Search Results: Returned 13 Results, Displaying Titles 1 - 13
-
-
-
2012., Palgrave Macmillan Call No: MEMOIR Edition: 1st ed. Availability:1 of 1 At Location(s) Summary Note: "During the Arab Spring, the world saw a long-suppressed group in the Middle East--young people--assert itself and demand its rights. But youthful dissent did not appear overnight; for decades it has been simmering beneath the surface in countries from Saudi Arabia to Yemen, from Iran to Egypt. In Arab Spring Dreams, a number of young Middle Easterners describe their experiences with the region's laws and cultural mores, including the crime of holding hands before marriage, discrimination and harassment over religious beliefs, and young women fighting for the right to complete their educations. They also discuss how previous uprisings, particularly the American civil rights movement of the 1960s, might be channeled to effect change in their own countries. Beautifully written and profoundly moving, these stories present a decisive call for change at a crucial point in the evolution of the Middle East"--
-
-
-
2012., Palgrave Macmillan Call No: CIVIL RIGHTS Edition: 1st ed. Availability:1 of 1 At Location(s) Summary Note: "During the Arab Spring, the world saw a long-suppressed group in the Middle East--young people--assert itself and demand its rights. But youthful dissent did not appear overnight; for decades it has been simmering beneath the surface in countries from Saudi Arabia to Yemen, from Iran to Egypt. In Arab Spring Dreams, a number of young Middle Easterners describe their experiences with the region's laws and cultural mores, including the crime of holding hands before marriage, discrimination and harassment over religious beliefs, and young women fighting for the right to complete their educations. They also discuss how previous uprisings, particularly the American civil rights movement of the 1960s, might be channeled to effect change in their own countries. Beautifully written and profoundly moving, these stories present a decisive call for change at a crucial point in the evolution of the Middle East"--
-
-
[2017]., Juvenile, Viking Call No: 001.9 NOY Availability:1 of 1 At Location(s) Summary Note: "Famed illusionist Harry Houdini embarks on a quest to investigate spiritual phenomena and the possibility of communication with those on the "other side.""--
-
-
-
2014., Juvenile, Abdo Publishing Company Call No: B YOUSAFZAI Availability:1 of 1 At Location(s) Series Title: Essential lives.Summary Note: Presents a biography of young Malala Yousafzai, a teenage Pakistani girl who has become an activist for women's education in her country.
-
-
[2014], Juvenile, ABDO Publishing Company Call No: B Yousafzai Availability:1 of 1 At Location(s)Click here to watch Series Title: Essential livesSummary Note: Presents a biography of young Malala Yousafzai, a teenage Pakistani girl who has become an activist for women's education in her country.
-
-
[2014], Juvenile, ABDO Publishing Company Call No: B Availability:1 of 1 At Location(s) Series Title: Essential livesSummary Note: Presents a biography of young Malala Yousafzai, a teenage Pakistani girl who has become an activist for women's education in her country.
-
-
-
By Wang, AndreaJuvenile Call No: Biography YOUSAFZAI Availability:1 of 1 At Location(s) Series Title: NewsmakersSummary Note: A biography of Malala Yousafzai, a Muslim teenage girl from Pakistan, who advocates for education of women and children, and whom the Taliban attempted to assassinate on October 9, 2012.
-
-
-
By Wang, Andrea[2015], Juvenile, Core Library Call No: B Availability:1 of 1 At Location(s)View cover image provided by Mackin Series Title: NewsmakersSummary Note: Presents a biography of Malala Yousafzai, covering her childhood in Pakistan, the challenges she faced trying to get an education as a girl living in a region controlled by the Taliban, her experience getting shot in the head for promoting education for girls, and her continuing activism on behalf of girls' right to education. Includes a timeline, a glossary, critical thinking questions, and a list of additional resources.
-
-
-
2016., Cherry Lake Publishing Call No: B KIN Availability:1 of 1 At Location(s) Summary Note: The My Itty-Bitty Bio series are biographies for the earliest readers. This book examines the life of Martin Luther King, Jr. in a simple, age-appropriate way that will help children develop word recognition and reading skills. Includes a timeline and other informative backmatter.
-
-
-- White women and the politics of white supremacy.[2020]., Oxford University Press Call No: HI-INT 320.56 MCR Availability:1 of 1 At Location(s) Summary Note: "They are often seen in photos of crowds in the mid-century South--white women shooting down blacks with looks of pure hatred. Yet it is the male white supremacists who have been the focus of the literature on white resistance to Civil Rights. This groundbreaking first book recovers the daily workers who upheld the system of segregation and Jim Crow for so long--white women. Every day in rural communities, in university towns, and in New South cities, white women performed a myriad of duties that upheld white over black. These politics, like a well-tended garden, required careful planning, daily observing, constant weeding, fertilizing, and periodic poisoning. They held essay contests, decided on the racial identity of their neighbors, canvassed communities for votes, inculcated racist sentiments in their children, fought for segregation in their schools, and wrote column after column publicizing threats to their Jim Crow world. Without white women, white supremacist politics could not have shaped local, regional, and national politics the way it did, and the long civil rights movement would not have been so long. This book is organized around four key figures -- Nell Battle Lewis, Florence Sillers Ogden, Mary Dawson Cain, and Cornelia Dabney Tucker -- whose political work, publications, and private correspondence offer a window onto the broad and massive network of women across the South and the nation who populate this story. Placing white women's political work from the 1920s to the 1970s at the center, this book demonstrates the diverse ways white women sustained twentieth century campaigns for white supremacist politics, continuing well beyond federal legislation outlawing segregation, and draws attention to the role of women in grassroots politics of the 20th century."--Provided by publisher.
-
-
-
[2016]., Pre-adolescent, Free Spirit Publishing Call No: 305.23 SUNDEM Availability:1 of 1 At Location(s) Summary Note: "A follow-up to the popular Real Kids, Real Stories, Real Change, this inspiring sequel spans the globe again with true accounts of ordinary kids showing extraordinary character. Thirty short inspirational stories are divided into six character traits (courage, creativity, kindness, persistence, resilience, and responsibility), and feature kids facing adversity from bullying in an American middle school to surviving persecution in the war-torn streets of the Democratic Republic of the Congo. Readers will see how every choice they make is a chance to build character and show the world who they really are. Available online: Free Leader's Guide at freespirit.com/leader"--
-
-
[2015]., Juvenile, Chicago Review Press Call No: HI-INT 320 ROS Availability:1 of 1 At Location(s) Summary Note: "Portraits of brave women from the late 1800s through today--role models who are passionate about important issues A source of inspiration for young women with strong social convictions, She Takes a Stand highlights 16 extraordinary women who have fought for human rights, civil rights, workers' rights, reproductive/sexual rights, and world peace. Among these are many who have been imprisoned, threatened, or suffered financial hardships for pursuing their missions to change the world for the better. Included are historic heroes such as anti-lynching crusader Ida B. Wells and suffragist Alice Paul, along with contemporary figures such as girls-education activist Malala Yousafzai; "Gulabi Gang" founder Sampat Pal Devi, who fights violence against Indian women; and SPARK executive director Dana Edell, who works to end the sexualization of women and girls in the media. Taking a multicultural, multinational perspective, She Takes a Stand spotlights brave women around the world with an emphasis on childhood details, motivations, and life turning points--in many cases gleaned from the author's original interviews--and includes related sidebars, a bibliography, source notes, and a list of organizations young women can explore to get involved in changing their world"--
-
-
[2015], Juvenile, Chicago Review Press Call No: B 920 Ros Availability:1 of 1 At Location(s)Click here to watch Series Title: Women of actionSummary Note: Presents portraits of sixteen girls and women from the late 1800s through today who have championed important issues and tried to create lasting change in the world.
