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  • I Must Resist

    Bayard Rustin's Life in Letters

    by Bayard Rustin ...
    BAYARD RUSTIN POSTHUMOUSLY AWARDED THE 2013 PRESIDENTIAL MEDAL OF FREEDOMA master strategist and tireless activist, Bayard Rustin is best remembered as the organizer of the 1963 March on Washington, one of the largest nonviolent protests ever held in the United States. He brought Gandhi's protest techniques to the American civil rights movement and played a deeply influential role in the life of ... Read more

    $19.49 USD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • We the Resistance

    Documenting a History of Nonviolent Protest in the United States

    "A highly relevant, inclusive collection of voices from the roots of resistance. . . . Empowering words to challenge, confront, and defy."--Kirkus Reviews"This book fights fascism. This books offers hope. We The Resistance is essential reading for those who wish to understand how popular movements built around nonviolence have changed the world and why they retain the power to do so again." ... Read more

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  • Troublemaker for Justice

    The Story of Bayard Rustin, the Man Behind the March on Washington

    Chosen a Best Children's Book of the Year by the Bank Street Center!Voted a Best Book of the Year by School Library Journal and Kirkus Reviews!A biography for younger readers about one of the most influential activists of our time, who was an early advocate for African Americans and for gay rights."Bayard had an unshakable optimism, nerves of steel, and, most importantly, a faith that if the cause ... Read more

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  • Race Man

    Selected Works, 1960-2015

    Newsweek, Lit Hub, The Philadelphia Inquirer, and The Atlanta Journal Constitution pick Race Man by Julian Bond as one of their Most-Anticipated Books of 2020!"This compilation of works by social activist and civil rights leader Julian Bond should be required reading in 2020."—Juliana Rose Pignataro, Newsweek"Bond's essays, speeches and interviews were powerful weapons i... ... Read more

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  • Call Him Jack

    The Story of Jackie Robinson, Black Freedom Fighter

    Discover the remarkable life of Jackie Robinson, a relentless fighter for Black justice and civil rights, in this enthralling biography that goes beyond baseball.According to Martin Luther King, Jr., Jackie Robinson was "a sit-inner before the sit-ins, a freedom rider before the Freedom Rides." Hank Aaron declared Robinson a leader of the Black Power movement before there was a Black Power ... Read more

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  • Marshalling Justice

    The Early Civil Rights Letters of Thurgood Marshall

    "[An] important collection….Michael G. Long deserves high praise indeed for unearthing [Marshall's letters] and bringing them to light."—Wil HaygoodCollected together for the first time in Marshalling Justice, here are selected letters written by one of the most influential and important activists in the American Civil Rights movement: the brilliant legal mind and footsoldier for justice and ... Read more

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  • 42 Today

    Jackie Robinson and His Legacy

    "Essays on the baseball great's impact on American society . . . A successful attempt to give a towering cultural figure his due beyond the baselines." — Kirkus Reviews (starred review)Before the United States Supreme Court ruled against segregation in public schools, and before Rosa Parks refused to surrender her bus seat in Montgomery, Alabama, Jackie Robinson walked onto the diamond on April 15 ... Read more

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  • Gay Is Good

    The Life and Letters of Gay Rights Pioneer Franklin Kameny

    Edited by Michael G. Long ...
    Contrary to popular notions, today’s LGBT movement did not begin with the Stonewall riots in 1969. Long before Stonewall, there was Franklin Kameny (1925–2011), one of the most significant figures in the gay rights movement. Beginning in 1958, he encouraged gay people to embrace homosexuality as moral and healthy, publicly denounced the federal government for excluding homosexuals from federal ... Read more

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  • Rebellious

    The Story of Keith Haring in 12 Pictures

    A riveting biography of Keith Haring that centers his life, politics, and activism around twelve of his most significant paintings.As an artist and activist, one theme remained a constant throughout Keith Haring’s life: rebellion. In this young adult biography, acclaimed author Michael G. Long examines Haring’s upbringing and career through this lens: hosting queer people and people of color at ... Read more

    $13.69 USD

  • Beyond Home Plate

    Jackie Robinson on Life After Baseball

    Edited by Michael G. Long ...
    Jackie Robinson is one of the most revered public figures of the twentieth century. He is remembered for both his athletic prowess and his strong personal character. The world knows him as the man who crossed baseball’s color line, but there is much more to his legacy. At the conclusion of his baseball career, Robinson continued in his pursuit of social progress through his work as a writer. ... Read more

    $14.39 USD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • King: A Life (Young Adult Edition)

    by Jonathan Eig ...
    Hailed as “the most compelling account of [Martin Luther] King’s life in a generation” by the Washington Post, the Pulitzer Prize–winning bestseller is now adapted for young adults in this new standard biography of the most famous civil rights activist in American History.Often regarded as more of a myth and legend than man, the Reverend Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. was many things throughout his ... Read more

    $11.99 USD

  • Fight AIDS!

    How Activism, Art, and Protest Changed the Course of a Deadly Epidemic and Reshaped a Nation

    Acclaimed author Michael G. Long tells the story of the devastating AIDS crisis and the trailblazing activists who fought for dignity, compassion, and treatment.Act up! Fight back! Fight AIDS!This was the slogan for ACT UP—or AIDS Coalition to Unleash Power—an activist organization that emerged in the 1980s during the height of the AIDS epidemic. The group was loud, direct, and confrontational as ... Read more

    $13.69 USD