Civil Rights category: 2079 books
by Dr. U.S. Pandey
Language: English
Release Date: June 10, 2011
Language: English
Release Date: June 10, 2011
The book depicts a beautiful picture of the Indian political thought, political life and political thoughts. It studies many great leaders from Valmiki to Manvendra Nath Roy.
Jim Crow's Children
The Broken Promise of the Brown Decision
Language: English
Release Date: January 27, 2004
Peter Irons, acclaimed historian and author of A People History of the Supreme Court, explores of one of the supreme court's most important decisions and its disappointing aftermath
In 1954 the U.S. Supreme Court sounded the death knell for school segregation with its decision in Brown v. Board...
by Kenneth W. Mack
Language: English
Release Date: May 1, 2012
Language: English
Release Date: May 1, 2012
Representing the Race tells the story of African American lawyers who, during the era of segregation, confronted a tension between their racial and professional identities. Their untold stories pose the unsettling question: What, ultimately, does it mean to “represent” a minority group in the give-and-take of American law and politics?
The Shadow Factory
The Ultra-Secret NSA from 9/11 to the Eavesdropping on America
Language: English
Release Date: October 14, 2008
James Bamford has been the preeminent expert on the National Security Agency since his reporting revealed the agency’s existence in the 1980s. Now Bamford describes the transformation of the NSA since 9/11, as the agency increasingly turns its high-tech ears on the American public.
The Shadow...
by Bertil Lintner
Language: English
Release Date: June 12, 2014
Language: English
Release Date: June 12, 2014
One of Asia’s longest running communist insurrections ended on the night of April 16, 1989. Its cessation was not the outcome of a successful government offensive or of a generous amnesty policy, but of an all-out mutiny within the rank-and-file of the Communist Party of Burma (CPB). That night,...
The Speech
The Story Behind Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.s Dream
Language: English
Release Date: August 12, 2013
Published to coincide with the 50th anniversary of Martin Luther King's "I Have a Dream" speech on August 28, 1963.
Many know of the speech but few know the history that surrounds it.
Groups that Martin Luther King stood in firm opposition against—like the US Air Force—have...
by Daniel Hunter
Language: English
Release Date: July 31, 2015
Language: English
Release Date: July 31, 2015
Expanding on the call to action in Michelle Alexander's acclaimed best-seller, The New Jim Crow, this accessible organizing guide puts tools in your hands to help you and your group understand how to make meaningful, effective change. Learn about your role in movement-building and how to pick and build...
Loving
Interracial Intimacy in America and the Threat to White Supremacy
Language: English
Release Date: June 6, 2017
How interracial love and marriage changed history, and may soon alter the landscape of American politics.
Loving beyond boundaries is a radical act that is changing America. When Mildred and Richard Loving wed in 1958, they were ripped from their shared bed and taken to court. Their crime:...
by Bill Warner
Language: English
Release Date: September 17, 2010
Language: English
Release Date: September 17, 2010
The Islamic Doctrine of Women The role of women in Islam is very different than in our civilization. According to the will of Allah, women are to be subjugated to men in all things. They must lead their lives according to a doctrine that is based on the dictates of the Koran and how Mohammed treated...
Thomas Jefferson's Qur'an
Islam and the Founders
Language: English
Release Date: October 1, 2013
In this original and illuminating book, Denise A. Spellberg reveals a little-known but crucial dimension of the story of American religious freedom—a drama in which Islam played a surprising role. In 1765, eleven years before composing the Declaration of Independence, Thomas Jefferson bought a Qur’an....
TIME Marijuana Goes Mainstreet
A Booming Business - Your Brain on Pot - Legalization Marches On
Language: English
Release Date: April 14, 2017
Welcome to the end of the war on pot. With more landmark legislation in 2016, marijuana has continued its march toward legalization and normalization, 29 states having gone medically legal. In this updated adaptation, based on Bruce Barcott's groundbreaking book Weed the People, we look at some of...
No Justice
One White Police Officer, One Black Family, and How One Bullet Ripped Us Apart
Language: English
Release Date: January 9, 2018
The harrowing true story of Robbie Tolan, a young black man who was shot in the chest by a white police officer . . . in his own driveway.
NO JUSTICE is the harrowing story of Robbie Tolan, who early on one New Year's Eve morning, found himself being rushed to the hospital. A white police officer...
by Nathan McCall
Language: English
Release Date: January 16, 2009
Language: English
Release Date: January 16, 2009
With the same personal authority and exhilarating directness he brought to his account of his passage from a prison cell to the newsroom of The Washington Post, Nathan McCall delivers a series of front-line reports on the state of the races in today's America. The resulting volume is guaranteed...
by Dan Savage
Language: English
Release Date: September 30, 2003
Language: English
Release Date: September 30, 2003
In Skipping Towards Gomorrah, Dan Savage eviscerates the right-wing conservatives as he commits each of the Seven Deadly Sins himself (or tries to) and finds those everyday Americans who take particular delight in their sinful pursuits. Among them:
Greed: Gamblers reveal secrets behind outrageous...