Civil Rights category: 2079 books
Aaron Henry of Mississippi
Inside Agitator
Language: English
Release Date: July 15, 2015
Winner of the 2016 Lillian Smith Book Award
When Aaron Henry returned home to Mississippi from World War II service in 1946, he was part of wave of black servicemen who challenged the racial status quo. He became a pharmacist through the GI Bill, and as a prominent citizen, he organized a hometown...
Cesar Chavez
Hope for the People
Language: English
Release Date: July 11, 2012
The son of poor Mexican Americans, Cesar Chavez grew up in grinding poverty. In 1962, he set out to do what many before him had tried and failed to do -- organize a trade union for farm workers. With courage and determination, he transformed the plight of the workers into an international cause.
The Life of an Activist
In the Frontlines 24/7
Language: English
Release Date: August 15, 2013
The Life of an Activist is a non-fiction narrative that describes key steps on how to become and evolve into an effective activist and community leader. The book describes social movements and provides useful advice on how to successfully manage non-profits to accomplish positive social change that...
by Hussain Namous
Language: English
Release Date: October 17, 2015
Language: English
Release Date: October 17, 2015
A book explaining the dynamics of racism and people of color.
Oil, power and a sign of hope
Of corporations and the human right to clean water
Language: English
Release Date: April 20, 2016
"Mercedes AMG Petronas F1-Team”is the official name of the team that has been operated in the Formula 1 competition since the 2010 season by Germany’s Daimler AG, one of the world’s leading manufacturers of automobiles. The "Petronas” forming part of the racing team’s name is also...
ENOCH POWELL
The Patriotic Prophet
Language: English
Release Date: May 30, 2013
Enoch Powell has been called, 'The Greatest Prime Minister Britain never had. In the sixties and seventies Enoch warned through a series of prophetic speeches the dangers that lied ahead for a Multi-Racial Britain. His most famous 'Rivers of blood' speech showed a man with an insight into the...
by Michael K. Honey
Language: English
Release Date: February 7, 2011
Language: English
Release Date: February 7, 2011
The definitive history of the epic struggle for economic justice that became Martin Luther King Jr.'s last crusade.
Memphis in 1968 was ruled by a paternalistic "plantation mentality" embodied in its good-old-boy mayor, Henry Loeb. Wretched conditions, abusive white supervisors, poor...
The Dream
Martin Luther King, Jr., and the Speech that Inspired a Nation
Language: English
Release Date: October 13, 2009
On August 28, 1963, Martin Luther King, Jr., electrified the nation when he delivered his "I Have a Dream" speech from the steps of the Lincoln Memorial. In The Dream, Drew D. Hansen explores the fascinating and little-known history of King's legendary address. The Dream insightfully considers...
Saving Nelson Mandela:The Rivonia Trial and the Fate of South Africa
The Rivonia Trial and the Fate of South Africa
Language: English
Release Date: January 12, 2012
When South Africa's apartheid government charged Nelson Mandela with planning its overthrow in 1963, most observers feared that he would be sentenced to death. But the support he and his fellow activists in the African National Congress received during his trial not only saved his life, but also enabled...
Piety & Politics
The Right-Wing Assault on Religious Freedom
Language: English
Release Date: October 3, 2006
The Reverend Barry Lynn explains why the Religious Right has it all wrong.
In the wake of the 2004 presidential election, the Religious Right insisted that George Bush had been handed a mandate for an ideology-based social agenda, including the passage of a “marriage amendment” to ban same-sex...
To Protect and Serve
How to Fix America's Police
Language: English
Release Date: June 7, 2016
American policing is in crisis. The last decade witnessed a vast increase in police aggression, misconduct, and militarization, along with a corresponding reduction in transparency and accountability. Nowhere is this more noticeable and painful than in African American and other ethnic minority communities....
Policing Ferguson, Policing America
What Really Happened—and What the Country Can Learn from It
Language: English
Release Date: July 25, 2017
The shooting of Michael Brown sparked a national debate on race relations and law enforcement. Here is the insider’s account you never saw in the media.
Following the fatal shooting in broad daylight of unarmed African American Michael Brown by a white cop in August 2014, Ferguson, Missouri...
The End of America
Letter of Warning to a Young Patriot
Language: English
Release Date: September 5, 2007
In a stunning indictment of the Bush administration and Congress, best-selling author Naomi Wolf lays out her case for saving American democracy. In authoritative research and documentation Wolf explains how events of the last six years parallel steps taken in the early years of the 20th century’s...
by Emmeline Pankhurst
Language: English
Release Date: March 15, 2019
Language: English
Release Date: March 15, 2019
Emmeline Pankhurst was the most well known of the activists striving for the right for women to vote in the early twentieth century.
This book is her story. It was first published in 1914 at the start of the First World War and before women received enfranchisement. In the text Mrs Pankhurst...