Brief biographies of seven women whose philosophies and actions have had great impact on American society. Included are Sarah Moore Grimk?, Harriet Tubman, Elizabeth Cady Stanton, Mother Jones, Charlotte Perkins Gilman, Anna Louise Strong, and Dorothy Day.
Seventeen-year-old Ben, living in a trailer park with his unemployed father and younger brother David, becomes involved in a violent white supremacy hate group operating in their small Montana town, but with the help of new girlfriend Eden, and a growing friendship with a local "rich kid, " Ben begins to see the error in his thinking and tries to save his brother before it is too late.
Discusses extremist groups in the U.S., such as American jihadists, abortion oppositionists, white supremacists, eco-terrorists, and others, and covers issues about the rights of these groups and related court cases, and provides a timeline.
In turn-of-the-century London, an undercover, counter-revolutionary mole provokes a radical group he has penetrated into an act of violence that will bring about its own destruction.
Contains 290 alphabetically arranged entries that describe the history, activities, and beliefs of active and influential extremists and extremist groups since 1980, including the Irish Republican Army, Osama Bin Laden, and the Skinhead Movement, and includes a chronology of terrorist events from 1858 to 2004.
Biography of political radical Abbie Hoffman, examining his childhood, marriages, involvement in the civil rights and student protest movements of the 1960s, legal trials, and his death by suicide.
Details, in graphic form, the Reconstruction era of United States history, discussing radical Republicans, race riots, the Freedmen's Bureau, carpetbaggers, and other related topics.
The history of social activism in the 1960s and the early 1970s including the Chicago Democratic Convention, the Freedom Rides, and the Wounded Knee demonstration.
