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History and Current Events February 2017
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Children of the Broken Treaty : Canada's Lost Promise and One Girl's Dream
by Charlie Angus
Children of the Broken Treaty exposes a system of apartheid in Canada that led to the largest youth-driven human rights movement in the country's history. The movement was inspired by Shannen Koostachin, a young Cree woman whom George Stroumboulopoulos named as one of "five teenage girls who kicked ass in history." All Shannen wanted was a decent education. She found an ally in Charlie Angus, who had no idea she was going to change his life and inspire others to change the country.Based on extensive documentation assembled from Freedom of Information requests, Angus establishes a dark, unbroken line that extends from the policies of John A. Macdonald to the government of today. He provides chilling insight into how Canada--through breaches of treaties, broken promises, and callous neglect--deliberately denied First Nations children their basic human rights.
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The Red Rose Crew : A True Story of Women, Winning, and the Water
by Daniel J. Boyne
The Director of Recreational Rowing at Harvard University describes the struggle of the first all-female crew team's battle against gender prejudice, male domination, and bueacracy to achieve international victory in one of the most grueling sports and offers profiles of the women and their coach who were a part of this winning crew team.
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How should we respond to the global refugee crisis? : How Should We Respond?
by Louise Arbour
The world is facing the worst humanitarian crisis since the Second World War. How should developed nations respond to human suffering on this mass scale? Do the prosperous societies of the West, including Canada and the U.S., have a moral imperative to assist as many refugees as they reasonably and responsibly can? Or, is this a time for vigilance and restraint in the face of a wave of mass migration that risks upending the tolerance and openness of the West? The eighteenth semi-annual Munk Debate, which was held on April 1, 2016, pits former UN High Commissioner for Human Rights Louise Arbour and leading historian Simon Schama against leader of the UK Independence Party Nigel Farage and bestselling author Mark Steyn to debate the West's response to the global refugee crisis"
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African Americans in History
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"They Can't Kill Us All": Ferguson, Baltimore, and a New Era in America's Racial Justice...
by Wesley Lowery
In "They Can't Kill Us All", Washington Post reporter Wesley Lowery chronicles his odyssey reporting from U.S. cities where officers have killed unarmed black men, beginning with Ferguson, MO. Depicting family members, protesters, and activist leaders, he sheds light on the experiences and responses of individuals in each situation. The development of the #BlackLivesMatter movement also comes to life in this unbiased report, which draws on data collection and a clear understanding of the dangers facing police officers, in addition to historical perspectives on black-white community relations over a half-century. Library Journal highly recommends this narrative "for those seeking additional clarity" on the subject.
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Dreams from My Father : A Story of Race and Inheritance
by Barack Obama
In this lyrical, unsentimental, and compelling memoir, the son of a black African father and a white American mother searches for a workable meaning to his life as a black American. It begins in New York, where Barack Obama learns that his father--a figure he knows more as a myth than as a man--has been killed in a car accident. This sudden death inspires an emotional odyssey--first to a small town in Kansas, from which he retraces the migration of his mother's family to Hawaii, and then to Kenya, where he meets the African side of his family, confronts the bitter truth of his father's life, and at last reconciles his divided inheritance.
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W.E.B. DuBois : The Fight for Equality and the American Century 1919-1963
by David L. Lewis
The second volume of the Pulitzer Prize-winning biography begins with the end of World War I and chronicles the flowering of the Harlem Renaissance, the little-known political agenda behind it, Du Bois's battle for equality and justice for African Americans, and his self-exile in Ghana. 35,000 first printing.
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Seventh Child : A Family Memoir of Malcolm X
by Rodnell P. Collins
Presenting an insider's study of the African-American leader, this informative portrait provides an in-depth look at the life of Malcolm X as told by his sister, Ella Little Collins, and his nephew, revealing a man who was not just a great leader, but a beloved brother, cousin, nephew, uncle, father, husband, and friend.
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