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Summary: In this title, readers learn about the #MeToo movement, from early legislation to prevent sexual harassment to the movement's expansion in the aftermath of accusations against Harvey Weinstein, the Silence Breakers, #Time'sUp, and the individuals behind the movement such as Tarana Burke and Alyssa Milano. Aligned to Common Core Standards and correlated to state standards. Abdo & Daughters is an...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Abdo & Daughters, an imprint of Abdo 2020
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1 available in Juvenile Nonfiction, Call number: J 323 BORHarris, Duchess
Summary: "Growing Up LGBTQ explores what life is like for adolescents in the LGBTQ community, including topics like coming out, bullying and discrimination in school, and mental health. It also examines the creation of community and found family for LGBTQ people. Features include a glossary, further readings, websites, source notes, and an index. Aligned to Common Core Standards and correlated to state...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Essential Library, an imprint of Abdo Publishing 2019
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1 available in Young Adult Collection, Call number: YA 306.76 HARStern, Scott W.
Summary: In 1918, shortly after her eighteenth birthday, Nina McCall was told to report to the local health officer to be examined for sexually transmitted infections. Confused and humiliated, Nina did as she was told, and the health officer performed a hasty (and invasive) examination and quickly diagnosed her with gonorrhea. Insisting she could not possibly have an STI, Nina was coerced into...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Beacon Press 2018
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Summary: "1860: As the clash between the states rolls slowly to a boil, Elizabeth Packard, housewife and mother of six, is facing her own battle. The enemy sits across the table and sleeps in the next room. Threatened by Elizabeth's intellect, independence, and outspokenness, her husband of twenty-one years is plotting against her and makes a plan to put her back in her place. One summer morning, he has...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Sourcebooks 2021
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 921 PACCopies Available at Woodmere
2 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 921 PACKARD, E.P.W. MOOSummary: Examines immigration policy under both the Trump and Obama administrations, investigates the origins of zero tolerance, and reveals the journeys and voices of children who were separated from their parents.
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Publisher / Publication Date: 2018
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1 available in E-TV DVDs, Call number: DVD E-TV SEPBakst, Dina
Summary: Provides practical tips for navigating the workplace while pregnant or being a new parent, covering such topics as morning sickness, maternity leave, and discrimination.
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Publisher / Publication Date: 2014
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 649 BAKWhite, April
Summary: "From a historian and senior writer and editor at Atlas Obscura, a fascinating account of the daring nineteenth-century women who moved to South Dakota to divorce their husbands and start living on their own terms"--
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Publisher / Publication Date: Hachette Books 2022
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 306.89 WHIThomas, William G.
Summary: The story of the longest and most complex legal challenge to slavery in American history, in which a number of enslaved families challenged their bondage in court.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Yale University Press 2020
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 306.3 THOWinn, Kevin P.
Summary: "The Racial Justice in America: Histories series explores moments and eras in America's history that have been ignored or misrepresented in education due to racial bias. Jim Crow and Policing explores the unjust laws and law enforcement policies Black people have faced in a comprehensive, honest, and age-appropriate way. Developed in conjunction with educator, advocate, and author Kelisa Wing...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Cherry Lake Press 2022
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1 available in Juvenile Nonfiction, Call number: J 323.1196 WINBrockenbrough, Martha
Summary: "A timely and important picture book that introduces readers to Wong Kim Ark, who challenged the Supreme Court for his right to be an American citizen"--
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Publisher / Publication Date: Little, Brown and Company 2021
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1 available in Juvenile Nonfiction, Call number: J 921 ARKNichols, Maggie
Summary: "Maggie Nichols' official memoir is an inspirational tell-all about the abuse she suffered under the USA national gymnastic team and how she managed to redefine herself in the face of adversity. In 2015, Maggie risked everything when she revealed to her coach how USAG doctor Larry Nassar had been sexually abusing the athletes under his care. What ensued was an investigation that would capture...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Roaring Brook Press 2024
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1 available in New YA Materials, Call number: YA 921 NICSunstein, Cass R.
Summary: "Cass Sunstein considers actual and imaginable arguments for a president's removal, explaining why some cases are easy and others hard, why some arguments for impeachment are judicious and others not. In direct and approachable terms, he dispels the fog surrounding impeachment so that all Americans may use their ultimate civic authority wisely"--
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Publisher / Publication Date: Harvard University Press 2017
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 342 SUNLuiselli, Valeria
Summary: "From the two-time NBCC Finalist, a fiercely imaginative novel about a family's summer road trip across America--a journey that, with breathtaking imagery, spare lyricism, and profound humanity, probes the nature of justice and equality in America today. A mother and father set out with their kids from New York to Arizona. In their used Volvo--and with their ten-year-old son trying out his new...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Alfred A. Knopf 2019
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1 available in Adult Fiction, Call number: FIC LUICopies Available at Interlochen
1 available in Adult Fiction, Call number: Fiction Luiselli 2019Davis, Lennard J.
Summary: "The first significant book on the history and impact of the ADA--the "eyes on the prize" moment for disability rights The Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) is the widest-ranging piece of civil rights legislation ever passed in the history of the United States, and it has become the model for most civil rights laws around the world. The untold story behind the act is anything but a dry...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Beacon Press 2015
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 305 DAVSummary: Viewers will see the nail-biting behind-the-scenes story that traces the marriage equality movement's historic progress and reveals the masterminds who fought.
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Publisher / Publication Date: 2019
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1 available in Documentary DVDs, Call number: DVD DOC FREFrank, Nathaniel
Summary: The right of same-sex couples to marry provoked decades of intense conflict before it was upheld by the U.S. Supreme Court in 2015. Yet some of the most divisive contests shaping the quest for marriage equality occurred not on the culture-war front lines but within the ranks of LGBTQ advocates. Nathaniel Frank tells the dramatic story of how an idea that once seemed unfathomable--and for many...
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Publisher / Publication Date: The Belknap Press of Harvard University Press 2017
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 306.7 FRASiegel, Lawrence M.
Summary: Many children have learning disabilities and it's up to parents and schools to work together to ensure that each child's unique educational needs are met. But what if the school disagrees with your goals for your child? You are at a disadvantage if you don't know the law. This book teaches you to: identify a learning disability; understand your child's rights to education; untangle...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Nolo 2020
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 371.9 SIEHayes, Amy
Summary: People with disabilities have faced great struggle and inequality. This volume explores the ways in which people with disabilities have fought for their right to equal access, equal opportunities, and equal treatment. Key figures and events are highlighted to give readers a well-rounded sense of the movement. Photographs and primary sources bring the movement to life. Readers are challenged to...
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Publisher / Publication Date: PowerKids Press 2017
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1 available in Juvenile Nonfiction, Call number: J 323 HAYBrettschneider, Corey Lang
Summary: Constitutional law scholar and political science professor Corey Brettschneider guides us through the Constitution and explains the powers--and limits--that it places on the presidency. From the document itself and from American history's most famous court cases, we learn why certain powers were granted to the presidency, how the Bill of Rights limits those powers, and what "the people" can do...
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Publisher / Publication Date: W.W. Norton & Company 2018
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 342.73 BREMattlin, Ben
Summary: "An eye-opening portrait of the diverse disability community as it is today and how attitudes, activism, and representation have evolved since the passage of the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA)"--
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Publisher / Publication Date: Beacon Press 2022
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 323.3 MATThaggert, Miriam
Summary: "Miriam Thaggert illuminates the stories of African American women as passengers and as workers on the nineteenth- and early-twentieth-century railroad. As Jim Crow laws became more prevalent and forced Black Americans to 'ride Jim Crow' on the rails, the train compartment became a contested space of leisure and work. Riding Jane Crow examines four instances of Black female railroad travel: the...
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Publisher / Publication Date: University of Illinois Press 2022
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1 available in Adult, Call number: 305.896 THANielsen, Kim E.
Summary: Covers the entirety of U.S. disability history, from pre-1492 to the present. Disability is not just the story of someone we love or the story of whom we may become; rather it is undoubtedly the story of our nation. It places the experiences of people with disabilities at the center of the American narrative. In many ways, it's a familiar telling. In other ways, however, it is a radical...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Beacon Press 2012
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 362.4 NIECopies Available at Kingsley
1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 362.4 NIESummary: Hiroshima. Nagasaki. Mercury, Nevada? The latter was the site for the testing of 928 large-scale nuclear weapons from 1951 to 1992. Martin Sheen narrates this harrowing exposé of the United States' disregard for everyone living downwind.
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Publisher / Publication Date: 2023
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1 available in Drama DVDs, Call number: DVD DOC DOWFletcher, Matthew L. M.
Summary: Even before the Revolutionary War, American colonists feared and fought “merciless Indian savages,” and through the following centuries, American law and policy have been molded by the relentless tradition of Indian-hating. From proportional representation and restrictions on the right to bear arms, to the break-up of tribal property rights and the destruction of Indian culture and family, the...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Fulcrum 2020