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Biography of Ernie Goodman, a Detroit lawyer and political activist who played a key role in social justice cases.
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Many of us have grown up with the language of civil rights, yet rarely consider how the construction of civil rights cla
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Reveals how whites in Greensboro used the traditional Southern concept of civility as a means of keeping Black protest i
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Whitney M. Young, Jr., the charismatic executive director of the National Urban League from 1961 to 1971, bridged the wo
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The story of the Civil Rights Movement typically begins with the Montgomery bus boycott of 1955 and culminates with the
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"A classic. . . . [It] will make an extraordinary contribution to the improvement of race relations and the underst
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On the basis of extensive archival research, Alan Draper illuminates the role organized labor played in the southern civ
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From Civil Rights to Human Rights examines King's lifelong commitments to economic equality, racial justice, and in
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In May 1937, seventy thousand workers walked off their jobs at four large steel companies known collectively as “Little
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It was Maurice Sugar, labor activist and lawyer for the United Auto Workers, who played a key role in guiding the newly-
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