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Summary: "This long-overdue biography reestablishes William Monroe Trotter's essential place next to Douglass, Du Bois, and King in the pantheon of American civil rights heroes. William Monroe Trotter (1872- 1934), though still virtually unknown to the wider public, was an unlikely American hero. With the stylistic verve of a newspaperman and the unwavering fearlessness of an emancipator, he galvanized...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Liveright Publishing Corporation, a division of W.W. Norton & Co. 2020
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 921 TROTTER, WILLIAM MONROE GREKasparov, G. K. (Garri Kimovich)
Summary: The ascension of Vladimir Putin -- a former lieutenant colonel of the KGB -- to the presidency of Russia in 1999 was a strong signal that the country was headed away from democracy. Yet in the intervening years -- as America and the world's other leading powers have continued to appease him -- Putin has grown not only into a dictator but an international threat. With his vast resources and...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Public Affairs 2016
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 947.086 KASPerry, Michael
Summary: Written in a spirit of exploration rather than declaration, Montaigne in Barn Boots is a down-to-earth (how do you pronounce that last name?) look into the ideas of a philosopher "ensconced in a castle tower overlooking his vineyard," channeled by a midwestern American writing "in a room above the garage overlooking a disused pig pen." Whether grabbing an electrified fence, fighting fires,...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Harper, an imprint of HarperCollinsPublishers 2017
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 921 PERRY, MICHAEL PERSmith, Sherri L.
Summary: "During World War II, black Americans were fighting for their country and for freedom in Europe, yet they had to endure a totally segregated military in the United States, where they weren't considered smart enough to become military pilots. After acquiring government funding for aviation training, civil rights activists were able to kickstart the first African American military flight program...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Penguin Workshop, an imprint of Penguin Random House 2018