"Together all of our efforts comprise the struggle of a nation to build the Beloved Community, a nation at peace with itself, that respects the worth and dignity of each and every human being."
-Representative John Lewis
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Go Tell It on the Mountainby James BaldwinWith lyrical precision, psychological directness, resonating symbolic power, and a rage that is at once unrelenting and compassionate, Baldwin chronicles a fourteen-year-old boy's discovery of the terms of his identity as the stepson of the minister of a storefront Pentecostal church in Harlem one Saturday in March of 1935. Baldwin's rendering of his protagonist's spiritual, sexual,and moral struggle of self-invention opened new possibilities in the American language and in the way Americans understand themselves.
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Freshwater Road
by Denise Nicholas
Celeste Tyree, a black 19-year-old college student, travels to Mississippi to take part in the 1964 summer campaign to register disenfranchised African American voters.
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Many Minds, One Heart : SNCC's Dream for a New America
by Wesley C. Hogan
How did the Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee break open the caste system in the American South between 1960 and 1965? In this innovative study, Wesley Hogan explores what SNCC accomplished and, more important, how it fostered significant social change in such a short time. She offers new insights into the internal dynamics of SNCC as well as the workings of the larger civil rights and Black Power movement of which it was a part.
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Strangers at My Door : A True Story of Finding Jesus in Unexpected Guests
by Jonathan Wilson-Hartgrove
Draws on the power of old stories to counsel readers on how to experience Jesus every day by ministering to the disadvantaged, describing the author's own revelations at the side of fellow New Monastic believers when they opened their inner-city door to everyone without exception.
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The Price of Inequality
by Joseph E. Stiglitz
Examines how the wealthy classes have contributed to growing inequality in society and explains how the quest to increase wealth has hindered the country's economic growth as well as its efforts to solve its most pressing economic problems.
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Baldwin's Harlem : a Biography of James Baldwin
by Herb Boyd
An intimate portrait of the iconic late author of such classics as Go Tell It on the Mountain and Giovanni's Room offers insight into Baldwin's connection to the city of Harlem, from his relationship with poet laureate Countee Cullen and student writings at Frederick Douglass Junior High to his diverse views on Harlem's community life.
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Eyes on the prizeby Henry Hampton Chronicles the American civil rights struggle from 1954- 1985.
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Durham Sings Together: Songs of the Civil Rights Movement
Thursday, October 16, 7 p.m. Hayti Heritage Center, 804 Old Fayetteville St.
Dr. Martin Luther King said ‘‘The freedom songs are playing a strong and vital role in our struggle.” Join us for a celebration of the freedom songs and spirituals that provided comfort and strength to the civil rights workers in jail and during marches. Choirs from the community, local schools and universities will offer an evening of these inspirational songs. This event is co-sponsored by the Hayti Heritage Center.
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The Story of the Long Civil Rights Movement in Durham, North Carolina
Saturday, October 18, 4 p.m. South Regional Library, 4505 S. Alston Ave.
Join André Vann, North Carolina Central University’s Coordinator of Archives and Instructor of Public History, as he moderates a panel discussion of the Long Civil Rights Movement in Durham from 1954 to 1964. Panelists will discuss “Blue Case,” “Woolworth Lunch Counter,” “1963 Sit-ins” and “The 1964 Freedom Riders.” and their participation in these events. This program is co-sponsored by North Carolina Central University Archives, Records and History.
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SNCC and John Lewis
Sunday, October 19, 3 p.m. Main Library, 300 N. Roxboro St.
Join Dr. Wesley Hogan for a discussion of the Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee and the young John Lewis’ involvement. SNCC’s work throughout the South in the 1960s was perhaps the boldest experiment in freedom of the Civil Rights Movement. Their use of grassroots activism and democratic practice helped change the focus of the movement overall. Hogan is the author of Many Minds, One Heart: SNCC’s Dream for a New America and is a noted documentary historian of the civil rights movement. She is the director of the Center for Documentary Studies at Duke University. A book signing will follow the talk. This program is co-sponsored by the Center of Documentary Studies at University.
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