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Summary: "Born into slavery in 1797, Sojourner Truth escaped to freedom with her baby daughter by 1826. For the rest of her life, this extraordinary woman continued to fight for rights for black people, women, and other disenfranchised populations. This in-depth account explores Truth's fascinating life as an abolitionist leader. Photographs bring the information to life and sidebars add dimension to...
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Publisher / Publication Date: 2024
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1 available in Juvenile Nonfiction, Call number: J 921 TRULake, Theia
Summary: "The first African American flying unit in the U.S. military were called the Tuskegee Airmen. They trained at the Tuskegee Army Air Field in Alabama and flew more than 1,500 missions. During World War II, these men became some of the most decorated servicemen of the Army Air Forces. In this informative book, readers will learn about all about the Tuskegee Airmen, the missions they accomplished,...
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Publisher / Publication Date: PowerKids Press 2024
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Summary: "Martin Luther King Jr.'s work in the civil rights movement transformed American and world history. In this educational text, readers will come to understand the significance of King's leadership and his lasting legacy. Historical photographs bring the information to life and sidebars feature interesting information, which adds dimension to the text. An informative timeline highlights key...
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Publisher / Publication Date: PowerKids Press 2024
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1 available in Juvenile Nonfiction, Call number: J 921 KINLake, Theia
Summary: "In this informative text, readers will learn all about the exceptional civil rights leader Nelson Mandela. The late president of South Africa spent more than 25 years in prison fighting apartheid. Mandela's example lives on for others to follow, as we continue to work to overcome racism and discrimination. Photographs of the era and quotes from Mandela and others will bring the information to...
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Publisher / Publication Date: PowerKids Press 2024
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1 available in Juvenile Nonfiction, Call number: J 921 MANLake, Theia
Summary: "During the mid-1880s, the first black regiments of the US Army were formed. These soldiers served on the western frontier, as well as conflicts in Cuba, the Philippines, and Mexico. They were nicknamed "buffalo soldiers," by Native Americans. Despite their upstanding service, these courageous men faced prejudice in their own country. In this educational text, readers will learn all about the...
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Publisher / Publication Date: PowerKids Press 2024
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1 available in Juvenile Nonfiction, Call number: J 355.0089 LAKLake, Theia
Summary: "In this in-depth biography, readers will learn all about W. E. B. Du Bois and his life's work to fight for racial equality. They'll discover the roles he played in the Niagara Movement and the NAACP and understand how his ideas sometimes put him at odds with other reformers of the day. An informative timeline offers insight into the context of Du Bois' life and work. Eye-catching photographs...
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Publisher / Publication Date: PowerKids Press 2024
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1 available in Juvenile Nonfiction, Call number: J 921 DU BŌyama, Sumita
Summary: "Zen monk Santoka Taneda (1882-1940) is one of Japan's most beloved modern poets, famous for his 'free-verse' haiku, the dominant style today. This book tells the fascinating story of his life, liberally sprinkled with more than 300 of his poems and extracts from his essays and journals--compiled by his best friend and biographer Sumita Oyama and elegantly translated by William Scott Wilson."--
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Publisher / Publication Date: Tuttle Publishing 2021
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 921 TANEDA, SANTOKA OYABybee, Veeda
Summary: "A collective biography of 40 influential Asian Americans and Pacific Islanders, from Kalpana Chawla to The Rock to Tammy Duckworth, whose historical contributions readers may not know but whose light shines on, with stunning illustrated portraits by Hugo Award nominee Victo Ngai. From scientists to sports stars, aerospace engineers to artists, every person shines in this collection. Dynamic...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Versify, an imprint of HarperCollinsPublishers 2023
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1 available in Juvenile Nonfiction, Call number: J 920 BYBPerone, James E.
Contents: The young virtuoso, 1962-1964 -- The first three albums -- With a song in my heart and Stevie at the beach -- The soul shouter, 1965-1967 -- Uptight -- Down to earth -- I was made to love her -- Someday at Christmas -- The middle of the road, 1968-1970 -- Eivets rednow -- For once in my life -- My cherie amour -- Signed, sealed & delivered -- The independent artist, 1971-1973 -- Where I'm...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Praeger 2006
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 782.42 PERPurdum, Todd S.
Summary: "Even before they joined forces, Richard Rodgers and Oscar Hammerstein II had written dozens of Broadway shows, but together they pioneered a new art form: the serious musical play. Their songs and dance numbers served to advance the drama and reveal character, a sharp break from the past and the template on which all future musicals would be built. [This is a portrait of that creative...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Henry Holt and Company 2018
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 920 PUREwing, Rhea
Summary: "Graphic artist Rhea Ewing celebrates the incredible diversity of experiences within the transgender community with this vibrant and revealing debut. For fans of Alison Bechdel's Fun Home and Meg-John Barker's Queer, Fine is an essential graphic memoir about the intricacies of gender identity and expression. As Rhea Ewing neared college graduation in 2012, they became consumed by the question:...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Liveright Publishing Corporation, a division of W.W. Norton & Company 2022
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 921 EWING, RHEA EWIViloria, Hida
Summary: "From Hida Viloria, writer and intersex activist, a candid, provocative, and eye-opening memoir of life, love, and gender identity as an intact intersex person, as well as a call to action for justice for intersex people. Hida Viloria was raised as a girl but discovered early on that he/r body was different. Unlike most people who are born intersex in the first world--meaning they have...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Hachette Books 2017
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 921 VILORIA, HIDA VILAl-Windawi, Thura.
Summary: Nineteen-year-old Thura al-Windawi traces the days leading up to the bombings in Iraq, the war, and the chaos that followed, describing her life and the reality of war for Iraqi families.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Viking 2004
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1 available in Young Adult Collection, Call number: YA 921 Al-WiJohnson, Rheta Grimsley
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Publisher / Publication Date: Pharos Books 1989
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 921 SCHULZ, CHARLES JohnsonRaven, Margot Theis.
Summary: "A stray dog named Rags befriends a U.S. soldier in Paris, France, during WWI. Rags traveled with the troops carrying messages from the front line to the back. His loyalty kept him by his owner's side until Sergeant Donovan died at the base hospital in Chicago"--
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Publisher / Publication Date: Sleeping Bear Press 2014
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1 available in Juvenile Nonfiction, Call number: J 940.4 RAVBruschi, Tedy.
Summary: "You might be coming to this book as a fan of Tedy's football skills and, don't get me wrong, gaining the insights of one of the best defenders in Patriots history is worth the price of admission, but that's just part of the story. There are a lot of reasons to look up to him, and I promise you will finish this book with an admiration for him on a much deeper level."--Tom Brady (from the...
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Publisher / Publication Date: John Wiley & Sons 2007
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1 available in Adult, Call number: 796.332 BruscKotb, Hoda
Summary: Shares the inspirational stories of six individuals who persevered in the face of devastating life challenges, from a woman who became a health advocate after losing 340 pounds to a civilian hero who saved a burn victim on September 11th only to discoverthat two family members had died in the tragedy.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Simon & Schuster 2013
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 155.24 KOTHaynes, Keeda J.
Summary: "Just weeks after graduating from the Dean's List from Tennessee State University, Keeda Haynes became an inmate at Alderson Federal Prison Camp, all for a crime she didn't commit. This was never meant to be her story. Her childhood was spent in church, band practice, and Girl Scouts meetings, and when she enrolled at TSU, the path ahead had seemed bright. Then one day her boyfriend had asked...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Seal Press 2021
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 921 HAYNES, KEEDA J. HAYRaven, Margot Theis.
Summary: The true story of a young German girl, Mercedes Simon, and of the American pilot, Gail Halvorsen, who shared hope and joy with the children of West Berlin by dropping candy-filled parachutes during the Airlift.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Sleeping Bear Press 2002
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1 available in Juvenile Nonfiction, Call number: J 943 RavTamimi, Ahed
Summary: "What would you do if you grew up repeatedly seeing your home raided? Your parents arrested? Your mother shot? Your uncle killed? Try, if just for a moment, to imagine this was your life. How would you want the world to react?" Ahed Tamimi's father was born in 1967, the year that the Israeli occupation of the West Bank began, and every aspect of their family's life has been touched by it. One...
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Publisher / Publication Date: One World 2022
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 921 TAMIMI, AHED TAMBlumberg, Rhoda.
Summary: In 1841, rescued by an American whaler after a terrible shipwreck leaves him and his four companions castaways on a remote island, fourteen-year-old Manjiro learns new laws and customs as he becomes the first Japanese person to set foot in the United States.
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Publisher / Publication Date: HarperCollins 2001
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1 available in Stacks, Call number: JB NAKAHAMA BLUJanzen, Rhoda.
Summary: A hilarious and moving memoir--in the spirit of Anne Lamott and Nora Ephron--about a woman who returns home to her close-knit Mennonite family after a personal crisis.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Henry Holt and Co. 2009
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 811 JANCopies Available at Woodmere
1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 921 JANZEN, RHODA, JANFried, Hedi
Summary: Hédi Fried was nineteen when the Nazis arrested her family and transported them to Auschwitz. While there, apart from enduring the daily horrors at the concentration camp, she and her sister were forced into hard labor before being released at the end of the war. After settling in Sweden, Hédi devoted her life to educating young people about the Holocaust. In her 90s, she decided to take the...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Scribble, an imprint of Scribe Publications 2023
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1 available in Young Adult Collection, Call number: YA 940.53 FRIFahmy, Huda
Summary: "Chaperones, suitors, and arranged marriages aren't only reserved for the heroines of a Jane Austen novel. They're just another walk in the park for this leading lady, who is on a mission to find her leading lad. From the brilliant comics Yes, I'm Hot in This, Huda Fahmy tells the hilarious story of how she met and married her husband. Navigating mismatched suitors, gossiping aunties, and...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Andrews McMeel Publishing 2020