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The Young Crusaders

The Untold Story of the Children and Teenagers Who Galvanized the Civil Rights Movement

By: V. P. Franklin

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The Young Crusaders

The Untold Story of the Children and Teenagers Who Galvanized the Civil Rights Movement

By: V. P. Franklin

An authoritative history of the overlooked youth activists that spearheaded the largest protests of the Civil Rights Movement and set the blueprint for future generations of activists to follow. Some of the most iconic images of the Civil Rights Movement are those of young people engaged in social activism, such as children and teenagers in 1963 being attacked by police in Birmingham with dogs and water hoses. But their contributions have not been well documented or prioritized. The Young Crusaders is the first book dedicated to telling the story of the hundreds of thousands of children and teenagers who engaged in sit-ins, school strikes, boycotts, marches, and demonstrations in which Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. and other national civil rights leaders played little or no part. It was these young activists who joined in the largest civil rights demonstration in US history: the system-wide school boycott in New York City on February 3, 1964, where over 360,000 elementary and secondary school students went on strike and thousands attended freedom schools. Later that month, tens of thousands of children and teenagers participated in the “Freedom Day” boycotts in Boston and Chicago, also demanding “quality integrated education.” Distinguished historian V. P. Franklin illustrates how their ingenuity made these and numerous other campaigns across the country successful in bringing about the end to legalized racial discrimination. It was these unheralded young people who set the blueprint for today’s youth activists and their campaigns to address poverty, joblessness, educational inequality, and racialized violence and discrimination. Understanding the role of children and teenagers transforms how we understand the Civil Rights Movement and the broader part young people have played in shepherding social and educational progress, and it serves as a model for the youth-led “reparatory justice” campaigns seen today mounted by Black Lives Matter, March for Our Lives, and the Sunrise Movement. Highlighting the voices of the young people themselves, Franklin offers a redefining narrative, complemented by arresting archival images. The Young Crusaders reveals a radical history that both challenges and expands our understanding of the Civil Rights Movement.

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0807040096

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My Soul Is a Witness

A Chronology of the Civil Rights Era, 1954-1965

By: Bettye Collier-Thomas,V. P. Franklin

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My Soul Is a Witness

A Chronology of the Civil Rights Era, 1954-1965

By: Bettye Collier-Thomas,V. P. Franklin

A POWERFUL AND INSPIRING RECORD OF ONE OF THE MOST SIGNIFICANT PERIODS IN AMERICA'S HISTORY, MY SOUL IS A WITNESS PRESENTS THE FULL HISTORIC SCOPE OF THE HARD-FOUGHT BATTLE FOR CIVIL RIGHTS. From the landmark Brown v. Board of Education decision, in which legal segregation in public schools was declared unconstitutional, the Nashville sit-ins, and the Freedom Rides to the March on Washington, Bloody Sunday, the march from Selma to Montgomery, and the subsequent passage of the Voting Rights Act of 1965 -- and everything in between -- My Soul Is a Witness is the first comprehensive book-length chronology of the civil rights era in America. My Soul Is a Witness extends the examination of civil rights activities between 1954 and 1965 beyond the southern states to include the rest of the country. Although Martin Luther King, Jr., was a central towering figure of the era, this volume shifts the focus to the thousands of people, places, and events that the Civil Rights Movement encompassed. And while the movement began in the arena of education, My Soul Is a Witness covers events in the areas of employment, public accommodations, housing, voting rights, religion, entertainment, sports, and the military. The more than 2,500 entries are based on information found in articles and reports published in three sources: The New York Times, Jet magazine, and the Southern School News. The basic chronology is supplemented with longer features that explore topics in greater depth as well as highlight issues well known at the time but largely unknown today by scholars and the general public.

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The Young Crusaders

The Untold Story of the Children and Teenagers Who Galvanized the Civil Rights Movement

By: V. P. Franklin

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The Untold Story of the Children and Teenagers Who Galvanized the Civil Rights Movement

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Sisters in the Struggle

African American Women in the Civil Rights-Black Power Movement

By: Bettye Collier-Thomas,V.P. Franklin

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Sisters in the Struggle

African American Women in the Civil Rights-Black Power Movement

By: Bettye Collier-Thomas,V.P. Franklin

The rarely heard stories of the brave women at the forefront of the Civil Rights Movement Women were at the forefront of the civil rights struggle, but their indvidiual stories were rarely heard. Only recently have historians begun to recognize the central role women played in the battle for racial equality. In Sisters in the Struggle, we hear about the unsung heroes of the civil rights movements such as Ella Baker, who helped found the Student Non-Violent Coordinating Committee, Fannie Lou Hamer, a sharecropper who took on segregation in the Democratic party (and won), and Septima Clark, who created a network of "Citizenship Schools" to teach poor Black men and women to read and write and help them to register to vote. We learn of Black women's activism in the Black Panther Party where they fought the police, as well as the entrenched male leadership, and the Southern Christian Leadership Conference, where the behind-the-scenes work of women kept the organization afloat when it was under siege. It also includes first-person testimonials from the women who made headlines with their courageous resistance to segregation—Rosa Parks, Charlayne Hunter-Gault, and Dorothy Height. This collection represents the coming of age of African-American women's history and presents new stories that point the way to future study. Contributors: Bettye Collier-Thomas, Vicki Crawford, Cynthia Griggs Fleming, V. P. Franklin, Charlayne Hunter-Gault, Farah Jasmine Griffin, Duchess Harris, Sharon Harley, Dorothy I. Height, Chana Kai Lee, Tracye Matthews, Genna Rae McNeil, Rosa Parks, Barbara Ransby, Jacqueline A. Rouse, Elaine Moore Smith, and Linda Faye Williams.

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NYU Press

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081477234X

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Sexual Harassment

Analyses and Bibliography

By: V. P. Argos

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Sexual Harassment

Analyses and Bibliography

By: V. P. Argos

The topic of sexual harassment is a real threat to society in spite of its downplaying by a large segment of society including the 42nd President of the United States. This book presents analyses designed to help shed light on it and a bibliography sorted for ease of use.

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Nova Publishers

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156072711X

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A Thousand Points of Truth

The History and Humanity of Col. John Singleton Mosby in Newsprint

By: V. P. Hughes

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A Thousand Points of Truth

The History and Humanity of Col. John Singleton Mosby in Newsprint

By: V. P. Hughes

My interest in Colonel John Singleton Mosby began in 1950. However, it wasn’t until 2002 that it led to extensive research on the subject, centered upon newspaper reports on the man begun during the Civil War and continued throughout—and even after—his life. And while I rejected Virgil Carrington Jones’s observation on Mosby, contained in the preface of this work, I did not contemplate writing this book until an even more disparaging observation came to my attention during my research. The comment was contained in an article in the Ponchatoula Times of May 26, 1963, as part of a six-article series written by Bernard Vincent McMahon, entitled The Gray Ghost of the Confederacy. Mr. McMahon, in turn, based his comment upon General Omar Bradley’s judgment of what might have been the postwar life of General George Patton: “Now substitute Mosby for General Patton in the book ‘A General’s Life,’ by Omar Bradley . . . ‘I believe it was better for General Patton [Mosby] and his professional reputation that he died when he did . . . He would have gone into retirement hungering for the old limelight, beyond doubt indiscreetly sounding off on any subject anytime, any place. In time he would have become a boring parody of himself—a decrepit, bitter, pitiful figure, unwittingly debasing the legend’” (emphasis mine). McMahon, however, only proffered in his writings the widely accepted view of John Mosby held by many, if not most. However, like General Ulysses S. Grant, I have come to know Colonel Mosby rather more intimately through the testimony of countless witnesses over a span of 150 years, and I believe that it is time for those who deeply respect John Mosby the soldier to now also respect John Mosby the man. A century ago, the book of John Singleton Mosby’s life closed. It is my hope that this book will validate the claim he made during that life that he would be vindicated by time. V. P. Hughes

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Xlibris Corporation

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1524527173

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9781524527174

A Concise History of the Universe:

Before Time to the End of Time

By: V.P. Canton

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A Concise History of the Universe:

Before Time to the End of Time

By: V.P. Canton

The fact is, Canton may be one of few Homo sapiens humans who can see the Big Picture, one encompassing the beginning of time and the end of time, the creation of the universe and all the galaxies, including the Milky Way, and the millions of species and their destruction through haphazard unpredictable evolution and mutation, without appparent rhym or reason culminating in one species, Homo sapiens humans,a relatively late-comer that in a short time would become a threat to all other species, and finally to his fellow species, leaving few if any survivors.

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Author House

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1456752065

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9781456752064

Methods for Solving Operator Equations

By: V. P. Tanana

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Methods for Solving Operator Equations

By: V. P. Tanana

The Inverse and Ill-Posed Problems Series is a series of monographs publishing postgraduate level information on inverse and ill-posed problems for an international readership of professional scientists and researchers. The series aims to publish works which involve both theory and applications in, e.g., physics, medicine, geophysics, acoustics, electrodynamics, tomography, and ecology.

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Walter de Gruyter

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3110900157

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9783110900156

Audition Freedom

The Irreverent Wellness Guide for Theatre People

By: Vp Boyle,V. P. Boyle

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Audition Freedom

The Irreverent Wellness Guide for Theatre People

By: Vp Boyle,V. P. Boyle

Imagine what your theatrical life would be like if you could walk into any audition room and find authentic freedom! Freedom to be human, freedom to be happy, freedom to be brilliant and freedom to be nothing but fantastically you? This inspiring not-like-any-other-audition-book by Broadway's top coach will crack your brain open with long lasting shifts that will keep you creating and enjoying powerful experiences "in the room.

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MaxTheatrix LLC

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0615250440

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9780615250441

The College of the Atlantic Guide to the Lakes and Ponds of Mt. Desert

Discovering the Freshwater Gems of Maine's Largest Island

By: William V. P. Newlin,Kenneth S. Cline,Rachel Briggs,A. Addison Namnoum,Brett Ciccotelli

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The College of the Atlantic Guide to the Lakes and Ponds of Mt. Desert

Discovering the Freshwater Gems of Maine's Largest Island

By: William V. P. Newlin,Kenneth S. Cline,Rachel Briggs,A. Addison Namnoum,Brett Ciccotelli

Mt. Desert Island, located off the coast of Maine, is blessed with more than twenty-five lakes and forty streams, but most visitors to the island are attracted by its granite coast and never get to explore “the lake country.” The revised and expanded edition of this one-of-a-kind guide is designed to give visitors the tools they need to get the most of this remarkable feature of Mt. Desert. In collaboration with students, graduates, and a professor from College of the Atlantic, author and longtime island summer resident William Newlin offers tips on what lakes are best for activities like boating, swimming, fishing, hiking, biking, and picnicking and provides readers the specific details they will need to make the most of their visit. Just where do you launch your kayak? Where are the best picnic rocks? What fish are available? Containing beautiful photos and illustrations, detailed, full-color maps, and informative sidebars that fill the reader in on interesting bits of natural history and local lore, this is an essential resource for vacationers and local adventurers alike.

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North Atlantic Books

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1583947973

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9781583947975

The Transfer of Power in India

By: V. P. Menon

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The Transfer of Power in India

By: V. P. Menon

The author recounts in detail the events that occurred from September 1939 to August 1947, during the final stages of India s bid for freedom, and how power was actually transferred.

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Orient Blackswan

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8125008845

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9788125008842

Methods for Solution of Nonlinear Operator Equations

By: V. P. Tanana

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Methods for Solution of Nonlinear Operator Equations

By: V. P. Tanana

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Walter de Gruyter

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3110920298

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9783110920291

India'S Foreign Policy In A Changing Wor

By: V P Dutt

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India'S Foreign Policy In A Changing Wor

By: V P Dutt

This Book Takes Into Account All The Twists And Turns, The Contradictions And The Currents And Countercurrent In International Politics And Recommends That Indian Foreign Policy Should Be Sensitive To The Duality, Indeed The `Triplity` Of The Developing International Scenario.

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Vikas Publishing House

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8125908447

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9788125908449

A Layman's Guide to Religion

All You Ever Wanted to Know about Religion Before You Put the Subject to Rest and Get on with Your Life!

By: V. P. Canton

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A Layman's Guide to Religion

All You Ever Wanted to Know about Religion Before You Put the Subject to Rest and Get on with Your Life!

By: V. P. Canton

A Layman's Guide to Religion is a provocative, factual often-humorous personal study of evolution and religion. The author is unsparing in his contempt for all religions and cults and for the hypocritical rascals, the pied pipers who sidetrack their innocent victims, robbing many of them of their most productive years. The author finds those who claim to speak for God while defrauding the elderly of their life's savings especially loathsome. One scholar, who prefers anonymity, remarked after reading the manuscript, that when published, this one thin volume would contain more common sense than the hundred of thousand dusty works by so called theologians over the past several millennia. The comment was most gratifying as the author world rather have the admiration of one intelligent person whom the author highly regards than the admiration and even reverence of a billion fools! Bold, blunt and unflinching, this thin volume, cuts through millenia of B.S.! The author's purpose is not offend one religion but to denigrate all of them and, hopefully, replace religion with reason and common sense. Targeting historical unpleasant facts in an engaging and humorous manner, and the role of evolution, the author shows where religion has today become a compost of hypocrisy and pretense and the root cause of all evil! Plainly, this volume contains "All You Ever Wanted To Know About Religion Before You Put The Subject To Rest And Get On With Your Life!

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0759667020

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Sisters in the Struggle

African American Women in the Civil Rights-Black Power Movement

By: Bettye Collier-Thomas,V.P. Franklin

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African American Women in the Civil Rights-Black Power Movement

By: Bettye Collier-Thomas,V.P. Franklin

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My Soul Is a Witness

A Chronicle of the Civil Rights Era, 1954–1964

By: Bettye Collier-Thomas,V. P. Franklin

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My Soul Is a Witness

A Chronicle of the Civil Rights Era, 1954–1964

By: Bettye Collier-Thomas,V. P. Franklin

A powerful and inspiring record of one of the most significant periods in America's history, which presents the full historic scope of the hard-fought battle for civil rights. From the landmark Brown v. Board of Education decision, in which legal segregation in public schools was declared unconstitutional, to the Nashville sit-ins organized by the Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee, and from the Freedom Rides to the March on Washington, to the subsequent passage of the Voting Rights Act of 1965-and covering everything in between--Bettye Collier-Thomas and V. P. Franklin's My Soul Is a Witness is the first comprehensive chronology of the civil rights era in America. This unique chronology extends the examination of civil rights activities beyond the South to include the North, Midwest, and Far West. Although Martin Luther King, Jr. was a towering figure during the era, the authors shift the focus to the thousands of people, places, and events that encompassed the Civil Rights movement. Each entry is based on information found in articles and reports published in three newspaper and periodical sources: The New York Times, Jet Magazine, and the Southern School News. Supplementing the basic chronology are longer features that explore larger topics in more depth and highlight issues well-known at the time but unknown today by scholars and the general public.

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Macmillan + ORM

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1250107725

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My Soul Is a Witness

A Chronology of the Civil Rights Era, 1954-1965

By: Bettye Collier-Thomas,V. P. Franklin

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A Chronology of the Civil Rights Era, 1954-1965

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