Civil Rights category: 2079 books
Sexual Minorities and Politics
An Introduction
Language: English
Release Date: November 5, 2015
The political representation and involvement of sexual minorities in the United States has been highly contested and fiercely debated. As recent legislative and judicial victories create inroads towards equality for this growing population, members and advocates of these minorities navigate evolving...
One Person, No Vote
How Voter Suppression Is Destroying Our Democracy
Language: English
Release Date: September 11, 2018
Finalist for the PEN/John Kenneth Galbraith Award for Nonfiction
Longlisted for the National Book Award in Nonfiction
Named one of the Best Books of the Year by:
Washington Post * Boston Globe * NPR* Bustle * BookRiot * New York Public Library
From the award-winning, New York Times bestselling...
White Identity
Racial Consciousness in the 21st Century
Language: English
Release Date: May 19, 2011
Ten years in the making, this book is the sequel to Jared Taylor's seminal Paved With Good Intentions. In White Identity, Taylor systematically marshals the data to show that:
People of all races pay lip service to the ideal of integration but generally prefer to remain apart.
Study after scientific...
by Corbett Joan OToole, Elizabeth Grace
Language: English
Release Date: June 9, 2015
Language: English
Release Date: June 9, 2015
Uncovering stories about disability history and life, OToole shares her firsthand account of some of the most dramatic events in Disability History, and gives voice to those too often yet left out. From the 504 Sit-in and the founding of the Center for Independent Living in Berkeley, to the Disability...
When We Rise
My Life in the Movement
Language: English
Release Date: November 29, 2016
**2017 LAMBDA LITERARY AWARD WINNER
The partial inspiration for the ABC television mini-series!**
"You could read Cleve Jones's book because you should know about the struggle for gay, lesbian, and transgender rights from one of its key participants--maybe heroes--but really, you...
Citizen Lane
Defending Our Rights in the Courts, the Capitol, and the Streets
Language: English
Release Date: June 1, 2012
A fascinating memoir . . . well documented, dramatic, and brilliantly crafted.” -Robert K. Tanenbaum, first deputy counsel, congressional investigation committee on JFK assassination Freedom Rider, friend of Eleanor Roosevelt, Dick Gregory’s vice-presidential running mate, legal defense...
The People's Victory
Stories from the Front Lines in the Fight for Marriage Equality
Language: English
Release Date: August 15, 2017
"“The People’s Victory is a mirror for each of us to see our own power to fight for justice and create the change we want to see in our world.” – Gavin Newsom, Lieutenant Governor of California
In 1996, a small group of Americans from all walks of life banded together to create...
The Case of Mumia Abu-Jamal
A Life in the Balance
Language: English
Release Date: January 4, 2011
Mumia Abu-Jamal has been incarcerated on Pennsylvania's death row for over two decades. His case has generated more controversy and received more attention, both national and international, than that of any other inmate currently under sentence of death in the United States of America.
Mumia Abu Jamal,...
"Ever Bold to Battle Wrong"
Black Liberation Pedagogy and Reflections on American Transitional Justice
Language: English
Release Date: February 2, 2006
We are rising, - all are rising. The black and white together!
--The Little Black Boy of Atlanta
Advocating for restorative justice; racial harmony and reconciliation constitute Howard Universitys vision for a better society. Since 1867, Howards leaders have come from diverse backgrounds--theologians,...
Thomas Paine on Liberty
Common Sense and Other Writings
Language: English
Release Date: February 1, 2011
Thomas Paine is most famous for writing Common Sense, a pamphlet distributed during the American Revolution advocating for colonial America’s independence from Great Britain. Now, collected here in a beautiful gift book volume are excerpts from this important historical American document, as well...
The Caged Virgin
An Emancipation Proclamation for Women and Islam
Language: English
Release Date: May 2, 2006
Muslims who explore sources of morality other than Islam are threatened with death, and Muslim women who escape the virgins' cage are branded whores. So asserts Ayaan Hirsi Ali's profound meditation on Islam and the role of women, the rights of the individual, the roots of fanaticism, and Western...
Czech Out Charter 77
Czech Out Book Series
Language: English
Release Date: July 20, 2017
The Czech Out book series tells stories about everything and everyone Czech,from Bohemian landmarks to notable figures. In this specific edition, we are looking at Charter 77. Charter 77 was a petition drawn up by Czechoslovakian writers and intellectuals. It demanded that the Communist government...
Gay Marriage
The Story of a Canadian Social Revolution
Language: English
Release Date: June 27, 2012
A history of the fight for same-sex marriage in Canada.
Few issues have dominated recent Canadian politics like the legalization of same-sex marriage.
As a political correspondent for The Canadian Press, Sylvain Larocque had a front-row seat for this battle in the fight for gay rights in Canada....
The Basic Writings of John Stuart Mill
On Liberty, The Subjection of Women and Utilitarianism
Language: English
Release Date: November 10, 2010
The writings of John Stuart Mill have become the cornerstone of political liberalism. Collected for the first time in this volume are Mill’s three seminal and most widely read works: On Liberty, The Subjection of Women, and Utilitarianism. A brilliant defense of individual rights versus the power...