Black Rage in New Orleans: Police Brutality and African American Activism from World War II to Hurricane Katrina - Leonard N. Moore

Reducere. In Black Rage in New Orleans, Leonard N. Moore traces the shocking history of police corruption in the Crescent City from World War II to Hurricane...

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DescriptionFrom celebrated author and illustrator Ashley Bryan comes a deeply moving picture book memoir about serving in the segregated army durin...

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The ultimate reference work on the world's most deadly elite military unit. From spectacular hostage-rescue operations in the heart of London to co...

What were the catalysts that motivated Mexican American youth to enlist or readily accept their draft notices in World War II, Korea, or Vietnam? I...

Reducere. Well after slavery was abolished, its legacy of violence left deep wounds on African Americans' bodies, minds, and lives. For many victims and witn...

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While most people are aware of the World War II internment of thousands of Japanese citizens and residents of the US, few know that Germans, Austri...

Reducere. 2014 Amelia Bloomer Top Ten ListDouble Victory tells the stories of African American women who did extraordinary things to help their country durin...

Reducere. Leonard Moore has been teaching Black history for twenty-five years, mostly to white people. Drawing on decades of experience in the classroom and ...

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Weaving national narratives from stories of the daily lives and familiar places of local residents, Francoise Hamlin chronicles the slow struggle f...

Delving behind the headlines of history, this book showcases twenty brave Americans who showed exceptional leadership in the Spanish-American War, ...

Reducere. Contributor(s): Author: David M. KennedyEven as the New Deal was coping with the Depression, a new menace was developing abroad. Exploiting Germany...

Choice Outstanding Academic Title 2003 During the nineteenth century, American schools for deaf education regarded sign language as the "natural la...

Reducere. A Pulitzer Prize-winning account of the "Age of Neoslavery, " the American period following the Emancipation Proclamation in which convicts, mostly...

This is the story of clothing use when manufacturing for civilians nearly stopped and raw materials and workers across the globe were shifted to wa...

Right-wing violence is undergoing a revival on both sides of the Atlantic. In Europe, much of this violence has been a backlash against migrants an...

DescriptionPreserved today as a museum in her namesake state, the battleship USS New Jersey (BB-62) saw combat during WWII and the Korean War and w...

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Inspired by a ubiquitous piece of graffiti that U.S. servicemen left behind during World War II, Emmy Award-winning television journalist Charles O...

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Publisher: Craven Street BooksAuthor(s): Russell N LowIllustration(s): 179 b/w photosNumber of pages: 404Publication date: 2022Dimensions: 152 x 22...

DescriptionAlthough bombed at Pearl Harbor, USS Tennessee was back to sea before the year was over. The crew of the resilient warship fought from A...

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