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Remembering Martin Luther King, Jr. : his life and crusade in pictures / by Johnson, Charles Richard,1948-; Adelman, Bob.;
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Subjects: King, Martin Luther, Jr., 1929-1968; African Americans; Civil rights workers; Baptists; African Americans; Civil rights movements;
© c2008., Life Books,
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Canadian citizenship made easy : A study guide in simple English / by Smith, Drew(Andrew Martin),1956-author.;
Subjects: Canada.; Citizenship; Citizenship; Civil rights; Emigration and immigration; Refugees;
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The dead are arising : the life of Malcolm X / by Payne, Les,1941-author.; Payne, Tamara,author.;
Includes bibliographical references and index."An epic biography of Malcolm X finally emerges, drawing on hundreds of hours of the author's interviews, rewriting much of the known narrative. Les Payne, the renowned Pulitzer Prize-winning investigative journalist, embarked in 1990 on a nearly thirty-year-long quest to interview anyone he could find who had actually known Malcolm X-all living siblings of the Malcolm Little family, classmates, street friends, cellmates, Nation of Islam figures, FBI moles and cops, and political leaders around the world. His goal was ambitious: to transform what would become over a hundred hours of interviews into an unprecedented portrait of Malcolm X, one that would separate fact from fiction. The result is this historic biography that conjures a never-before-seen world of its protagonist, a work whose title is inspired by a phrase Malcolm X used when he saw his Hartford followers stir with purpose, as if the dead were truly arising, to overcome the obstacles of racism. Setting Malcolm's life not only within the Nation of Islam but against the larger backdrop of American history, the book traces the life of one of the twentieth century's most politically relevant figures "from street criminal to devoted moralist and revolutionary." In tracing Malcolm X's life from his Nebraska birth in 1925 to his Harlem assassination in 1965, Payne provides searing vignettes culled from Malcolm's Depression-era youth, describing the influence of his Garveyite parents: his father, Earl, a circuit-riding preacher who was run over by a street car in Lansing, Michigan, in 1929, and his mother, Louise, who continued to instill black pride in her children after Earl's death. Filling each chapter with resonant drama, Payne follows Malcolm's exploits as a petty criminal in Boston and Harlem in the 1930s and early 1940s to his religious awakening and conversion to the Nation of Islam in a Massachusetts penitentiary. With a biographer's unwavering determination, Payne corrects the historical record and delivers extraordinary revelations-from the unmasking of the mysterious NOI founder "Fard Muhammad," who preceded Elijah Muhammad; to a hair-rising scene, conveyed in cinematic detail, of Malcolm and Minister Jeremiah X Shabazz's 1961 clandestine meeting with the KKK; to a minute-by-minute account of Malcolm X's murder at the Audubon Ballroom. Introduced by Payne's daughter and primary researcher, Tamara Payne, who, following her father's death, heroically completed the biography, The Dead Are Arising is a penetrating and riveting work that affirms the centrality of Malcolm X to the African American freedom struggle"--
Subjects: Biographies.; X, Malcolm, 1925-1965.; African American civil rights workers; African American Muslims; African Americans; Black Muslims; Black nationalism;
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The small and the mighty : twelve unsung Americans who changed the course of history, from the founding to the civil rights movement / by McMahon, Sharon,author.;
Includes bibliographical references."From America's favorite government teacher, a heartfelt, inspiring portrait of twelve ordinary Americans whose courage formed the character of our country"--
Subjects: Biographies.; Personal narratives.; Social reformers;
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Homeland / by Doctorow, Cory.;
When Marcus, once called M1k3y, receives a thumbdrive containing evidence of corporate and governmental treachery, his job, fame, family, and well-being, as well as his reform-minded employer's election campaign, are all endangered.LSC
Subjects: Science fiction.; Suspense fiction.; United States. Dept. of Homeland Security; Politics, Practical; Computer hackers; Civil rights; Counterculture;
© 2013., Tom Doherty,
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Call and response : the story of Black Lives Matter / by Chambers, Veronica.; Harlan, Jennifer.;
Includes bibliographic references and index.During 2020, widespread protests rooted in the call-and-response tradition of the Black community gained worldwide attention in the wake of high-profile wrongful deaths of Black people. From the founders to watershed moments, follow the activists and organizers on their journeys and discover the ways that protest has been fundamental to American democracy, eventually making meaningful change.LSC
Subjects: Garza, Alicia, 1981-; Khan-Cullors, Patrisse, 1984-; Tometi, Opal, 1984-; Black lives matter movement; Civil rights movements; African Americans; Civil rights; Racism;
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Mandela [videorecording] : long walk to freedom / by Chadwick, Justin.; Elba, Idris.; Harris, Naomie,1976-; Mandela, Nelson,1918-2013.Long walk to freedomVideorecording.; Pheto, Terry.; Entertainment One (Firm : Canada); Weinstein Company.;
Idris Elba, Naomie Harris, Terry Pheto, Tony Kgoroge, Riaad Moosa.A chronicle of Nelson Mandela's life journey from his childhood in a rural village through to his inauguration as the first democratically elected president of South Africa.Canadian Home Video Rating: 14A.DVD ; Dolby digital 5.1, widescreen 1.77:1.
Subjects: Mandela, Nelson, 1918-2013; Apartheid; Biographical films.; Civil rights workers; Feature films.; Historical films.; Presidents;
© c2014., Weinstein Company ; Distributed by Entertainment One,
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Ring of fire : high-stakes mining in a lowlands wilderness / by Heffernan, Virginia,author.;
Includes bibliographical references and index."A valuable discovery under the world's second-largest temperate wetland and in the traditional lands of the Cree and Ojibway casts light on the growing conflict among resource development, environmental stewardship, and Indigenous rights. When prospectors discovered a gigantic crescent of metal deposits under the James Bay Lowlands of northern Canada in 2007, the find touched off a mining rush, lured a major American company to spend fortunes in the remote swamp, and forced politicians to confront their legal duty to consult Indigenous Peoples about development on their traditional territories. But the multibillion dollar Ring of Fire was all but abandoned when stakeholders failed to reach consensus on how to develop the cache despite years of negotiations and hundreds of millions of dollars in spending. Now plans for an all-weather road to connect the region to the highway network are reigniting the fireworks. In this colorful tale, Virginia Heffernan draws on her bush and newsroom experiences to illustrate the complexities of resource development at a time when Indigenous rights are becoming enshrined globally. Ultimately, Heffernan strikes a hopeful note: the Ring of Fire presents an opportunity for Canada to leave behind centuries of plunder and set the global standard for responsible development of minerals critical to the green energy revolution"--
Subjects: Indigenous peoples; Mineral industries; Mineral industries; Mineral industries;
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Just mercy [videorecording] / by Bronson, Claire,actor.; Coulter, Steve,actor.; Cretton, Destin Daniel,film director,screenwriter.; Foxx, Jamie,actor.; Griffis, Rhoda,1965-actor.; Jackson Jr., O'Shea,actor.; Jordan, Michael B.(Michael Bakari),1987-actor.; Lanham, Andrew(Screenwriter),screenwriter.; Larson, Brie,1989-actor.; Nelson, Tim Blake,actor.; Spall, Rafe,1983-actor.; Stevenson, Bryan,film producer.; Warner Bros. Entertainment,publisher.;
Brie Larson, Tim Blake Nelson, Rafe Spall, Michael B. Jordan, Jamie Foxx, O'shea Jackson Jr., Claire Bronson, Steve Coulter, Rhoda Griffis.A powerful and thought-provoking true story follows young lawyer Bryan Stevenson and his history-making battle for justice. After graduating from Harvard, Bryan had his pick of lucrative jobs. Instead, he heads to Alabama to defend those wrongly condemned or who were not afforded proper representation, with the support of local advocate Eva Ansley. One of his first and most incendiary cases is that of Walter McMillian.Canadian Home Video Rating: PG.MPAA rating: PG-13.DVD ; widescreen presentation ; Dolby Digital 5.1 DVS.
Subjects: Fiction films.; Feature films.; Video recordings for the hearing impaired.; Biographical films.; Historical films.; Legal films.; Video recordings for people with visual disabilities.; McMillian, Walter; Stevenson, Bryan; Civil rights lawyers; Death row inmates; Discrimination in criminal justice administration; False imprisonment;
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Zora Neale Hurston [videorecording] : claiming a space / by Bellows, Susan,television producer.; MacLowry, Randall,television producer.; Strain, Tracy Heather,television producer,screenwriter,television director.; Williams, Vanessa,1963-narrator.; PBS Distribution (Firm),publisher.; Public Broadcasting Service (U.S.),broadcaster.;
Narrator, Vanessa Williams.Author Zora Neale Hurston's anthropological work challenges assumptions about race, gender and cultural superiority that had been defined by the field in the 19th century.E.Closed-captioned for the hearing impaired.Described video for the blind and visually impaired.Subtitled for the deaf and hard-of-hearing (SDH).DVD ; wide screen presentation ; stereophonic.
Subjects: Biographical television programs.; Documentary television programs.; Nonfiction television programs.; Video recordings for people with visual disabilities.; Video recordings for the hearing impaired.; Hurston, Zora Neale.; African American women; Authors, American; Civil rights workers; Folklorists;
For private home use only.
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