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African Americans Attitudes Black lives matter movement Liberalism United States Mexican Americans Social conditions Police shootings POLITICAL SCIENCE / Political Freedom & Security / Civil Rights Race relations Social mobility United States SOCIAL SCIENCE / Discrimination & Race Relations United StatesAlvarado, Rudolph.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Michigan State University Press 2003
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 977.4 DTPRomo, David Dorado
Summary: "The true story of America from the Mexican American perspective"--
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Publisher / Publication Date: Crown Books for Young Readers 2024
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1 available in Juvenile Nonfiction, Call number: J 973 ROMGutierrez, Elizabeth Camarillo
Summary: "Elizabeth Camarillo Gutierrez reveals her experience as the U.S. born daughter of immigrants and what happened when, at fifteen, her parents were forced back to Mexico in this galvanizing yet tender memoir. Born to Mexican immigrants south of the Rillito River in Tucson, Arizona, Elizabeth had the world at her fingertips as she entered her freshman year of high school as the number one...
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Publisher / Publication Date: St. Martin's Press 2024
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1 available in New Non-fiction, Call number: 921 GUTCopies Available at Woodmere
1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 921 GUTIERREZ, ELIZABETH CAMARILLO GUTCopies Available at Peninsula
1 available in Adult, Call number: B GUTIERREZ GUTHarris, Duchess
Summary: What started as a hashtag in 2013 quickly grew into the Black Lives Matter movement. Black Lives Matter examines the police shootings that fueled the movement, the events that led up to racial tensions in the United States, and the goals the movement has set for the future. Easy-to-read text, vivid images, and helpful back matter give readers a clear look at this subject. Features include a...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Core Library, an imprint of Abdo Publishing 2018
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1 available in Juvenile, Call number: J305.8960 HARJohnson, E. Patrick
Summary: "Giving voice to a population rarely acknowledged in southern history, Sweet Tea collects life stories from black gay men who were born, raised, and continue to live in the southern United States. E. Patrick Johnson challenges stereotypes of the South as 'backward' or 'repressive,' suggesting that these men draw upon the performance of 'southernness'--politeness, coded speech, and religiosity,...
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Publisher / Publication Date: University of North Carolina Press 2012
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 306.76 JOHRiley, Jason (Jason L.)
Summary: "This book explains why so many efforts by liberals to help the black underclass not only fail but often harm the intended beneficiaries. The intentions behind welfare programs may be noble, but in practice they have slowed the self-development that was necessary for other groups to advance. Minimum-wage laws may lift earnings for people who are already employed, but they also have a long...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Perseus Distribution Services 2014