Marc Aronson
Author
Publisher
Candlewick Press
Pub. Date
2020.
Language
English
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"“The Rights of Man.” What does that mean? In 1789 that question rippled all around the world. Do all men have rights—not just nobles and kings? What then of enslaved people, women, the original inhabitants of the Americas? In the new United States a bill of rights was passed, while in France the nation tumbled toward revolution. In the Caribbean preachers brought word of equality, while in the South Pacific sailors mutinied. New knowledge...
Author
Publisher
Ginee seo Books/Atheneum Books for Young Readers
Pub. Date
[2007]
Language
English
Description
Race. You know it at a glance: he's black; she's white. They're Asian; we're Latino. Racism. I'm better; she's worse. Those people do those kinds of things. We all know it's wrong to make these judgments, but they come faster than thought. Why? Where did those feelings come from? Why are they so powerful?
Author
Publisher
Clarion Books
Pub. Date
[2004]
Language
English
Description
Looks at how the lives of John Winthrop, governor of Massachusetts, and Oliver Cromwell, Lord Protector of the Puritan Commonwealth in England, were intertwined at a time of conflict between church and state and between Native and European Americans.
4) Poisoned water: how the citizens of Flint, Michigan, fought for their lives and warned the nation
Author
Publisher
Bloomsbury Children's Books, Bloomsbury Publishing Inc., part of Bloomsbury Publishing Plc
Pub. Date
2020.
Language
English
Description
Flint, Michigan had been built up, then abandoned, by General Motors. In 2014, as part of a plan to save money, government officials decided that Flint would temporarily switch its water supply from Lake Huron to the Flint River. Within months, many residents broke out in rashes. Children stopped growing. Some people were hospitalized with mysterious illnesses; others died. Despite the murky, foul-smelling liquid pouring from the city's faucets, officials...
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