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Gaines, James R.

Summary: "A bold and original argument that upends the myth of the Fifties as a decade of conformity to celebrate the solitary, brave, and stubborn individuals who pioneered the radical gay rights, feminist, civil rights, and environmental movements, from historian James R. Gaines"--

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Publisher / Publication Date: Simon & Schuster 2022

Copies Available at Kingsley

1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 306.0973 GAI

Copies Available at Woodmere

1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 306.0973 GAI

Jonusas, Susan

Summary: "In 1873 the people of Labette County in Kansas made a grisly discovery. Buried on a homestead seven miles south of the town of Cherryvale, in a bloodied cellar and under frost-covered soil, were countless bodies in varying states of decay. The discovery sent the local community and national newspapers into a frenzy that continued for over two decades, and the land on which the crimes took...

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Publisher / Publication Date: Viking 2022

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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 364.152 JON

Rau, Dana Meachen

Summary: Presents an account of the life of the Mexican American labor activist who helped organize the migrant farm workers and establish a union to fight for their rights.

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Publisher / Publication Date: Grosset & Dunlap, an imprint of Penguin Random House 2017

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Prior, Karen Swallow

Summary: "With a foreword by Eric Metaxas, best-selling author of Bonhoeffer and Amazing Grace. The enthralling biography of the womanwriter who helped end the slave trade, changed Britain's upper classes, and taught a nation how to read. The history-changing reforms of Hannah More affected every level of 18th-CenturyBritish society through her keen intellect, literary achievements, collaborative...

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Publisher / Publication Date: Nelson Books, an imprint of Thomas Nelson 2014

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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 921 MORE, HANNAH PRI

Dennis, David J.

Summary: "A dynamic family exchange that pivots between the voices of a father and son, The Movement Made Us is a unique work of oral history and memoir, chronicling the extraordinary story of the Civil Rights Movement of the 1960s and its living legacy embodied in Black Lives Matter. David Dennis Sr, a core architect of the movement, speaks out for the first time, swapping recollections both harrowing...

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Publisher / Publication Date: Harper an imprint of HarperCollinsPublishers 2022

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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 920 DEN

Summary: Presents brief profiles of over eighty major artists throughout history, providing the historical context in which each artist worked, their influences, and legacies.

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Publisher / Publication Date: DK Publishing 2017

Copies Available at Peninsula

1 available in Adult, Call number: 709.22 ART

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