Keep On Fighting: The Life and Civil Rights Legacy of Marian A. Spencer, Paperback - Dorothy H. Christenson

DescriptionMarian Alexander Spencer was born in 1920 in the Ohio River town of Gallipolis, Ohio, one year after the "Red Summer" of 1919 that saw a...

Reducere. In 1950, before Montgomery, Alabama, knew Martin Luther King Jr., before Rosa Parks refused to surrender her seat to a white passenger, before the ...

Reducere. This book explores the life of one of Mississippi's greatest civil rights activists, Fannie Lou Hamer. Known for her daring, her brinkmanship and h...

Reducere. In Camas and Sage: A Story of Bison Life on the Prairie, kids are invited to explore and discover the northern plains in a truly unique way: throug...

Reducere. A Chance to Die is a vibrant portrayal of Amy Carmichael, an Irish missionary and writer who spent fifty-three years in south India without furloug...

Contributions by Rosa M. Banda, Lakeyta M. Bonnette-Bailey, Donathan L. Brown, Michael L. Clemons, William H. L. Dorsey, Hannah Firdyiwek, Alonzo M...

Reducere. One of the most influential leaders in the civil rights movement, Robert Parris Moses was essential in making Mississippi a central battleground st...

Reducere. 2004 marks the fiftieth anniversary of the Supreme Court's unanimous decision to end segregation in public schools. Many people were elated when Su...

Reducere. If you're looking for a great source of encouragement, read this book. If you have lost hope because you don't think you can start over or overcome...

Reducere. Mary Church Terrell was an icon in the civil rights movement, advocating for equality and social justice for black women through a lifetime of camp...

Reducere. DescriptionThe son of an Alabama sharecropper, John Lewis experienced the injustice of segregation early in life. Inspired by the words of Dr. Mart...

Reducere. As the first comprehensive study of one state's federal district courts during the long civil rights movement, The Slow Undoing argues for a recons...

Reducere. The civil rights movement was defined by figures thrust into positions of importance; be they participants in a sit-in, Freedom Riders, or marchers...

Reducere. DescriptionAfrican-American stories were overlooked by mainstream media until John H. Johnson showed the world the value of black life. In his maga...

Reducere. The social, political, and legal struggles that made up the American civil rights movement of the mid-twentieth century produced and refined a wide...

Reducere. It was the final speech of a long day, August 28, 1963, when hundreds of thousands gathered on the Mall for the March on Washington for Jobs and Fr...

In every era of Baptist history, leaders have emerged who have become navigators of the faith through their beliefs and actions. These men serve as...

Reducere. With a widowed mother and six siblings, Annie Oakley first became a trapper, hunter, and sharpshooter simply to put food on the table. Yet her geni...

Reducere. DescriptionSerendipity placed David Johnston on Mount St. Helens when the volcano rumbled to life in March 1980. Throughout that ominous spring, Jo...

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DescriptionLong before it became the slogan of the presidential campaign for Barack Obama, Dorothy Ferebee (1898-1980) lived by the motto "Yes, we ...

Reducere. In 1798, John Chapman planted his first apple tree nursery. Over the next forty years, he walked hundreds of miles and planted thousands of apple t...

Reducere. An inspirational look at the creation of Jan Gehl's urban design movement.

Reducere. DescriptionAfrican-American stories were overlooked by mainstream media until John H. Johnson showed the world the value of black life. In his maga...

Reducere. DescriptionIn twelve plays for broadcasting at monthly intervals, Dorothy L. Sayers drew on material from all four Gospels, keeping the theme of Je...

Reducere. A democracy of distribution: the definitive inventory of Multiples, Inc editions, from Man Ray to Sol LeWittFounded in 1965 by a group of five part...

Reducere. A sweeping tale of revolution and wonder in a world not quite like our own, A Declaration of the Rights of Magicians is a genre-defying story of ma...

Reducere. The Mughal emperor Aurangzeb Alamgir is one of the most hated men in Indian history. Widely reviled as a religious fanatic who sought to violently ...

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The first-ever biography of Larry Stephens, the man who transformed British comedy as a writer for Tony Hancock and The Goon Show

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Virus Hunt is a tale of scientific endeavour. Tracing the fascinating twenty year quest to find the origin of the virus that causes AIDS, Dorothy H...

Reducere. Reveals how whites in Greensboro used the traditional Southern concept of civility as a means of keeping Black protest in check and how Black activ...

Reducere. Life can be challenging at times and the Stoic philosophy can come to your rescue. Stoicism is not only an ancient Greek philosophy but it's a way ...

This volume in the Issues in Historiography series examines the changing scholarly debate on individuals and events in African American history fro...

Reducere. Description*Includes pictures *Includes Freddie Mercury's own quotes about his life and Queen *Includes online resources and a bibliography for fur...

*Includes pictures of Lucky and other important people in his life. *Explains Lucky's relationships with other notorious gangsters of his era, incl...

Reducere. Growing older is inevitable and, as we often say, it beats the alternative. But just because we age does not mean we must give in to a slow deterio...

Reducere. In 1927, Beatrice Cannady succeeded in removing racist language from the Oregon Constitution. During World War II, Rowena Moore fought for the righ...

Reducere. A biography of John Lewis, one of the "Big Six" civil rights leaders of the 1960s, focusing on his involvement in Freedom Rides, the March on Washi...

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Bess was the other Duchess, Georgiana's best friend, who with Georgiana and her husband, William Cavendish, 5th Duke of Devonshire, formed the infa...

Reducere. John Stokes has waited more than 50 years to give his eyewitness account of "The Manhattan Project." This was the name he and a group of fellow stu...