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02871cam a2200277Ia 4500 001 6496A1082B0A11DE8AF32708A8D7520A 005 200904162344.0 008 050302s2000 alua d b 001 0 eng d 035 $a (OCoLC)57936458 040 $a HAC $c HAC $d SILO $d IOP $d SILO 245 0 $a A place at the table : $b struggles for equality in America / $c [edited by Maria Fleming]. 260 $a Montgomery, AL : $b Southern Poverty Law Center, $c c2000. 300 $a 144 p. : $b ill. (some col.) ; $c 29 cm. 500 $a Part of a classroom kit for middle and upper grades. This book includes narratives, historical documents, first-person stories and commentary. Also available are a 40-minute documentary on VHS, and a teacher's guide with 13 detailed lesson plans for grades 8 and above. 504 $a Includes bibliographical references (p. 142-143) and index. 505 0 $a Introduction -- Apostles of liberty : 1768: Virginia Baptists challenge the state church in the name of religious freedom -- Who claims me? : 1851: anti-slavery activists in Boston take a stand against the Fugitive Slave Law -- Freedom's main line : 1870: black citizens of Louisville, Ky., use civil disobedience to protest segregation on the public streetcars -- This land is ours : 1877: a leader of the Ponca tribe in Nebraska chamions his people's right to their ancestral home -- The strike for three loaves : 1912: immigrant laborers in a Massachusetts mill town join forces to demand fair pay for a day's work -- Road trip for suffrage : 1915: three activists embark on a daring cross-country journey in support of women's voting rights -- The house on Lemon Street : 1916: a Riverside, Calif., family battle unjust laws aimed at immigrants of Japanese ancestry -- A tale of two schools : 1945: Mexican American parents in Westminster, Calif., struggle to overturn the policy of school segregation -- Against the current : 1974: Native Americans claim their treaty fishing rights in the Pacific Northwest -- Wheels of justice : 1977: disability rights activists stage a month-long sit-in at a government building in San Francisco -- Going to bat for girls : 1992: a Nebraska farm family questions the tradition of gender inequity in school sports -- The battle of Spanish Fork : 1997: a gay Utah educator fights for her right to teach -- Afterword. 520 $a Examines the efforts of many different people in American history to secure equal treatment in such areas as religion, voting rights, education, housing, and employment. 650 0 $a Civil rights $z United States $x History. 650 0 $a Equality $z United States $x History. 700 1 $a Fleming, Maria. 710 2 $a Southern Poverty Law Center. 939 $a 5478509 941 $a 1 956 $a http://locator.silo.lib.ia.us/search.cgi?index_0=id&term_0=6496A1082B0A11DE8AF32708A8D7520A 994 $a 02 $b IOP 952 $l OMAX631 $d 20090701080000.0Initiate Another SILO Locator Search