civil rights

Reverend F.D. Reese was a leader of the Voting Rights Movement in Selma, Alabama. As a teacher and principal, he recognized that his colleagues were viewed with great respect in the city. Could he convince them to risk their jobs--and perhaps their lives--by organizing a teachers-only march to the county courthouse to demand their right to vote? On January 22, 1965, the Black teachers left their classrooms and did just that, with Reverend Reese leading the way. Noted nonfiction authors Sandra Neil Wallace and Rich Wallace conducted the last interviews with Reverend Reese before his death in 2018 and interviewed several teachers and their family members in order to tell this story, which is especially important today.

In graphic novel format looks at how in March 2, 1955, African American teenage Claudette Colvin refused to give up a seat on a bus in segregation-era Montgomery, Alabama.

"Started as a hashtag after the death of Trayvon Martin, Black Lives Matter has become one of the most significant protest movements of our time. See how its activists and demonstrators have changed the course of history"--.

"The rights of a nation's citizens are civil rights. In the 1950s and 1960s, Black Americans organized a movement to demand these rights, including equal education, the right to vote, and many other freedoms. This . . . volume takes readers through the key events of the movement, including its victories and disappointments. Central figures such as Martin Luther King, Jr. and Malcolm X are featured, and a timeline helps readers understand the movement's progression"--Provided by publisher.

A timeline that introduces readers to many critical events in the civil rights movement, discussing ongoing issues of discrimination against African Americans, Muslims, and LBGTQ+ people; the War on Drugs; the September 11th Terrorist Attacks and the Patriot Act; the Black Lives Matter movement, and more.

Liberalism is the political philosophy of equal persons - yet liberalism has refused equality to those it saw as sub-persons. Liberalism is the creed of fairness - yet liberalism has been complicit with European imperialism and African slavery. Liberalism is the classic ideology of Enlightenment and political transparency - yet liberalism has cast a dark veil over its actual racist past and present. In sum, liberalism's promise of equal rights has historically been denied to blacks and other people of color. In Black Rights/White Wrongs: The Critique of Racial Liberalism, political philosopher Charles Mills challenges mainstream accounts that ignore this history and its current legacy in self-conceived liberal polities today.

"The Savvy Ally: A Guide for Becoming a Skilled LGBTQ+ Advocate is an enjoyable, humorous, encouraging, easy to understand guidebook for being an ally to the LGBTQ+ communities"--.

Annotated quotes from legal experts and activists provide additional information about the connection between student rights and student activism.

"A[n] . . . illustrated children's book about the fight for queer rights. . . [covering] Stonewall, . . . the impassioned speeches of bold activists Karl Ulrichs and Audre Lorde and the birth of Pride and queer pop culture. [This] . . . middle grade children's book charts the dramatic rise of the LGBTQ+ rights movement, and celebrates the courageous individuals who stood up and demanded recognition"--Provided by publisher.

Presents information on the Civil Rights Movement in the United States between 1954 and 1968, focusing on events and figures from African American history.