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English
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Today our political order faces new threats, not unlike the totalitarianism of the twentieth century. We are no wiser that the Europeans who saw democracy yield to fascism, Nazism or communism. But one advantage is that we can learn from experience. Timothy Snyder discusses how every American can keep themselves informed in order to resist tyranny.
Author
Publisher
One World
Pub. Date
2020.
Edition
First edition.
Physical Desc
xv, 312 pages ; 22 cm
Language
English
Description
"Coupled with the speed and networking capacities of social media, #blacklivesmatter was the hashtag heard round the world. But Alicia Garza well knew that the distance between a hashtag and real change would take more than a single facebook to cover. It would take a movement. Garza was a lifelong activist who had spent the previous decades educating herself on the hard lessons of organizing. She started as a kid, working on sexual education for her...
Author
Publisher
Simon & Schuster Books for Young Readers
Pub. Date
c2018
Edition
First edition.
Physical Desc
1 voume (unpaged) : color illustrations ; 26 cm.
Language
English
Description
Through lyrically sparse writing, Rob Sanders introduces abstract concepts like "fighting for what you believe in" and turns them into something actionable.
Author
Publisher
Holiday House
Pub. Date
2020.
Edition
First edition.
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 7.7 - AR Pts: 4
Physical Desc
124 pages : illustrations ; 27 cm
Language
English
Description
For over 200 years, people have marched, gone to jail, risked their lives, and even died trying to get the right to vote in the United States. Others, hungry to acquire or hold onto power, have gone to extraordinary lengths to prevent people from casting ballots or outright stolen votes and sometimes entire elections.
Perfect for students who want to know more about voting rights, this nonfiction book contains an extensive view of suffrage from the...
Author
Publisher
Farrar Straus Giroux
Pub. Date
2023.
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 4.7 - AR Pts: 9
Physical Desc
398 pages ; 22 cm.
Language
English
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When sixteen-year-old Sadie, a Black bisexual recluse, develops agoraphobia the summer before her junior year, she relies on her best friend, family, and therapist to overcome her fears.
Publisher
Vintage Books
Pub. Date
2017
Edition
Vintage Books Original.
Physical Desc
258 p. ; 21 cm.
Language
English
Description
Radical Hope is a collection of letters to ancestors, to children five generations from now, to strangers in grocery lines, to any and all who feel weary and discouraged. They are written by award-winning novelists, poets, political thinkers, and activists.
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Series
Publisher
First Second
Pub. Date
2020.
Edition
First edition.
Physical Desc
280 pages : chiefly color illustrations, color maps ; 24 cm.
Language
English
Description
Takes readers behind the scenes--from the sweaty cubicles where senators dial corporate CEOs for dollars, to lavish retreats where billionaires boost their favored candidates, to the map rooms where lawmakers scheme to handpick their voters. It highlights the heroic efforts of those unrigging the system to return power to We the People. -- adapted from back cover.
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Pub. Date
2020.
Language
English
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"Voter suppression has plagued America since its inception, and so has the issue of identity-who is really American and what that means. When tied together, as they are in our modern politics, citizens are harmed in overt, subtle, and even personal ways. Stacey Abrams experienced the effects firsthand, running one of the most unconventional races in modern politics as the Democratic nominee for the governorship in Georgia and the first black woman...