Selma and the Liuzzo Murder Trials: The First Modern Civil Rights Convictions, Hardcover

Reducere. Sheyann Webb was eight years old and Rachel West was nine when Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. arrived in Selma, Alabama, on January 2, 1965. He came to...

DescriptionOn New Year's Eve, 1939, a horrific triple murder occurred in rural Oklahoma. Within a matter of days, investigators identified several ...

Reducere. The half-century before the Civil War was beset with conflict over equality as well as freedom. Beginning in 1803, many free states enacted laws th...

Reducere. "For almost two decades, investigative journalist Jerry Mitchell doggedly pursued the Klansmen responsible for some of the most notorious murders o...

Reducere. Emmett Till: The Murder That Shocked the World and Propelled the Civil Rights Movement offers the first truly comprehensive account of the 1955 mur...

Reducere. A memoir of the Civil Rights Movement from one of its youngest heroes A Sibert Informational Book Medal Honor BookKirkusBest Books of 2015BooklistE...

This book examines the downfall of James II, how the monarch came to forfeit the goodwill of the nation within three years.Publisher: Pen & Sword B...

Reducere. Who were the first American Slaves? More importantly, who started slavery? Know the answers to these interesting questions and more by going over t...

Reducere. An electrifying story of the sensational murder trial that divided a city and ignited the civil rights struggleIn 1925, Detroit was a smoky swirl o...

Redescopera farmecul lecturii si alege-ti de pe elefant.ro carti in limba engleza scrise de autori consacrati. Iti punem la dispozitie sute de mii ...

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. Extraordinary conversations between a confidant of Martin Luther King Jr. and a modern-day activist lead to the game-changing realizations that a s...

Reducere. An astonishing civil rights story from Newbery Honor winner and National Book Award finalist Steve Sheinkin. On July 17, 1944, a massive explosion ...

Reducere. On Christmas night, 1951, a bomb exploded in Mims, Florida, under the home of civil rights activist and educator Harry T. Moore. Harry and his wife...

The definitive biography of the queen's aunt, a sister to two kings and a pioneering member of the royal family, who redefined the role of a prince...

The definitive biography of the queen's aunt, a sister to two kings and a pioneering member of the royal family, who redefined the role of a prince...

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...

Publisher: WW Norton & CoAuthor(s): Kate (Northwestern University) MasurIllustration(s): 15 illustrationsNumber of pages: 496Publication date: 2022...

Police are nine times more likely to kill African-American men than they are other Americans--in fact, nearly one in every thousand will die at the...

Reducere. Connecticut's witch hunt was the first and most ferocious in New England, occurring almost fifty years before the infamous Salem witch trials. Betw...

Reducere. In 1981, decades before mainstream America elected Barack Obama, James Chase became the first African American mayor of Spokane, Washington, with t...

Reducere. Food has been and continues to be an essential part of any movement for progressive change. From home cooks and professional chefs to local eaterie...

The lessons of the civil rights movements of the fifties and sixties as they might helpfully influence contemporary political activism are explored...

Reducere. In a working life that spanned half a century, Ernie Goodman was one of the nation's preeminent defense attorneys for workers and the militant poor...

This unique, full-color book brings travelers on a road trip journey through the Civil Rights Movement. It explores the American South's historic c...

An authoritative history of the overlooked youth activists that spearheaded the largest protests of the Civil Rights Movement and set the blueprint...

Reducere. A deep dive into the politics of the Civil Rights Era, including the passing of new laws and the presidential responses to protest. A terrific way ...

Reducere. Donald L. Hollowell was Georgia's chief civil rights attorney during the 1950s and 1960s. In this role he defended African American men accused or ...

Reducere. It's hardly a secret that mobility has always been limited, if not impossible, for African Americans. Before the Civil War, masters confined their ...

Reducere. The little-known and under-studied 1807 Insurrection Act was passed to give the president the ability to deploy federal military forces to fend off...

Reducere. Since the earliest days of slavery, African Americans have called on their religious faith in the struggle against oppression. In this book the Bea...

Reducere. A collective biography about five musicians and groups at the height of their careers, whose passion and talent influenced the Civil Rights Movemen...

Reducere. Key events of the Civil Rights Movement will be brought to life in this exciting and informative new series.The civil rights movement in 1965 was f...

Provides incomparable insights into women's lives during America's Civil War era. Marilyn Mayer Culpepper's respect for these nineteenth-century wo...

Reducere. The Fourteenth Amendment, ratified on July 9, 1868, identified all legitimate voters as "male." In so doing, it added gender-specific language to t...

Reducere. Traveling throughout the South during the 1950s was hazardous for African Americans. There were precious few hotels and restaurants that opened the...

DescriptionIn this book, Traci Parker examines the movement to racially integrate white-collar work and consumption in American department stores, ...