civil rights

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Ida

a sword among lions : Ida B. Wells and the campaign against lynching
2008
Traces the life and legacy of the nineteenth-century activist and pioneer, documenting her birth into slavery, her career as a journalist and a pioneer for civil rights and suffrage, and her determination to counter lynching.

Gay marriage

why it is good for gays, good for straights, and good for America
2005
Argues that gay marriage is beneficial to the health of marriage as an institution and describes the reasons why marriage is vital to society, how gay marriage would work in the real world, and why the states should decide the issue of gay marriage.

A people's charter

pursuing rights in America
1991

Ahead of her time

Abby Kelley and the politics of antislavery
1991

W.E.B. Du Bois

the fight for civil rights
2005
This is a biography of the African American activist who helped found the NAACP.

The spirit and the letter

the struggle for rights in America
1974
Discusses the first ten amendments, the concepts on which they were based, and the interpretations drawn from them through a series of test cases.

Dry victories

1972
Two young black boys examine the Reconstruction and Civil Rights eras and the effect these periods have had on the lives of their people. Includes pertinent documents and photographs.

Taking liberties

a decade of hard cases, bad laws, and bum raps
1988

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