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• King

  a Life

  Eig, Jonathan,

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  The first full biography in decades, King mixes revelatory and exhaustive new research with brisk and accessible storytelling to forge the definitive life for our times.

• More Than a Dream

  the Radical March on Washington for Jobs and Freedom

  Williams, Yohuru, 1971-

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  Hailed as “an essential reeducation on one of the most consequential events in US history” by Ibram X. Kendi, this gripping middle-grade account offers a fresh look at the groundbreaking 1963 March on Washington for Jobs and Freedom by spotlighting…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• Threads of Peace

  How Mohandas Gandhi and Martin Luther King Jr. Changed the World

  Krishnaswami, Uma, 1956-

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  Mohandas Gandhi and Reverend Martin Luther King Jr. both shook and changed the world in their quest for peace among all people, but what threads connected these great activists together in their shared goal of social revolution?

• American Women's Suffrage

  Voices From the Long Struggle for the Vote 1776-1965

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  Here for the first time is the definitive story of the movement for women’s right to vote in all its diversity, told by the women and men who lived it. The voices of legendary figures in the suffrage struggle like Elizabeth Cady Stanton, Susan B.…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• Gandhi

  the Years That Changed the World, 1914-1948

  Guha, Ramachandra,

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  his magnificent book tells the story of Gandhi's life, from his departure from South Africa to his assassination in 1948. It is a book with a Tolstoyan sweep, both allowing us to see Gandhi as he was understood by his contemporaries and the vast,…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• Glimmer of Hope

  How Tragedy Sparked a Movement

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  The official, definitive book from The March for Our Lives founders about the tragedy at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School on February 14, the March for Our Lives, and the ongoing fight for sensible gun control legislation in the United States.

• The Myth of Seneca Falls

  Memory and the Women's Suffrage Movement, 1848-1898

  Tetrault, Lisa,

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  The story of how the women's rights movement began at the Seneca Falls convention of 1848 is a cherished American myth. The standard account credits founders such as Elizabeth Cady Stanton, Susan B. Anthony, and Lucretia Mott with defining and then…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• Havel

  a Life

  Žantovský, Michael, 1949-

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  Václav Havel was one of the most prominent figures of the twentieth century: iconoclast and intellectual, renowned artist turned political dissident, president of a united and then divided nation, and dedicated human rights activist. Written by…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• Let Freedom Ring : Stanley Tretick's Iconic Images of the March on Washington

  Kelley, Kitty

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  A bestselling author and legendary photographer present an illuminating look at a pivotal moment in our nation's The March on Washington.

• The Rebellious Life of Mrs. Rosa Parks

  Theoharis, Jeanne

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  The definitive political biography of Rosa Parks examines her six decades of activism, challenging perceptions of her as an accidental actor in the civil rights movement

• The Lady and the Peacock

  the Life of Aung San Suu Kyi

  Popham, Peter

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  Peter Popham's major new biography of Aung San Suu Kyi draws upon previously untapped testimony and fresh revelations to tell the story of a woman whose bravery and determination have captivated people around the globe. Celebrated today as one of…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• To the Castle and Back

  Havel, Václav

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  An astonishingly candid memoir from the acclaimed, dissident playwright elected President after the dramatic Czechoslovakian Velvet Revolution — one of the most respected political figures of our time.

• The Dream

  Martin Luther King, Jr., and the Speech That Inspired a Nation

  Hansen, Drew W.

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  A riveting account of the origins and legacy of "I Have a Dream" Forty years ago, Martin Luther King, Jr. electrified the nation when he delivered his "I Have a Dream" speech from the steps of the Lincoln Memorial. King's prophetic utterances…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• Daybreak of Freedom

  the Montgomery Bus Boycott

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  The Montgomery bus boycott was a formative moment in twentieth-century a harbinger of the African American freedom movement, a springboard for the leadership of Martin Luther King Jr., and a crucial step in the struggle to realize the American dream…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• After the Velvet Revolution

  Václav Havel & the New Leaders of Czechoslovakia Speak Out

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  Since November 1989, when they threw off the yoke of Communist rule, the citizens of Czechoslovakia have had to face the legacy of a comatose economy, the worst pollution in Europe, and the brutal legal and political distortions of a one-party…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• Gandhi on Non-violence

  Gandhi, Mahatma, 1869-1948

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  In this book, Merton has selected the basic statements of principle and interpretation which make up Gandhi's philosophy of non-violence (AHIMSA) and non-violent action (SATYAGRAHA).