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The Day Freedom Died

The Colfax Massacre, the Supreme Court, and the Betrayal of Reconstruction

de Charles Lane ...

The untold story of the massacre of a Southern town's freedmen and a white lawyer's battle to bring the killers to justice: "Riveting." —The New York Times Book ReviewFollowing the Civil War, Colfax, Louisiana, was a town, like many, where African Americans and whites mingled uneasily. But on April 13, 1873, a small army of white ex–Confederate soldiers, enraged after attempts by freedmen to ... Leer más

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The untold story of the massacre of a Southern town's freedmen and a white lawyer's battle to bring the killers to justice: "Riveting." —The New York Times Book ReviewFollowing the Civil War, Colfax, Louisiana, was a town, like many, where African Americans and whites mingled uneasily. But on April 13, 1873, a small army of white ex–Confederate soldiers, enraged after attempts by freedmen to
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An Inconvenient Cop

My Fight to Change Policing in America

de Edwin Raymond, Jon Sternfeld ...

**FINALIST FOR THE DAYTON LITERARY PEACE PRIZEA WASHINGTON POST BEST NONFICTION BOOK OF 2023A PUBLISHERS WEEKLY BEST BOOK OF 2023“With illuminating, vivid, and meticulous prose, Edwin Raymond delivers an extraordinary exposé on policing in America . . . An essential, exceptional work.”—Toluse Olorunnipa, Pulitzer Prize–winning author of His Name Is George FloydFrom the highest-ranking ... Leer más

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**FINALIST FOR THE DAYTON LITERARY PEACE PRIZEA WASHINGTON POST BEST NONFICTION BOOK OF 2023A PUBLISHERS WEEKLY BEST BOOK OF 2023“With illuminating, vivid, and meticulous prose, Edwin Raymond delivers an extraordinary exposé on policing in America . . . An essential, exceptional work.”—Toluse Olorunnipa, Pulitzer Prize–winning author of His Name Is George FloydFrom the highest-ranking
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Corporate Social Responsibility?

Human Rights in the New Global Economy

Edición de Charlotte Walker-Said, John D. Kelly ...

With this book, Charlotte Walker-Said and John D. Kelly have assembled an essential toolkit to better understand how the notoriously ambiguous concept of corporate social responsibility (CSR) functions in practice within different disciplines and settings. Bringing together cutting-edge scholarship from leading figures in human rights programs around the United States, they vigorously engage some ... Leer más

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With this book, Charlotte Walker-Said and John D. Kelly have assembled an essential toolkit to better understand how the notoriously ambiguous concept of corporate social responsibility (CSR) functions in practice within different disciplines and settings. Bringing together cutting-edge scholarship from leading figures in human rights programs around the United States, they vigorously engage some
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Belonging without Othering

How We Save Ourselves and the World

de john a. powell, Stephen Menendian ...

The root of all inequality is the process of othering – and its solution is the practice of belongingWe all yearn for connection and community, but we live in a time when calls for further division along the well-wrought lines of religion, race, ethnicity, caste, and sexuality are pervasive. This ubiquitous yet elusive problem feeds on fears – created, inherited – of the "other." While the much ... Leer más

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The root of all inequality is the process of othering – and its solution is the practice of belongingWe all yearn for connection and community, but we live in a time when calls for further division along the well-wrought lines of religion, race, ethnicity, caste, and sexuality are pervasive. This ubiquitous yet elusive problem feeds on fears – created, inherited – of the "other." While the much
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The Forgotten First

Kenny Washington, Woody Strode, Marion Motley, Bill Willis, and the Breaking of the NFL Color Barrier

de Keyshawn Johnson, Bob Glauber ...

The unknown story of the Black pioneers who collectively changed the face of the NFL in 1946.THE FORGOTTEN FIRST chronicles the lives of four incredible men, the racism they experienced as Black players entering a segregated sport, the burden of expectation they carried, and their many achievements, which would go on to affect football for generations to come.More than a year before Jackie ... Leer más

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The unknown story of the Black pioneers who collectively changed the face of the NFL in 1946.THE FORGOTTEN FIRST chronicles the lives of four incredible men, the racism they experienced as Black players entering a segregated sport, the burden of expectation they carried, and their many achievements, which would go on to affect football for generations to come.More than a year before Jackie
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Handbook for a Post-Roe America

de Robin Marty ...

The end of Roe v. Wade is coming. How will you prepare?Handbook for a Post-Roe America is a comprehensive and user-friendly manual for understanding and preparing for the looming changes to reproductive rights law, and getting the healthcare you need—by any means necessary. Activist and writer Robin Marty guides readers through various worst-case scenarios of a post-Roe America, and offers ways to ... Leer más

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The end of Roe v. Wade is coming. How will you prepare?Handbook for a Post-Roe America is a comprehensive and user-friendly manual for understanding and preparing for the looming changes to reproductive rights law, and getting the healthcare you need—by any means necessary. Activist and writer Robin Marty guides readers through various worst-case scenarios of a post-Roe America, and offers ways to
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Executed on a Technicality

Lethal Injustice on America's Death Row

de David R. Dow ...

When David Dow took his first capital case, he supported the death penalty. He changed his position as the men on death row became real people to him, and as he came to witness the profound injustices they endured: from coerced confessions to disconcertingly incompetent lawyers; from racist juries and backward judges to a highly arbitrary death penalty system.It is these concrete accounts of the ... Leer más

$16.99 USD

When David Dow took his first capital case, he supported the death penalty. He changed his position as the men on death row became real people to him, and as he came to witness the profound injustices they endured: from coerced confessions to disconcertingly incompetent lawyers; from racist juries and backward judges to a highly arbitrary death penalty system.It is these concrete accounts of the
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Radical Reparations

Healing the Soul of a Nation

de Marcus Anthony Hunter ...

“An urgent call to action, a manifesto for justice, and a blueprint for a more equitable America. . . .It's time we confront our history head-on, and Radical Reparations provides the necessary tools.” —Congresswoman Barbara LeeA timely groundbreaking book in the vein of Derrick Bell's Faces at the Bottom of the Well, one of the country's foremost voices on reparations, offers a radical and vital ... Leer más

$17.49 USD

“An urgent call to action, a manifesto for justice, and a blueprint for a more equitable America. . . .It's time we confront our history head-on, and Radical Reparations provides the necessary tools.” —Congresswoman Barbara LeeA timely groundbreaking book in the vein of Derrick Bell's Faces at the Bottom of the Well, one of the country's foremost voices on reparations, offers a radical and vital
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Before Brown

Heman Marion Sweatt, Thurgood Marshall, and the Long Road to Justice

de Gary M. Lavergne ...

Series series Jess and Betty Jo Hay Series
"Like Texas's founding fathers, Sweatt fearlessly faced evil, and made Texas a better place. His story is our story, and Gary Lavergne tells it well." –Paul Begala, political contributor, CNNWinner of the Coral Horton Tullis Prize for Best Book of Texas History by the Texas State Historical AssociationWinner of the Carr P. Collins Award for Best Work of Non-fiction by the Texas Institute of ... Leer más

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"Like Texas's founding fathers, Sweatt fearlessly faced evil, and made Texas a better place. His story is our story, and Gary Lavergne tells it well." –Paul Begala, political contributor, CNNWinner of the Coral Horton Tullis Prize for Best Book of Texas History by the Texas State Historical AssociationWinner of the Carr P. Collins Award for Best Work of Non-fiction by the Texas Institute of
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Imbeciles

The Supreme Court, American Eugenics, and the Sterilization of Carrie Buck

de Adam Cohen ...

**Longlisted for the 2016 National Book Award for NonfictionOne of America’s great miscarriages of justice, the Supreme Court’s infamous 1927 Buck v. Bell ruling made government sterilization of “undesirable” citizens the law of the land**In 1927, the Supreme Court handed down a ruling so disturbing, ignorant, and cruel that it stands as one of the great injustices in American history. In ... Leer más

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**Longlisted for the 2016 National Book Award for NonfictionOne of America’s great miscarriages of justice, the Supreme Court’s infamous 1927 Buck v. Bell ruling made government sterilization of “undesirable” citizens the law of the land**In 1927, the Supreme Court handed down a ruling so disturbing, ignorant, and cruel that it stands as one of the great injustices in American history. In
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Mad River, Marjorie Rowland, and the Quest for LGBTQ Teachers’ Rights

de Margaret A. Nash, Karen L. Graves ...

Series series New Directions in the History of Education
Mad River, Marjorie Rowland, and the Quest for LGBTQ Teachers’ Rights addresses an important legal case that set the stage for today’s LGBTQ civil rights–a case that almost no one has heard of. Marjorie Rowland v. Mad River School District involves an Ohio guidance counselor fired in 1974 for being bisexual. Rowland’s case made it to the U.S. Supreme Court, but the justices declined to consider it ... Leer más

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Mad River, Marjorie Rowland, and the Quest for LGBTQ Teachers’ Rights addresses an important legal case that set the stage for today’s LGBTQ civil rights–a case that almost no one has heard of. Marjorie Rowland v. Mad River School District involves an Ohio guidance counselor fired in 1974 for being bisexual. Rowland’s case made it to the U.S. Supreme Court, but the justices declined to consider it
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Traveling Black

A Story of Race and Resistance

de Mia Bay ...

Winner of the Bancroft PrizeWinner of the David J. Langum PrizeWinner of the Lillian Smith Book AwardWinner of the Order of the Coif Book AwardWinner of the OAH Liberty Legacy Foundation AwardA New York Times Critics’ Top Book of the Year“This extraordinary book is a powerful addition to the history of travel segregation…Mia Bay shows that Black mobility has always been a struggle.”—Ibram X. Kendi ... Leer más

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Winner of the Bancroft PrizeWinner of the David J. Langum PrizeWinner of the Lillian Smith Book AwardWinner of the Order of the Coif Book AwardWinner of the OAH Liberty Legacy Foundation AwardA New York Times Critics’ Top Book of the Year“This extraordinary book is a powerful addition to the history of travel segregation…Mia Bay shows that Black mobility has always been a struggle.”—Ibram X. Kendi
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Rikers

An Oral History

de Graham Rayman, Reuven Blau ...

NEW YORK TIMES EDITORS’ CHOICE • A shocking, groundbreaking oral history of the infamous Rikers jail complex and an unflinching portrait of injustice and resilience told by the people whose lives have been forever altered by it“This mesmerizing and gut-wrenching book shows the brutal realities that tens of thousands of people have been forced to navigate, and survive, in America’s most notorious ... Leer más

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NEW YORK TIMES EDITORS’ CHOICE • A shocking, groundbreaking oral history of the infamous Rikers jail complex and an unflinching portrait of injustice and resilience told by the people whose lives have been forever altered by it“This mesmerizing and gut-wrenching book shows the brutal realities that tens of thousands of people have been forced to navigate, and survive, in America’s most notorious
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Burning Down the House

The End of Juvenile Prison

de Nell Bernstein ...

The nationally acclaimed “engrossing, disturbing, at times heartbreaking” (Van Jones) book that shines a harsh light on the abusive world of juvenile prisons, by the award-winning journalist“Nell Bernstein’s book could be for juvenile justice what Rachel Carson’s book was for the environmental movement.” —Andrew Cohen, correspondent, ABC NewsWhen teenagers scuffle during a basketball game, they ... Leer más

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The nationally acclaimed “engrossing, disturbing, at times heartbreaking” (Van Jones) book that shines a harsh light on the abusive world of juvenile prisons, by the award-winning journalist“Nell Bernstein’s book could be for juvenile justice what Rachel Carson’s book was for the environmental movement.” —Andrew Cohen, correspondent, ABC NewsWhen teenagers scuffle during a basketball game, they
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The State Must Provide

The Definitive History of Racial Inequality in American Higher Education

de Adam Harris ...

“A book that both taught me so much and also kept me on the edge of my seat. It is an invaluable text from a supremely talented writer.” —Clint Smith, author of How the Word is PassedThe definitive history of the pervasiveness of racial inequality in American higher educationAmerica’s colleges and universities have a shameful secret: they have never given Black people a fair chance to succeed. ... Leer más

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“A book that both taught me so much and also kept me on the edge of my seat. It is an invaluable text from a supremely talented writer.” —Clint Smith, author of How the Word is PassedThe definitive history of the pervasiveness of racial inequality in American higher educationAmerica’s colleges and universities have a shameful secret: they have never given Black people a fair chance to succeed.
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Showdown

Thurgood Marshall and the Supreme Court Nomination That Changed America

de Wil Haygood ...

Thurgood Marshall brought down the separate-but-equal doctrine, integrated schools, and not only fought for human rights and human dignity but also made them impossible to deny in the courts and in the streets. In this stunning new biography, award-winning author Wil Haygood surpasses the emotional impact of his inspiring best seller The Butler to detail the life and career of one of the most ... Leer más

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Thurgood Marshall brought down the separate-but-equal doctrine, integrated schools, and not only fought for human rights and human dignity but also made them impossible to deny in the courts and in the streets. In this stunning new biography, award-winning author Wil Haygood surpasses the emotional impact of his inspiring best seller The Butler to detail the life and career of one of the most
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Inside the State: The Bracero Program, Immigration, and the I.N.S.

de Kitty Calavita ...

The acclaimed socio-legal study of the Bracero labor program, why it failed, and what that means to immigration policy and organizational theory. By Kitty Calavita, professor of criminology, law and society at UC-Irvine and author of 'Invitation to Law & Society' (U. of Chicago, 2010), now with her new Foreword, to update the reader.Professor Calavita unearthed INS and Congressional records, and ... Leer más

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The acclaimed socio-legal study of the Bracero labor program, why it failed, and what that means to immigration policy and organizational theory. By Kitty Calavita, professor of criminology, law and society at UC-Irvine and author of 'Invitation to Law & Society' (U. of Chicago, 2010), now with her new Foreword, to update the reader.Professor Calavita unearthed INS and Congressional records, and
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Classified

The Untold Story of Racial Classification in America

de David E. Bernstein ...

“The racial categories that the schools use are completely bonkers, an arbitrary mess mostly left over from the work of federal bureaucrats in the 1970s that can’t withstand the slightest scrutiny. The administrators who rely on these categories are beholden to senseless and unscientific distinctions—they aren’t even competent or rational racialists. Justice Samuel Alito raised this issue in the ... Leer más

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“The racial categories that the schools use are completely bonkers, an arbitrary mess mostly left over from the work of federal bureaucrats in the 1970s that can’t withstand the slightest scrutiny. The administrators who rely on these categories are beholden to senseless and unscientific distinctions—they aren’t even competent or rational racialists. Justice Samuel Alito raised this issue in the
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The Schoolhouse Gate

Public Education, the Supreme Court, and the Battle for the American Mind

de Justin Driver ...

A Washington Post Notable Book of the YearA New York Times Book Review Editors’ ChoiceAn award-winning constitutional law scholar at the University of Chicago (who clerked for Judge Merrick B. Garland, Justice Stephen Breyer, and Justice Sandra Day O’Connor) gives us an engaging and alarming book that aims to vindicate the rights of public school students, which have so often been undermined by ... Leer más

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A Washington Post Notable Book of the YearA New York Times Book Review Editors’ ChoiceAn award-winning constitutional law scholar at the University of Chicago (who clerked for Judge Merrick B. Garland, Justice Stephen Breyer, and Justice Sandra Day O’Connor) gives us an engaging and alarming book that aims to vindicate the rights of public school students, which have so often been undermined by
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Copaganda

How Police and the Media Manipulate Our News

de Alec Karakatsanis ...

In this groundbreaking expose essential for understanding rising authoritarianism, award-winning civil rights lawyer Alec Karakatsanis introduces the concept of “Copaganda.”Copaganda is a special kind of propaganda employed by police, prosecutors, and news media to stoke fear of police-recorded crime and distort society’s response to it.What readers will discover:How mass media manipulates our ... Leer más

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In this groundbreaking expose essential for understanding rising authoritarianism, award-winning civil rights lawyer Alec Karakatsanis introduces the concept of “Copaganda.”Copaganda is a special kind of propaganda employed by police, prosecutors, and news media to stoke fear of police-recorded crime and distort society’s response to it.What readers will discover:How mass media manipulates our
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Reconstructing the Dreamland

The Tulsa Race Riot of 1921, Race Reparations, and Reconciliation

de Alfred L. Brophy ...

The 1921 Tulsa Race Riot was the country's bloodiest civil disturbance of the century. Leaving perhaps 150 dead, 30 city blocks burned to the ground, and more than a thousand families homeless, the riot represented an unprecedented breakdown of the rule of law. It reduced the prosperous black community of Greenwood, Oklahoma, to rubble. In Reconstructing the Dreamland, Alfred Brophy draws on his ... Leer más

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The 1921 Tulsa Race Riot was the country's bloodiest civil disturbance of the century. Leaving perhaps 150 dead, 30 city blocks burned to the ground, and more than a thousand families homeless, the riot represented an unprecedented breakdown of the rule of law. It reduced the prosperous black community of Greenwood, Oklahoma, to rubble. In Reconstructing the Dreamland, Alfred Brophy draws on his
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Indelible Ink

The Trials of John Peter Zenger and the Birth of America's Free Press

de Richard Kluger ...

"Vivid storytelling built on exacting research." —Bill Keller, New York Times Book ReviewIn 1735, struggling printer John Peter Zenger scandalized colonial New York by launching a small newspaper, the New-York Weekly Journal. The newspaper was assailed by the new British governor as corrupt and arrogant, and as being a direct challenge against the prevailing law that criminalized any criticism of ... Leer más

$11.06 USD

"Vivid storytelling built on exacting research." —Bill Keller, New York Times Book ReviewIn 1735, struggling printer John Peter Zenger scandalized colonial New York by launching a small newspaper, the New-York Weekly Journal. The newspaper was assailed by the new British governor as corrupt and arrogant, and as being a direct challenge against the prevailing law that criminalized any criticism of
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Freedom Riders:1961 and the Struggle for Racial Justice

1961 and the Struggle for Racial Justice

de Raymond Arsenault ...

Series series Pivotal Moments in American History
Here is the definitive account of a dramatic and indeed pivotal moment in American history, a critical episode that transformed the civil rights movement in the early 1960s. Raymond Arsenault offers a meticulously researched and grippingly written account of the Freedom Rides, one of the most compelling chapters in the history of civil rights. Arsenault recounts how in 1961, emboldened by federal ... Leer más

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Here is the definitive account of a dramatic and indeed pivotal moment in American history, a critical episode that transformed the civil rights movement in the early 1960s. Raymond Arsenault offers a meticulously researched and grippingly written account of the Freedom Rides, one of the most compelling chapters in the history of civil rights. Arsenault recounts how in 1961, emboldened by federal
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Justice for Ella

A Story That Needed to Be Told

de Pam Johnson ...

Based on actual events from Mississippis Civil Rights Movement, Justice for Ella is a story of two womenone black, one whitewho fought and won against seemingly insurmountable meanness. For Ella Gaston and Jewell McMahan, the fight was about justice, in a time and place when it was rarely bestowed on either black people or women. On a Sunday afternoon in 1959 in Shuqualak, Mississippi, Ella and ... Leer más

$5.66 USD

Based on actual events from Mississippis Civil Rights Movement, Justice for Ella is a story of two womenone black, one whitewho fought and won against seemingly insurmountable meanness. For Ella Gaston and Jewell McMahan, the fight was about justice, in a time and place when it was rarely bestowed on either black people or women. On a Sunday afternoon in 1959 in Shuqualak, Mississippi, Ella and
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