Schwartz, Heather E.

Summary: "Uses primary sources to tell the story of the Freedom Riders during the U.S. Civil Rights Movement"--

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Publisher / Publication Date: Capstone Press, a Capstone imprint 2015

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1 available in Juvenile Nonfiction, Call number: J 323.11 SCH

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1 available in JT Non-Fiction, Call number: JT Blk Civil Schwartz

Krull, Kathleen.

Summary: Describes the 1963 March on Washington, helmed by Martin Luther King, Jr., where over two hundred thousand people gathered to demand equal rights for all races, and explains why this event is still important in American history today.

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Publisher / Publication Date: Grosset & Dunlap 2013

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1 available in JT Non-Fiction, Call number: JT Blk His What Krull

Darby, Jean

Summary: Traces the life and accomplishments of Martin Luther King Jr., focusing on facts that are not as widely known.

Format: text

Publisher / Publication Date: Lerner Publications Co. 2005

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1 available in Juvenile Nonfiction, Call number: J 921 KIN

Summary: LBJ, Lyndon Baines Johnson -- Texan, Democrat, political virtuoso. He rises up out of the 1960s like a Colossus, like something from Shakespeare, filling the stage -- 10, 12 characters in one. He is admired and he is detested. But the real measure of a leader is what he gets done, the size of the problems he faces. Before Lyndon Johnson, we were essentially a segregated society. Inequality...

Format: moving image

Publisher / Publication Date: PBS Home Video 2006

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1 available in E-TV DVDs, Call number: DVD E-TV LBJ

MacCarry, Noel

Summary: Presents the life of the folk singer and social activist, and discusses his role in the union, anti-war, civil rights, and environmental movements and the opposition he sometimes aroused for his radical views.

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Publisher / Publication Date: Grosset & Dunlap 2017

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1 available in Juvenile, Call number: JB SEGER MAC

Meacham, Jon

Summary: The noted historian and popular country music artist celebrate America and the music that inspired people and illuminated eras, providing historical context for songs from the Revolutionary War to the present.

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Publisher / Publication Date: Random House 2019

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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 782.42 MEA

Summary: 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...

Format: moving image

Publisher / Publication Date: Live Nation Worldwide 2007

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2 available in Music DVDs, Call number: DVD MUSIC PET

Schron, Bob

Summary: "A decade-by-decade account of African-American athlete activism told through the stories of prominent athletes who fought for racial or gender equality, often at the expense of their reputation or their ability to practice their sport. From Jesse Owens's performance in the 1936 Olympics to Colin Kaepernick's controversial kneel during the national anthem, this book show that the actions of...

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Publisher / Publication Date: Imagine 2020

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1 available in Adult, Call number: 796.08996 SCH

Hendershot, Heather

Summary: "Few conservatives are as revered and admired as William F. Buckley. Buckley is best known for founding National Review, the flagship journal of the right. But his long-running talk show Firing Line was equally important, because it allowed him to reach beyond the conservative enclave and engage millions of mainstream Americans. When Firing Line premiered in 1966, only two years after Barry...

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Publisher / Publication Date: Broadside 2016

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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 070 HEN

Lynskey, 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 LYN

Magoon, Kekla

Summary: "In this comprehensive, inspiring, and all-too-relevant history of the Black Panther Party, Kekla Magoon introduces readers to the Panthers' community activism, grounded in the concept of self-defense, which taught Black Americans how to protect and support themselves in a country that treated them like second-class citizens."--

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Publisher / Publication Date: Candlewick Press 2021

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1 available in Young Adult Non-fiction, Call number: YA 323.1196 MAG

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1 available in Young Adult Non-fiction, Call number: YA 323.1196 MAG

Bennett, William J. (William John)

Summary: Profiles the key events and figures that shaped United States history during the twentieth century, focusing on the World Wars, the rise of world Communism, the struggle for freedom at home and abroad, and other related topics.

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Publisher / Publication Date: Thomas Nelson 2007

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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 973 BEN

Kennedy, Randall

Summary: "A gathering of essays by the acclaimed Harvard legal scholar and public intellectual, that explores all the relevant cultural and historical issues of the past quarter century having to do with race and race relations in America. With a gimlet eye, decency and humaneness (and often courting controversy), Randall Kennedy chronicles his reactions over the past quarter century to arguments,...

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Publisher / Publication Date: Pantheon Books, a division of Penguin Random House LLC 2021

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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 342.7308 KEN