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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 This book includes narratives, historical documents, first-person stories and commentary.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.
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