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25963) Ravelstein
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Abe Ravelstein is a brilliant professor at a prominent midwestern university and a man who glories in training the movers and shakers of the political world. He has lived grandly and ferociously-and much beyond his means. His close friend Chick has suggested that he put forth a book of his convictions about the ideas which sustain humankind, or kill it, and much to Ravelstein's own surprise, he does and becomes a millionaire. Ravelstein suggests in...
25966) Cesar Chavez y La Causa
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A biography of the Mexican American who helped organize farm workers into a powerful union.
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"This first full-length survey of American civil rights "cold cases" examines unsolved racially motivated murders over nearly four decades, beginning in 1934. The author covers all cases reviewed by the federal government to date, as well as a larger number of cases that were ignored without official explanation."--Publisher description.
25970) Scarlett
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"As Scarlett bereaves the sudden death of her ex-sister-in-law, she comes to terms with the dramatic parting of ways with husband Rhett and an overwhelming sense of heartbreak associated with his absence. Resolved to get on with her life, [she] returns to Tara only to discover that Mammy, her mainstay since birth, is gravely ill and nearing death. By means of deception, Scarlett lures Rhett back to say farewell to their mutual friend in an attempt...
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"This treasured collection includes images by legendary photographers such as Henri Cartier-Bresson, Bob Adelman, and Flip Schulke, and is an unparalleled photobiography that presents intimate moments from King's personal and public journey. We see King in all his manifestations-as a new father and doting husband, as a civil rights champion leading racial protests, and as a charismatic speaker preaching electrifying sermons. Triumphant events like...
25974) About Martin Luther King Day
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Presents the history of the holiday named for civil rights leader Martin Luther King, Jr., celebrated on the third Monday of every January.
25975) Aguas sangrientas
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A baby develops an inherited disease which requires a bone-marrow transplant from the mother. But no one knows the mother, the baby having been illegally adopted. PI Lupe Solano, the daughter of upper-class Cuban emigres, agrees to search for her and in the process discovers a racket in babies from Cuba and a murder. A first novel.
25976) Singing for Dr. King
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In 1965, third-grader Sheyann Webb and her friend Rachel West help change America by singing and marching for civil rights with Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. Includes activity ideas for parents and children.
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Tales of the talented tenth volume no. 3
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Tells the true story of Robert Smalls, the enslaved African, who pulled off one of the most daring and largest heists of the Civil War. Learn how Robert earns a job working for the C.S.S. Planter, escapes to freedom, goes on to become a first-generation Black politician, and makes history by writing and leading the passage of legislation that led to the United States' first free and compulsory public school system. -- adapted from Amazon.com.
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