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During one sweltering week in July 1948, the Democratic Party gathered in Philadelphia for its national convention. The most pressing and controversial issue facing the delegates was not whom to nominate for president-the incumbent, Harry Truman, was the presumptive candidate-but whether the Democrats would finally embrace the cause of civil rights and embed it in their official platform.
On the convention's final day, Hubert Humphrey, the relatively...
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St. Martin's Press
Pub. Date
2023.
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xvii, 363 pages : illustrations ; 22 cm
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English
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"A passionate, powerful memoir by a trailblazing Black transgender activist, tracing her life of transformation and her work towards collective liberation. In 2017, Raquel Willis took to the National Women's March podium just after the presidential election of Donald Trump, primed to tell her story as a young Black transgender woman from the South. Despite having her speaking time cut short, the appearance only deepened her commitment to speaking...
4) Our secret society: Mollie Moon and the glamour, money, and power behind the civil rights movement
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Publisher
Amistad, an imprint of HarperCollinsPublishers
Pub. Date
[2023]
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353 pages : illustrations (some color) ; 24 cm
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English
Description
Drawing on exhaustive research, never-before-revealed letters and interviews, including with her daughter and namesake, a historian and cultural critic presents this glittering social history of Mollie Moon, the half of one of the most influential couples of the period, charting her rise from Jim Crow Mississippi to doyenne of Manhattan and Harlem.
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Black Dog & Leventhal Publishers
Pub. Date
2023.
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95 pages : color illustrations ; 27 cm + 1 poster
Language
English
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"An essential and empowering introduction to the LGBTQ+ civil rights movement throughout history with kid-friendly explanations of important terms"--
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Flatiron Books
Pub. Date
2023.
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xvii, 235 pages : illustrations (some color) ; 24 cm
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English
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"The concept of feminism has evolved and changed so much over the last few decades that it can be confusing for people to keep up. Luckily, Anney Reese and Samantha McVey break it all down every week on their popular iHeart podcast, Stuff Mom Never Told You. In this book-their first-they explore the history, strategy, and emotion that went into several milestones and emergent issues of the recent feminist movement. Starting with Billie Jean King's...
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National Education Policy Center
Pub. Date
2011.
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1 online resource (3 files) : color illustrations
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English
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"This policy brief reviews what researchers have learned about racial disparities in school discipline, including trends over time and how these disparities further break down along lines of gender and disability status."--Executive summary.
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English
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"In the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries, a major transformation was occurring in many spheres of society: people with every sort of disability were increasingly being marginalized, excluded, and incarcerated. Disabled but still productive factory workers were being fired, and developmentally disabled individuals who had previously contributed domestic or agricultural labor in homes or on farms were being sent to institutions and poorhouses....
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Cherry Lake Press is an imprint of Cherry Lake Publishing Group
Pub. Date
[2024]
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IL: MG+ - BL: 5.2 - AR Pts: 1
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48 pages : illustrations (some color) ; 24 cm.
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English
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"Find out how political status and the way we talk about it affect lives in the Latinx community. This title explores the nature of migration, its role in the history of civilization, and the rights and dignity inalienable to all people. The Racial Justice in America: Latinx American series explores the issues specific to the Latinx community in a comprehensive, honest, and age-appropriate way. This series was written by Brenda Mendoza, an author,...
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HarperOne, an imprint of HarperCollinsPublishers
Pub. Date
[2024]
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395 pages ; 23 cm
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English
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From the #1 New York times best-selling author of So You Want to Talk About Race and Mediocre comes an eye-opening and galvanizing look at the current state of anti-racist activism across America.
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