Social Activists
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Best Believe: The Tres Hermanas, a Sisterhood for the Common Good
$18.99 Add to cartMeet the Tres Hermanas: Evelina Antonetty, Lillian Lez, and Elba Cabrera. They moved from Puerto Rico to New York City as children and grew up to become leaders in their Bronx community. Evelina,
- Author: Ramos, Nonieqa
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 32
- Publish Date: February 06, 2024
- ISBN10: 1728460441
- Language: English
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Fighter in Velvet Gloves: Alaska Civil Rights Hero Elizabeth Peratrovich
$20.95 Add to cart“No Natives or Dogs Allowed,” blared the storefront sign at Elizabeth Peratrovich, then a young Alaska Native Tlingit. The sting of those words would stay with her all her life. Years later, after bec
- Author: Boochever, Annie
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 80
- Publish Date: February 16, 2019
- ISBN10: 1602233705
- Language: English
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I Am Not a Label: 34 Disabled Artists, Thinkers, Athletes and Activists from Past and Present
$23.99 Add to cart* 2021 EUREKA Nonfiction Children’s Honor Book
“An inclusive and upbeat collection ideal for classrooms and libraries.” – School Library Journal In this stylishly illustrated biography anthology, me- Author: Burnell, Cerrie
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 64
- Publish Date: July 07, 2020
- ISBN10: 0711247455
- Language: English
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How to Be a (Young) Antiracist
$14.99 Add to cartThe #1 New York Times bestseller that sparked international dialogue is now in paperback for young adults! Based on the adult bestseller by Ibram X. Kendi, and co-authored by bestselling author Nic St
- Author: Kendi, Ibram X.
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 208
- Publish Date: September 12, 2023
- ISBN10: 0593461614
- Language: English
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Finding Latinx: In Search of the Voices Redefining Latino Identity
$19.00 Add to cartLatinos across the United States are redefining identities, pushing boundaries, and awakening politically in powerful and surprising ways. Many–Afrolatino, indigenous, Muslim, queer and undocumented,… [more below]
- Author: Ramos, Paola
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 336
- Publish Date: October 20 2020
- ISBN10: 1984899090
- Language: English
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The Dead Are Arising: The Life of Malcolm X
$21.95 Add to cartLes Payne, the renowned Pulitzer Prize-winning investigative journalist, embarked in 1990 on a nearly thirty-year-long quest to create an unprecedented portrait of Malcolm X, one that would separate f
- Author: Payne, Les
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 656
- Publish Date: October 19, 2021
- ISBN10: 1324091053
- Language: English
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My Selma: True Stories of a Southern Childhood at the Height of the Civil Rights Movement
$16.99 Read morePerfect for fans of Jacqueline Woodson’s Brown Girl Dreaming, debut author Willie Mae Brown crafts an unforgettable memoir about growing up amidst the civil rights movement in a town at the crossroads
- Author: Brown, Willie Mae
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 240
- Publish Date: January 03 2023
- ISBN10: 0374390231
- Language: English
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I Am John Lewis
$16.99 Add to cartThe late Civil Rights activist and Congressman John Lewis is the 29th hero in the New York Times bestselling picture book biography series for ages 5 to 9.
This book spotlights John Lewis, known for h- Series: Ordinary People Change the World
- Author: Meltzer, Brad
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 40
- Publish Date: January 17, 2023
- ISBN10: 0593405943
- Language: English
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Faster Cures: Accelerating the Future of Health
$32.50 Read morePartly a memoir and partly a recent history of medicine, the definitive account of Michael Milken’s lifetime work to accelerate medicine’s evolution from a dark past to a bright future.
What if cleanin
- Author: Milken, Michael
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 384
- Publish Date: April 11, 2023
- ISBN10: 0063260212
- Language: English
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Para Chicas Fuertes de Corazón Tierno Y Piel Canela: Una Carta de Amor Para Muje Res de Color / For Brown Girls with Tender Hearts and Sharp Edges
$16.95 Add to cart“A través de su Ãntima manera de narrar y su cálido abrazo a las mujeres de color para quienes escribe, Mojica RodrÃguez también abraza dulcemente a los lectores y los invita a transitar el duro camin
- Author: Mojica, Prisca Dorcas
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 304
- Publish Date: January 10, 2023
- ISBN10: 1644736888
- Language: Spanish
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Man Enough: Undefining My Masculinity
$17.99 Read moreA GRIPPING, FEARLESS EXPLORATION OF MASCULINITY
The effects of traditionally defined masculinity have become one of the most prevalent social issues of our time. In this engaging and provocative new b
- Author: Baldoni, Justin
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 368
- Publish Date: May 03 2022
- ISBN10: 0063055600
- Language: English
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Blood Brothers: The Fatal Friendship Between Muhammad Ali and Malcolm X
$18.99 Add to cartAn “engrossing and important book” (Wall Street Journal) that brings to life the fateful friendship between Malcolm X and Muhammad Ali
In 1962, boxing writers and fans considered Cassius Clay an obno- Author: Roberts, Randy
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 400
- Publish Date: November 01, 2016
- ISBN10: 0465093221
- Language: English
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I Am Malala: The Girl Who Stood Up for Education and Was Shot by the Taliban
$19.99 Add to cartTHE BESTSELLING, “REMARKABLE” (MARIE CLAIRE) MEMOIR BY THE YOUNGEST RECIPIENT OF THE NOBEL PEACE PRIZE
“I come from a country that was created at midnight. When I almost died it was just after midday- Author: Yousafzai, Malala
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 368
- Publish Date: June 02, 2015
- ISBN10: 0316322423
- Language: English
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When They Call You a Terrorist: A Black Lives Matter Memoir
$16.99 Add to cartTHE INSTANT NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER.
New York Times Editor’s Pick.
Library Journal Best Books of 2019.
TIME Magazine’s “Best Memoirs of 2018 So Far.”
O, Oprah’s Magazine’s “10 Titles to Pick Up Now.”- Author: Cullors, Patrisse
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 288
- Publish Date: January 14, 2020
- ISBN10: 1250306906
- Language: English
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Year of the Tiger: An Activist’s Life
$21.00 Add to cartNATIONAL BESTSELLER – ONE OF USA TODAY’S MUST-READ BOOKS – This groundbreaking memoir offers a glimpse into an activist’s journey to finding and cultivating community and the continued fight for disab… [more below]
- Author: Wong, Alice
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 400
- Publish Date: September 06 2022
- ISBN10: 0593315391
- Language: English
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Escape from Camp 14: One Man’s Remarkable Odyssey from North Korea to Freedom in the West
$18.00 Add to cartWith a New Foreword
The heartwrenching New York Times bestseller about the only known person born inside a North Korean prison camp to have escaped.
North Korea’s political prison camps have existed t
- Author: Harden, Blaine
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 256
- Publish Date: March 26 2013
- ISBN10: 0143122916
- Language: English
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Three Cups of Tea: Young Readers Edition: One Man’s Journey to Change the World… One Child at a Time
$9.99 Read moreThis young readers edition of the worldwide bestseller Three Cups of Tea has been specially adapted for younger readers and updated by Greg Mortenson to bring his remarkable story of humanitarianism u
- Author: Mortenson, Greg
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 240
- Publish Date: February 01, 2009
- ISBN10: 0142414123
- Language: English
