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bibliography Biographies. biography Biography. History. index Juvenile works. Oral history.Hyde, Thomas W. (Thomas Worcester)
Summary: "Thomas W. Hyde, a native of Maine who rose rapidly through the Union ranks and eventually received the Medal of Honor for his actions at the Battle of Antietam, published his portrait of the Army of the Potomac in 1894. Following the Greek Cross tells the story of an illustrious army unit and offers rare glimpses into the Northern perspective on the war. One of the most cited - and most...
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Publisher / Publication Date: University of South Carolina Press 2005
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 973.7441 HYDPember, Phoebe Yates
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Publisher / Publication Date: University of South Carolina Press 2002
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Publisher / Publication Date: University of North Carolina Press 1999
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 973.7 SHERhodes, Elisha Hunt
Summary: The Civil war diaries and letters of Elisha Hunt Rhodes. All For the Union is the eloquent and moving diary of Elisha Hunt Rhodes, who enlisted into the Union Army as a private in 1861 and left it four years later as a 23-year-old lieutenant colonel after fighting hard and honorably in battles from Bull Run to Appomattox.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Vintage Books 1992
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 973.7445 RHOMachajewski, Sarah
Summary: American Indians have faced injustice from the moment Europeans came to the Americas to claim land and resources. This volume traces the history of injustice against American Indians, from losing their land, to moving to reservations, to having their culture stolen from them. Readers will learn how the movement for rights began, and the challenges and successes activists faced. Primary sources...
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Publisher / Publication Date: PowerKids Press 2017
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1 available in Juvenile Nonfiction, Call number: J 323 MACTaylor, Paul
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Publisher / Publication Date: Kent State University Press 2009
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1 available in Adult, Call number: B POE TAYLORSummary: Through centuries of suffering, slavery, inequality, discrimination, segregation, and racist violence, African Americans have endured, resisted, fought, and, increasingly over time, won many battles. These victories were propelled by a groundswell of grassroots action, but they were also motivated and organized by courageous and inspirational leadership. Journalists, abolitionists, educators,...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Enslow Publishing 2018
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1 available in Juvenile Nonfiction, Call number: J 920 AFRSummary: Imagine a world in which gospel, the blues, jazz, R & B, and rock 'n' roll didn't exist. These indigenous American musical forms are the product of, and a moving expression of the African American experience. Musical geniuses and innovators like Duke Ellington, Louis Armstrong, Bessie Smith, B.B. King, and Jimi Hendrix turned individual and collective histories of suffering and injustice into...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Enslow Publishing 2018
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1 available in Juvenile Nonfiction, Call number: J 920 AFRDenenberg, Barry.
Summary: The diary of a fictional fourteen-year-old girl living in Virginia, in which she describes the hardships endured by her family and friends during one year of the Civil War.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Scholastic 1996
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1 available in Young Adult Collection, Call number: Y DA 3Summary: From the top of Everest to the deepest recesses of previously unexplored caves, from the heart of the sea to the far reaches of space, African American explorers and adventurers have helped chart the unknown, push the boundaries of the frontier, scale the heights, and shoot for the stars. With profiles of courageous and pioneering figures like Arctic explorer Matthew Alexander Henson, the Lewis...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Enslow Publishing 2018
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1 available in Juvenile Nonfiction, Call number: J 920 AFRSummary: Though often fighting for a country that did not recognize their rights or even their humanity, African Americans have fought courageously in every American war. Even though they often knew they would return to civilian lives of limited opportunities and unequal treatment, they served their nation with conviction and distinction. This volume offers inspiring profiles of African American service...
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1 available in Juvenile Nonfiction, Call number: J 920 AFRMoon, Elaine Latzman.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Wayne State University Press 1994
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: MI 977.434 MOOJosephson, Judith Pinkerton.
Summary: Examines the life and accomplishments of Jesse Owens, African-American Olympic gold medalist in track and field.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Enslow Publishers 1997
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1 available in Stacks, Call number: JB OWENS JOSColbert, Nancy A.
Summary: A biography of the wife of President Herbert Hoover, following her life from birth to death.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Morgan Reynolds 1998
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1 available in Stacks, Call number: JB HOOVER COLKing, Thomas
Summary: "In The Truth About Stories, Native novelist and scholar Thomas King explores how stories shape who we are and how we understand and interact with other people. From creation stories to personal experiences, historical anecdotes to social injustices, racist propaganda to works of contemporary Native literature, King probes Native culture's deep ties to storytelling." "Thomas King weaves events...
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Publisher / Publication Date: University of Minnesota Press 2004
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 921 KING, THOMAS KINSusienka, Kristen
Summary: "Kamala Harris is one of today's most prominent political figures. During her time in Congress, she has been an inspiration to many, advocating for equal rights, immigration and criminal justice reform, and a more united country. In the run-up to the 2020 presidential election, she's a contender to become the first female U.S. president. However, her story is about more than its most recent...
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Publisher / Publication Date: PowerKids Press 2020
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1 available in Juvenile Nonfiction, Call number: J 921 HARKolosov, Jacqueline A.
Summary: Examines the life of the nineteenth century feminist, Victoria Woodhull, who was a selected as the presidential candidate for the Equal Rights Party in 1872.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Morgan Reynolds 2000
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1 available in Stacks, Call number: JB WOODHULL MCLBall, Erica
Summary: Madam C. J. Walker-reputed to be America's first self-made woman millionaire-has long been celebrated for her rags-to-riches story. Born to former slaves in the Louisiana Delta in the aftermath of the Civil War, married at fourteen, and widowed at twenty, Walker spent the first decades of her life as a laundress, laboring in conditions that paralleled the lives of countless poor and...
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Publisher / Publication Date: 2021