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.
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Author: Branch, TaylorSummary:Genre: Social science, History and geography
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Author: Berry, SteveSummary:
ICritically-acclaimed and award-winning narrator Scott Brick returns to tell the thrilling first case of Cotton Malone -- eponymous hero of Berry's iconic New York Times bestselling series....
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Author: Patrick, Denise LewisSummary:
Mahalia Jackson was known as the queen of gospel music. A close friend of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.'s, she was also a civil rights activist who sang at the March on Washington. And she...
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Author: Stevenson, RobinSummary:
Every activist started out as a kid—and in some cases, they were kids when their activism began! But even the world's greatest champions of civil liberties had relatable interests and...
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Author: Carter, CharlotteSummary:
Cassandra, grandniece to Woodson and Ivy Lisle, is a college student caught up in the highly charged atmosphere of the days following the assassination of Martin Luther King, Jr. When the...
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Author: King, Martin LutherSummary:
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...
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Author: Kinkade, ThomasSummary:
Thomas Kinkade, the Painter of Light, has a magic touch. His paintings are warm, inviting and inspiring masterpieces. In Friends for Life by Thomas Kinkade, the talented artist combines some of...
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Author: Sears, DjanetSummary:
Winner of the Governor General's Award for Drama. Winner of the Chalmers Play Award. A rhapsodic blues tragedy. Harlem Duet could be the prelude to Shakepeare's Othello, and recounts the tale of...
Genre: Canadian drama -
Author: Nathan, Amy, Langley, SharonSummary:
When Sharon Langley was born in the early 1960s, many amusement parks were segregated, and African-American families were not allowed entry. This interesting tale reveals how in the summer of 1963...
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Author: Bainbridge, BerylSummary:
In the rainswept summer of 1968, Rose sets off for the United States from Kentish Town to meet a man she knows as Washington Harold, in her suitcase a polka-dot dress and a one-way ticket. In a...
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Author: D'Arcy, StephenSummary:
"What we must see," Martin Luther King once insisted, "is that a riot is the language of the unheard."; In this new era of global protest and popular revolt, Languages of the...
Genre: Canadian nonfiction, Political science -
Author: King, Martin LutherSummary:
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...
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Author: White, SusanSummary:
"It is the late 1960s, and the world of twelve-year-old Ruth Iverson pretty much revolves around her friends, a boy she likes, The Monkees and spending time with her dad, doing special stuff like...
Genre: Juvenile fiction, Canadian fiction -
Author: Sansregret, MartheSummary:
Born in Montreal, Oliver Jones performed his first piano concert at five years old. He has become one of the most celebrated representatives of the Montreal Jazz Festival and a worldwide musical...
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Author: Pivato, JosephSummary:
This collection features essays on Nova Scotia-born poet, playwright and literary critic George Elliott Clarke. Instrumental in promoting the writing of Canadian writers of African descent, Clarke...