An acclaimed chronicler of the Civil Rights Movement, Peniel Joseph presents this sweeping overview of a key component of the struggle for racial equality--the Black Power movement. This is the story of the men and women who sacrificed...
Civil rights movements
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Auteur:Joseph, Peniel E.Sommaire: - Auteur:Devoto, Pat CunninghamSommaire:
Tab and Tina, relatives of a founder of Ku Klux Klan, are whisked away to an interracial Civil Rights school one summer. There, they befriend both a black polio patient and the biracial daughter of a Yankee and a Civil Rights leader....
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Auteur:Margolick, DavidSommaire:No two public figures were more crucial in the drama of race relations in this era than Martin Luther King, Jr., and Robert F. Kennedy. Fifty years after they were both murdered, noted journalist David Margolick explores the untold...
- Auteur:Dennis, David J.Sommaire:
A dynamic family exchange that pivots between the voices of a father and son, this is a unique work of oral history and memoir, chronicling the extraordinary story of the Civil Rights Movement of the 1960s and its living legacy embodied...
- Auteur:Hall, Louis KaroniaktajehSommaire:
The first collection of its kind, this anthology by members of the Mohawk Warrior Society uncovers a hidden history and paints a bold portrait of the spectacular experience of Kanien'kehá:ka survival and self-defense. Providing...
- Auteur:Chamberlain, DianeSommaire:
"[A] twisty, riveting ride." - People Magazine , People Pick "Chamberlain's evocative writing and Bennett's skilled character portrayals may cause visceral reactions in listeners, particularly during violent...
- Auteur:Branch, TaylorSommaire:
Branch condenses his three-volume chronicle on race and democracy to its pivotal scenes, taking listeners on a journey into a political revolution that would change the face of America.
- Auteur:Stockett, KathrynSommaire:
"With more than 3 million copies sold, the #1 New York Times bestseller is now available in a special gift edition. A modern classic, The Help has been a cultural touchstone for the millions of readers who have cheered on Skeeter...
- Auteur:Hilderbrand, ElinSommaire:
Elin Hilderbrand's brief, irresistible postscript to her #1 New York Times bestselling novel Summer of '69. Catch up with Blair, Jessie, and Kirby Levin ten years after the summer everything changed. This "Summer of...
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Auteur:King, Martin LutherSommaire:Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.'s account of the first successful large-scale application of nonviolent resistance in America is comprehensive, revelatory, and intimate. King described his book as "the chronicle of 50,000 Negroes...
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Auteur:Bowers, RickSommaire:In the 1950s and 1960s, the Mississippi State Sovereignty Commission compiled secret files on more than 87,000 private citizens in the most extensive state spying program in U.S. history. Its mission: to save segregation.
- Auteur:Abdurraqib, HanifSommaire:
A young Aretha Franklin captivates her community with the song "Respect" during the height of the Civil Rights Movement, in this striking biography that will embolden today's young listeners to sing their own truth. When...
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Auteur:Kurlansky, MarkSommaire:Can a song change a nation? In 1964, Marvin Gaye, record producer William "Mickey" Stevenson, and Motown songwriter Ivy Jo Hunter wrote "Dancing in the Street." The song was recorded at Motown's Hitsville USA Studio by Martha and the...
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Auteur:Arce, Moises, Rice, Roberta, Simmons, Erica S., Ayres, Jeffrey, Macdonald, Laura, Larson, Jennifer M., Boulding, Carew E., Kingston, Paul, Donoso, Sofia, Somma, Nicolas, Goertzel, Ted, Silva, EduardoSommaire:In 2011, political protests sprang up across the world. In the Middle East, Europe, Latin America, the United States unlikely people sparked or led massive protest campaigns from the Arab Spring to Occupy Wall Street. These protests...
- Auteur:Battery RadioSommaire:
In 1930's Newfoundland, times are desperate. People salvage cast-off food from St. John's harbour, the dole is 6 cents a day, and families are ripped apart in the struggle for survival. A popular movement of the unemployed rises from...
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Auteur:Williams-Garcia, RitaSommaire:In the summer of 1968, after travelling from Brooklyn to Oakland, California, to spend a month with the mother they barely know, eleven-year-old Delphine and her two younger sisters arrive to a cold welcome as they discover that their...
- Auteur:Gregory, Raymond F.Sommaire:
Norman Thomas, for over 50 years a relentless advocate for justice and equality for all Americans, was convinced that socialism was the sole path to economic and political justice. He advocated the adoption of economic programs that...
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Auteur:King, Martin LutherSommaire:This definitive box set includes all the landmark speeches of the great orator and American leader Martin Luther King Jr., from his inspirational "I Have a Dream" to his fiery "Give Us the Ballot."
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Auteur:King, Martin LutherSommaire:April 16th. The year is 1963. Birmingham, Alabama has had a spring of non-violent protests known as the Birmingham Campaign, seeking to draw attention to the segregation against blacks by the city government and downtown retailers. The...
- Auteur:Eig, JonathanSommaire:
Winner of the 2024 Audie Award for Best Nonfiction Narrator! This program is narrated by Dion Graham, n arrator of over 300 audiobooks and an AudioFile Golden Voice. Dion has won multiple Earphones and Audie Awards. "Dion Graham...
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