Social Activists
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Organizing America: Stories of Americans Who Fought for Justice
$27.99 Add to cartFrom the acclaimed author of A History of America in Ten Strikes, a sweeping account of the impact of organizers on United States history
We are living through a time when real social change seems to
- Author: Loomis, Erik
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 272
- Publish Date: August 12 2025
- ISBN10: 1620977877
- Language: English
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No Woman Left Behind: A Journey of Hope to Heal Every Woman Injured in Childbirth
$17.99 Add to cartINSPIRATION FOR HOW TO CREATE A LIFE OF PURPOSE, NO WOMAN LEFT BEHIND IS THE UNLIKELY STORY OF HOW ONE WOMAN LEAVES MADISON AVENUE AND TACKLES THE GLOBAL MATERNAL HEALTH CRISIS HEAD ON.
The day a wom- Author: Grant, Kate
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 296
- Publish Date: June 24 2025
- ISBN10: 1647428971
- Language: English
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The Conductor: The Story of Rev. John Rankin, Abolitionism’s Essential Founding Father
$18.99 Add to cartKnown in his day as the “Father of Abolitionism,” Reverend John Rankin is one of the greatest heroes previously lost to history.
Sitting high above the small community of Ripley, Ohio, a lantern shone- Author: Franz, Caleb
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 336
- Publish Date: October 15 2024
- ISBN10: 1637589891
- Language: English
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Semillas de Cambio: Sembrando Un Camino Hacia La Paz (Seeds of Change: Planting a Path to Peace)
$13.95 Add to cartJohn Steptoe Award for New Talent in Illustrations – American Library Association (ALA)
Una biograf?a ilustrada de la cient?fica Wangari Maathai, la primera mujer africana (y la primera ambientalista)
- Author: Cullerton Johnson, Jen
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 40
- Publish Date: October 15 2024
- ISBN10: 1643797417
- Language: Spanish
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Susannah Spurgeon: The Pastor’s Wife Who Didn’t Let Sickness Stop Her
$14.99 Add to cartRead the true story of Susannah Spurgeon, the wife of British pastor Charles Spurgeon.
Susannah was married to a very gifted and busy preacher, who could not have done all he did without her support. S
- Series: Do Great Things for God
- Author: Mohler, Mary
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 32
- Publish Date: April 01 2024
- ISBN10: 1784989754
- Language: English
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The Troublemaker: How Jimmy Lai Became a Billionaire, Hong Kong’s Greatest Dissident, and China’s Most Feared Critic
$28.99 Add to cartThe “extraordinary life story” (Publishers Weekly) of the billionaire businessman Jimmy Lai, a leading Hong Kong democracy activist fighting for freedom of speech who became China’s most famous politi… [more below]
- Author: Clifford, Mark L.
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 288
- Publish Date: December 03 2024
- ISBN10: 1668027690
- Language: English
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King: A Life
$23.00 Add to cartWINNER OF THE 2024 PULITZER PRIZE FOR BIOGRAPHY
A finalist for the 2023 National Book Critics Circle Award Named one of the ten best books of 2023 by The Washington Post, Chicago Tribune, and Time A N- Author: Eig, Jonathan
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 704
- Publish Date: January 07 2025
- ISBN10: 1250335647
- Language: English
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Unstoppable John: How John Lewis Got His Library Card–And Helped Change History
$18.99 Add to cartA poignant picture book biography on how John Lewis got his library card and helped change history.
All John Lewis wanted was a library card, but in 1956, libraries were only for white people. That di- Author: Zietlow Miller, Pat
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 32
- Publish Date: January 07 2025
- ISBN10: 059352490X
- Language: English
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Calling in: How to Start Making Change with Those You’d Rather Cancel
$28.99 Add to cartFrom a pioneering Black feminist and MacArthur “Genius” Fellow, an urgent and exhilarating memoir-manifesto-handbook about how to rein in the excesses of cancel culture so we can truly communicate and… [more below]
- Author: Ross, Loretta J.
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 288
- Publish Date: February 04 2025
- ISBN10: 1982190795
- Language: English
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King: A Life (Young Adult Edition)
$19.99 Add to cartHailed as “the most compelling account of [Martin Luther] King’s life in a generation” by the Washington Post, the Pulitzer Prize-winning bestseller is now adapted for young adults in this new standar
- Author: Eig, Jonathan
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 256
- Publish Date: January 07 2025
- ISBN10: 0374393109
- Language: English
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Go, Wilma, Go!: Wilma Rudolph, from Athlete to Activist
$18.99 Read moreGood Housekeeping Kids’ Book Award Winner
* “An engaging and insightful biography of an American hero–highly recommended.” –School Library Journal, starred review Wilma Rudolph was a champion on the- Author: Davis, Amira Rose
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 40
- Publish Date: July 16 2024
- ISBN10: 1547612096
- Language: English
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The Day King Died: Remembered Through Two Voices and a Choir: Remembered Through Two Voices and a Choir
$18.95 Add to cartWhen Martin Luther King Jr. landed in Memphis on April 3, 1968, no one knew he would be killed the next day. When he gave his famous Mountaintop speech, no one knew it would be his last. And when the … [more below]
- Author: Bausum, Ann
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 32
- Publish Date: June 11 2024
- ISBN10: 1478886420
- Language: English
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A Crown That Lasts: You Are Not Your Label
$29.99 Add to cartIn A Crown that Lasts, former Miss Universe and Miss South Africa Demi Tebow confesses the danger of tying our identities to our accomplishments. Discover the truth of who you were created to be and h
- Author: Tebow, Demi-Leigh
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 272
- Publish Date: August 13 2024
- ISBN10: 1400343585
- Language: English
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Medgar and Myrlie: Medgar Evers and the Love Story That Awakened America
$34.00 Read more#1 New York Times Bestseller
NAACP Image Award Winner
From Joy-Ann Reid, a triumphant work of biography that repositions slain Civil Rights pioneer Medgar Evers at the heart of America’s struggle for fr
- Author: Reid, Joy-Ann
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 560
- Publish Date: May 07 2024
- ISBN10: 0063419181
- Language: English
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Don’t Wait: Three Girls Who Fought for Change and Won
$16.95 Read moreYou don’t have to be an adult to fight for what you believe in — and win.
The remarkable stories of 3 young women activists of color fighting for some of today’s most pressing movements of defunding t… [more below]- Author: Kohli, Sonali
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 176
- Publish Date: June 04 2024
- ISBN10: 0807010952
- Language: English
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That Librarian: The Fight Against Book Banning in America
$29.99 Add to cartNATIONAL BESTSELLER
“Amanda Jones started getting death threats, all for standing up for our right to read . . . but she’s not stopped fighting against book bans, or stopped advocating for access to d- Author: Jones, Amanda
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 288
- Publish Date: August 27 2024
- ISBN10: 1639733531
- Language: English
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The Movement: How Women’s Liberation Transformed America 1963-1973
$32.50 Add to cartA comprehensive and engaging oral history of the decade that defined the feminist movement, including interviews with living icons and unsung heroes–from former Newsweek reporter and author of the “p… [more below]
- Author: Bingham, Clara
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 576
- Publish Date: July 30 2024
- ISBN10: 1982144211
- Language: English
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A Passionate Mind in Relentless Pursuit: The Vision of Mary McLeod Bethune
$28.00 Add to cartAn intimate and searching account of the life and legacy of one of America’s towering educators, a woman who dared to center the progress of Black women and girls in the larger struggle for political … [more below]
- Series: Significations
- Author: Rooks, Noliwe
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 208
- Publish Date: July 23 2024
- ISBN10: 0593492420
- Language: English
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Who Is Billie Jean King?
$6.99 Read moreLearn about the amazing life of the former world No. 1 tennis player who fought for gender equality in sports! Billie Jean King’s legacy as a tennis star, a feminist, and an LGBTQ+ trailblazer shines … [more below]
- Series: Who Was?
- Author: Fabiny, Sarah
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 112
- Publish Date: August 06 2024
- ISBN10: 0593519175
- Language: English
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Combat Love: A Story of Leaving, Longing, and Searching for Home
$30.00 Read moreCNN Anchor Alisyn Camerota’s memoir Combat Love is her story of growing up longing for stability and attachment as the foundation of her family crumbled. Set on the Jersey Shore in the free-range 1980
- Author: Camerota, Alisyn
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 356
- Publish Date: March 26 2024
- ISBN10: 1644283719
- Language: English
