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As a child he dreamt of changing South Africa; as a man he changed the world.
Nelson Mandela spent his life battling apartheid and championing a peaceful revolution.
He spent 27 years in prison and emerged as the inspiring leader of the new South Africa.
He became the country’s first Black president and went on to live his dream of change.
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Righteous Troublemakers shines a light on everyday people called to do extraordinary things—like Pauli Murray, whose early work inspired Thurgood Marshall, Claudette Colvin, who refused to give up her seat on a segregated bus months before Rosa Parks did the same, and Gwen Carr, whose private pain in losing her son Eric Garner stoked her public activism against police brutality. Sharpton also gives his personal take on more widely known individuals, revealing overlooked details, historical connections, and a perspective informed by years of working in the social justice movement.
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5 out of 5 stars
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Thank God for this book knowledge is power
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By: Al Sharpton
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Out of Mao's Shadow
- The Struggle for the Soul of a New China
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- Narrated by: David Colacci
- Length: 13 hrs and 6 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4 out of 5 stars 144
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Performance4 out of 5 stars 61
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Prize-winning journalist Philip P. Pan offers an unprecedented inside look at the momentous battle underway for China's future. On one side is the entrenched party elite determined to preserve its authoritarian grip on power. On the other is a collection of lawyers, journalists, entrepreneurs, activists, hustlers, and dreamers striving to build a more tolerant, open, and democratic China.
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Great insight into changes in China
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By: Philip P. Pan
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A Moonless, Starless Sky
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In A Moonless, Starless Sky Okeowo weaves together four narratives that form a powerful tapestry of modern Africa: a young couple, kidnap victims of Joseph Kony's LRA; a Mauritanian waging a lonely campaign against modern-day slavery; a women's basketball team flourishing amid war-torn Somalia; and a vigilante who takes up arms against the extremist group Boko Haram.
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Amazing and Inspirational Stories
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By: Alexis Okeowo
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A Young People's History of the United States
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Beginning with a look at Christopher Columbus’s arrival through the eyes of the Arawak Indians, then leading the reader through the struggles for workers’ rights, women’s rights, and civil rights during the 19th and 20th centuries, and ending with the current protests against continued American imperialism, Zinn in the volumes of A Young People’s History of the United States presents a radical new way of understanding America’s history. In so doing, he reminds listeners that America’s true greatness is shaped by our dissident voices, not our military generals.
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5 out of 5 stars
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An Inclusive History for Young People
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By: Rebecca Stefoff, and others
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Seven Women
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- Narrated by: Tom Parks
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- Unabridged
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Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 941
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 831
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In his eagerly anticipated follow-up to the enormously successful Seven Men, New York Times best-selling author Eric Metaxas gives us seven captivating portraits of some of history's greatest women, all of whom changed the course of history by following God's call upon their lives - as women.
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5 out of 5 stars
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A Different Kind of Inspiring
- By Samuel Hudnet on 09-11-15
By: Eric Metaxas
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Overall5 out of 5 stars 139
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Performance5 out of 5 stars 133
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Story5 out of 5 stars 132
This is the harrowing but triumphant story of Ellen Johnson Sirleaf, leader of the Liberian women's movement, winner of the Nobel Peace Prize, and the first democratically elected female president in African history.
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5 out of 5 stars
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Enlightening
- By Jean on 04-28-17
By: Helene Cooper
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No More Lies
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Overall5 out of 5 stars 53
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Performance5 out of 5 stars 47
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In 1972, during the Black Power Movement, iconoclast Dick Gregory challenged one of the foundations of America itself - its history, which had been written almost exclusively from the white male perspective. In No More Lies, this true trailblazer gave voice to African Americans, speaking their truth about the past and race relations in the United States. No More Lies offers this incomparable satirist’s intellectual, conspiratorial, and humorous spin on the facts.
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5 out of 5 stars
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My Hertiages
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By: Dick Gregory
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Votes for Women!
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Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 35
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On August 18, 1920, American women finally won the right to vote. Ratification of the 19th Amendment was the culmination of an almost 80-year fight in which some of the fiercest, most passionate women in history marched, protested, and sometimes broke the law in to achieve this huge leap toward equal rights. In this expansive yet personal volume, author Winifred Conkling covers not only the suffragists' achievements and politics but also the private journeys that fueled their passion and led them to become women's champions.
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5 out of 5 stars
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Thank you, ladies!
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A Rainbow in the Night
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 117
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In 1652 a small group of Dutch farmers landed on the southernmost tip of Africa. Sent by the powerful Dutch India Company, their mission was simply to grow vegetables and supply ships rounding the cape. The colonists, however, were convinced by their strict Calvinist faith that they were among God's "Elect," chosen to rule over the continent. Their saga - bloody, ferocious, and fervent - would culminate three centuries later in one of the greatest tragedies of history.
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5 out of 5 stars
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Informative, gripping, incredible
- By Gregory E Benoit on 03-20-15
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Arab and Jew
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Overall4 out of 5 stars 164
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Performance4 out of 5 stars 46
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Story4 out of 5 stars 48
David Shipler delves into the origins of the prejudices of Jews and Arabs that have been intensified by war, terrorism, and nationalism. Focusing on the diverse cultures that exist side by side in Israel and Israeli-controlled territories, Shipler examines the process of indoctrination that begins in schools; he discusses the far ranging effects of socioeconomic differences, historical conflicts between Islam and Judaism, attitudes about the Holocaust, and much more.
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3 out of 5 stars
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'Arab and Jew' Needs a Good Editor
- By Robert W. Gillespie on 10-23-03
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They Called Themselves the KKK
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Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 155
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"Boys, let us get up a club." Six restless young men raided the linens at a friend's mansion, pulled pillowcases over their heads, hopped on horses, and cavorted through the streets of Pulaski, Tennessee. The six friends named their club the Ku Klux Klan, and, all too quickly, their club grew into the self-proclaimed Invisible Empire with secret dens spread across the South. This is the story of how a secret terrorist group took root in America's democracy.
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1 out of 5 stars
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not about the kkk
- By Randy on 08-24-10
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Voice of Freedom
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Overall5 out of 5 stars 43
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Performance5 out of 5 stars 41
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Despite fierce prejudice and abuse, even being beaten to within an inch of her life, Fannie Lou Hamer was a champion of civil rights from the 1950s until her death in 1977. Integral to the Freedom Summer of 1964, Ms. Hamer gave a speech at the Democratic National Convention that, despite President Johnson's interference, aired on national TV news and spurred the nation to support the Freedom Democrats.
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5 out of 5 stars
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History not Taught in Schools🌹
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- 01-19-18
I learn a lot
the book is short but really informative in the top achievements of Nelson Mandelas life
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