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African American civil rights workers African American gay men African Americans Civil rights Civil rights movements Civil rights workers Race relations Rustin, Bayard 1912-1987 Rustin, Bayard 1912-1987 Juvenile literature United States États-Unis Relations raciales Histoire 20e siècle Ouvrages pour la jeunessePeterson, Christy
Summary: "A historical look at the launch of Earth Day and a look at the global environmental movement that has sprung from it"--
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Publisher / Publication Date: Twenty-First Century Books 2020
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1 available in Young Adult Non-fiction, Call number: YA 394.262 PETBrennan, Linda Crotta
Summary: Once, in America... chemicals killed plants and animals. Cars and factories filled the air with toxic fumes. Oil spills destroyed ocean life. The sewage floating along America's rivers was so thick it sometimes caught fire. The Earth was dying. Senator Gaylord Nelson believed that attitudes about ecology could change if people understood what was happening. He charged student organizer, Denis...
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Publisher / Publication Date: 2013
Copies Available at Peninsula
1 available in Juvenile, Call number: J973 BRESummary: "[This program] looks back to the dawn and development of the modern environmental movement -- from its post-war rustlings in the 1950s and the 1962 publication of Rachel Carson's incendiary bestseller 'Silent Spring' to the first wildly successful 1970 Earth Day celebration and the subsequent firestorm of political action."--Container.
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: Distributed by PBS Distribution 2010
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1 available in TC Film Fest DVDs, Call number: DVD TCFF EARLandau, Elaine.
Summary: Discusses the origins of Earth Day, its history, and how it is observed in the United States today.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Enslow Publishers 2002
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1 available in Juvenile Nonfiction, Call number: J 394.262 LANLassieur, Allison
Summary: This encyclopedia offers readers the chance to explore the 63 national parks in the United States and its territories. Alongside photos of the parks, the text highlights each park's history, points of interest, and things to do. Features include glossary, additional resources, and an index. Aligned to Common Core Standards and correlated to state standards.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Encyclopedias, an imprint of Abdo Reference 2023
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1 available in Juvenile, Call number: J917.3 LASWeatherford, Carole Boston
Summary: "On August 28, 1963, a quarter of a million activists and demonstrators from every corner of the United States convened for the March on Washington for Jobs and Freedom. It was there that they raised their voices in unison to call for racial and economic justice for all Black Americans, to call out inequities, and ultimately to advance the Civil Rights Movement. Every movement has its unsung...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Henry Holt and Company 2022
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1 available in Juvenile Nonfiction, Call number: J 921 RUSLong, Michael G.
Summary: "This powerful and triumphant picture book biography tells the story of Bayard Rustin, an openly gay civils rights leader, who, with the support of Dr. King and future congressman John Lewis, led 250,000 people to the doorstep of the U.S. government demanding change"--
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Publisher / Publication Date: Little Bee Books 2023