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Library of America volume 358
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"Edited by Pulitzer Prize-winning biographer David W. Blight, this Library of America edition is the largest single-volume selection of Frederick Douglass's writings ever published, presenting the full texts of thirty-four speeches and sixty-seven piecesof journalismi. As a special feature the volume also presents Douglas's only foray into fiction, the 1853 novella "The Heroic Slave," about Madison Washington, leader of the real-life insurrection...
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English
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When most Americans think of the civil rights movement, they think of the organized struggle for equality in the 1950s and 1960s. However, the civil rights movement actually has its roots in the Reconstruction era of the late nineteenth century as the country tried to rebuild itself after the Civil War. In this book, students will read accounts from early civil rights activists and leaders like Ida B. Wells-Barnett and Booker T. Washington, as well...
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2014-
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English
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"Documents include administrators, estate, executors and guardian accounts, wills, inventory and appraisals. Entries list each slave owner, followed by the page number, date and type of document. The list of slaves follows and the new owner is listed if known. Surnames of the owner's children are indexed only if noted in the document. First names have been standardized in order to make it easier to search for a name. Includes full-name index"--Back...
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Although slavery in the United States officially ended after the Civil War, prejudice against people of color lasted well into the twentieth and continues today. The Civil Rights Movement reached its peak in mid-twentieth century under the leadership of such figures as Malcolm X and Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. Explore the sit-ins, protests, tragedies, and victories of the Civil Rights Movement.
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2019.
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English
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In the late 1950s and throughout the 1960s, Kwame Brathwaite used his photography to popularize the political slogan "Black Is Beautiful." This monograph--the first ever dedicated to Brathwaite's remarkable career--tells the story of a key, but under-recognized, figure of the second Harlem Renaissance. Inspired by the writings of activist and black nationalist Marcus Garvey, Brathwaite, along with his older brother, Elombe Brath, founded the African...
14) Remembering slavery: African Americans talk about their personal experiences of slavery and freedom
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English
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When the original book-and-tape set of Remembering Slavery was first published, it attracted not only rave endorsements and selection by the History Book Club, but also commercial attention seldom accorded projects of this nature. In prime-time television and radio shows, newspapers, and magazine features, this unique set of firsthand recollections of slavery has been heralded as "a stunning work," "powerful and intense," and "an invaluable resource."...
15) Autobiography of a people: three centuries of African American history told by those who lived it
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2000.
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English
17) The Civil War
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Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 7.8 - AR Pts: 3
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English
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Describes the Civil War through the letters of the people who fought it on both sides, including the voices of women on the front and the experiences of African Americans.
20) Voices of freedom: an oral history of the civil rights movement from the 1950s through the 1980s
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[1990]
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English
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