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African American politicians & civil rights activists

Discusses the lives and accomplishments of a number of African American politicians and civil rights activists.

Locking up our own

crime and punishment in black America
"An original and consequential argument about race, crime, and the law today, Americans are debating our criminal justice system with new urgency. Mass incarceration and aggressive police tactics--and their impact on people of color--are feeding outrage and a consensus that something must be done. But what if we only know half the story? In Locking Up Our Own, the Yale legal scholar and former public defender James Forman Jr. weighs the tragic role that some African Americans themselves played in escalating the war on crime. As Forman shows, the first substantial cohort of black mayors, judges, and police chiefs took office around the country amid a surge in crime. Many came to believe that tough measures--such as stringent drug and gun laws and "pretext traffic stops" in poor African American neighborhoods--were needed to secure a stable future for black communities. Some politicians and activists saw criminals as a "cancer" that had to be cut away from the rest of black America. Others supported harsh measures more reluctantly, believing they had no other choice in the face of a public safety emergency. Drawing on his experience as a public defender and focusing on Washington, D.C., Forman writes with compassion for individuals trapped in terrible dilemmas--from the young men and women he defended to officials struggling to cope with an impossible situation. The result is an original view of our justice system as well as a moving portrait of the human beings caught in its coils."--.
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Distinguished African American political and governmental leaders

Contains alphabetically arranged entries that profile the lives of 104 African-American men and women from the early nineteenth century to 1998 who have distinguished themselves in public office, whether by election or appointment.
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Go and tell Pharaoh

the autobiography of the Reverend Al Sharpton
Autobiography of the Reverend Al Sharpton in which he discusses his preaching, his activism on behalf of his race, and his recent resolve to quit trying to solve racial problems on a case by case basis and become proactive, entering the political arena.
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Street fight

A documentary film detailing the thirty-two-year-old Cory Booker, a Yale Law School graduate, following his election as mayor of Newark, New Jersey in 2002, and details how he fought in Newark's neighborhoods and housing projects, the election pits the young challenger against an old style political machine.

The amazing age of John Roy Lynch

A picture book biography of John Roy Lynch, one of the first African-Americans elected into the United States Congress.

Al Sharpton

Looks at the life of civil rights leader Al Sharpton.

Politicians

Looks at the history of outstanding African Americans in their careers, focusing on politicians.

African American Politicians & Civil Rights Activists

2018
Through centuries of suffering, slavery, inequality, discrimination, segregation, and racist violence, African Americans have endured, resisted, fought, and, increasingly over time, won many battles. These victories were propelled by a groundswell of grassroots action, but they were also motivated and organized by courageous and inspirational leadership. Journalists, abolitionists, educators, religious leaders, politicians, judges, and even schoolchildren showed the world a better way forward and led the way down the very difficult road to greater equality, freedom, and civil rights. This collection profiles the leading lights in the struggle for freedom and equality, including MLK, Coretta Scott King, Malcolm X, Marcus Garvey, W.E.B. DuBois, Harriet Tubman, Ida B. Wells, and Ruby Bridges, among many others.
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Barack Obama

first African-American president
2016
This book tells the story of Barack Obama from the time of his birth in Hawaii to becoming the first African-American president of the United States. Readers will learn about his family, where he grew up, and how he came to be our nation's 44th president.
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