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421) Take a stand
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The future is here! In these inspiring graphic novels, students take a journey to gain a fresh view into America's ongoing struggle against racism and toward equality. Following a heated argument between two of his students, Mr. Rustin sets out to teach them that the loudest voice isn't always the right one. Using his ability to see the past, he takes the class on a journey about speaking up and taking a stand.
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Anonymous artists of America (1969): presents one song from a live performance at the University of Chicago by the psychedelic rock collective known as Anonymous Artists of America.
Hum 255 (1970): In 1969 a group of University of Chicago students occupied the Administration Building to protest the firing of Professor Marlene Dixon. As a result, 42 students were expelled and 81 suspended. A year later a documentary film workshop filmed a meeting...
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Mahatma Gandhi's commitment to peace and nonviolent resistance helped to secure India's independence, and came at a great personal cost. Gandhi's writings and protests, including the famed 1930 Salt March, have served as a blueprint for activists who recognize the power of peaceful protest. This book reveals Gandhi's story and includes historical information about Gandhi's effect on India and South Africa.
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"Narrated by dozens of activists and everyday individuals involved in the Arab Spring, this book documents the unprecedented events that led to the collapse of dictatorial regimes in Tunisia, Egypt, Libya, and Yemen. Arab citizens were called to join the revolt during the second half of 2011, while the revolutionary moment was still unfolding. Their stories offer unique access to the message that inspired citizens to act, their experiences during...
431) War and watermelon
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As the summer of 1969 turns to fall in their New Jersey town, twelve-year-old Brody plays football in his first year at junior high while his older brother's protest of the war in Vietnam causes tension with their father.
432) Los intrusos
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Crónicas Anagrama volume 129
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Una indagación que explora el castrismo no solo como una expresión de poder autoritario, sino también como un hábito y una cultura.
435) Into the fire
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Chronicles police response to the demonstrators of the G20 Summit held in Toronto, July 2010. Alleges over-extension of authority on the part of the police and violation of the protestors' civil liberties.
436) Hit & stay
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On May 17, 1968, nine Catholic activists entered a Selective Service office in suburban Catonsville, Maryland, dragged stacks of Draft Board records out into the parking lot, and set them on fire with homemade napalm. They then prayed, and waited to be arrested. In doing so, they kindled a wave of similar protests against the Vietnam War across the country that swept up dozens of participants and inspired thousands, and then millions. HIT & STAY,...
438) Smedley
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"Major General Smedley Butler is one of the most decorated Marines of all time and is a legend among the Corps. Coming from a background of privilege, he became a Marine to prove his worth. Through conflicts like the Philippine-American War, the Boxer Rebellion, the Banana Wars, and the War to End All Wars, he helped define what the Marine Corps is today. Smedley begins in the Summer of 1932. Smedley Butler is retired from the Marines and has lost...
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Accompanied by photography and political art, this powerful compilation of testimonies from longtime organizers, artists, housewives, journalists, students, teachers, and others who participated in the Popular Assembly of the Peoples of Oaxaca provides a raw, honest look at the 2006 Oaxaca protests to the political situation in the Mexican state--protests that would become one of the most important social uprisings of the 21st century.
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"The 1968 Democratic National Convention in Chicago began peacefully but quickly turned into what was later termed a "police riot." Brian Mullgardt's investigation of this event and the preceding tensions charts a complex social history that brings together Chicago history, the 1960's, and urbanization, focusing not on the national leaders, but on the grassroots activists of the time"--
"Police brutality, gentrification, and grassroots activism in...
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