Social Activists
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Nobody Needs to Know: A Memoir
$16.99 Add to cartFrom intersex activist Pidgeon Pagonis comes a candid and life-affirming true story of identity, lies, family secrets, and the healing power of truth.
Pidgeon Pagonis always felt like their life was a
- Author: Pagonis, Pidgeon
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 235
- Publish Date: August 15, 2023
- ISBN10: 1542029457
- Language: English
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Sitting Pretty: The View from My Ordinary Resilient Disabled Body
$16.99 Add to cartA memoir-in-essays from disability advocate and creator of the Instagram account @sitting_pretty Rebekah Taussig, processing a lifetime of memories to paint a beautiful, nuanced portrait of a body tha
- Author: Taussig, Rebekah
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 256
- Publish Date: 6-Jul-21
- ISBN10: 0062936808
- Language: English
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Angela Davis: An Autobiography
$28.95 Add to cart“An activist. An author. A scholar. An abolitionist. A legend.”
–Ibram X. KendiThis beautiful new edition of Angela Davis’s classic Autobiography features an expansive new introduction by the author.
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- Author: Davis, Angela Y.
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 392
- Publish Date: January 18, 2022
- ISBN10: 1642595683
- Language: English
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The Kneeling Man: My Father’s Life as a Black Spy Who Witnessed the Assassination of Martin Luther King Jr.
$27.00 Read moreBCALA Literary Award Winner
The intimate and heartbreaking story of a Black undercover police officer who famously kneeled by the assassinated Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King Jr–and a daughter’s quest fo- Author: Seletzky, Leta McCollough
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 304
- Publish Date: April 04 2023
- ISBN10: 1640094725
- Language: English
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How to Be a (Young) Antiracist
$19.99 Read moreThe #1 New York Times bestseller that sparked international dialogue is now a book for young adults! Based on the adult bestseller by Ibram X. Kendi, and co-authored by bestselling author Nic Stone, H… [more below]
- Author: Kendi, Ibram X.
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 208
- Publish Date: January 31 2023
- ISBN10: 0593461606
- Language: English
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A Plate of Hope: The Inspiring Story of Chef José Andrés and World Central Kitchen
$18.99 Add to cartA moving picture book biography about chef Jos? Andr?s, who, along with his World Central Kitchen organization, is sure to inspire kids to help out in their own communities.
Jos? Andr?s’s love of cook- Author: Frankel, Erin
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 48
- Publish Date: February 13 2024
- ISBN10: 0593380576
- Language: English
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Angela Davis: An Autobiography
$22.95 Add to cart“An activist. An author. A scholar. An abolitionist. A legend.”
–Ibram X. KendiThis beautiful new edition of Angela Davis’s classic Autobiography features an expansive new introduction by the author.
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- Author: Davis, Angela Y.
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 392
- Publish Date: May 02 2023
- ISBN10: 1642598984
- Language: English
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Food for Hope: How John Van Hengel Invented Food Banks for the Hungry
$19.99 Add to cartHunger continues to be an international problem. This true story of how one ordinary person did something extraordinary shows how everyone can do something to make a difference.
Readers will feel en
- Author: Gottesfeld, Jeff
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 32
- Publish Date: May 02 2023
- ISBN10: 195435424X
- Language: English
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Bonhoeffer Bible Study Guide: The Life and Writings of Dietrich Bonhoeffer
$14.99 Add to cartIn this four-session video-based small group Bible study (DVD/digital video sold separately), New York Times best-selling author Eric Metaxas will help you discover the major themes of Dietrich Bonhoe
- Author: Metaxas, Eric
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 112
- Publish Date: February 11, 2014
- ISBN10: 1595555889
- Language: English
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The Dissident: Alexey Navalny: Profile of a Political Prisoner
$30.00 Add to cartA news-driven biography of Vladimir Putin’s nemesis Alexey Navalny– lawyer, blogger, anti-corruption crusader, protest organizer, political opposition leader, mayoral and presidential candidate, camp
- Author: Herszenhorn, David
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 320
- Publish Date: October 31, 2023
- ISBN10: 1538709457
- Language: English
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Finding Home: Words from Kids Seeking Sanctuary
$19.99 Add to cartIn this photographic picture book, the authors record and transcribe the words of displaced children, raising up their voices–who they are, where they came from, and the many different reasons that t
- Author: Agna, Gwen
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 32
- Publish Date: January 09, 2024
- ISBN10: 0063304171
- Language: English
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Tomorrow Begins Now: Teen Heroes Who Faced Down Injustice
$15.99 Add to cartAre you ready to change the world? The eleven teen activists in this book were!
Tomorrow Begins Now: Teen Heroes Who Faced Down Injustice tells the inspiring stories of activists fighting for their ci
- Author: Deakin, Ava Lorelei
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 176
- Publish Date: September 12, 2022
- ISBN10: 9798885045377
- Language: English
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Martin Luther King, Jr.
$5.99 Add to cartThe most effective method used to influence children to read is to incorporate the information that interests them the most. National Geographic Readers are educational, high-interest, and comprehensi… [more below]
- Series: Readers BIOS
- Author: Jazynka, Kitson
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 48
- Publish Date: December 26 2012
- ISBN10: 1426310870
- Language: English
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Shining a Light: Celebrating 40 Asian Americans and Pacific Islanders Who Changed the World
$18.99 Add to cart“A collective biography of 40 influential Asian Americans and Pacific Islanders, from Kalpana Chawla to The Rock to Tammy Duckworth, whose historical contributions readers may not know but whose light… [more below]
- Author: Bybee, Veeda
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 112
- Publish Date: March 28 2023
- ISBN10: 0358539358
- Language: English
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Choosing Brave: How Mamie Till-Mobley and Emmett Till Sparked the Civil Rights Movement (Caldecott Honor Book)
$19.99 Read moreA Caldecott-honor winning picture book biography of the mother of Emmett Till, and how she channeled grief over her son’s death into a call to action for the civil rights movement.
Mamie Till-Mobley is- Author: Joy, Angela
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 64
- Publish Date: September 06 2022
- ISBN10: 1250220955
- Language: English
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Miss Major Speaks: Conversations with a Black Trans Revolutionary
$19.95 Add to cart2024 Stonewall Honor Award for Nonfiction
The future of Black, queer, and trans liberation explored by a legendary transgender elder and activist Miss Major Griffin-Gracy is a veteran of the infamous- Author: Meronek, Toshio
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 176
- Publish Date: May 16 2023
- ISBN10: 1839763345
- Language: English
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I Am Ruby Bridges
$18.99 Add to cartRuby Bridges tells her story as never before and shares the events of the momentous day in 1960 when Ruby became the first Black child to integrate the all-white William Franz Elementary as a six year
- Author: Bridges, Ruby
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 48
- Publish Date: September 06, 2022
- ISBN10: 1338753886
- Language: English
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Emmanuel’s Dream: The True Story of Emmanuel Ofosu Yeboah
$18.99 Add to cartEmmanuel Ofosu Yeboah’s inspiring true story–which was turned into a film, Emmanuel’s Gift, narrated by Oprah Winfrey–is nothing short of remarkable.
Born in Ghana, West Africa, with one deformed l- Author: Thompson, Laurie Ann
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 40
- Publish Date: January 06, 2015
- ISBN10: 044981744X
- Language: English
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I Am Martin Luther King, Jr.
$16.99 Add to cartThe eighth biography in this New York Times bestselling series features one of America’s greatest civil rights heroes, Martin Luther King, Jr. (Cover may vary)
As a child, Martin Luther King, Jr. was- Series: Ordinary People Change the World
- Author: Meltzer, Brad
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 32
- Publish Date: January 05, 2016
- ISBN10: 0525428526
- Language: English
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How the Boogeyman Became a Poet
$19.99 Add to cartPoet, writer, and hip-hop educator Tony Keith Jr. makes his debut with a powerful YA memoir in verse, tracing his journey from being a closeted gay Black teen battling poverty, racism, and homophobia
- Author: Keith Jr, Tony
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 352
- Publish Date: February 06, 2024
- ISBN10: 0063296004
- Language: English
