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Power to the People: The World of the Black Panthers
$55.00 Add to cartIn words and photographs, Power to the People is the story of the controversial Black Panther Party, founded 50 years ago in 1966 by Bobby Seale and Huey P. Newton.
In this incredible history, the wo- Author: Shames, Stephen
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 256
- Publish Date: October 18 2016
- ISBN10: 1419722409
- Language: English
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Martin Luther King, Jr. and the March on Washington
$5.99 Read moreAll Aboard Reading!
On August 28, 1963, more than 250,000 people came to the nation’s capital. They came by plane, by bus, by car–even on roller-skates–to speak out against segregation and to demand
- Series: Penguin Young Readers, Level 3
- Author: Ruffin, Frances
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 48
- Publish Date: December 04 2000
- ISBN10: 0448424215
- Language: English
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Leaders of the Civil Rights Movement: A Brief Introduction
$16.95 Read more“When you make an observation, you have an obligation.”
–M.K. AsanteDeidra R. Moore-Janvier, Esq.–African American wife, mother, attorney, and advocate for social change–did just that. It was in 201
- Author: Moore, Deidra
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 104
- Publish Date: October 03 2023
- ISBN10: 1645438554
- Language: English
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Voices in Our Blood: America’s Best on the Civil Rights Movement
$22.00 Add to cartAn unprecedented portrait of the civil rights movement and the fight against white supremacy, told through voices that resonate with passion and strength–including Maya Angelou, James Baldwin, Ralph … [more below]
- Author: Meacham, Jon
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 576
- Publish Date: January 07 2003
- ISBN10: 037575881X
- Language: English
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The Young Crusaders: The Untold Story of the Children and Teenagers Who Galvanized the Civil Rights Movement
$18.95 Read moreAn authoritative history of the overlooked youth activists that spearheaded the largest protests of the Civil Rights Movement and set the blueprint for future generations of activists to follow.
Some- Author: Franklin, V. P.
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 328
- Publish Date: January 25 2022
- ISBN10: 0807055433
- Language: English
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Blm: The Making of a New Marxist Revolution
$28.99 Read moreThe George Floyd riots that have precipitated great changes throughout American society were not spontaneous events. Americans did not suddenly rise up in righteous anger, take to the streets, and dem
- Author: Gonzalez, Mike
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 264
- Publish Date: September 07 2021
- ISBN10: 1641772239
- Language: English
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The Untold Story of Barbara Rose Johns: School Strike Activist
$31.32 Read moreMost people have heard about the historic school desegregation case Brown v. Board of Education. That Supreme Court case actually combined five cases challenging school segregation, and one of them be… [more below]
- Series: First But Forgotten
- Author: Mansfield, Nicole A.
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 32
- Publish Date: August 01 2023
- ISBN10: 1669016102
- Language: English
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Anita Cameron
$12.79 Read moreAnita Cameron, a disability rights advocate and activist, has moved the country closer to justice through her civil rights activism. This autobiography for early readers examines her life in a simple,… [more below]
- Series: My Early Library: My Itty-Bitty Bio
- Author: Cameron, Anita
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 24
- Publish Date: August 01 2023
- ISBN10: 1668928310
- Language: English
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Path to Grace: Reimagining the Civil Rights Movement
$25.00 Read moreWinner of the 2023 Eudora Welty Prize
The civil rights movement is often defined narrowly, relegated to the 1950s and 1960s and populated by such colossal figures as Martin Luther King Jr. and Rosa Pa- Series: Margaret Walker Alexander African American Studies
- Author: Smith, Ethel Morgan
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 256
- Publish Date: August 10 2023
- ISBN10: 1496846419
- Language: English
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Revolution in Our Time: The Black Panther Party’s Promise to the People
$24.99 Read moreA National Book Award Finalist
A Coretta Scott King Author Award Honor Book
A Michael L. Printz Honor Book
A Walter Dean Myers Honor Book
With passion and precision, Kekla Magoon relays an essential acco… [more below]- Author: Magoon, Kekla
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 400
- Publish Date: November 08 2021
- ISBN10: 1536214183
- Language: English
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Black Leaders in the Civil Rights Movement: A Black History Book for Kids
$9.99 Add to cartIncredible stories of Black civil rights leaders for kids ages 8 to 12
The Civil Rights Movement was an organized effort by Black Americans to claim the fundamental rights that the U.S. government had
- Series: Biographies for Kids
- Author: Armand, Glenda
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 120
- Publish Date: October 05 2021
- ISBN10: 1648764452
- Language: English
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Who Sparked the Montgomery Bus Boycott?: Rosa Parks: A Who HQ Graphic Novel
$7.99 Add to cartDiscover the story behind Rosa Parks and the Montgomery Bus Boycott in this compelling graphic novel — written by Oh My Gods! author Insha Fitzpatrick and illustrated by #DrawingWhileBlack organizer … [more below]
- Series: Who HQ Graphic Novels
- Author: Fitzpatrick, Insha
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 64
- Publish Date: January 11 2022
- ISBN10: 0593224469
- Language: English
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Stolen Dreams: The 1955 Cannon Street All-Stars and Little League Baseball’s Civil War
$34.95 Add to cartWhen the eleven- and twelve-year-olds on the Cannon Street YMCA All-Star team registered for a baseball tournament in Charleston, South Carolina, in June 1955, it put the team and the forces of integr… [more below]
- Author: Lamb, Chris
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 392
- Publish Date: April 01 2022
- ISBN10: 1496219457
- Language: English
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Ain’t Gonna Let Nobody Turn Me Around: Forty Years of Movement Building with Barbara Smith
$33.95 Add to cartReveals a remarkable woman’s life and her contributions to social justice movements related to Civil Rights, feminism, lesbian and gay liberation, anti-racism, and Black feminism.
- Series: Suny New Political Science
- Author: Jones, Alethia
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 354
- Publish Date: November 01 2014
- ISBN10: 1438451148
- Language: English
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Remnants: A Memoir of Spirit, Activism, and Mothering
$28.95 Add to cartAn activist influential in the civil rights movement, Rosemarie Freeney Harding’s spirituality blended many traditions, including southern African American mysticism, Anabaptist Christianity, Tibetan … [more below]
- Author: Freeney Harding, Rosemarie
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 328
- Publish Date: May 15 2015
- ISBN10: 0822358794
- Language: English
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Lighting the Fires of Freedom: African American Women in the Civil Rights Movement
$25.48 Read moreRecommended by The New York Times, The Washington Post, Book Riot and Autostraddle
Nominated for a 2019 NAACP Image Award, a groundbreaking collection of profiles of African American women leaders in
- Author: Bell, Janet Dewart
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 240
- Publish Date: January 07 2020
- ISBN10: 1620975580
- Language: English
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Pillar of Fire: America in the King Years 1963-65
$24.00 Add to cartFrom Pulitzer Prize-winning author Taylor Branch, the second part of his epic trilogy on Martin Luther King, Jr. and the American Civil Rights Movement.
In the second volume of his three-part history- Series: America in the King Years
- Author: Branch, Taylor
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 768
- Publish Date: January 20 1999
- ISBN10: 0684848090
- Language: English
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The Speech: The Story Behind Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.’s Dream (Updated Edition)
$16.95 Add to cartMartin Luther King Jr. delivered his powerful “I Have a Dream” speech on August 28, 1963. Sixty years later, the speech endures as a defining moment in the civil rights movement and remains a beacon i
- Author: Younge
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 215
- Publish Date: August 15 2023
- ISBN10: 1642599603
- Language: English
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The King Years: Historic Moments in the Civil Rights Movement
$18.99 Add to cartThe essential moments of the Civil Rights Movement are set in historical context by the Pulitzer Prize-winning author of the magisterial America in the King Years trilogy–Parting the Waters; Pillar o… [more below]
- Author: Branch, Taylor
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 224
- Publish Date: August 13 2013
- ISBN10: 1451662467
- Language: English
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Eyes Off the Prize: The United Nations and the African American Struggle for Human Rights, 1944-1955
$33.00 Add to cartAs World War II drew to a close and the world awakened to the horrors wrought by white supremacists in Nazi Germany, the NAACP and African-American leaders sensed an opportunity to launch an offensive… [more below]
- Author: Anderson, Carol
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 318
- Publish Date: April 21 2003
- ISBN10: 0521531586
- Language: English
