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Beacon Press
Language
English
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"A story of fighting to belong in a world that wasn't built for all of us and of one woman's activism--from the streets of Brooklyn and San Francisco to inside the halls of Washington--[this book] recounts Judy Heumann's lifelong battle to achieve respect, acceptance, and inclusion in society"--Provided by publisher
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English
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"In her memoir, Power offers an urgent response to the question "What can one person do?"--and a call for a clearer eye, a kinder heart, and a more open and civil hand in our politics and daily lives. The Education of an Idealist traces Power's distinctly American journey from immigrant to war correspondent to presidential Cabinet official." -- From Amazon.com summary.
4) Helen Keller
Author
Series
Little people big dreams volume 84
Publisher
Frances Lincoln Children's Books
Pub. Date
2022.
Language
English
Description
Simple text and illustrations look at the life of Helen Keller.
Author
Publisher
Public Affairs
Pub. Date
2005.
Language
English
Description
A memoir by one of the founders of Helsinki Watch, which evolved into Human Rights Watch, offers a look at the beginnings of the human rights movement and portraits of the courageous activists and dissidents who worked alongside her.
Author
Publisher
Skyhorse Pub
Pub. Date
[2011]
Language
English
Description
James C. Hormel--a man who grew up feeling different, not only because his family built the SPAM meatpacking "empire" and lived in the only mansion in his small Midwestern town, but because he was gay at a time when homosexuality was not mentioned, let alone accepted. Outwardly, he tried to live up to the life his parents wanted for him--he was a successful professional, married to a lovely woman, and father of five children--but as the 1960s reshaped...
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English
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"Drawing from his own experiences, DeRay Mckesson, the civil rights activist and organizer, offers ways for all Americans to work to dismantle the legacy of racism and to take responsibility for imagining and building a better world"--
"We have never been the voiceless, proclaims activist DeRay Mckesson, we have been the unheard. And the message that must now be heard is that inequality is neither hardwired nor inevitable. We have a system that was...
8) The rebel and the kingdom: the true story of the secret mission to overthrow the North Korean regime
Author
Publisher
Crown
Pub. Date
[2022]
Language
English
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"A gripping account of an Ivy League activist-turned-fugitive and his clandestine effort to subvert the North Korean regime, a heart-pounding tale of a self-taught operative and his high-stakes attempt to change the world. In the early 2000s, Adrian Hong was a soft-spoken Yale undergraduate looking for his place in the world. After reading a harrowing account of life inside North Korea, he realized he had found a cause so pressing that he was ready...
Author
Publisher
Spiegel & Grau
Pub. Date
[2019]
Language
English
Description
"Human rights lawyer Shannon Sedgwick Davis runs the Bridgeway Foundation, whose stated mission is to end mass atrocities around the world. When she spoke to survivors of warlord Joseph Kony's brutal attacks across Central Africa, she knew she would fight to ensure every mother there had the right that she had, to sing their children to sleep at night and trust that they will be safe til morning. When nations had failed to shield families in danger,...
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