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Native trailblazersWarner, Andrea
Summary: "In Rise Up and Sing!, Andrea Warner explores how music has contributed to the fight for social justice. Across eight areas of activism--the climate emergency, Indigenous rights, civil rights, disability rights, 2SLGBTQIA+ rights, gender equality, the peace/anti-war movement, and human rights--Warner introduces some of the artists, past and present, who have made a difference both on stage and...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Greystone Kids 2023
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1 available in New YA Materials, Call number: YA 781.64 WARCopies Available at Woodmere
1 available in Young Adult Non-fiction, Call number: YA 781.64 WARLynskey, Dorian.
Summary: A history of protest music embodied in 33 songs since the 1930s.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Ecco 2011
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 782.42 LYNTolokonnikova, Nadezhda
Summary: "A timely guide to radical protest, with words, actions, and inspiration to ignite the power of the people and jowfully resist"--Page 4 of cover.
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Publisher / Publication Date: HarperOne 2018
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 782.42 TOLSummary: Chronicles the life of Pete Seeger, the American singer/songwriter, who was a leader of the mid-20th century American folk music revival and wrote some of its best known songs. Also looks at his work as a labor and political activist and his experiences of being picketed, blacklisted, and banned from commercial television. Features archival footage and interviews with his family, including wife...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Live Nation Worldwide 2007
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2 available in Music DVDs, Call number: DVD MUSIC PETCutright, Patricia J.
Summary: "Twelve biographies of Indigenous women who, as modern-day warriors, have infused their communities with strength and leadership. The women overcame unimaginable hardships--racial and gender discrimination, abuse, and extreme poverty--only to rise to great heights in the fields of politics, science, education, and community activism"--
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Publisher / Publication Date: 7th Generation Native Voices 2021
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1 available in Young Adult Non-fiction, Call number: YA 920 CUTCopies Available at Peninsula
1 available in Young Adult Collection, Call number: YA 973 CUTGlaude, Eddie S.
Summary: "Based on the Du Bois Lectures delivered at Harvard in 2011, We Are the Leaders We Have Been Looking For argues for the importance of self-cultivation in pursuit of justice as a critical feature of Black politics, what Eddie S. Glaude Jr. calls Black democratic perfectionism. Building on the political scientist Adolph Reed's work on 'Black custodial politics' Glaude critiques our impulse to...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Harvard University Press 2024
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Summary: Zitkala-Š̌̌̌a finds that she can sing through her music, but also by writing stories and giving speeches and being an activist for Native American rights.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Carolrhoda Books 2011