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341) W.E.B. DuBois
Author
Series
Publisher
Franklin Watts
Pub. Date
1990
Language
English
Description
Du Bois believed that intellectual pursuits -- education, writing, research -- were the paths that would lead to improved conditions for African Americans. Read about his involvement in the Harlem Renaissance, a time that celebrated black talent & accomplishments. This is a great choice for students doing in-depth research. Appendix of the writings of W.E.B. Du Bois, source notes, bibliography, & index. Part of the Impact Biographies series. Examines...
Author
Publisher
Morgan Reynolds Pub
Pub. Date
c2011
Language
English
Description
Biography of civil rights activist Ida B. Wells-Barnett.
Profiles the activist, educator, writer, journalist, suffragette, and pioneering voice against the horrors of lynching who set out to better the lives of African-Americans long before the Civil Rights Movement.
Publisher
A & E Television Networks
Pub. Date
2013
Language
English
Description
The film explores Jackie's deepest motivations as he solidifies his role in the civil rights movement after his days as a trailblazing baseball player. The film uses unedited and uncensored letters written by Jackie to iconic figures such as Martin Luther King, Jr. and President Eisenhower. Interviews with his daughter, Sharon Robinson; his pen pal, Ron Rabinovitz; historian Joe Dorinson; and an array of MLB players paint a vivid picture of this complex...
Author
Series
Publisher
Cherry Lake Publishing
Pub. Date
2020.
Language
English
Description
"Born in 1919-learn how civil rights activist Fred Korematsu stood up against injustices to Japanese Americans and how professional baseball player Jackie Robinson challenged segregation. Aligned with curriculum standards, this book also highlights key 21st Century content: Global Awareness, Civic Literacy, and Economic Literacy. Thought-provoking content and a hands-on activity encourage critical thinking and civic engagement. Book includes table...
Series
Publisher
Simon & Schuster
Pub. Date
©1989
Language
English
Description
A collection of tributes from the friends and colleagues of a great writer and social critic include the words of Toni Morrison, Amiri Baraka, William Styron, Alex Haley, and others, as well as key selections from his writings. Bibliog.
Publisher
University Press of America
Pub. Date
[2014]
Language
English
Description
Unsung heroes of the civil rights movement and thereafter offers students the opportunity to learn more about important and often overlooked figures of the civil rights movement. Featured figures include the Saint Augustine Four, Irene Morgan Kirkaldy, Stokely Carmichael, Jackie and Rachel Robinson, and Emmett Till.
Publisher
PBS Distribution
Pub. Date
2013
Language
English
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.
Author
Series
P'yŏnghwaŭi saramdŭl volume 4
Publisher
Pundo Ch'ulp'ansa
Pub. Date
2002.
Language
Korean
Series
Publisher
Wonderscape Entertainment, LLC
Pub. Date
[2020]
Language
English
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?
Author
Publisher
Rosen YA
Pub. Date
2018.
Language
English
Description
The upheaval and unrest of the civil rights era paved the way for great leaders. Martin Luther King Jr. emerged as one of the most important voices in American history, leading the fight for equality and justice for the black community. Readers learn how a boy who attended segregated schools in Atlanta rose to become a prominent national figure who lead protest marches, met with presidents, won a Nobel Peace Prize, and inspired a nation. They will...
Author
Publisher
Twelve Tables Press
Pub. Date
[2017]
Language
English
Description
"'With Passion" tells the improbable story of an unsung hero of the civil rights movement who thought of himself as a miscast lawyer but ended up defending peaceful protesters, representing Mohammad Ali, suing Robert Moses, counseling Lenny Bruce, bringing the case that integrated hundreds of Southern hospitals and named the principal architect of the death penalty abolition movement in the United States."--Book jacket.
Publisher
Stylus Publishing
Pub. Date
2015.
Language
English
Description
"Allyship, Friendship, Kinship, Relationships. The suffix 'ship' expresses quality, condition or state of being. Allyship is the quality or condition of being an ally. This book is an exploration of that state of being, which the authors in this volume have spent their lives developing. Being an ally is typically thought of as a role that a person from a privileged group plays toward a person in an oppressed group. But as you will find in reading...
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