Martin Luther King Jr.
$15.99 Add to cartIn this book from the critically acclaimed, multimillion-copy best-selling Little People, BIG DREAMS series, discover the life of Martin Luther King Jr., the inspiring minister and civil rights activi… [more below]
- Series: Little People, Big Dreams #33
- Author: Sanchez Vegara, Maria Isabel
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 32
- Publish Date: January 07 2020
- ISBN10: 0711245673
- Language: English
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The Light That Shines Forever: The True Story and Remarkable Rescue of 669 Children on the Eve of World War II
$18.99 Add to cartIn 1938, Nicky Winton, a young London stockbroker, traveled to Prague. Momentous changes were happening in Europe and Nicky wanted to experience them for himself. But he was unprepared for what he saw… [more below]
- Author: Warner, David
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 32
- Publish Date: September 19 2023
- ISBN10: 1639931392
- Language: English
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My Family Divided: One Girl’s Journey of Home, Loss, and Hope
$9.99 Add to cartDiane Guerrero, the star of Orange is the New Black and Jane the Virgin, presents her personal story in this middle-grade memoir about her parents’ deportation and the nightmarish struggles of undocum
- Author: Guerrero, Diane
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 256
- Publish Date: July 16, 2019
- ISBN10: 125030878X
- Language: English
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Call Him Jack: The Story of Jackie Robinson, Black Freedom Fighter
$21.99 Read moreAn enthralling, eye-opening portrayal of this barrier-breaking American hero as a lifelong, relentlessly proud fighter for Black justice and civil rights.
According to Martin Luther King, Jr., Jackie- Author: Williams, Yohuru
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 240
- Publish Date: September 20 2022
- ISBN10: 0374389950
- Language: English
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We Have a Dream: Meet 30 Young Indigenous People and People of Color Protecting the Planet
$17.99 Read moreThirty young environmental activists share their dreams with voice of a generation Mya-Rose Craig
Indigenous people and people of color are disproportionately affected by climate change. And yet they a
- Author: Craig, Mya-Rose
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 64
- Publish Date: April 12 2022
- ISBN10: 1419756664
- Language: English
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Please Don’t Cut the Baby: A Nurse’s Memoir
$21.99 Add to cartMarilyn Fayre Milos was a nursing student on the obstetrical unit in 1979 when she first witnessed a baby being circumcised. The only person to step forward to comfort the infant as it writhed and scr
- Author: Milos, Marilyn Fayre
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 316
- Publish Date: 20-Feb-24
- ISBN10: 1950495493
- Language: English
