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Author
Series
Publisher
Stackpole Books
Pub. Date
c2001
Edition
1st Stackpole Books ed.
Physical Desc
p. cm.
Language
English
Description
One of the most controversial figures in nineteenth-century American history, Thaddeus Stevens is best remembered for his role as congressional leader of the radical Republicans and as a chief architect of Reconstruction. Long painted by historians as a vindictive 'dictator of Congress,' out to punish the South at the behest of big business and his own ego, Stevens receives a more balanced treatment in Hans L. Trefousse's biography, which portrays...
Author
Pub. Date
2023.
Language
English
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Description
"In the aftermath of the 2020 presidential election, Donald Trump and other elected Republican officials plotted to overturn a lawful election and provoked a violent attack on our Capitol. Liz Cheney, one of the few Republican officials to take a stand against these efforts, witnessed the attack first-hand, and then helped lead the Congressional Select Committee investigation into how it happened. In Oath and Honor, she tells the story of this perilous...
Author
Publisher
Dial Books for Young Readers
Pub. Date
[2020]
Physical Desc
1 volume (unpaged) : illustrations (chiefly color) ; 29 cm
Language
English
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Description
"A picture book biography celebrating the life and contributions of Shirley Chisholm, the first Black woman in Congress, who sought the Democratic nomination to be the president of the United States"--
Author
Publisher
Grand Central Publishing
Pub. Date
2012
Language
English
Formats
Description
From celebrated Congressman John Lewis comes an eyewitness account of history from a key member of the Civil Rights Movement and confidant to Martin Luther King Jr.
In turbulent times Americans look to the Civil Rights Movement as the apotheosis of political expression. As we confront a startling rise in racism and hate speech and remain a culture scarred by social inequality, there's no better time to revisit the lessons of the '60s...
In turbulent times Americans look to the Civil Rights Movement as the apotheosis of political expression. As we confront a startling rise in racism and hate speech and remain a culture scarred by social inequality, there's no better time to revisit the lessons of the '60s...
Author
Publisher
Thomas Dunne Books, St. Martin's Press
Pub. Date
2016.
Edition
First edition.
Physical Desc
450 pages, 16 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations (some color) ; 25 cm
Language
English
Description
The break-out Democratic candidate for president, who gave Hillary Clinton a run for her money, offers an inside account of his extraordinary campaign and a blueprint for future political action.
7) John Lewis
Author
Publisher
Simon Spotlight
Pub. Date
2021.
Physical Desc
47 pages : color illustrations ; 24 cm.
Language
English
Description
"From the time John Lewis asked Dr. Martin Luther King to help integrate a segregated school in his hometown as teenager, he never stopped organizing, from Freedom Rides, to the marches in Selma and Washington, and more. Introduce readers to his concept of getting into "good trouble" in this Level 3 Ready-to-Read book"--
Author
Publisher
Farrar, Straus and Giroux
Pub. Date
2015.
Edition
First edition.
Physical Desc
387 pages, 16 pages of unnumbered plates : illustrations ; 24 cm.
Language
English
Description
"The candid political memoir of Barney Frank, former House Representative from Massachusetts ... and a pioneering, openly gay politician"--
Author
Publisher
Scribner
Pub. Date
2011
Edition
1st Scribner hardcover ed.
Physical Desc
vii, 309 p., [16] p. of plates : ill. (chiefly col.) ; 24 cm.
Language
English
Description
Congresswoman Gabrielle Giffords and her husband, astronaut Mark Kelly, showed Americans how optimism, an adventurous spirit, and a call to service can help change the world. Their arrival in the spotlight came under the worst of circumstances. On January 8, 2011, while meeting with constituents in Tucson, Arizona, Gabby was the victim of an assassination attempt that left six people dead and thirteen wounded. Gabby was shot in the head; doctors called...
Author
Language
English
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Description
"John Lewis, who at age twenty-five marched in Selma and was beaten on the Edmund Pettus Bridge, is a visionary and a man of faith. Using intimate interviews with Lewis and his family and deep research into the history of the civil rights movement, Meacham writes of how the activist and leader was inspired by the Bible, his mother's unbreakable spirit, his sharecropper father's tireless ambition, and his teachers in nonviolence, Reverend James Lawson...
12) I am John Lewis
Author
Publisher
Rocky Pond Books
Pub. Date
[2023]
Physical Desc
1 volume (unpaged) ; 20 cm.
Language
English
Description
"A picture book biography about the late American politician and civil rights activist John Lewis"--
13) A common struggle: a personal journey through the past and future of mental illness and addiction
Author
Language
English
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Description
"Patrick J. Kennedy, the former congressman and youngest child of Senator Ted Kennedy, details his personal and political battle with mental illness and addiction, exploring mental health care's history in the country alongside his and every family's private struggles. On May 5, 2006, the New York Times ran two stories, 'Patrick Kennedy Crashes Car into Capitol Barrier' and then, several hours later, 'Patrick Kennedy Says He'll Seek Help for Addiction.'...
Author
Series
Publisher
Grosset & Dunlap, an Imprint of Penguin Group (USA)
Pub. Date
[2013]
Physical Desc
104 pages : illustrations, map ; 20 cm.
Language
English
Description
"Davy Crockett, the King of the Wild Frontier, is a man of legend. He is said to have killed his first bear when he was three years old. His smile alone killed another, and he skinned a bear by forcing him to run between two trees. Fact or fiction? Find out the real story of this folk hero, who did love to hunt bears, served as a congressman for Tennessee, and fought and died at the Alamo"--
"An illustrated biography of famous frontiersman Davy Crockett,...
15) March: Book two
Author
Series
March volume 1
Publisher
Top Shelf Productions
Pub. Date
[2015]
Physical Desc
187 pages : chiefly illustrations ; 25 cm
Language
English
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Description
"After the success of the Nashville sit-in campaign, John Lewis is more committed than ever to changing the world through nonviolence -- but as he and his fellow Freedom Riders board a bus into the vicious heart of the deep south, they will be tested like never before."--page 3 of cover.
Author
Publisher
Chelsea Green Publishing
Pub. Date
[2015]
Physical Desc
xii, 162 pages ; 21 cm.
Language
English
Description
In this short, accessible book, author Jonathan Tasini draws heavily from Sanders' ample public record of speeches, statements, and interviews, and couples his working-class spirit with specific legislation he has championed on a number of core proposals that comprise a broader people's agenda for America. --Publisher's description.
17) March: Book one
Author
Series
March volume 2
Publisher
Top Shelf Productions
Pub. Date
2013.
Language
English
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Black History Month
Black History Month 2023
Graphic Novels
Top YA Books of All Time (Time Magazine List)
Black History Month 2023
Graphic Novels
Top YA Books of All Time (Time Magazine List)
Formats
Description
This graphic novel is Congressman John Lewis' first-hand account of his lifelong struggle for civil and human rights, meditating in the modern age on the distance traveled since the days of Jim Crow and segregation. Rooted in Lewis' personal story, it also reflects on the highs and lows of the broader civil rights movement. Book One spans Lewis' youth in rural Alabama, his life-changing meeting with Martin Luther King, Jr., the birth of the Nashville...
Author
Publisher
Dey Street, an imprint of William Morrow
Pub. Date
[2020]
Edition
First edition.
Physical Desc
248 pages : illustrations (chiefly color) ; 24 cm
Language
English
Description
"In the tradition of Notorious RBG, a lively, beautifully designed, full-color illustrated celebration of the life, wisdom, wit, legacy, and fearless style of iconic American Congresswoman Maxine Waters. "Let me just say this: I'm a strong black woman, and I cannot be intimidated. I cannot be undermined. I cannot be thought to be afraid of Bill O'Reilly or anyone."-Maxine Waters. To millions nationwide, Congresswoman Maxine Waters is a hero of the...
Author
Publisher
Macmillan Audio
Pub. Date
2021
Edition
Unabridged
Language
English
Description
"Former Speaker of the House John Boehner shares colorful tales from the halls of power, the smoke-filled rooms around the halls of power, and his fabled tour bus.
John Boehner is the last of a breed. At a time when the arbiters of American culture were obsessing over organic kale, cold-pressed juice, and SoulCycle, the man who stood second in line to the presidency was unapologetically smoking Camels, quaffing a glass of red, and hitting the golf...
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