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Pub. Date
[2013]
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (ca. 60 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in.
Description
The Powerbroker tells the story of Whitney Young, who biographer Nancy Weiss Malkiel called 'the inside man of the black revolution.' A social worker who became the executive director of the National Urban League from 1961 to his death in 1971, he was denigrated by black power advocates, but by challenging America's business and political communities directly, Young was able to make in-roads where other civil rights leader could not.
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Pub. Date
2023.
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1 volume (unpaged) : color illustrations pages ; 29 cm
Description
A picture book biography about First Lady Eleanor Roosevelt's early years and how the challenges she faced early in life helped her become a compassionate public servant and champion of human rights.
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Pub. Date
[2020]
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xii, 354 pages ; illustrations ; 25 cm
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"John Lewis, who at age twenty-five marched in Selma and was beaten on the Edmund Pettus Bridge, is a visionary and a man of faith. Using intimate interviews with Lewis and his family and deep research into the history of the civil rights movement, Meacham writes of how the activist and leader was inspired by the Bible, his mother's unbreakable spirit, his sharecropper father's tireless ambition, and his teachers in nonviolence, Reverend James Lawson...
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Tananarive Due, best-selling author and American Book Award winner, and her mother, Patricia Stephens Due, guide listeners through the Civil Rights movement of the 1960s. Told in alternating chapters, their story is a triumphant memoir of their experiences with everyday people fighting for equality as members of grassroots organizations in the South. Filled with drama, heartache and rousing successes, Freedom in the Family will inspire and enlighten...
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Pub. Date
[2022]
Physical Desc
x, 54 pages : illustrations ; 23 cm.
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"The first introductory and illustrated biography of the civil rights icon. The untold story of Pauli Murray, activist, lawyer, poet, and Episcopal priest, who broke records and barriers throughout her life. Friend to Eleanor Roosevelt, colleague to Ruth Bader Ginsburg, and student of Thurgood Marshall, Pauli Murray's life was nevertheless not always an easy one. Her commitment to fighting for the rights of women and all places her firmly in history....
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Pub. Date
[2020]
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (approximately 28 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Description
In the new 2020 high-definition program, learn all about the life and lasting legacy of John Lewis. Who was John Lewis? What were John's early contributions to civil rights? Who were the Freedom Riders? What was John's involvement with Martin Luther King, Jr. and the March on Washington? What was the Civil Rights Act? What was John's role in the House of Representatives? What is his lasting legacy?
Pub. Date
2018
Physical Desc
xvii, 390 pages : illustrations ; 29 cm
Description
This encyclopedic work aims to increase the wealth of information that is currently published on African Americans and their struggle for civil rights. It builds on such works, by bringing together in one convenient volume topics and issues that may appear in many different works.
20) Freedom riders
Pub. Date
c2011
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (ca. 120 min.) : sd., col. with b&w sequences ; 4 3/4 in.
Description
This inspirational documentary is about a band of courageous civil-rights activists calling themselves the Freedom Riders. Gaining impressive access to influential figures on both sides of the issue, it chronicles a chapter of American history that stands as an astonishing testament to the accomplishment of youth and what can result from the incredible combination of personal conviction and the courage to organize against all odds.
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