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Author:

Sharpton, Al, author.

Title:

Righteous troublemakers : untold stories of the social justice movement in America / Al Sharpton.

Publisher:

Hanover Square Press,

Copyright Date:

2022

Description:

302 pages ; 24 cm

Subject:

African American civil rights workers--United States.
Civil rights workers--United States.
African Americans--Civil rights.
Social justice--United States.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (pages 287-302).

Contents:

The march ain't over -- The cornerstones of a movement -- Turning pain into purpose -- Things worse than death -- A reckoning -- True grit -- A moral beacon -- No greater honor -- Our legacy -- The state of the dream.

Summary:

"While the world may know the major names of the Civil Rights movement, there are countless lesser-known heroes fighting the good fight to advance equal justice for all, heeding the call when no one else was listening, often risking their lives and livelihoods in the process. This book shines a light on everyday people called to do extraordinary things--like Pauli Murray, whose early work informed Thurgood Marshall's legal argument for Brown v. Board of Education; 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" -- Adapted from dust jacket flap.

ISBN:

1335639918
9781335639912

OCLC:

(OCoLC)1290894166

Locations:

GBPF771 -- Ankeny Kirkendall Public Library (Ankeny)

YSPD232 -- Camanche Public Library (Camanche)

XXPH787 -- Council Bluffs Public Library (Council Bluffs)

TDPH826 -- Davenport Public Library (Davenport)

BAPH771 -- Des Moines Public Library (Des Moines)

FXPH314 -- Carnegie-Stout Public Library (Dubuque)

SFPH074 -- Waterloo Public Library (Waterloo)