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Author
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 10.9 - AR Pts: 24
Language
English
Description
Senator Obama calls for a different brand of politics--a politics for those weary of bitter partisanship and alienated by the "endless clash of armies" we see in Congress and on the campaign trail; a politics rooted in the faith, inclusiveness, and nobility of spirit at the heart of our democracy. He explores those forces--from the fear of losing, to the perpetual need to raise money, to the power of the media--that can stifle even the best-intentioned...
Series
House document volume 108-224
Publisher
U.S. G.P.O
Pub. Date
2008.
Language
English
Description
From the publisher: Provides a comprehensive history of the more than 120 African Americans who have served in the United States Congress. Written for a general audience, this book contains a profile of each African-American Member, including notables such as Hiram Revels, Joseph Rainey, Oscar De Priest, Adam Clayton Powell, Shirley Chisholm, Gus Hawkins, and Barbara Jordan. Individual profiles are introduced by contextual essays that explain major...
Author
Publisher
Harper, an imprint of HarperCollinsPublishers
Pub. Date
[2020]
Language
English
Description
A memoir by the late Congressman details how his experiences as a sharecroppers' son in volatile South Baltimore shaped his life in activism, explaining how government oversight can become a positive part of a just American collective.
Publisher
Paramount Pictures
Pub. Date
[2009]
Language
English
Description
60 Minutes tracks the rise of Barack Obama from Senator to President with behind-the-scenes access over a two-year period. Contains material from six separate broadcast segments, and includes major public appearances and speeches.
Author
Series
Publisher
Penguin Workshop
Language
English
Description
"Starting in the 1960s, John Lewis began his activism alongside civil rights legend and good friend Martin Luther King Jr. He participated in many now-historic events, including the 1963 March on Washington, the Freedom Rides, and the Selma to Montgomery marches across the Edmund Pettus Bridge. John continued his impactful career when he was elected to the House of Representatives in 1986. He went on to serve seventeen terms until his death in 2020....
10) Barack Obama
Series
Publisher
A & E Television Networks
Pub. Date
[2009]
Language
English
Description
Follow Obama from his early childhood in Hawaii and Indonesia, through his teenage struggles for self-identity, his student days at Columbia University and Harvard Law School, and his political career in Chicago. Go behind the scenes of Obama's extraordinarily successful presidential campaign and his journey to the 2008 Democratic Convention, and finally his election as president.
11) Run: Book one
Author
Publisher
Abrams ComicArts
Pub. Date
2021.
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG+ - BL: 5.6 - AR Pts: 1
Lexile measure
GN 940L
Language
English
Description
"From the #1 New York Times bestselling, graphic novel series March comes the continuation of the life story of John Lewis and the struggles seen across the United States after the Civil Rights Movement. For John Lewis, the Civil Rights Movement as he knew it ended with the signing of the Voting Rights Act in 1965, but his struggle in the following years echo many of the same questions of civil rights and equality that are being asked today. The movement...
Author
Series
Publisher
OTTN Pub
Pub. Date
[2007]
Language
English
Description
Profiles the Harvard Law School graduate, legislator, and civil rights lawyer who is known for his work on voting rights and employment discrimination cases and who, in 2007, declared that he would run for president of the United States.
Author
Language
English
Appears on list
Description
"An eye-opening odyssey through the South's past, present, and future that is a moving and gripping tribute to America's forgotten rural working-class black folks. The small town of Denmark was once a thriving hub of South Carolina's idyllic Low Country. Yet today, this majority African-American town with a population of 3,500 is emblematic of the "Forgotten South"--Small communities of color stretching from Appalachia to the Sunbelt. For CNN political...
17) Barack Obama
Author
Series
Publisher
Enslow Elementary
Pub. Date
[2008]
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 3.8 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Description
A simple biography of Barack Obama, a U.S. senator from Illinois, discussing his childhood, ethnic background, family, and career in politics.
Author
Publisher
Cambridge University Press
Pub. Date
2011
Language
English
Description
"Race matters in Congress. This book argues that although electing black legislators yields meaningful outcomes in the lives of African-American voters in the United States, drawing affirmative action districts does not impact policy outcomes for black constituents"--
"The symbolic importance of Barack Obama's election is without question. But beyond symbolism, does the election of African-American politicians matter? Grose argues that it does and...
19) Barack Obama
Author
Series
Publisher
Gareth Stevens Pub
Pub. Date
[2009]
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4.7 - AR Pts: 1
Lexile measure
720L
Language
English
Description
Few people had even heard of Barack Obama before 2004. But one powerful speech in Boston changed all that for the Illinois senator.
20) Barack Obama
Author
Series
Publisher
Weigl Publishers
Pub. Date
[2009]
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 6 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Description
A brief biography of President Barack Obama that describes his childhood, educational background, political accomplishments, personal setbacks, and other related topics.
