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Summary: Fighting with words and weapons, the thirteen individuals profiled in this book stand as heroes in the battle against slavery in America. Whether harboring runaways or leading revolts, speaking out in public squares or in newspapers, these men and women devoted their lives to human rights and the promise of their democracy.
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Holiday House 2004
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1 available in Juvenile Nonfiction, Call number: J 326.8 ADLAdler, David A.
Summary: Profiles the leaders and heroes of the civil rights movements, including Fannie Lou Hamer, the Little Rock Nine, and Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr., and examines what historical contribution they made in the effort to make equality a right for all.
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Holiday House 2008
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1 available in Juvenile, Call number: J323.09 ADLAdler, David A.
Summary: Details the life and achievements of abolitionist Harriet Beecher Stowe whose book, Uncle Tom's Cabin, is said to have started the Civil War.
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Holiday House 2003
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1 available in Stacks, Call number: JB STOWE ADLAdler, David A.
Summary: A comprehensive introduction to the life and achievements of the heroic former slave details how after managing her own escape, Harriet Tubman returned thirteen times to guide other slaves to freedom along the Underground Railroad, in a portrait that also relates her subsequent contributions as a wartime cook, nurse, spy, and suffragist.
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Holiday House 2013
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1 available in Juvenile Nonfiction, Call number: J 921 TUBAdler, David A.
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Holiday House 2001
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Summary: "Follows George Washington's journey from Virginia to New York in anticipation of his inauguration at Federal Hall in New York City on April 30, 1789"--
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Publisher / Publication Date: Holiday House 2020
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1 available in Juvenile Nonfiction, Call number: J 973.4 ADLAdler, David A.
Summary: An introduction to the life of the woman born into slavery who became a well-known abolitionist and crusader for the rights of African-Americans in the United States.
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Holiday House 1994
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1 available in Juvenile, Call number: JB TRUTH ADLAdler, David A.
Summary: A biography of the Baptist minister who worked unceasingly for his dream of a world without hate, prejudice, or violence, and was assassinated in the attempt.
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Holiday House 1986
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1 available in Stacks, Call number: JB KING ADLAdler, David A.
Summary: Describes the life and accomplishments of Gertrude Ederle, the first woman to swim the English Channel and a figure in the early women's rights movement.
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Harcourt 2000
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1 available in Juvenile Nonfiction, Call number: J 921 EDECopies Available at Interlochen
1 available in Juvenile Easy, Call number: JE AdlerAdler, David A.
Summary: On Green Day, Cam and her classmates discuss ways to protect the environment, but when money collected for the the school's new skylights disappears, Cam uses her photographic memory to solve the mystery.
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Puffin Books 2008