In My Place
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The award-winning correspondent for the MacNeil/Lehrer NewsHour gives a moment-by-moment account of her walk into history when, as a 19-year-old, she challenged Southern law—and Southern violence—to become the first black woman to attend the University of Georgia. A powrful act of witness to the brutal realities of segregation.
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Hot Dogs and Hamburgers: Unlocking Life's Potential by Inspiring Literacy at Any Age Shares nonfiction, memoir, education
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Voices of the Self: A Study of Language Competence Shares nonfiction, memoir, education -
Three Lives for Mississippi Shares civil rights, nonfiction -
The Great Expectations School: A Rookie Year in the New Blackboard Jungle Shares nonfiction, memoir, education
“If you want more of the same (education about civil rights), start with these.”
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Fraternity: In 1968, a visionary priest recruited 20 black men to the College of the Holy Cross and changed their lives and the course of history.
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Marching to the Mountaintop: How Poverty, Labor Fights and Civil Rights Set the Stage for Martin Luther King Jr.'s Final Hours
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Trumpet of Conscience
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Miles to Go for Freedom: Segregation and Civil Rights in the Jim Crow Years
“If it was the memoir that hooked you, try one of these.”
“These start from a similar idea, even if they go somewhere else with it.”
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Remembering Jim Crow: African Americans Tell About Life in the Segregated South
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We Will Shoot Back: Armed Resistance in the Mississippi Freedom Movement
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The Race Beat: The Press, the Civil Rights Struggle, and the Awakening of a Nation
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Redefining Rape: Sexual Violence in the Era of Suffrage and Segregation