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Author
Publisher
Random House
Pub. Date
[2024]
Edition
First edition.
Physical Desc
1 volume ; 22 cm.
Language
English
Description
"Jenn M. Jackson has been known to bring deep historical acuity to some of the most controversial topics in America today. Now, in their first book, Jackson applies their critical analysis to the questions that have long energized their work: Why has Black women's freedom fighting been so overlooked throughout history, and what has our society lost in the meantime? A love letter to those who have been minimized and forgotten, this collection repositions...
Author
Language
English
Description
Inspired by actual events, this novel offers a fascinating account of a crucial but little-remembered moment in American history that follows three courageous women who bravely risked their lives and liberty in the fight to win the vote.
Alice Paul returns to New Jersey after several years on the front lines of the suffrage movement in Great Britain, determined to invigorate the stagnant suffrage movement in her homeland. Nine states have already...
Publisher
Sony Pictures Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
[2017]
Physical Desc
4 videodiscs (approximately 599 minutes) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
The British Empire is in decline, the political world is in disarray, and a young woman takes the throne... a new era is dawning. Queen Elizabeth II is a 25-year-old newlywed faced with the daunting prospect of leading the world's most famous monarchy while forging a relationship with legendary Prime Minister Sir Winston Churchill.
Publisher
Screen Media Films
Pub. Date
c2010
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (91 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
Academy Award-winning director Barry Levinson sets out to explore the collision and collusion at the intersection between politics and Hollywood. Gives the viewer a front row seat and backroom access to the most significant presidential campaign of the 21st century. Features interviews with high-profile celebrities and powerful political figures. Engaging and powerful, Poliwood gives insider access to the influence Hollywood has over today's political...
Author
Publisher
Hachette GO
Pub. Date
2020.
Edition
First edition.
Physical Desc
xx, 251 pages ; 21 cm
Language
English
Description
"The 1963 Children's March in Birmingham, Alabama. Tiananmen Square, 1989. The 2016 Dakota Access Pipeline protests. March for Our Lives, and School Strike for Climate. What do all these social justice movements have in common? They were led by passionate, informed, engaged young people. Jamie Margolin has been organizing and protesting since she was fourteen years old. Now the co-leader of a global climate action movement, she knows better than most...
Author
Publisher
HighBridge
Pub. Date
2024
Edition
Unabridged
Language
English
Description
"This gripping account of the highest-ranked woman in the Third Reich who, as Head Overseer of the women's camp at Auschwitz-Birkenau, was personally responsible for the murder, torture and suffering of countless prisoners, explores how she became to embody the very worst of humanity."--
Publisher
Anchor Bay Entertainment
Pub. Date
c2009
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (105 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
Martin Hunter is a high profile laywer who has an impeccable record putting criminals behind bars and is a shoo-in for governor in the upcoming election. But when ambitious rookie journalist C.J. Nicholas begins investigating Hunter for tampering with evidence to secure his convictions, the district attorney's perfect record is up for scrutiny. Commencing a risky game of cat and mouse with Hunter, C.J. frames himself as a murder suspect to catch the...
Author
Publisher
Covenant Communications
Pub. Date
c2007
Physical Desc
428 p. : ill., ports.; 27 cm.
Language
English
Description
From Washington to Bush, each American president and his relationship with the Mormons is explored as the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints rises from obscurity to become a major political influence.
Publisher
PBS Distribution
Pub. Date
[2020]
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (193 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
The documentary follows a defiant movement of women of color as they transform politics from the ground up. Filmed during the historic 2018 midterm elections, the series follows organizers and candidates (including Rashida Tlaib and Stacey Abrams) as they fight for a truly reflective government, asking whether democracy can be preserved, and made stronger, by those most marginalized.
Author
Publisher
Forefront Books
Pub. Date
[2022]
Physical Desc
319 pages ; 24 cm
Language
English
Description
"An international conspiracy between powerful bankers, business leaders, and government officials; closed-door meetings in the Swiss Alps; and calls for a radical transformation of every society on earth--the Great Reset sounds like it is one henchman-with-an-eyepatch away from being the plot for the next James Bond movie. But the Great Reset is not a work of fiction. It is a highly influential movement among the world's elite to "reset" the global...
Author
Publisher
Beacon Press
Pub. Date
[2022]
Physical Desc
xv, 388 pages ; 24 cm.
Language
English
Description
"Unfazed by the authority of psychiatry and a conventional wisdom discouraging their recovery, ex-patients created a social justice movement insisting on opportunities for recovery for people with a psychiatric diagnosis"--
Publisher
Sony Pictures Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
[2010]
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (100 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
Chronicles the life and times of Queen Victoria from her childhood to her early rise to power and the first turbulent years of her rule. Her romantic relationship and eventual marriage to Prince Albert culminates in a royal power struggle which ultimately is the key to her happiness when she comes to the realization that he is someone she can fully trust and believe in.
Author
Publisher
Haymarket Books
Pub. Date
2019.
Physical Desc
xvi, 238 pages : illustration ; 23 cm
Language
English
Description
Presents a young readers adaptation of the book that uses humor to discuss racism and violence, denounce the NFL's abuses, and encourage black athletes in the NCAA and NFL to speak out against injustice both on and off the field.
Author
Publisher
Farrar, Straus and Giroux
Pub. Date
2012
Edition
1st ed.
Physical Desc
viii, 734 p. : ill., map ; 24 cm.
Language
English
Description
A narrative report on the FBI's covert involvement with future President Ronald Reagan, radical Mario Savio, and liberal university president Clark Kerr to suppress the 1960s student movement at Berkeley reveals acts designed to undermine the Democratic party.
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