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[2020]., Liveright Pub. Corp., a division of W. W. Norton & Co. Call No: MEMOIR Edition: 1st ed. Availability:1 of 1 At Location(s) Summary Note: "In 1990, investigative journalist Les Payne embarked on a nearly thirty-year-long quest to interview anyone he could find who had actually known Malcolm X. Setting Malcolm's life not only within the Nation of Islam but against the larger backdrop of American history, the book traces the life of one of the twentieth century's most politically relevant figures"--OCLC.
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-- Reading between the lies[2017], Amistad, an imprint of HarperCollins Publishers Call No: 973.049 GRE Availability:1 of 1 At Location(s) Summary Note: The activist and comedian examines key events in black history, from the beginnings of the slave trade in Africa and the Middle Passage to the Harlem Renaissance and the Black Lives Matter movement.
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2019., Grey House Publishing Call No: 321.8 REF Availability:1 of 1 At Location(s)Remote access available: onondaga Series Title: The reference shelf Volume: 4
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By Sanna, Ellyn2005., Mason Crest Publishers Call No: 973.5 SAN Availability:1 of 1 At Location(s) Series Title: How America became AmericaSummary Note: Following the War of 1812 Americans came to believe their mission was to extend the boundaries of freedom to others.
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[2022]., Adolescent, Levine Querido Call No: CIVIL RIGHTS NF MAR Availability:1 of 1 At Location(s) Summary Note: Tells the story of Black Panther Party and its place in the civil rights movement.
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[2022]., Adolescent, Levine Querido Call No: CIVIL RIGHTS NF MAR Availability:1 of 1 At Location(s) Summary Note: Tells the story of Black Panther Party and its place in the civil rights movement.
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By Saslow, Eli[2018]., Doubleday Call No: HI-INT B BLA Edition: First edition. Availability:1 of 1 At Location(s) Summary Note: From a Pulitzer Prize-winning reporter, a powerful account of Derek Black's journey from white supremacist hero to apostle of tolerance.
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2019., Pre-adolescent, Roaring Brook Press Call No: B Edition: First edition. Availability:1 of 1 At Location(s) Summary Note: Joe Louis was born in a sharecropper's shack in Alabama and raised in a Detroit tenement. Max Schmeling grew up in poverty in Hamburg, Germany. For both boys, boxing was a way out and a way up. Little did they know someday they would face each other in a pair of battles that would capture the imagination of the world. In America, Joe was a symbol of hope to blacks yearning to participate in the American dream. In Germany, Max was made to symbolize the superiority of the Aryan race. The two men climbed through the ropes with the weight of their countries on their shoulders—and only one would leave victorious.
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2019., Pre-adolescent, Roaring Brook Press Call No: HI-INT 920 FLO Edition: First edition. Availability:1 of 1 At Location(s) Summary Note: Joe Louis was born in a sharecropper's shack in Alabama and raised in a Detroit tenement. Max Schmeling grew up in poverty in Hamburg, Germany. For both boys, boxing was a way out and a way up. Little did they know someday they would face each other in a pair of battles that would capture the imagination of the world. In America, Joe was a symbol of hope to blacks yearning to participate in the American dream. In Germany, Max was made to symbolize the superiority of the Aryan race. The two men climbed through the ropes with the weight of their countries on their shoulders—and only one would leave victorious.
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2019., Roaring Brook Press Call No: 796.83 FLORIO Edition: First edition. Availability:1 of 1 At Location(s)Click here to watch Summary Note: America’s black boxing champion. Hitler’s favorite athlete. And a world at war. Joe Louis was born on an Alabama cotton patch and raised in a Detroit ghetto. Max Schmeling grew up in poverty in Hamburg, Germany. For both boys, boxing was a way out and a way up. Little did they know someday they would face each other in a pair of battles that would capture the imagination of the world.In America, Joe was a symbol of hope to a nation of blacks yearning to participate in the American dream. In Germany, Max was made to symbolize the superiority of the Aryan race. The two men climbed through the ropes with the weight of their countries on their shoulders—and only one would leave victorious. The battles waged between Joe and Max still resonate today. War in the Ring is the story of these two outsized heroes, their lives, their careers, and the global conflict swirling around them.
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c2013., Juvenile, Mason Crest Call No: 973.5 QUINBY Availability:1 of 1 At Location(s) Series Title: How America became America.Summary Note: Describes the wars in which the United States fought between 1812 and 1820, revealing the factors that created these conflicts and how they shaped the fledgling nation. Includes photographs, illustrations, and further reading sources.
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2015., Candlewick Press Call No: [Fic] Availability:1 of 1 At Location(s) Summary Note: Cowritten by Malcom X's third daughter, this vivid, fictionalized account of the activist's early life draws on stories from his family and childhood friends and neighbors.