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by Griffin, Conor, author.

Publication Date: 2024

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by Daut, Marlene, author.

Publication Date: 2023

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The Haitian Revolution was a powerful blow against colonialism and slavery, and as its thinkers and fighters blazed the path to universal freedom, they forced anticolonial, antislavery, and antiracist ideals into modern political grammar. The first state in the Americas to permanently abolish slavery, outlaw color prejudice, and forbid colonialism, Haitians established their nation in a hostile Atlantic World. Slavery was ubiquitous throughout the rest of the Americas and foreign nations, and empires repeatedly attacked Haitian sovereignty.

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by Boaz, Danielle N., author.

Publication Date: 2021

Summary:

Examines the global legal challenges faced by adherents of the most widely practiced religions of the African diaspora in the twenty-first century, including Santeria/Lucumi, Haitian Vodou, Candomblé, Palo Mayombe, Umbanda, Islam, Rastafari, Obeah, and Voodoo--

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by Long, Michael G.

Publication Date: 2023

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Celebrates the life and legacy of Bayard Rustin, the civil rights leader behind the 1963 March on Washington for Jobs and FreedomWhile we can all recall images of Martin Luther King Jr. giving his I Have a Dream speech in front of a massive crowd at Lincoln Memorial, few of us remember the man who organized this watershed nonviolent protest in eight short weeks: Bayard Rustin. This was far from Rustin's first foray into the fight for civil rights.

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by Penningroth, Dylan C., author.

Publication Date: 2023

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The familiar story of civil rights goes like this: once, America's legal system shut Black people out and refused to recognize their rights, their basic human dignity, or even their very lives. When lynch mobs gathered, police and judges often closed their eyes, if they didn't join in. For Black people, law was a hostile, fearsome power to be avoided whenever possible. Then, starting in the 1940s, a few brave lawyers ventured south, bent on changing the law.

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by Slade, Suzanne, author.; Gonzalez, Thomas, 1959- illustrator.

Publication Date: 2024

Summary:

Hummingbirds are tiny and pretty, so you might find yourself taking them for granted. But these little birds are remarkable, fierce, and talented. In Behold the Hummingbird, readers will learn about species that can hover like a helicopter, fly backwards and upside down, and consume half their body weight in a single day--

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by Raj, Kapil, editor.; Haddad, Thomas A. S., editor.; Silva, Matheus Alves Duarte da, editor.

Publication Date: 2024

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Through ten case studies by international specialists, this book investigates the circulation and production of scientific knowledge between 1750 and 1945 in the fields of agriculture, astronomy, botany, cartography, medicine, statistics, and zoology. The book will interest scholars and undergraduate and graduate students concerned with the connections between the history of science, imperial history, and global history--

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by Walker, Tamara J., 1978- author.

Publication Date: 2023

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An award-winning author charts the poignant journeys of African Americans abroad as she explores her own transatlantic family odyssey in this powerful global history of traveling while Black. Part historical exploration, part travel memoir, Beyond the Shores reveals poignant histories of a diverse group of African Americans who have left the United States over the course of the past century. Tying these tales together is Dr. Tamara J. Walker's personal account of her family's--and her own--experiences abroad, in France, Brazil, Argentina, Austria, and beyond.

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by Bancroft, Thomas, 1951- author.

Publication Date: 2024

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More than just a biological perspective on Alaska's wonders, a discussion of potential environmental impacts from tourism, mining, and climate change, a personal travel account, or a collection of dynamic photographs, Beyond the Wonder is a beautiful meditation on nature-one that highlights the importance of untamed places and the role they play in crafting a better world--

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by Kelley, Blair Murphy, 1973- author.

Publication Date: 2023

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An award-winning historian illuminates the adversities and joys of the Black working class in America through a stunning narrative centered on her forebears. There have been countless books, articles, and televised reports in recent years about the almost mythic 'white working class,' a tide of commentary that has obscured the labor, and even the very existence, of entire groups of working people, including everyday Black workers.

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by Drew, Kimberly, 1990- editor.; Wortham, Jenna, 1981- editor.

Publication Date: 2020

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This book is a collection of work - art, photos, essays, memes, dialogues, recipes, tweets, poetry, and more - that tells the story of the radical, imaginative, bold, and beautiful world that Black artists are producing today. The book presents a succession of brilliant and provocative pieces - from both emerging and renowned creators of all kinds - that generates an entrancing rhythm. Readers will go from conversations with hackers and street artists to memes and Instagram posts, from powerful prose to dazzling paintings and insightful infographics.

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by Palmer, Robert T., editor.; McMickens, Tryan L., editor.

Publication Date: 2025

Summary:

This important book explores the intersection between mental health and Black college students, providing a crucial resource for higher education administrators and educators. Chapter authors provide invaluable insights into the experiences, joys, challenges, and the needs of Black male college students grappling with their mental health. Chapters cover the most timely topics such as understanding masculinity, providing meaningful career services, supporting Black male student athletes, confronting stigmas, and supporting Black trans men and transmasculine persons.

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by Smith, Danez, author.

Publication Date: 2024

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This collection is a powerful reckoning with violence, shame, and easy pessimism in which Smith relies on artistic resilience to envision futures that seem possible.

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by Roca Sánchez, Juanita, author.

Publication Date: 2025

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This book investigates how western anthropological trends, development discourse and transnational activism came to create and define the global indigenous movement. Using Bolivia as a case study, the author demonstrates through a historical research, how international ideas of what it means and does not mean to be indigenous have played out at the national level.

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by Romo, David Dorado, author.

Publication Date: 2024

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Until now, you've only heard one side of the story, about migrants crossing borders, drawn to the promise of a better life. In reality, Mexicans were on this land long before any borders existed. Here's the true story of America, from the Mexican American perspective. The Mexican American story is usually carefully presented as a story of immigrants: migrants crossing borders, drawn to the promise of a better life. In reality, Mexicans were on this land long before any borders existed.

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by Audemard, Marie, 1999- author.

Publication Date: 2024

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'Bold and engaging, a well-researched look at how clothes can simultaneously reveal and conceal.' - Victoria Bateman, author of Naked Feminism: Breaking the Cult of Female Modesty Do you sometimes look at yourself and think, 'I can't wear this without a bra - my nipples are showing'? Have you ever heard someone tell you that 'you can't go out like that', after looking you up and down? This book is a thought-provoking exploration of the double standards faced by women.

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by Applebaum, Molly, 1930- author.; Grabowski, Jan, writer of introduction, editor.; Azrieli Foundation, issuing body.

Publication Date: 2017

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In the fall of 1942, roundups of Jews in Dabrowa Tarnowska, Poland, lead twelve-year-old Molly Applebaum and her cousin Helen to find refuge on a nearby farm, where their only hope for survival is to be hidden away underground--in a box. Confined in a grave from 1943 to early 1945, Molly has only her older cousin and her diary to keep her company.

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by Hicks, Mary E., author.

Publication Date: 2024

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From the bustling ports of Lisbon to the coastal inlets of the Bight of Benin to the vibrant waterways of Bahia, Black mariners were integral to every space of the commercial South Atlantic. Navigating this kaleidoscopic world required a remarkable cosmopolitanism - the chameleonlike ability to adapt to new surroundings by developing sophisticated medicinal, linguistic, and navigational knowledge. Mary E. Hicks shows how Portuguese slaving ship captains harnessed and exploited this hybridity to expand their own traffic in human bondage.

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by Parsons, Laurie (Lecturer in human geography), author.

Publication Date: 2023

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Around the world, leading economies are announcing significant progress on climate change. World leaders are queuing up to proclaim their commitment to tackling the climate crisis, pointing to data that shows the progress they have made. Yet the atmosphere is still warming at a record rate, with devastating effects on poverty and precarity in the world's most vulnerable communities. Are we being deceived? Climate change is devastating the planet, and globalisation is hiding it. This book opens our eyes.

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by Wullweber, Joscha, author.

Publication Date: 2024

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Today's global financial system bears little resemblance to what it was at the end of the twentieth century. Shadow banking--financial activity taking place outside existing regulatory frameworks--has grown so important that it now serves as the backbone of the entire system. The shadow banking system, however, is highly unstable and the main reason why the financial system has remained in crisis mode since the 2008 financial crisis.

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by O'Gorman, Mairi, editor.; Monaghan, Christopher, editor.; Jeffery, Laura, editor.

Publication Date: 2025

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Challenges and Prospects for the Chagos Archipelago considers the origins, challenges and future of Chagos, bringing together leading experts and academics specialising in differing aspects of the Chagos dispute. In November 1965 the United Kingdom created the British Indian Ocean Territory out of the Chagos Islands, which it had 'encouraged' Mauritius, then a British colony, to give up in return for a promise of independence. The UK then set about removing the population of the Chagos Islands in order to allow the United States to construct a military base.

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by Nance-Carroll, Niall C., author.

Publication Date: 2025

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This book analyzes child activists' texts alongside adults' narratives of youth activism, exploring issues of influence, inspiration, authorship and reception in child activist literature--

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by Batkin, Jane, author.

Publication Date: 2025

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Childhood in Animation - Navigating a Secret World explores how children are viewed in cinema and television and examines the screen spaces that they occupy. The image of the child is often a site of conflict, one that has been captured, preserved and recollected on screen; but what do these representations tell us about the animated child and how it compares to its live action counterpart? Is childhood simply a metaphor for innocence, or something far more complex that embraces agency, performance and othering?

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by Rogers, Andrea L., author.; Kunz, Rebecca Lee, illustrator.

Publication Date: 2024

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Sissy's younger brother, Chooch, isn't a baby anymore. They just celebrated his second birthday, after all. But no matter what Chooch does -- even if he's messing something up! Which is basically all the time! -- their parents say he's just helping. Sissy feels that Chooch can get away with anything! When Elisi paints a mural, Chooch helps. When Edutsi makes grape dumplings, Chooch helps. When Oginalii gigs for crawdads, Chooch helps. When Sissy tries to make a clay pot, Chooch helps . . .Hlesdi! Sissy yells. Quit it! And Chooch bursts into tears.

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