Search Results: Returned 14 Results, Displaying Titles 1 - 14
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Primary Call No: B Availability:1 of 1 At Location(s) Summary Note: America Ferrera is a star on and off the screen. From winning an Emmy at only 22 years of age for a groundbreaking role as Latina fashionista and beauty-on-the-inside Betty, to flying through the skies atop the dragon in How to Train Your Dragon, you might think being a successful actor would be enough for America. But that's just the tip of the iceberg for this powerful woman. Her work offscreen to stand up for the rights of women, immigrants, and children is just as spectacular. And this star still has a lot of life to live. Learn all about America's spectacular journey as an actor, activist, and more.
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-- Black and whitec2011., Calkins Creek Call No: 305.89 Bri Edition: 1st ed. Availability:1 of 1 At Location(s) Summary Note: Examines the history of the civil rights battle fought between Reverend Fred L. Shuttlesworth and Eugene "Bull" Connor in the 1950s and 1960s. Explores the lives of both men, Fred a young black preacher and Bull an old white commissioner, utilizing dozens of photographs from the era, FBI files, and archived newspapers detailing the events of the riots that took place in Birmingham, Alabama, incited by these two men.
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By Pezzi, Bryanc2007, Juvenile, Weigl Call No: B Availability:1 of 1 At Location(s) Series Title: Remarkable CanadiansSummary Note: Examines the life and achievements of Craig Kielburger, a young Canadian who was inspired by a newspaper story about a child laborer in Pakistan to start Free the Children, an organization through which young people can help needy children around the world.
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Call No: Biography WATSON Availability:1 of 1 At Location(s) Summary Note: Meet talented actress Emma Watson! In this title, readers will follow Watson's career from her smash debut in Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone through Beauty and the Beast. Her charitable work with organizations such as the United Nations is included. Table of contents, map, "Did You Know" fact boxes, a "Snapshot" graphic with vital information, glossary, and index are included. Aligned to Common Core Standards and correlated to state standards. Big Buddy Books is an imprint of Abdo Publishing, a division of ABDO.
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-- Gen Z kids who are changing the world2020., Pre-adolescent, Andrews McMeel Pub. Call No: 361.2 ALE Availability:1 of 1 At Location(s) Summary Note: "[This book] showcases Gen Z activists who are fighting for change on many fronts: climate change, LGBTQ rights, awareness and treatment of mental illness, gun control, gender equality, and corruption in business and government at the highest levels"--OCLC.
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c2010, Crabtree Pub. Co. Call No: 323 Availability:1 of 1 At Location(s) Series Title: Get involved!Summary Note: In many countries, people do not receive basic rights, such as the right to freedom of expression or the right to equality. This clearly written book examines the history of human rights, and how everyone is entitled to basic human rights, regardless of their age, race, religion, gender, abilities, or political beliefs. Learn how activists have fought for a human rights declaration at the United Nations, and how activists often suffer for their beliefs.
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c1996., G.P. Putnam's Sons Call No: 323 Availability:1 of 1 At Location(s) Summary Note: Narrates personal testimonies of men and women who have experienced human rights abuses and presents accounts of human rights workers and of Human Rights Watch.
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By O'Shei, Timc2002., Pre-adolescent, MyReportLinks.com Call No: B CARTER Availability:1 of 1 At Location(s) Series Title: Presidents.Summary Note: Explores the career and influences of the president who worked to preserve wildlife and national parks and to establish peace among conflicting nations. Includes Internet links to Web sites, source documents, and photographs related to Jimmy Carter.
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[2021]., Adolescent, Inkyard Press Call No: Realistic Fic Moulite Availability:1 of 1 At Location(s)Click here to view Summary Note: When Kezi Smith loses her life after an encounter with police at a Black Lives Matter protest, her sister Happi questions the media's portrayal of a sister she was never really close to. Pressed by her older sister and other friends, Happi joins a road trip along Route 66 to commemorate the memory of her sister, stopping at historical black safe houses noted in the "Negro Motorist Green Book." The journey prompts Happi and the other women to grieve, ponder personal ways to remember Kezi, and reflect on the scope and history of racial injustice.
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Ã2006., Penguin Books Call No: MEMOIR NF RUS Availability:1 of 1 At Location(s) Summary Note: Paul Rusesabagina recounts the story of his life, describing what it was like to grow up on a small farm in Rwanda, how he became the first Rwandan general manager of a Belgian-owned hotel, and how he helped his fellow countrymen during the 1994 Rwandan genocide.
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[2013]., Pre-adolescent, Second Story Press Call No: Civil Rights NF WIL Availability:1 of 1 At Location(s) Summary Note: Describes how children from around the world have stood up for their rights and the rights of others.
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[2021]., Juvenile, Clarion Books ; : Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Call No: Easy PAUL Availability:1 of 1 At Location(s) Summary Note: A joyful, inspiring informational picture book that introduces readers to eleven young people from around the world who didn't wait until they were grown to speak up about things that matter to them and change the world for the better.
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Adolescent Call No: 323 LUN Availability:1 of 1 At Location(s) Summary Note: Human rights are the basic freedoms and entitlements that all people deserve. Activists work together to protect these rights, such as freedom from torture, when they are at risk. Stand Up for Human Rights includes personal accounts from teen activists and others as it introduces readers to the issue, the activists, the tools of the trade, and the risks and rights of activism.
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c2011., Crown Publishers Call No: 920 PRE Edition: 1st ed. Availability:1 of 1 At Location(s) Summary Note: Describes the friendship that began between twenty-year-old John Prendergast and seven-year-old Michael Mattocks, a boy who was living out of plastic bags and moving from one homeless shelter to the next, and explains how their relationship continued through the struggles they faced over the next twenty-five years.
