Social Activists
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Strange Glory: A Life of Dietrich Bonhoeffer
$24.00 Add to cartWinner, Christianity Today 2015 Book Award in History/Biography
Shortlisted for the PEN/Jacqueline Bograd Weld Award for Biography
In the decades since his execution by the Nazis in 1945, Dietrich Bon- Author: Marsh, Charles
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 528
- Publish Date: April 28 2015
- ISBN10: 307390381
- Language: English
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You Are a Star, Martin Luther King, Jr.
$19.99 Add to cartMake way for Martin Luther King, Jr.!
It’s Martin Luther King, Jr., like you’ve never seen him before!
Using a unique mix of first-person narrative, hilarious comic panels, and essential facts, Dean Rob
- Author: Robbins, Dean
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 40
- Publish Date: January 07 2025
- ISBN10: 1338895117
- Language: English
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Stories of the Spirit of Justice
$18.99 Add to cartNew York Times bestselling author Jemar Tisby collects the true, impactful stories of figures from across history–from the well-known to those often forgotten–who resisted racism and created a legac
- Author: Tisby, Jemar
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 224
- Publish Date: January 07 2025
- ISBN10: 310145597
- Language: English
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Hooligans, Rebels, and Rabble-Rousers
$32.95 Add to cartSome faced bullies, some bullets. Some were orphaned, abandoned, or even jailed. Others endured the pain of slavery or battled serious illnesses and accidents. Hooligans, Rebels, and Rabble-Rousers te
- Author: Kerman, Paula
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 100
- Publish Date: October 08 2024
- ISBN10: 9798891324312
- Language: English
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Saving Five: A Memoir of Hope
$27.00 Add to cart“Amanda’s story–innovatively told by versions of herself at different ages–underscores the lasting power of speaking your truth, building a movement, and never losing sight of your dreams.” –Melind
- Author: Nguyen, Amanda
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 224
- Publish Date: March 04 2025
- ISBN10: 0374615918
- Language: English
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Defiant Hope: Essays on Life, Faith, and Freedom
$28.99 Add to cartThe best writings from George W. Bush’s speechwriter Michael Gerson, a pioneer of the compassionate conservative movement, a champion of Christian engagement, and an eloquent defender of the poor and … [more below]
- Author: Gerson, Michael
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 288
- Publish Date: November 19 2024
- ISBN10: 166807026X
- Language: English
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Against the American Grain: A Borderlands History of Resistance
$24.95 Read moreA century ago, William Carlos Williams’s In the American Grain profiled Anglo, French, and Spanish conquistadors, tyrants, preachers, and thought leaders who first shaped American culture. Since then,
- Author: Nabhan, Gary Paul
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 232
- Publish Date: October 01 2024
- ISBN10: 082636697X
- Language: English
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The Killing of Karen Silkwood: The Story Behind the Kerr-McGee Plutonium Case
$20.99 Add to cartFor this edition, Rashke has added a preface and three short chapters that explore what has been released and learned about the Silkwood case since the book’s original publication.
Karen Silkwood, an- Author: Rashke, Richard
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 388
- Publish Date: November 12 2024
- ISBN10: 1953002455
- Language: English
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Black History Little Legends Alphabet
$9.99 Add to cartFrom Ruby Bridges to Barack Obama, Rosa Parks to Malcolm X, Little Legends’ Black History Alphabet will teach your little one the most important A to Z.
- Author: Feiner, Beck
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 28
- Publish Date: November 05 2024
- ISBN10: 0645851590
- Language: English
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Frederick Douglass
$5.99 Read moreDiscover the world of one of America’s most celebrated abolitionists, writers, and orators in this inspirational biography of Frederick Douglass. Kids will learn about his life, achievements, and the … [more below]
- Series: Readers BIOS
- Author: Kramer, Barbara
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 32
- Publish Date: January 17 2017
- ISBN10: 1426327560
- Language: English
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A Nation of Women: An Early Feminist Speaks Out
$15.00 Add to cartIn 1915, Puerto Rican activist Luisa Capetillo was arrested for wearing men’s trousers in public. This act of rebellion was the result of a lifelong devotion to socialist and feminist thought. And thi… [more below]
- Author: Capetillo, Luisa
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 192
- Publish Date: September 14 2021
- ISBN10: 0143136070
- Language: English
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What Milly Did: The Remarkable Pioneer of Plastics Recycling
$14.99 Read moreThe extraordinary story of the woman who made plastics recycling possible.
Milly Zantow wanted to solve the problem of her town’s full landfill and ended up creating a global recycling standard — the
- Author: Moser, Elise
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 48
- Publish Date: August 01 2016
- ISBN10: 1554988934
- Language: English
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Side by Side/Lado a Lado: The Story of Dolores Huerta and Cesar Chavez/La Historia de Dolores Huerta Y César Chávez (Bilingual English-Spanish)
$9.99 Add to cartA powerful and accesible bilingual picture book that highlights “the power and impact of ordinary but dedicated citizens.”*
Every day, thousands of farmworkers harvested the food that ended up on kitch
- Author: Brown, Monica
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 32
- Publish Date: October 27 2020
- ISBN10: 006122782X
- Language: Spanish
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Paul Robeson: No One Can Silence Me: The Life of the Legendary Artist and Activist (Adapted for Young Adults)
$28.99 Add to cartThe inspiring life and legacy of vocal artist and civil rights icon Paul Robeson–one of the most important public figures in the twentieth century–adapted for young adults by the acclaimed Robeson b
- Author: Duberman, Martin
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 288
- Publish Date: March 09 2021
- ISBN10: 1620976498
- Language: English
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Before She Was Harriet
$8.99 Add to cartAn evocative poem and stunning watercolors come together to honor an American heroine in a Coretta Scott King Honor and Christopher Award-winning picture book.
We know her today as Harriet Tubman, bu- Author: Cline-Ransome, Lesa
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 32
- Publish Date: June 11 2019
- ISBN10: 0823444295
- Language: English
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My Name Is Bana
$18.99 Read moreA poignant picture book memoir from Bana Alabed, the seven-year-old Syrian girl from Aleppo whose messages to the world have turned her into a global symbol and advocate for refugee rights.
“I just wa- Author: Alabed, Bana
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 40
- Publish Date: September 21 2021
- ISBN10: 1534412484
- Language: English
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Greta Thunberg
$15.99 Add to cartIn this book from the critically acclaimed, multimillion-copy best-selling Little People, BIG DREAMS series, discover the inspiring true story of Greta Thunberg, the environmental activist.
When youn- Series: Little People, Big Dreams #40
- Author: Sanchez Vegara, Maria Isabel
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 32
- Publish Date: May 26 2020
- ISBN10: 0711256454
- Language: English
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What Can I Do?: The Path from Climate Despair to Action
$18.00 Read moreA call to action from Jane Fonda, one of the most inspiring activists of our time, urging us to wake up to the looming disaster of climate change and equipping us with the tools we need to join her in… [more below]
- Author: Fonda, Jane
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 368
- Publish Date: September 07 2021
- ISBN10: 0593296249
- Language: English
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Narrative of the Life of Frederick Douglass, an American Slave
$9.99 Read moreBorn on a Maryland plantation, Frederick Douglass–born Frederick Bailey–doesn’t know the year of his birth. Separated from his mother in infancy, he sees her only a few times, always at night, befo
- Series: Signature Classics
- Author: Douglass, Frederick
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 232
- Publish Date: September 13 2022
- ISBN10: 1435171934
- Language: English
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I Will Scream to the World: My Story. My Fight. My Hope for Girls Everywhere.
$28.00 Add to cartThis extraordinary memoir details the monumental journey of one young Gambian woman from survivor of FGM and forced child marriage, to global activist and political leader who became UN Women’s first … [more below]
- Author: Dukureh, Jaha Marie
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 272
- Publish Date: December 24 2024
- ISBN10: 1496748468
- Language: English
