Wallace, Max

Summary: "In this powerful new history, New York Times bestselling author Max Wallace draws on groundbreaking research to reframe Helen Keller's journey after the miracle, vividly bringing to light her rarely discussed, lifelong fight for social justice across gender, class, race, and ability. Raised in Alabama, she sent shockwaves through the South when she launched a public broadside against Jim Crow...

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Publisher / Publication Date: Grand Central Publishing, Hachette Book Group 2023

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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 921 KELLER, HELEN WAL

Holley, Santi Elijah

Summary: "A history of the rise and lasting impact of Black liberation groups in America, as seen through the Shakurs, one of the movement's most prominent and fiercely creative families, home to Tupac and Assata, and a powerful incubator for today's activism, scholarship, and artistry"--

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Publisher / Publication Date: Mariner Books 2023

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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 974.7 HOL

Weatherford, Carole Boston

Summary: A biography of American entertainer and political activist Paul Robeson.

Format: text

Publisher / Publication Date: Candlewick Press 2024

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

Summary: Examines the life of Muhammad Ali in and out of the boxing ring, covering his ties with the Nation of Islam, his political postions, including his refusal to be drafted during the Vietnam War, his role as a symbol of Black masculinity, and life after boxing.

Format: moving image

Publisher / Publication Date: 2021

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2 available in E-TV DVDs, Call number: DVD E-TV MUH

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1 available in Digital Video Disc, Call number: DVD MUH

Dukureh, Jaha

Summary: "This extraordinary memoir details the monumental journey of one young Gambian woman from survivor of FGM and forced child marriage, to global activist and political leader who became UN Women's first Goodwill Ambassador for Africa, one of Time Magazine's 100 Most Influential People, and among the youngest people nominated for the Nobel Peace Prize"--

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Publisher / Publication Date: Dafina, Kensington Publishing Corp. 2025

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1 available in New Non-fiction, Call number: 921 DUKUREH, JAHA DUK

Kelly, Kate

Summary: "We are all living through modern constitutional history in the making, and Ordinary Equality helps teach about the past, present, and future of the Equal Rights Amendment (ERA) through the lives of bold fearless women. Based on author Kate Kelly's acclaimed podcast of the same name, Ordinary Equality recounts a story a century in the making-about how constitutional equality for women and...

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Publisher / Publication Date: Gibbs Smith 2022

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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 920.72 KEL

Summary: Chronicles the life of Pete Seeger, the American singer/songwriter, who was a leader of the mid-20th century American folk music revival and wrote some of its best known songs. Also looks at his work as a labor and political activist and his experiences of being picketed, blacklisted, and banned from commercial television. Features archival footage and interviews with his family, including wife...

Format: moving image

Publisher / Publication Date: Live Nation Worldwide 2007

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2 available in Music DVDs, Call number: DVD MUSIC PET

Guttenberg, Fred

Summary: "This is a story of being called out of your happy, peaceful life to an extraordinary one. It is about heeding the call to be a helper and taking on the challenge of a lifetime. Fred Guttenberg is one such helper who comes from a family that finds ways, large and small, to change the world for the better. Fred was a successful businessman for whom family was a priority--as father, husband, son,...

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Publisher / Publication Date: Mango Publishing 2020

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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 921 GUTTENBERG, FRED GUT

Ali, Wajahat

Summary: "A rollercoaster ride of a memoir, by turns hilarious and heartbreaking, by the journalist, playwright, and political activist Wajahat Ali. "Go back to where you came from, you terrorist!" This is just one of the many warm, lovely, and helpful tips that Wajahat Ali and other children of immigrants receive on a daily basis. Go back where exactly? His hometown in the San Francisco Bay Area, where...

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Publisher / Publication Date: W. W. Norton & Company 2022

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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 921 ALI, WAJAHAT ALI

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1 available in Adult, Call number: B ALI ALI

Summary: "Chronicles the incredible life and times of legendary comedian and activist Dick Gregory."--IMDB.com.

Format: moving image

Publisher / Publication Date: 2021

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1 available in Documentary DVDs, Call number: DVD DOC ONE

Zieselman, Kimberly M.

Summary: "Meet Kimberly, a regular suburban housewife and mother, whose discovery later in life that she was born intersex fuelled her to become an international human rights defender and globally-recognised activist. Charting her intersex discovery and her journey to self-acceptance, this book movingly portrays how being intersex impacted Kimberly's personal and family life, as well as her career. From...

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Publisher / Publication Date: Jessica Kingsley Publishers 2020

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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 921 ZIESELMAN, KIMBERLY M. ZIE

Summary: Ralph Nader is without a doubt one of the most passionate and determined personalities of our time. Loved, hated, respected and feared, Nader has had more impact on our daily lives than most presidents. This first-hand account takes you behind his groundbreaking consumer advocacy campaigns and contested presidential runs and shows why Nader continues to be one of the most unique and important...

Format: moving image

Publisher / Publication Date: Genius Entertanment 2007

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1 available in Documentary DVDs, Call number: DVD DOC UNR

King, Billie Jean

Summary: Journeying from a blue-collar childhood to shatter tennis's exclusive country-club culture, Billie Jean King paved the way for a more open, inclusive, and equal sports environment. In her memoir, she takes us behind the scenes of the pro tennis tour, through her five years as the top-ranked woman in the world, her twenty Wimbledon championships, her thirty-nine grand-slam titles, and her...

Format: sound recording-nonmusical

Publisher / Publication Date: Random House Audio 2021

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1 available in Compact Disc Audio Book, Call number: CD 921 KING, BILLIE JEAN KIN

Wulf, Andrea.

Summary: "From the author of the acclaimed The Brother Gardeners, a fascinating look at the founding fathers from the unique and intimate perspective of their lives as gardeners, plantsmen, and farmers. For the founding fathers, gardening, agriculture, and botany were elemental passions, as deeply ingrained in their characters as their belief in liberty for the nation they were creating. Andrea Wulf...

Format: sound recording-nonmusical

Publisher / Publication Date: Books on Tape 2011

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1 available in Compact Disc Audio Book, Call number: CD 712.0973 WUL

Hitchens, Christopher.

Summary: "The life story of one of the most admired and controversial public intellectuals of our time"--Provided by publisher.

Format: text

Publisher / Publication Date: Twelve 2010

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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 921 HITCHENS, CHRISTOPHER HIT

Hill, Norman

Summary: The remarkable story of a couple who came together during the civil rights movement and made fighting for equality and civil and workers' rights their purpose for more than sixty years, overcoming adversity--with the strength of their love and commitment--to bring about meaningful change. "A chronicle of lives of unwavering dedication. Now in their 80s, labor and civil rights activists Norman...

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Publisher / Publication Date: Regalo Press 2023

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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 920 HIL

Hitchens, Christopher.

Summary: "The life story of one of the most admired and controversial public intellectuals of our time"--Provided by publisher.

Format: text

Publisher / Publication Date: Twelve 2010

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1 available in Large Print, Call number: LP 921 HITCHENS, CHRISTOPHER HIT

Goldstein, Warren.

Contents: The great war, Greenwich Village, and the Upper East Side -- Early years -- Europe : music and war -- Russians White and Red -- The education of a warrior-priest -- From education to vocation -- "Bus-riding chaplain" -- Preaching the word : Coffin in demand -- Wading into the big muddy -- Moments of truth : civil disobedience and the draft -- Marriage and family life -- Activist episodes --...

Format: text

Publisher / Publication Date: Yale University Press 2004

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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 921 COFFIN, WILLIAM GOL

Loughery, John.

Summary: "After a middle-class Republican childhood and a few years as a Communist sympathizer, Dorothy Day converted to Catholicism and became an anomaly in American life for almost fifty years. As an orthodox Catholic, political radical, and a rebel who courted controversy, she attracted three generations of admirers. Day went to jail challenging the draft and the war in Vietnam. She was critical of...

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Publisher / Publication Date: Simon & Schuster 2020

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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 921 DAY, DOROTHY LOU

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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: Bio Day

Rogak, Lisa

Summary: "The first biography of the most popular anchor in cable news. Rachel Maddow has beaten the odds in a way that's novel in today's America: she uses her brain. In a world of banal and opinionated soundbites, she regularly crushes Sean Hannity's ratings thanks to her deeply researched reports. And in our highly polarized world, Maddow amiably engages the staunchest conservatives, while never...

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Publisher / Publication Date: Thomas Dunne Books 2020

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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 921 MADDOW, RACHEL ROG

Wilderson, Frank B.

Summary: "In the tradition of Edward Said's Orientalism and Frantz Fanon's Black Skin, White Masks, Afropessimism is an unparalleled account of the non-analogous experience of being Black. A seminal work that strikingly combines groundbreaking philosophy with searing flights of memoir, Afropessimism presents the tenets of an increasingly influential intellectual movement that theorizes blackness through...

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Publisher / Publication Date: Liveright Publishing Corporation, a division of W.W. Norton and Company 2020

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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 921 WILDERSON, FRANK WIL