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Summary: Forty years in, the tough on crime turn in American politics has spurred a prison boom of historic proportions that disproportionately affects Black communities. It has also torn at the lives of those on the outside. As arrest quotas and high tech surveillance criminalize entire blocks, a climate of fear and suspicion pervades daily life, not only for young men entangled in the legal system,...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Picador 2015
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 307 GOFDiemer, Andrew K.
Summary: "The remarkable and inspiring story of William Still, an unknown abolitionist who dedicated his life to managing a critical section of the Underground Railroad in Philadelphia--the free state directly north of the Mason-Dixon line--helping hundreds of people escape from slavery"--
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Publisher / Publication Date: Alfred A. Knopf 2022
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 921 STILL, WILLIAM DIESummary: Looks at the mystique surrounding chef and restaurateur Georges Perrier at the time leading up to the closing of his iconic Philadelphia restaurant Le Bec-Fin, which in Perrier's own estimation was the last true French restaurant in the U.S.
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Publisher / Publication Date: 2016
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1 available in TC Film Fest DVDs, Call number: DVD TCFF KINPennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts
Contents: Essays. Collecting the image of America : Charles Willson Peale's The artist in his museum and Samuel F.B. Morse's Gallery of the Louvre / Judith Russi Kirshner -- Painting the image of America : portraiture and genre in the 19th century / Elizabeth Milroy -- Americans in the landscape / D. Scott Atkinson -- American impressionism / Elizabeth Milroy -- America and the modernist spirit / D....
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Publisher / Publication Date: Terra Museum of American Art 1987
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1 available in Oversize, Call number: OVS 709.73 PROBakst, Dina
Summary: Provides practical tips for navigating the workplace while pregnant or being a new parent, covering such topics as morning sickness, maternity leave, and discrimination.
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Publisher / Publication Date: 2014
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 649 BAKSummary: Women make up less than a quarter of STEM professionals in the United States, and numbers are even lower for women of color. But a growing group of researchers is exposing longstanding discrimination and making science more inclusive.
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Publisher / Publication Date: 2021
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1 available in E-TV DVDs, Call number: DVD E-TV PICSummary: The teachers are back at Willard R. Abbott Public School for development week, a time to prepare for the upcoming year before the students first day of school. Post-breakup, Janine is determined to start the year off right and leave her problems at home. Meanwhile, Ava runs a side hustle out of the school parking lot, and Gregory, now a full-time teacher, is in over his head with the curriculum.
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Publisher / Publication Date: 2023
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1 available in Television Series DVDs, Call number: DVD TV ABBWilliams, Yohuru
Summary: "Six decades ago, on August 28, 1963, Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. delivered his iconic "I Have a Dream" speech during the March on Washington for Jobs and Freedom--a moment often revered as the culmination of this Black-led protest. But at its core, the March on Washington was not a beautiful dream of future integration; it was a mass outcry for jobs and freedom NOW--not at some undetermined...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Farrar Straus Giroux Books for Young Readers 2023
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1 available in Juvenile Nonfiction, Call number: J 303.48 WILThomas, Gillian
Summary: "The 1964 Civil Rights Act is best known as a monumental achievement of the civil rights movement, but it also revolutionized the lives of American women. Title VII of the law made it illegal to discriminate "because of sex." But Congress gave little guidance about how much it wanted to change in a "Mad Men" world where women played mainly supporting roles. It was up to the Supreme Court, then,...
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Publisher / Publication Date: St. Martin's Press 2016
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 344 THOFord, Leon
Summary: "An unforgettable and stirring memoir in the vein of Free Cyntoia, Just Mercy, and The Sum of Us that both inspires and upends our understanding about the future of policing in the United States. In 2012, nineteen-year-old Leon Ford was shot five times by a Pittsburgh police officer as he was racially profiled during a case of mistaken identity. When he woke up in the hospital, he was faced...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Atria Books 2023
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 921 FORD, LEON FORSummary: Examining the truth about celebrity actress Alyssa Milano's initial tweet of the hashtag to the take-down of Hollywood icon Harvey Weinstein, the film takes viewers deep into the rabbit hole of a movement sweeping the nation.
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Publisher / Publication Date: DocTV 2019
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1 available in Digital Video Disc, Call number: DVD MOVIE METKrasner, Larry
Summary: "Larry Krasner spent thirty years learning about America's carceral system as a civil rights and criminal defense lawyer in Philadelphia, working to get some kind of justice for his clients in a broken system in the era of mass incarceration, before deciding that the way to truly transform the system was to get inside of it. So he launched an unlikely campaign to become the District Attorney of...
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Publisher / Publication Date: One World 2021
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 921 KRASNER, LARRY KRABiddle, Daniel R.
Summary: Octavius Valentine Catto was an orator who shared stages with Frederick Douglass, a second baseman on Philadelphia's best black baseball team, a teacher at the city's finest black school and an activist who fought in the state capital and on the streets for equal rights. With his racially-charged murder, the nation lost a civil rights pioneer-one who risked his life a century before Selma and...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Temple University Press 2010
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 921 CATTO, OCTAVIUS BIDMeyer, Michael J.
Summary: "Benjamin Franklin was not a gambling man. But at the end of his illustrious life, the Founder allowed himself a final wager on the survival of the United States: a gift of two thousand pounds to Boston and Philadelphia, to be lent out to tradesmen over the next two centuries to jump-start their careers. Each loan would be repaid with interest over ten years. If all went according to Franklin's...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Mariner Books 2022
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 973.3092 MEYHewlett, Sylvia Ann
Summary: While the #MeToo movement has exposed the enormous harm done by sexual misconduct in the workplace, the movement’s full promise has not been fulfilled, Sylvia Ann Hewlett argues. Showcasing new data on the incidence of sexual harassment and assault at work, she reveals how the movement has focused almost exclusively on white women and failed to support other vulnerable groups who are also...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Harper Business, an imprint of HarperCollinsPublishers 2020
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 658.3008 HEWScott, Kim (Kim Malone)
Summary: "From Kim Scott, author of the revolutionary New York Times bestseller Radical Candor, comes Just Work: Get Sh*t Done, Fast & Fair-how we can recognize, attack, and eliminate workplace injustice-and transform our careers and organizations in the process.We-all of us-consistently exclude, underestimate, and underutilize huge numbers of people in the workforce even as we include, overestimate,...
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Publisher / Publication Date: St. Martin's Press 2021
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 658.3008 SCOMorlock, Theresa
Summary: People who identify as LGBTQ are often treated with inequality and violence. Until recently, they were viewed as sick or even criminals. This volume gives important insight into the injustices faced by LGBTQ individuals, and the activists and groups that have fought for equal rights. Photographs and primary sources help readers grasp and connect with information in the text. Readers will learn...
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Publisher / Publication Date: PowerKids Press 2017
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Summary: Discrimination and harassment can poison the work environment, undermine employee morale, and even lead to costly investigations and lawsuits. In the era of #MeToo, it's more important than ever to take steps to prevent harassment and discrimination, as well as appropriately respond when incidents do happen.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Nolo 2018
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 344.01 ENGMcNeur, Catherine
Summary: "The nineteenth century was a transformative period in the history of American science, as scientific study, once the domain of armchair enthusiasts and amateurs, became the purview of professional experts and institutions. In Mischievous Creatures, historian Catherine McNeur shows that women were central to the development of the natural sciences during this critical time. She does so by...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Basic Books 2023
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 920 MCNSummary: "The Wildsam Philadelphia guide explores the tough and tender "underdog" city best known as the birthplace of our nation. Inside you'll find stories from poets, typewriter repairmen, historic interpreters, artists, salvage woodworkers, chefs and urban farmers"--Publisher's description.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Wildsam Field Guides 2020
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 917.481 PHILADELPHIA WILCabasin, Linda
Summary: "Whether you want to eat a cheesesteak, see the Liberty Bell, or visit the Philadelphia's best museums, the local Fodor's travel experts in Philadelphia are here to help! Fodor's Philadelphia guidebook is packed with maps, carefully curated recommendations, and everything else you need to simplify your trip-planning process and make the most of your time. This new edition has been...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Fodor's Travel, a division of MH Sub I, LLC, dba Internet Brands 2023
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 917.481 PHICorchado, Alfredo
Summary: When Alfredo Corchado moved to Philadelphia in 1987, he felt as if he was the only Mexican in the city. But in a restaurant called Tequilas, he connected with two other Mexican men and one Mexican American, all feeling similarly isolated. Over the next three decades, the four friends continued to meet, coming together over their shared Mexican roots and their love of tequila. One was a radical...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Bloomsbury Publishing 2018
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 973 CORMeckler, Laura
Summary: "In this searing and deeply researched examination of the promises and realities of racial integration, award-winning Washington Post journalist Laura Meckler aims to uncover where the problem lies and to shed light on what's being done to move forward-in housing, in education, and in the promise of shared community. In the late 1950s, Shaker Heights became a national model for housing...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Henry Holt and Company 2023
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 305.8 MECMcElhinney, Ann
Summary: In 2013 Dr Kermit Gosnell was convicted of killing four people, including three babies, but is thought to have killed hundreds, perhaps thousands more in a 30-year killing spree. Gosnell is currently serving three life sentences (without the possibility of parole) for murdering babies and patients at his "House of Horrors" abortion clinic. This book--now a major movie starring Dean Cain (Lois &...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Regnery Publishing, a division of Salem Media Group 2017