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Bill Bojangles Robinson
Bill Bojangles Robinson was known for his incredible dancing skills, but there was so much more to him. Learn about his life, his tap dancing, and his influence during the Harlem Renaissance and beyond.
Agatha Christie
Listed as the best-selling novelist of all time by the Guinness Book of World Records, Agatha Christie can easily be considered a household name, but writing amazing stories is not all she accomplished. This book discusses her life including her experiences as a volunteer during World War I, archaeologist, traveler, and Dame Commander of the Order of the British Empire, as well as her continued influence on the world today.
W. E. B. Du Bois
The first African-American to earn a doctorate at Harvard, W. E. B Du Bois went on to become one of historys most important civil rights activists. This text analyzes how Du Bois became a leading figure in American history and examines his most influential texts. Students will read and interpret his most important works within their historical context.
Jesse James: Outlaw
Jesse James began life as a respected family man. He loved his parents and his brothers and sisters. However, as Jesse got older, he became caught up in the Civil War. Eventually, he enlisted in a group of guerilla fighters and attacked many soldiers. From there, his life turned to one of thieving. Along with his brother, Jesse avoided capture and became something of a living legend. This is his story, told for a young audience through simple language and richly illustrated images.
Serena Williams
Serena Williams is the number-one-ranked womens professional tennis star in the worldand was recently named Sports Illustrated Sportsman of the Year. This powerful womans rise to tennis stardom, spurred on by her work ethic and dedication to her sport, will prove inspirational for students, whether they are tennis fans or not. Students will learn about Serena Williamss life and the hard work it takes to rise to the top of ones sport or field.
Serena Williams and Alexis Ohanian
Serena Williams and Alexis Ohanian are two of the most inspiring, trend-setting, and accomplished individuals in the world today. Experts and fans alike consider Williams to be one of the best tennis players in history. The founder of Reddit when he was just twenty-two years old, Ohanian has been called one of the brightest minds of his generation. Both individually and together, this couple is impressive and exciting. This riveting volume describes their journeys to success, their romance, elaborate nuptials, and first years as parents. Informative sidebars and a timeline help students contextualize the power couple's growth and their impact on society.
Booker T. Washington
This examination of the life and works of Booker T. Washington stresses his devotion to education as a means of advancement for African Americans. In addition to understanding the life and times of Booker T. Washington, readers will learn about some of the disagreements among African American leaders during the post-Reconstruction years, struggles faced during Washington's life, and successes achieved. Drawing on Washington's own writings as well as those of his contemporaries, this volume gives readers insight into the debates that have informed the civil rights movement since the nineteenth century.
African American Politicians & Civil Rights Activists
Through centuries of suffering, slavery, inequality, discrimination, segregation, and racist violence, African Americans have endured, resisted, fought, and, increasingly over time, won many battles. These victories were propelled by a groundswell of grassroots action, but they were also motivated and organized by courageous and inspirational leadership. Journalists, abolitionists, educators, religious leaders, politicians, judges, and even schoolchildren showed the world a better way forward and led the way down the very difficult road to greater equality, freedom, and civil rights. This collection profiles the leading lights in the struggle for freedom and equality, including MLK, Coretta Scott King, Malcolm X, Marcus Garvey, W.E.B. DuBois, Harriet Tubman, Ida B. Wells, and Ruby Bridges, among many others.
Antes del antiimperialismo
PREMIO ANAGRAMA DE ENSAYO 2022 El tráfico de esclavos y la esclavitud misma –la subyugación de sociedades con larga historia y sólidas instituciones– levantaron críticas desde la segunda mitad del siglo XVIII. Esas impugnaciones nacieron de los ideales igualitarios de la Revolución Francesa y las corrientes religiosas radicales del mundo protestante. A pesar de su arraigo y de los grandes intereses económicos que sostenía, la esclavitud terminó por abolirse en las colonias de Gran Bretaña en 1833, en las de Francia en 1848 y en Estados Unidos en 1865, en lo que constituyó un triunfo moral de los humanitaristas, determinante para la transformación de los grandes imperios de ori...
The Purposeful Graduate
American higher education is more expensive than ever and the rewards seem to be diminishing daily. Sociologist Tim Clydesdale s new book, however, offers some rare good news: when colleges and universities meaningfully engage their organizational histories to launch sustained conversations with students about questions of purpose, the result is a rise in overall campus engagement and recalibration of post-college trajectories that set graduates on journeys of significance and impact. The book is based on a study of programs launched at 88 colleges and universities that invited students, faculty, staff, and administrators to incorporate questions of meaning and purpose into the undergraduate...
