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1998., Vintage Call No: 973.5 Edition: 1st Vintage Books e Availability:1 of 1 At Location(s) Summary Note: Presents a record of the nine-year contest waged in the United States House of Representatives, beginning in 1835, over the question of slavery, a battle spearheaded by former president John Quincy Adams and witnessed by young congressman Abraham Lincoln.
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[2018]., Adolescent, Calkins Creek, an imprint of Highlights Call No: HI-INT 364.1 BRI Edition: First edition. Availability:1 of 1 At Location(s) Summary Note: Recounts the 1947 government investigation into the motion picture industry by the House Un-American Activities Committee.
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2018., Juvenile, Calkins Creek Call No: 323 BRIMMER Edition: First edition. Availability:1 of 1 At Location(s) Summary Note: Explores the history of blacklisting in Hollywood during the Cold War. Highlights the experiences of nineteen men from the film industry who were called before the House of Representatives' Committee on Un-American Activities, all nineteen insisting that these trials violated their First Amendment rights.
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2018., Farrar, Straus and Giroux Call No: 973.7 Fre Edition: First edition. Availability:1 of 1 At Location(s)Click here to watch Summary Note: Examines the status of the U.S. Congress in the decades leading up to the U.S. Civil War, arguing that while some feel like today's politics are hyperpolarized they are still nothing compared to those days--explores stories of congressmen who routinely made threats, flipped desks, some brandished pistols and knives, and one even killed another in a duel over issues as contentious as the legal status of slavery. Newspapers and reporters were no different, publishing outlandish conspiracy theories.
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c2005., Lerner Call No: B HAN Availability:1 of 1 At Location(s) Series Title: History maker biographiesSummary Note: Presents a biography of patriot John Hancock, discussing his father's death when he was a child, his life with his wealthy aunt and uncle, his education, and his role in the American Revolution.
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By Doeden, Matt[2021]., Juvenile, Lerner Publications Call No: B Availability:1 of 1 At Location(s)Click here to open Series Title: Gateway biographiesSummary Note: Explores the life and career of civil rights activist and U.S. Congressman John Lewis. Includes a chronology, resources for further information, and color photographs.
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[2015]., Top Shelf Productions Call No: U S HISTORY Availability:1 of 1 At Location(s) Summary Note: A graphic novel account of some pivotal moments in the Civil Rights Movement.
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[2015]., Top Shelf Productions Call No: U S HISTORY Availability:2 of 2 At Location(s) Summary Note: A graphic novel account of some pivotal moments in the Civil Rights Movement.
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[2015]., Top Shelf Productions Call No: GN-HISTORY MAR Availability:1 of 1 At Location(s) Summary Note: A graphic novel account of some pivotal moments in the Civil Rights Movement.
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[2016]., Top Shelf Productions Call No: GN-HISTORY MAR Availability:1 of 1 At Location(s) Series Title: Project Lit 19-20 Volume: 3Summary Note: A graphic novel account of some pivotal moments in the Civil Rights Movement.
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By Immell, Myrac2011, Greenhaven Press Call No: 973.921 092 Edition: 1st ed. Availability:1 of 1 At Location(s) Series Title: Perspectives on modern world historySummary Note: Collects nineteen essays that provide varying perspectives on Joseph McCarthy's obsession over Communism in the United States after World War II, providing historical background on the McCarthy era, and providing primary source documents and personal stories from Joseph McCarthy, Harry S. Truman, journalists, and Americans whose lives were affected by Red Scare accusations.
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c2008., Juvenile, Lee & Low Books Call No: B SMA Edition: 1st ed. Availability:1 of 1 At Location(s) Summary Note: Biography of Robert Smalls who, during the Civil War, commandeered the Confederate ship Planter to carry his family and twelve other slaves to freedom, and went on to become a United States Congressman working toward African American advancement.