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Author
Publisher
Counterpoint Press
Pub. Date
2018.
Language
English
Description
"A chronicle of the courageous resistance movements that have insured the benchmarks of our democracy-- movements that served on the front lines of the American Revolution, the defense of the Constitution and Bill of Rights, the defeat of fascism during World War II, and landmark civil rights and environmental protection achievements"--
Author
Publisher
Holiday House
Pub. Date
[2020]
Language
English
Description
"From music to marches, from sit-ins to walk-outs, activists throughout history have defended the disenfranchised and demanded reform, refusing to back down even in the face of violent oppression and overwhelming opposition. Today, a new generation of activists has arisen, speaking up in unprecedented numbers against systemic oppression, bias, and injustice. Resist!, a collection of 21 brief but comprehensive essays accompanied by striking artwork...
Author
Series
Publisher
Beacon Press
Pub. Date
[2015]
Language
English
Description
Every year, Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr., is celebrated as one of the greatest orators in US history, an ambassador for nonviolence who became perhaps the most recognizable leader of the civil rights movement. But after more than forty years, few people appreciate how truly radical he was. Arranged thematically in four parts, The Radical King includes twenty-three selections, curated and introduced by Dr. Cornel West, that illustrate King's revolutionary...
Author
Publisher
Gallery Books
Pub. Date
2013.
Language
English
Description
In 1930, a great ocean wave blots out a Bengali village, leaving only one survivor, a young girl. As a maidservant in a British boarding school, Pom is renamed Sarah and discovers her gift for languages. Her private dreams almost die when she arrives in Kharagpur and is recruited into a secretive, decadent world. Eventually, she lands in Calcutta, renames herself Kamala, and creates a new life rich in books and friends. But although success and even...
Author
Publisher
Amazon Children's Pub
Pub. Date
c2013
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IL: LG - BL: 4.8 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Description
Gandhi walked from his Ashram near Ahmedabad to the sea coast by the village of Dandi. Fearing arrest, the marchers vowed to break the laws which did not allow Indians to gather salt from the sea.
Author
Series
Publisher
University of North Carolina Press
Pub. Date
©2004
Language
English
Description
Recent scholarship on slavery has explored the lives of enslaved people beyond the watchful eye of their masters. Building on this work and the study of space, social relations, gender, and power in the Old South, Stephanie M.H. Camp examines the everyday containment and movement of enslaved men and, especially, enslaved women. In her investigation of the movement of bodies, objects, and information, she extends our recognition of slave resistance...
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