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African American Activism and Political Engagement: An Encyclopedia of Empowerment
by Angela Jones
Reference, 305.896073 AF83 2023. This book contains essays spanning centuries of U.S. history and encyclopedia entries focusing on a wide range of themes and people with biographical entries on key leaders in the history of Black liberation-it is a resource for those wanting to learn more about the history of African American activism, political engagement, and empowerment..
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Black Achievements in Politics: Celebrating Shirley Chisholm, Barack Obama, and More
by Artika R. Tyner
New Juvenile Non-Fiction, 305.896073 T979B2. Black politicians have served in all levels of the United States government. As mayors, congresspersons, president, and more, Black politicians have created policies and initiatives to better serve community members. They have also addressed issues such as access to education, criminal justice, and affordable housing. Celebrate politicians such as Kamala Harris, Cory Booker, Ilhan Omar, and Maynard Jackson Jr. who have made astounding achievements in politics--
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Rise Up: Confronting a Country at the Crossroads
by Al Sharpton
Hoopla eBook; Hoopla eAudiobook.The respected civil-rights leader and host of PoliticsNation presents a rousing call to action that examines the administrations of Barack Obama and Donald Trump while heralding the movements that have emerged in response to today's political turbulence.
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For Colored Girls Who Have Considered Politics
by Donna Brazile
Hoopla eAudiobook. Four of today's most influential African-American women in politics share the story of their friendship and their behind-the-scenes public-service contributions during the careers of leaders ranging from Bill Clinton and Jesse Jackson to Coretta Scott King and Barack Obama.
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We're Better Than This: My Fight for the Future of Our Democracy
by Elijah Cummings
Hoopla eBook; Hoopla eAudiobook. A memoir by the late Congressman details how his experiences as a sharecroppers’ son in volatile South Baltimore shaped his life in activism, explaining how government oversight can become a positive part of a just American collective.
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His Truth is Marching On: John Lewis and the Power of Hope
by Jon Meacham
Biography, LEWIS, JOHN. The Pulitzer Prize-winning author of The Hope of Glory presents a timely portrait of veteran congressman and civil rights hero John Lewis that details the life experiences that informed his faith and shaped his practices of non-violent protest.
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Fighting with Love: The Legacy of John Lewis
by Lesa Cline-Ransome
Picture Books, CLINE-RANSOME, LESA. This compelling and brilliantly told story of the pioneering civil rights leader, whose work and legacy lives on, recounts how he walked at the side of his mentor, Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr., and was led by his belief in peaceful action and voting rights.
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Thurgood Marshall: His Speeches, Writings, Arguments, Opinions, and Reminiscences
by Book Author
Hoopla eBook. Much has been written about Thurgood Marshall, but this is the first book to collect his own words. Here are briefs he filed as a lawyer, oral arguments for the landmark school desegregation cases, investigative reports on race riots and racism in the Army, speeches and articles outlining the history of civil rights and criticizing the actions of more conservative jurists, Supreme Court opinions now widely cited in Constitutional law, a long and complete oral autobiography, and much more. Marshall's impact on American race relations was greater than that of anyone else this century, for it was he who ended legal segregation in the United States. His victories as a lawyer for the NAACP broke the color line in housing, transportation, voting, and schools by overturning the long-established separate-but-equal doctrine. But Marshall was attentive to all social inequalities: no Supreme Court justice has ever been more consistent in support of freedom of expression, affirmative action, women's rights, abortion rights, and the right to consensual sex among adults; no justice has ever fought so hard against economic inequality, police brutality, and capital punishment.
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Black Moses: A Saga of Ambition and the Fight for a Black State
by Caleb Gayle
New Biography, MCCABE, EDWARD. In this paradigm-shattering work of American history, Caleb Gayle recounts the extraordinary tale of Edward McCabe, a Black man who championed the audacious idea to create a state within the Union governed by and for Black people -- and the racism, politics, and greed that thwarted him. As the sweeping changes and brief glimpses of hope brought by the Civil War and Reconstruction began to wither, anger at the opportunities available to newly freed Black people were on the rise. As a result, both Blacks and whites searched for new places to settle. That was when Edward McCabe, a Black businessman and a rising political star in the American West, set in motion his plans to found a state within the Union for Black people to live in and govern.
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A Promised Land
by Barack Obama
Biography, OBAMA, BARACK; Hoopla eAudiobook. In the first volume of his presidential memoirs, Barack Obama tells the story of his improbable odyssey from young man searching for his identity to leader of the free world, describing in strikingly personal detail both his political education and the landmark moments of the first term of his historic presidency--a time of dramatic transformation and turmoil.
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Barack Obama: Conservative, Pragmatist, Progressive
by Burton I. Kaufman
Biography, OBAMA, BARACK. This biography of President Barack Obama argues that while the forty-fourth president has often been regarded by journalists and other political observers as a progressive and pragmatist, he was also an economic and social conservative. He believed in free enterprise, self-help, and a vibrant middle class. He sought to open up avenues of opportunity to enter the middle class for those who, for various reasons, including the color of their skin or their place of birth, were not part of it.
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First, Best: Lessons in Leadership and Legacy from Today's Civil Rights Movement
by Steven L. Reed
Biography, REED. The first Black mayor of Montgomery, Alabama, shares his story of making his way in a world that wasn't built for him, drawing on his rich heritage as the son of a civil rights leader. As a proud son of a civil rights leader, Steven L. Reed grew up hearing stories about how his father integrated Montgomery lunch counters and took advice directly from Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. and Reverend Ralph Abernathy. However, it wasn't until Reed was in the fourth grade and received a death threat against his father that he began to understand more fully the importance of the lessons his father was trying to impart. By sharing the story of forging his own path, Reed offers an alternative narrative to Black men coming of age, catalyzing their hope and sense of possibility.
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My Vanishing Country: A Memoir
by Bakari Sellers
Hoopla eBook, Hoopla eAudiobook, The CNN analyst and South Carolina State Representative chronicles the past, present and likely future of the American South, discussing his father’s civil rights heroism and the ignored harsh realities of the black working class.
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Created Equal: Clarence Thomas in His Own Words
by Michael Pack
Hoopla eAudiobook. Although Clarence Thomas remains a controversial figure, few know him beyond his contentious confirmation battle. But beyond the headlines, Thomas' life is a classic American tale; born poor in the segregated South, only to become one of the most influential justices in the highest court in the land.
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The Original Black Elite: Daniel Murray and the Story of a Forgotten Era
by Elizabeth Dowling Taylor
Hoopla eBook, eAudiobook. In this outstanding cultural biography, the author of the New York Times bestseller A Slave in the White House chronicles a critical yet overlooked chapter in American history: the inspiring rise and calculated fall of the Black elite, from Emancipation through Reconstruction to the Jim Crow Era—embodied in the experiences of an influential figure of the time, academic, entrepreneur, and political activist and Black history pioneer Daniel Murray.
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