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#Movements Impact books Jake Maddox sports story MGM DVD Screams in space Violet Mackerel 6Bieschke, Marke
Summary: "Prominently featured photos, artwork, and other visual elements will guide young adult readers through this lively, informative exploration of significant protests, sit-ins, and collective acts of resistance throughout US history."--
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Publisher / Publication Date: Zest Books 2020
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1 available in Young Adult Non-fiction, Call number: YA 303.48 BIESummary: On March 8, 1971, eight ordinary citizens broke into an FBI office in Media, Pennsylvania, a town just outside of Philadelphia, took hundreds of secret files, and shared them with the public. In doing so, they uncovered the FBI's vast and illegal regime of spying and intimidation of Americans exercising their First Amendment rights. Despite conducting one of the most thorough investigations in...
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Publisher / Publication Date: 2015
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Summary: "IMAGINE: You are a student in America. You are protesting a war. Or maybe you are just walking to class. The National Guard is called onto your campus. Imagine you are a young guardsman. The protest grows stronger. So does the confusion, the chaos, the fear. The guardsmen open fire. Imagine this is your school. Imagine this is your town. Imagine this is your country. Imagine American troops...
Format: sound recording-nonmusical
Publisher / Publication Date: Findaway World, LLC 2020
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Summary: "Painting for peace in Ferguson is the story of a community coming together, hundreds of artists and volunteers, black and white, young and old, to bring hope and healing to their community using the simplest of all tools- a paintbrush. Written in child-friendly verse, the actual artwork painted on hundreds of boarded up windows in Ferguson, South Grand and surrounding areas illustrates the...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Treehouse Publishing Group, an imprint of Amphorae Publishing Group, LLC 2015
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1 available in Juvenile Nonfiction, Call number: J 709 KLEBranford, Anna
Summary: Violet and Rose organize a protest to save the big oak tree in Clover Park.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Atheneum Books for Young Readers 2014
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1 available in Juvenile Fiction Series, Call number: JBR RED BRAMaddox, Jake.
Summary: Ramona is very serious about beach volleyball, and she is frustrated with her summer league team--but when she learns that a plastics company is going to build a factory in their park, she realizes that it will take the whole team to try and save their court.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Stone Arch Books 2012
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1 available in Beginning Readers - Transitional Reader (Blue), Call number: JBR BLUE MADAlsaid, Adi
Summary: "Central International School's annual lock-in is legendary. Bonds are made. Contests are fought. Stories are forged that will be passed down from student to student for years to come. This year's lock-in begins normally enough. Then a group of students led by Marisa Cuevas stage an ecoprotest and chain themselves to the doors, vowing to keep everyone trapped inside until their list of demands...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Inkyard Press, [an imprint of Harlequin Enterprises] 2020
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1 available in Young Adult Fiction, Call number: YA FIC ALSJaffe, Sarah
Summary: We are witnessing a moment of unprecedented political engagement and social activism. Pundits once fretted about Americans’ apathy, but in the last few years we’ve seen uprisings and protests across the country: the growth of the Tea Party, the successful fight for a $15 minimum wage, BlackLivesMatter, Occupy Wall Street, and the grassroots networks supporting presidential candidates like...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Nation Books 2016
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 303 JAFYapa, Sunil
Summary: Follows seven different people, including a marijuana dealer and his estranged police chief father, who have their lives altered one afternoon in Seattle during the WTO protests that tried to shut the city down in 1999.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Lee Boudreaux Books/Little, Brown and Company 2016
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1 available in Adult Fiction, Call number: FIC YAPSwift, Keilly
Summary: A guide to becoming a good citizen provides ideas and tips on making the world a better place through activism, discussing self-care, public speaking, and organizing and funding campaigns for causes.
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Publisher / Publication Date: DK Publishing 2020
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Summary: Documents the 1930 Satyagraha protest movement, describing how Gandhi led a twenty-four-day march to the sea to demonstrate against Great Britain's salt tax while offering insight into his beliefs about non-violent civil disobedience.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Amazon Children's Pub. 2013
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1 available in Juvenile Nonfiction, Call number: J 921 GANAllen, Tessa
Summary: Highlights some of the rallying causes for organized marches throughout history.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Balzer + Bray, an imprint of HarperCollinsPublishers 2020
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1 available in Juvenile Easy, Call number: JE ALLSummary: The 1960s was the decade America transformed from a country of conformity to a land of political, cultural, and social liberation. Looking through the lens of television, this production weaves together the events and personalities that influenced and dominated the 1960s in America, sketching a portrait of this remarkable decade that is both entertaining and illuminating.
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Publisher / Publication Date: [publisher not identified] 2015
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2 available in E-TV DVDs, Call number: DVD E-TV SIXRusick, Jessica
Summary: Readers learn about the #IAmAWitness movement, from early research and attempts to stop bullying, Cyberbullying, and bullying's effects such as school shootings and suicides. Also examined are efforts to prevent bullying from Melania Trump's Be Best campaign and The Megan Meier and Tyler Clementi foundations.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Abdo Publishing 2020
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1 available in Juvenile Nonfiction, Call number: J 305.23 RUSSigner, Michael.
Summary: The former mayor of Charlottesville delivers a vivid, first-person chronicle of the terror and mayhem of the August 2017 "Unite the Right" event, and shows how issues of extremism are affecting not just one city but the nation itself. The deadly invasion of Charlottesville, Virginia, by white nationalist militias in August 2017 is a microcosm of the challenges facing American democracy today....
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Publisher / Publication Date: Public Affairs 2020
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Summary: Readers learn about the #NeverAgain movement, from the history of the right to bear arms to later efforts at gun control, legislation such as the Brady handgun Violence Protection Act and the implementation of background checks, to the school shootings at Columbine, Sandy Hook and Parkland and the creation of #neveragain.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Abdo Publishing 2020
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1 available in Juvenile Nonfiction, Call number: J 323 THOWiles, Deborah
Summary: Told from different points of view--protesters, students, National Guardsmen, and "townies"--recounts the story of what happened at Kent State in May 1970, when four college students were killed by National Guardsmen, and a student protest was turned intoa bloody battlefield.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Scholastic Press 2020
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1 available in Young Adult Fiction, Call number: YA FIC WILSummary: Filled with inspiring photos of children at the Women's March on Washington and other protests and rallies, this book also includes inspirational quotes, simple ideas for how kids can get involved, brief definitions of concepts like "equality" and "feminism," and an introduction from a leading activist who's making a difference in the world today.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Viking, an imprint of Penguin Random House LLC 2017
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1 available in Juvenile Nonfiction, Call number: J 303 LITSummary: Fresh from the farm, Claude Bukowski arrives in New York City for a date with the Army Induction Board, only to walk into a hippie "happening" in Central Park and fall in love with the beautiful Sheila. Befriended by the hippies' pacifist leader, Berger, and urged to crash a formal party in order to declare his love for Sheila, Claude begins an adventure that lands him in jail, Central Park...
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Publisher / Publication Date: 20th Century Fox Home Entertainment 2009
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2 available in Musicals DVDs, Call number: DVD MUSICALS HAIAckerman-Leist, Philip
Summary: Mals, Italy, has long been known as the breadbasket of the Tyrol. But recently the tiny town became known for something else entirely. A Precautionary Tale tells us why, introducing readers to an unlikely group of activists and a forward-thinking mayor who came together to ban pesticides in Mals by a referendum vote--making it the first place on Earth to accomplish such a feat, and a model for...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Chelsea Green Publishing 2017
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 338 ACKAllen, Tessa
Summary: With a spare, inspiring text and gorgeous watercolor illustrations, this is a timeless and important book for activists of all ages. This hardcover picture book is perfect for sharing and for gifting. Sometimes people march to resist injustice, to stand in solidarity, to inspire hope. Throughout American history, one thing remains true: no matter how or why people march, they are powerful...
Format: sound recording-nonmusical
Publisher / Publication Date: [Library Ideas, LLC] 2021
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1 available in Juvenile Audiobooks, Call number: J READ-ALONG ALLBerry, Mary Frances
Summary: "Historian and civil rights activist proves how progressive movements can flourish even in conservative times." -- From Amazon summary.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Beacon Press 2018
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 303 BERCollins, A. L. (Ai Lynn)
Summary: Fifth-grader Yin is really excited about her class trip to the International Space Station Three and the station museum's newest exhibit, the Star Cabbage, an alien plant discovered floating in space and considered harmless; but the station is on lockdown, the crew is not in evidence, and something large and growling is stalking the halls--but Yin is determined to investigate and find out...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Stone Arch Books, a Capstone imprint 2019
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1 available in Beginning Readers - Independent Reader (Red), Call number: JBR RED COLHenderson, Leah
Summary: "For generations, marches have been an invaluable tool for bringing about social change. People have used their voices, the words on their signs, and the strength in their numbers to combat inequality, oppression, and discrimination. They march to call attention to these wrongs and demand change and action, from a local to a global scale. Whether demanding protective laws or advocating for...
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Publisher / Publication Date: 2021