Withers, Ernest C.
Summary: "Ernest C. Withers was one of the most prominent African-American photographers during the civil rights years. During the course of his work, he took thousands photographs that document the Movement--from the Emmett Till trial in 1955 to the assassination of Martin Luther King in 1968. What set his work apart was that he goes beyond the political struggles to show the human face of Movement....
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Publisher / Publication Date: CityFiles Press 2019
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Summary: "Describes the life and accomplishments of American civil rights champion, statesman, and politician John Lewis. Additional features to aid comprehension include a table of contents, informative captions and sidebars, a phonetic glossary, a time line, a Think-About-It section, and an index"--Amazon.com.
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Publisher / Publication Date: The Child's World 2022
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1 available in Juvenile Nonfiction, Call number: J 921 LEWRockliff, Mara
Summary: "A picture book biography about Georgia Gilmore, the woman whose cooking helped feed and fund the Montgomery bus boycott of 1956"--
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Publisher / Publication Date: Random House Studio 2022
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Summary: "In turbulent times Americans look to the Civil Rights Movement as the apotheosis of political expression. As we confront questions of social inequality there's no better time to revisit the lessons of the '60s and no better leader to learn from than Congressman John Lewis. In Across That Bridge, Congressman Lewis draws from his experience as a leader of the Civil Rights Movement to offer...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Hachette Books 2017
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 328.73 LEWGreenidge, Kerri
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 GREWeatherford, Carole Boston
Summary: "A picture book biography of Elijah Cummings, outlining major events in his childhood, career and fight for justice"--
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Publisher / Publication Date: Random House Studio 2021