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YOUNG ADULT NONFICTION / History / United States / 20th Century
A Marked Man: The Assassination of Malcolm X
February 21, 1965. Controversial civil rights leader Malcolm X is gunned down during a speech in Manhattan. Few were shocked by the news of Malcolm X‘s death. Since 1952 the former member of… Read More →
Bombs over Bikini: The World’s First Nuclear Disaster
In 1946, as part of the Cold War arms race, the US military launched a program to test nuclear bombs in the Marshall Islands of the Pacific Ocean. From 1946 until 1958, the military detonated… Read More →
Civil Rights Struggles around the World — eBook Set
From the Series Civil Rights Struggles around the World
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At certain moments in the struggle to achieve civil rights, an iconic gesture or event can galvanize a people to make a leap toward their goal. This series begins with just such gestures or… Read More →
Civil Rights Struggles around the World — Library Bound Set
From the Series Civil Rights Struggles around the World
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At certain moments in the struggle to achieve civil rights, an iconic gesture or event can galvanize a people to make a leap toward their goal. This series begins with just such gestures or… Read More →
Gay Power!: The Stonewall Riots and the Gay Rights Movement, 1969
From the Series Civil Rights Struggles around the World
"Come out for freedom! Come out now! Power to the people! Gay power to gay people! Come out of the closet before the door is nailed shut!" —Come Out! magazine, November 14, 1969 On the… Read More →
Iceberg, Right Ahead!: The Tragedy of the Titanic
"Iceberg, Right Ahead!" Only 160 minutes passed between the time a sailor on lookout duty uttered these chilling words and the moment when the mighty ocean liner Titanic totally disappeared… Read More →
Nonfiction — Young Adult Audisee® eBooks with Audio Bundle (Multi-User) — Audisee® eBook with Audio Set
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Engage your reluctant teen readers in high-interest nonfiction. Sentence highlighting with professional narration bring these award-winning eBooks for teen readers to life. Read More →
Sitting for Equal Service: Lunch Counter Sit-Ins, United States, 1960s
From the Series Civil Rights Struggles around the World
"We were hoping [the sit-in] would catch on and it would spread throughout the country, but it went even beyond our wildest imagination."―Ezell Blair Jr., North Carolina Agricultural &… Read More →
The Factory Girls: A Kaleidoscopic Account of the Triangle Shirtwaist Factory Fire
The twentieth century ushered in a new world filled with a dazzling array of consumer goods. Even the poorest immigrant girls could afford a blouse or two. But these same immigrant teens… Read More →
The Other Side of the Wall
Simon Schwartz was born in 1982 in East Germany, at a time when the repressive Socialist Unity Party of Germany controlled the area. Shortly before Simon's birth, his parents decided to leave… Read More →
Today the World Is Watching You: The Little Rock Nine and the Fight for School Integration, 1957
From the Series Civil Rights Struggles around the World
On September 4, 1957, nine African American teenagers made their way toward Central High School in Little Rock, Arkansas. They didn’t make it very far. Armed soldiers of the Arkansas National… Read More →
We Are Not Beasts of Burden: Cesar Chavez and the Delano Grape Strike, California, 1965-1970
From the Series Civil Rights Struggles around the World
"The only way we could win was to keep fighting for a long time...the only way we could win was by staying with it."—Cesar Chavez As the sun rose on September 8, 1965, in Delano, California… Read More →
We Stand as One: The International Ladies Garment Workers Strike, New York, 1909
From the Series Civil Rights Struggles around the World
"Girls, from the bottom of my heart, I beg you not to go back to work. We are all poor, many of us are suffering hunger, none of us can afford to lose a day's wages. But only by fighting for… Read More →
You Are Now on Indian Land: The American Indian Occupation of Alcatraz Island, California, 1969
From the Series Civil Rights Struggles around the World
On the night of November 20, 1969, ninety-two Native Americans sailed silently across the San Francisco Bay toward the island of Alcatraz. They intended to reclaim the land for Indian people… Read More →