Social Activists

What does it take to report from conflict zones? What good is neutrality in the face of suffering, and how much difference can one person make? From her first journalistic assignment in Gaza to covering the Arab Spring in Egypt, Sherine Tadros searched...

A collection of essential writings from the iconic foremother of Black intellectual history, feminism and activismThe Portable Anna Julia Cooper will introduce a new generation of readers to an educator, public intellectual and community activist whose...

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Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781546686194Author Russ HudsonFormat PaperbackPage Count 266Imprint Createspace Independent Publishing PlatformPublisher Createspace Independent Publishing...

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Kathy Izard was a graphic designer, wife, mother of four daughters, and volunteer at Charlotte's Urban Ministry Center when an unlikely meeting with formerly homeless author Denver Moore changed the course of her life. Inspired by Denver's challenge to...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781077614918Author Seth BarnesFormat PaperbackPage Count 150Imprint Independently PublishedPublisher Independently PublishedWeight(grams) 168gDimensions(mm)...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780807097762Author Martin Luther KingFormat PaperbackPage Count 224Imprint Beacon PressPublisher Beacon PressWeight(grams) 329gDimensions(mm) 229mm * 152mm...

"An activist. An author. A scholar. An abolitionist. A legend."-Ibram X. Kendi features an expansive new introduction by the author.-Angela Y. Davisis a powerful and commanding account of her early years in struggle.Davis describes her journey from a...

The extraordinary true story of the first Girl Scout troop designated for homeless girls - from the homeless families it brought together in Queens, New York, to the amazing citywide and countrywide responses it sparked.Giselle Burgess, a young mother of...

Many Canadians know that Viola Desmond is the first Black, non-royal woman to be featured on Canadian currency. But fewer know the details of Viola Desmond's life and legacy. In 1946, Desmond was arrested for refusing to give up her seat in a whites-only...

James Boggs (1919-1993) and Grace Lee Boggs (1915-2015) were two largely unsung but critically important figures in the black freedom struggle. Born and raised in Alabama, James Boggs came to Detroit during the Great Migration, becoming an automobile...

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Stokely Carmichael, the charismatic and controversial black activist, stepped into the pages of history when he called for Black Power" during a speech one Mississippi night in 1966. A firebrand who straddled both the American civil rights and Black...

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Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781019454961Author Josiah HensonFormat HardbackPage Count 132Imprint Legare Street PressPublisher Legare Street PressWeight(grams) 363g

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781020087400Author Thomas TimpsonFormat HardbackPage Count 354Imprint Legare Street PressPublisher Legare Street PressWeight(grams) 671g

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781019849460Author Lady Henry SomersetFormat HardbackPage Count 344Imprint Legare Street PressPublisher Legare Street PressWeight(grams) 658g

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Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781015419131Author Andrew CarnegieFormat HardbackPage Count 354Imprint Legare Street PressPublisher Legare Street PressWeight(grams) 671g

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781015404397Author Harriet Ann JacobsFormat PaperbackPage Count 244Imprint Legare Street PressPublisher Legare Street PressWeight(grams) 345g

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780964735798Author Gabriel of UrantiaFormat HardbackPage Count 402Imprint Global Community Communications PublishingPublisher Global Community...

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Josiah Henson (June 15, 1789 - May 5, 1883) was an author, abolitionist, and minister. Born into slavery in Charles County, Maryland, he escaped to Upper Canada (now Ontario) in 1830, and founded a settlement and laborer's school for other fugitive...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781250338143Author Naomi KleinFormat PaperbackPage Count 416Imprint St Martin's PressPublisher St Martin's PressWeight(grams) 454g

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Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780988284883Author Bettie Ph D YoungsFormat PaperbackPage Count 418Imprint Bettie Young's BooksPublisher Bettie Young's BooksWeight(grams) 608g

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Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780964735781Author Gabriel of UrantiaFormat PaperbackPage Count 402Imprint Global Community Communications PublishingPublisher Global Community...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780986138010Author Mark L BaynardFormat PaperbackImprint In Pursuit of Freedom PublishingPublisher In Pursuit of Freedom PublishingWeight(grams) 259g

Until There Is Justice tells the complex, moving story of the remarkable civil rights figure Anna Arnold Hedgeman, who played a key role in more than half a century of social justice initiatives. Hedgeman ought to be a household name like her colleagues,...

Franklin Henry Little (1878-1917), an organizer for the Western Federation of Miners and the Industrial Workers of the World (IWW), fought in some of the early twentieth century's most contentious labor and free-speech struggles. Following his lynching...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780692618011Author Kaeley ClarkFormat PaperbackPage Count 96Imprint Chi-Town BooksPublisher Chi-Town BooksWeight(grams) 141g

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780645067538Author Matteo GracisFormat PaperbackPage Count 168Imprint Free Mind PublicationsPublisher Free Mind PublicationsWeight(grams) 231g

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780578739960Author Indra SenaFormat PaperbackPage Count 322Imprint Noir Books LLCPublisher Noir Books LLCWeight(grams) 178g

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A demanding feminist, devout Christian, and savvy grassroots civil rights organizer, Anna Arnold Hedgeman played a key role in over half a century of social justice initiatives. Like many of her colleagues, including A. Philip Randolph, Betty Friedan,...

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