Best Presidents For Civil Rights - April 2024

The Case for Trump

From an award-winning historian and regular Fox contributor, the true story of how Donald Trump has become one of the most successful presidents in history -- and why America needs him now more than ever In The Case for Trump, award-winning historian and political commentator Victor Davis Hanson explains how a celebrity businessman with no political or military experience triumphed over sixteen well-qualified Republican rivals, a Democrat with a quarter-billion-dollar war chest, and a hostile media and Washington establishment to become president of the United States -- and an extremely succes... [Read More]

• ASIN: 1541673549
• ASIN: 1541673549
• ISBN: 1541673549
• Brand: FaithWords/Hachette Book Group
• Manufacturer: Basic Books

The Fifth Risk

New York Times Bestseller What are the consequences if the people given control over our government have no idea how it works?"The election happened," remembers Elizabeth Sherwood-Randall, then deputy secretary of the Department of Energy. "And then there was radio silence." Across all departments, similar stories were playing out: Trump appointees were few and far between; those that did show up were shockingly uninformed about the functions of their new workplace. Some even threw away the briefing books that had been prepared for them.Michael Lewis’s brilliant narrative takes us into the e... [Read More]

• ASIN: 1324002646
• ASIN: 1324002646
• ISBN: 9781324002642
• Manufacturer: W. W. Norton & Company

These Truths: A History of the United States

• ASIN: 0393635244
• ASIN: 0393635244
• ISBN: 0393635244
• Manufacturer: W. W. Norton & Company

The Soul of America: The Battle for Our Better Angels

#1 NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER • Pulitzer Prize–winning author Jon Meacham helps us understand the present moment in American politics and life by looking back at critical times in our history when hope overcame division and fear.NAMED ONE OF THE BEST BOOKS OF THE YEAR BY NPR • The Christian Science Monitor • Southern Living Our current climate of partisan fury is not new, and in The Soul of America Meacham shows us how what Abraham Lincoln called the “better angels of our nature” have repeatedly won the day. Painting surprising portraits of Lincoln and other presidents, including Ul... [Read More]

• ASIN: 0399589813
• ASIN: 0399589813
• ISBN: 0399589813
• Manufacturer: Random House

I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings

Here is a book as joyous and painful, as mysterious and memorable, as childhood itself. I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings captures the longing of lonely children, the brute insult of bigotry, and the wonder of words that can make the world right. Maya Angelou’s debut memoir is a modern American classic beloved worldwide.   Sent by their mother to live with their devout, self-sufficient grandmother in a small Southern town, Maya and her brother, Bailey, endure the ache of abandonment and the prejudice of the local “powhitetrash.” At eight years old and back at her mother’s side in St. Lo... [Read More]

• ASIN: 0345514408
• ASIN: 0345514408
• ISBN: 0345514408
• Brand: Angelou, Maya
• Manufacturer: Ballantine Books

Grant

The #1 New York Times bestseller.New York Times Book Review 10 Best Books of 2017Pulitzer Prize winner Ron Chernow returns with a sweeping and dramatic portrait of one of our most compelling generals and presidents, Ulysses S. Grant.   Ulysses S. Grant's life has typically been misunderstood. All too often he is caricatured as a chronic loser and an inept businessman, or as the triumphant but brutal Union general of the Civil War. But these stereotypes don't come close to capturing him, as Chernow shows in his masterful biography, the first to provide a complete understanding of the general ... [Read More]

• ASIN: 159420487X
• ASIN: 159420487X
• ISBN: 9781594204876
• Manufacturer: Penguin Press

Chasing Lincoln's Killer

NEW YORK TIMES bestselling author James Swanson delivers a riveting account of the chase for Abraham Lincoln's assassin.Based on rare archival material, obscure trial manuscripts, and interviews with relatives of the conspirators and the manhunters, CHASING LINCOLN'S KILLER is a fast-paced thriller about the pursuit and capture of John Wilkes Booth: a wild twelve-day chase through the streets of Washington, D.C., across the swamps of Maryland, and into the forests of Virginia.

• ASIN: 0439903548
• ASIN: 0439903548
• ISBN: 9780439903547
• Brand: Scholastic Press
• Manufacturer: Scholastic Press

March: Book One

Congressman John Lewis (GA-5) is an American icon, one of the key figures of the civil rights movement. His commitment to justice and nonviolence has taken him from an Alabama sharecropper's farm to the halls of Congress, from a segregated schoolroom to the 1963 March on Washington, and from receiving beatings from state troopers to receiving the Medal of Freedom from the first African-American president. Now, to share his remarkable story with new generations, Lewis presents March, a graphic novel trilogy, in collaboration with co-writer Andrew Aydin and New York Times best-selling artist Nat... [Read More]

• ASIN: 1603093001
• ASIN: 1603093001
• ISBN: 1603093001
• Brand: Top Shelf Productions
• Manufacturer: Top Shelf Productions

She Persisted: 13 American Women Who Changed the World

Chelsea Clinton introduces tiny feminists, mini activists and little kids who are ready to take on the world to thirteen inspirational women who never took no for an answer, and who always, inevitably and without fail, persisted.   Throughout American history, there have always been women who have spoken out for what's right, even when they have to fight to be heard. In early 2017, Senator Elizabeth Warren's refusal to be silenced in the Senate inspired a spontaneous celebration of women who persevered in the face of adversity. In this book, Chelsea Clinton celebrates thirteen American women ... [Read More]

• ASIN: 1524741728
• ASIN: 1524741728
• ISBN: 9781524741723
• Brand: MELIA PUBLISHING SERVICES
• Manufacturer: Philomel Books

One Crazy Summer

In this Newbery Honor novel, New York Times bestselling author Rita Williams-Garcia tells the story of three sisters who travel to Oakland, California, in 1968 to meet the mother who abandoned them. "This vibrant and moving award-winning novel has heart to spare."*Eleven-year-old Delphine is like a mother to her two younger sisters, Vonetta and Fern. She's had to be, ever since their mother, Cecile, left them seven years ago for a radical new life in California. But when the sisters arrive from Brooklyn to spend the summer with their mother, Cecile is nothing like they imagined.While the girl... [Read More]

• ASIN: 0060760907
• ASIN: 0060760907
• ISBN: 0060760907
• Brand: Amistad Press
• Manufacturer: Amistad

Long Walk to Freedom: The Autobiography of Nelson Mandela

• ASIN: 0316548189
• ASIN: 0316548189
• ISBN: 0316548189
• Brand: Back Bay Books
• Manufacturer: Back Bay Books

Between the World and Me

• ASIN: B00SEFAIRI
• ASIN: B00SEFAIRI
• ISBN: 0679645985
• Brand: Unknown
• Manufacturer: Spiegel & Grau

George Washington's Secret Six: The Spy Ring That Saved the American Revolution

When George Washington beat a hasty retreat from New York City in August 1776, many thought the American Revolution might soon be over. Instead, Washington rallied—thanks in large part to a little-known, top-secret group called the Culper Spy Ring. He realized that he couldn’t defeat the British with military might, so he recruited a sophisticated and deeply secretive intelligence network to infiltrate New York.Drawing on extensive research, Brian Kilmeade and Don Yaeger have offered fascinating portraits of these spies: a reserved Quaker merchant, a tavern keeper, a brash young longshorem... [Read More]

• ASIN: 0143130609
• ASIN: 0143130609
• ISBN: 0143130609
• Brand: Don Yaeger Brian Kilmeade
• Manufacturer: Sentinel

March: Book Two

Don't miss the long-awaited sequel to the #1 bestseller March: Book One!"With March, Congressman John Lewis takes us behind the scenes of some of the most pivotal moments of the Civil Rights Movement. In graphic novel form, his first-hand account makes these historic events both accessible and relevant to an entire new generation of Americans." — LeVar Burton"A must-read monument... As Rep. Lewis continues to carry the civil-rights flame, this graphic achievement is a firsthand beacon that burns ever relevant today." — The Washington Post"This memoir puts a human face on a struggle that ma... [Read More]

• ASIN: 1603094008
• ASIN: 1603094008
• ISBN: 1603094008
• Brand: Top Shelf Productions
• Manufacturer: Top Shelf Productions

This Little Trailblazer: A Girl Power Primer

Learn all about influential women who changed history in this engaging and colorful board book perfect for trailblazers-in-training!Paving the way to a future that’s bright. Helping the world with their skills, smarts, and might. Little trailblazers cause great big changes. In this follow up to This Little President and This Little Explorer, now even the youngest readers can learn all about great and empowering female trailblazers in history! Highlighting ten memorable women leaders who paved the way, parents and little ones alike will love this girl power primer full of fun, age-appropriat... [Read More]

• ASIN: 1534401067
• ASIN: 1534401067
• ISBN: 1534401067
• Manufacturer: Little Simon

The Youngest Marcher: The Story of Audrey Faye Hendricks, a Young Civil Rights Activist (Hardcover)

"Nine-year-old Audrey Faye Hendricks intended to go places and do things like anybody else. So when she heard grown-ups talk about wiping out Birmingham's segregation laws, she spoke up. As she listened to the preacher's

• UPC: 53786982
• Rating: 5.0

The Port Chicago 50: Disaster, Mutiny, and the Fight for Civil Rights (Paperback)

An astonishing civil rights story from Newbery Honor winner and multiple-time National Book Award finalist Steve Sheinkin. On July 17, 1944, a massive explosion rocked the segregated Navy base at Port Chicago, California, killing more

• UPC: 46591323
• Rating: 4.316

Child of the Civil Rights Movement

The author, the daughter of Andrew Young, describes the participation of Martin Luther King, Jr., along with her father and others, in the civil rights movement and in the historic march from Selma to Montgomery,

• UPC: 23257757
• Rating: 4.375

Freedom Riders : John Lewis and Jim Zwerg on the Front Lines of the Civil Rights Movement

Examining the lives of two Nashvillians--one white and one black--in a way that helps young readers understand the segregated experience of the nation's past, Bausum shows how a common interest in justice enabled these young

• UPC: 4016062
• Rating: 4.8

An Idea Whose Time Has Come : Two Presidents, Two Parties, and the Battle for the Civil Rights Act of 1964

"A top Washington journalist recounts the dramatic political battle to pass the Civil Rights Act of 1964, the law that created modern America, on the fiftieth anniversary of its passageIt was a turbulent time in

• UPC: 42081639
• Rating: 4.333

Voice of Freedom: Fannie Lou Hamer : The Spirit of the Civil Rights Movement

A 2016 Caldecott Honor BookA 2016 Robert F. Sibert Honor BookA 2016 John Steptoe New Talent Illustrator Award WinnerStirring poems and stunning collage illustrations combine to celebrate the life of Fannie Lou Hamer, a champion

• UPC: 563329745
• Rating: 4.333

Freedom's Children : Young Civil Rights Activists Tell Their Own Stories

Thirty African-Americans who were children during the 1950s and 1960s tell their true stories of what it was like for them to fight segregation in the South. A "School Library Journal" Best Book of the

• UPC: 25668301
• Rating: 4.5

Spies of Mississippi : The True Story of the Spy Network that Tried to Destroy the Civil Rights Movement

The story of how state spies tried to block voting rights for African Americans during the Civil Rights

• UPC: 11552714
• Rating: 3.429

A Tugging String: A Novel About Growing Up During the Civil Rights Era : A Novel About Growing Up During the Civil Rights Era

Blending facts, speeches, memories, and conjecture, this inspiring novel portrays the emotions and events surrounding the Selma-Montgomery Voting Rights March, as it tells the story of a 12-year-old boy whose eyes are opened to the

• UPC: 9719247
• Rating: 4.0

Freedom Summer : The 1964 Struggle for Civil Rights in Mississippi

An award-winning author offers a riveting account of the civil rights crusade in Mississippi 50 years ago that brought on shocking violence and the beginning of a new political

• UPC: 46592039
• Rating: 3.0