Author : Suzanne Slade
Publisher : Charlesbridge
Page : 43 pages
File Size : 20,53 MB
Release : 2014-09-09
Category : Juvenile Nonfiction
ISBN : 1607346516
No one thought Susan B. Anthony and Frederick Douglass would ever become friends. The former slave and the outspoken woman came from two different worlds. But they shared deep-seated beliefs in equality and the need to fight for it. Despite naysayers, hecklers, and even arsonists, Susan and Frederick became fast friends and worked together to change America.
Author : Micah Alpaugh
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
Page : 513 pages
File Size : 45,13 MB
Release : 2021-11-11
Category : History
ISBN : 1316515613
Demonstrates how the activists who mobilized the Age of Atlantic Revolutions' greatest social movements worked together across nations.
Author : Gloria Whelan
Publisher : Sleeping Bear Press
Page : 50 pages
File Size : 12,92 MB
Release : 2011-08-02
Category : Juvenile Fiction
ISBN : 1410308332
In 1850 the Detroit River was a major track along the Underground Railroad -- the last step to freedom. The journey across the river was dangerous, especially in winter and especially for a 12-year-old boy. When Louis's father left him in charge of the farm he offered his son this advice, "If you don't know what to do, just do what you think I would have done." Louis relies upon his father's words of wisdom when a runaway slave and her two children come looking for safe passage. In the second title in our Tales of Young Americans series Gloria Whelan -- author of National Book Award winning Homeless Bird -- beautifully creates a suspenseful coming-of-age story while illuminating a difficult time in America's past. Ms. Whelan's narrative again shows the human spirit will forever shine brightly in dark times. Freedom River - part of our Young Americans series - will quickly become a favorite for its important message and look at history from a youngster's eye. Artist Gijsbert van Frankenhuyzen - a Sleeping Bear Press favorite - treats the material as only he can. Each illustrated page demonstrates the same mastery and devotion to his craft as the young heroes he brings to life.
Author : Donna McDaniel
Publisher : Quakerpress of Fgc
Page : 588 pages
File Size : 42,49 MB
Release : 2009
Category : Religion
ISBN : 9781888305807
Donna McDaniel and Vanessa Julye document three centuries of Quakers who were committed to ending racial injustices yet, with few exceptions, hesitated to invite African Americans into their Society. Addressing racism among Quakers of yesterday and today, the authors believe, is the path toward a racially inclusive community.
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Publisher : Ludwig von Mises Institute
Page : 386 pages
File Size : 38,32 MB
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ISBN : 1610164474
Author : Deborah Wiles
Publisher : Simon and Schuster
Page : 32 pages
File Size : 15,8 MB
Release : 2001
Category : Juvenile Fiction
ISBN : 0689830165
The winner of the Coretta Scott King/John Steptoe New Talent Award, this work introduces a white boy living in the South of 1964, who recounts his first experience of racial prejudice--and his friendship with a black boy that defied it. Full color.
Author : Kimberly P. Johnson
Publisher :
Page : 32 pages
File Size : 20,70 MB
Release : 2014
Category : African Americans
ISBN : 9781628473148
Story about the historic struggle of the Civil Rights Movement in the 1960s during the time of segregation at Rock Hill, S.C. Ten young Black men peaceably entered McCrory's Variety Store and asked to be served at the lunch counter with equal service as Whites. They were arrested in spite of their non-violent protest and sent to prison. Charles Taylor returned to College shortly afterward, and worked to support the efforts of equality. The men who remained and served a longer prison sentence became known as the Friendship 9. They became an inspiration to other Civil Rights advocates and their historic sit-in protest sit-in inspired the Jail, No Bail movement. The Frienship 9 were Robert McCullough, John Gaines, Thomas Gaither, Clarence Graham, S.T. "Dub" Massey, Willie McCleod, James Wells, David Williamson, Jr., and Mark Workman.
Author : Gary Nash
Publisher : Hachette UK
Page : 317 pages
File Size : 35,27 MB
Release : 2009-03-12
Category : History
ISBN : 0786746483
Friends of Liberty tells the remarkable story of three men whose lives were braided together by issues of liberty and race that fueled revolutions across two continents. Thomas Jefferson wrote the founding documents of the United States. Thaddeus Kosciuszko was a hero of the American Revolution and later led a spectacular but failed uprising in Poland, his homeland. Agrippa Hull, a freeborn black New Englander, volunteered at eighteen to join the Continental Army. During the Revolution, Hull served Kosciuszko as an orderly, and the two became fast friends. Kosciuszko's abhorrence of bondage shaped histhinking about the oppression in his own land. When Kosciuszko returned to America in the 1790s, bearing the wounds of his own failed revolution, he and Jefferson forged an intense friendship based on their shared dreams for the global expansion of human freedom. They sealed their bond with a blood compact whereby Jefferson would liberate his slaves upon Kosciuszko's death. But Jefferson died without fulfilling the promise he had made to Kosciuszko-and to a fledgling nation founded on the principle of liberty and justice for all.
Author : John Briggs
Publisher :
Page : 109 pages
File Size : 28,35 MB
Release : 2014-08-19
Category :
ISBN : 9780990516002
"Mary Dyer did hang as a flag..." Mary Dyer was the first woman executed in America for her religious beliefs, but her death started a revolution no one could stop. Mary Dyer, Friend of Freedom is the first children's book about this largely forgotten civil rights leader. It tells the true story of her courageous fight for religious freedom against some of the most powerful men in colonial America. Middle-grade readers are encouraged to learn how this humble Quaker inspired kings and governors on two continents and became an international civil rights hero.
Author : Suzanne Slade
Publisher : Charlesbridge
Page : 42 pages
File Size : 33,49 MB
Release : 2014-09-09
Category : Juvenile Nonfiction
ISBN : 1607347490
Their friendship changed a nation. No one thought Susan B. Anthony and Frederick Douglass would ever become friends. The former slave and the outspoken woman came from two different worlds. But they shared deep-seated beliefs in equality and the need to fight for it. Despite naysayers, hecklers, arsonists, and even their own disagreements, Susan and Frederick remained fast friends and worked together to change America. This little-known story introduces young readers to two momentous personalities in American history and to their fiery passion for human rights and equality.
