Pinkney, Andrea Davis.

Summary: Explores the intersecting lives of civil rights leader Martin Luther King, Jr. and gospel singer Mahalia Jackson at the historic moment when their joined voices inspired landmark changes.

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Publisher / Publication Date: Little, Brown and Co. 2013

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1 available in Juvenile Nonfiction, Call number: J 323.092 PIN

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Patrick, Denise Lewis

Summary: "Mahalia Jackson was known as the queen of gospel music. A close friend of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.'s, she was also a civil rights activist who sang at the March on Washington. And she traveled the world, too!" -- Book Jacket.

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Publisher / Publication Date: Harper 2021

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1 available in Juvenile Nonfiction, Call number: J 921 JAC

Carville, James.

Summary: "For twenty years, James Carville and Mary Matalin have held the mantle of the nation's most politically opposed, ideologically mismatched, and intensely opinionated couple. In this follow-up to their groundbreaking All's Fair : Love, War, and Running for President, Carville and Matalin take a look at how they--and America--have changed in the last two decades. If nothing else, this new...

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Publisher / Publication Date: 2014

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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 921 CARVILLE, JAMES & MATALIN, MARY CAR

Holt, Nathalia

Summary: "From the New York Times bestselling author of Rise of the Rocket Girls comes the never-before-told story of a small cadre of influential female spies in the precarious early days of the CIA--women who helped create the template for cutting-edge espionage (and blazed new paths for equality in the workplace) in the treacherous post-WWII era"--

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Publisher / Publication Date: G. P. Putnam's Sons 2022

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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 327.1273 HOL

McGinty, Alice B.

Summary: Documents the 1930 Satyagraha protest movement, describing how Gandhi led a twenty-four-day march to the sea to demonstrate against Great Britain's salt tax while offering insight into his beliefs about non-violent civil disobedience.

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Publisher / Publication Date: Amazon Children's Pub. 2013

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1 available in Juvenile Nonfiction, Call number: J 921 GAN

Holt, Nathalia

Summary: From the bestselling author of Rise of the Rocket Girls comes the untold story of the women of Walt Disney Studios, who shaped the iconic films that have enthralled generations. From Snow White to Moana, the animated films of Walt Disney Studios have moved and entertained millions. But few fans know that behind these groundbreaking features was an incredibly influential group of women who...

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Publisher / Publication Date: Little, Brown and Company 2019

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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 384 HOL

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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: Entertain Holt

Yousafzai, Malala

Summary: "Malala Yousafzai introduces some of the people behind the statistics and news stories we read or hear every day about the millions of people displaced worldwide. Malala's experiences visiting refugee camps caused her to reconsider her own displacement-- first as an Internally Displaced Person when she was a young child in Pakistan, and then as an international activist who could travel...

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Publisher / Publication Date: 2019

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1 available in Young Adult Non-fiction, Call number: YA 305.4 YOU

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1 available in Young Adult Non-fiction, Call number: YA 305.4 YOU