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Author
Publisher
Downtown Bookworks
Pub. Date
[2019]
Language
English
Description
"Little ones who love to say "No!" can chime in while they learn about iconic activists from Frederick Douglass and Alice Paul to Martin Luther King Jr. and Malala. Each spread introduces an iconic figure--such as Gloria Steinem or Cesar Chavez--along with a super simple summary of the actions they took to change the course of history. Activists of all ages will learn about the abolitionist movement, civil rights, women's rights, and more! Detailed,...
Author
Publisher
WordSong, an imprint of Highlights
Pub. Date
[2014]
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 6 - AR Pts: 2
Language
English
Description
Six fictional characters, in cycles of linked poems, relate their memories of the historic day in 1963 when more than 250,000 people from across the United States joined together to march on Washington, D.C., calling for civil and economic rights for African Americans.
Author
Pub. Date
2019.
Language
English
Description
"When Governor Terry McAuliffe hung up the phone on the afternoon of the violent Unite the Right rally in Charlottesville, he was sure Donald Trump would do the right thing as president: condemn the white supremacists who'd descended on the college town and who'd caused McAuliffe to declare a state of emergency that morning. He didn't. Instead Trump declared there was 'hatred, bigotry and violence on many sides.' Trump was condemned from many sides...
51) Protest with Chinese characteristics: demonstrations, riots, and petitions in the Mid-Qing Dynasty
Author
Publisher
Columbia University Press
Pub. Date
c2011
Language
English
Author
Publisher
Lerner Publications Co
Pub. Date
[1997]
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 7 - AR Pts: 3
Lexile measure
970L
Language
English
Description
Examines the problem of child labor during the early twentieth century, focusing on a protest march from Philadelphia to New York City in 1903 by a group of child textile workers led by Mother Jones.
Publisher
Screen Media Films
Pub. Date
[2009]
Language
English
Description
November, 1999. A peaceful demonstration to stop the World Trade Oraganization talks quickly escalates into a full-scale riot, and soon a State of Emergency is declared by the Mayor of Seattle. The streets are mayhem, and the WTO is paralyzed. Caught in the crossfire of civil liberties and keeping the peace are Seattle residents, including its beleaguered mayor, a SWAT riot officer on the streets and his pregnant wife. The choices they all make will...
Author
Pub. Date
[2021]
Language
English
Description
Inspired by actual events, this novel offers a fascinating account of a crucial but little-remembered moment in American history that follows three courageous women who bravely risked their lives and liberty in the fight to win the vote.
Alice Paul returns to New Jersey after several years on the front lines of the suffrage movement in Great Britain, determined to invigorate the stagnant suffrage movement in her homeland. Nine states have already...
Publisher
Artisan
Pub. Date
[2017]
Language
English
Description
"On January 21, 2017, over 5 million people in 673 cities around the globe gathered in solidarity for the Women's March, carrying signs that shone with unwavering hope and determination and demanded the protection of women's rights, opposed the newly inaugurated U.S. president, and championed equality and justice for all. Why We March presents more than 300 of the most powerful, uplifting, clever, and creative signs from these marches. 'Nasty Women...
57) Walkout
Publisher
HBO Video
Pub. Date
[2006]
Language
English
Description
An idealistic honor student organizes a multi-school walkout to protest unfair treatment of Mexican Americans by the East Los Angeles public school system. Based on a true story.
Author
Publisher
Lawrence Hill Books
Pub. Date
[2020]
Language
English
Description
"Award-winning broadcast journalist Karen Gray Houston tells the story of the key roles played by her father, Thomas Gray, and her uncle, Fred D. Gray, in the historic Montgomery bus boycott, the action that kick-started the civil rights movement"--
