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Author
Publisher
Feiwel and Friends
Pub. Date
2016.
Edition
First edition.
Language
English
Description
Presents the life and career of Hilary Clinton, discussing her childhood in Illinois, her college and law school years, her life as First Lady, her time as a New York Senator, and her achievements as Secretary of State.
Author
Publisher
National Geographic Kids
Pub. Date
[2022]
Language
English
Description
"Learn all about Vice President Kamala D. Harris, from her childhood spent growing up in Oakland, California, to her time serving as District Attorney of San Francisco, California and working as a United States Senator to her journey to the White House. Find out about Kamala Harris's life, achievements, and the challenges she faced along the way. The Level 2 text provides accessible, yet wide-ranging information for independent readers"--
Author
Publisher
Rockridge Press
Pub. Date
[2021]
Language
English
Description
"John Lewis was a civil rights leader and United States congressman who never stopped speaking up for justice, equality, and peace. Before he marched with Martin Luther King Jr. during the civil rights movement, John was a thoughtful kid who loved learning, but wasn't able to go to a good school because of segregation. He wanted to make a difference in his community, so he organized peaceful protests to end segregation and fight for equal rights for...
Author
Publisher
Margaret Ferguson Books, Holiday House
Pub. Date
[2019]
Edition
First edition.
Language
English
Appears on list
Description
"A biography of Norman Mineta, from his internment as a child in Heart Mountain Internment Camp during World War II, through his political career including serving in Congress for ten terms during which time he was instrumental in getting the Civil Liberties Act of 1988 passed which provided reparations and an apology to those who were interned"--
Author
Publisher
Beach Lane Books
Pub. Date
2021.
Edition
Primera ediciaon en español.
Language
Español
Description
"Even as a child growing up in the Fifth Ward of Houston, Barbara Jordan stood out for her big, bold, booming, crisp, clear, confident voice. Barbara took her voice to places few African American women had been in the 1960s: first law school, then the Texas state senate, then up to the United States congress. Throughout her career, she persevered through adversity to give voice to the voiceless and to fight for civil rights, equality, and justice"--...
Author
Publisher
Penguin Workshop
Pub. Date
2023.
Language
English
Appears on list
Description
"Starting in the 1960s, John Lewis began his activism alongside civil rights legend and good friend Martin Luther King Jr. He participated in many now-historic events, including the 1963 March on Washington, the Freedom Rides, and the Selma to Montgomery marches across the Edmund Pettus Bridge. John continued his impactful career when he was elected to the House of Representatives in 1986. He went on to serve seventeen terms until his death in 2020....
Author
Pub. Date
2019.
Language
English
Formats
Description
"From one of America's most inspiring political leaders, a book about the core truths that unite us, and the long struggle to discern what those truths are and how best to act upon them, in her own life and across the life of our country. By reckoning with the big challenges we face together, drawing on the hard-won wisdom and insight from her own career and the work of those who have most inspired her, Kamala Harris offers in The Truths We Hold a...
Author
Publisher
Pinata Books, an imprint of Arte Publico Press
Pub. Date
2017.
Language
English
Description
"Dennis Chávez was born in the small farming community of Los Chávez in 1888 in what was then the Territory of New Mexico. His childhood home had dirt floors and no indoor plumbing. As a boy, he tended his father's crops and sheep. He spoke only Spanish and never went to high school or college. This bilingual "flip" book for intermediate readers recounts the inspiring story of Dennis Chávez, who in spite of having to drop out of school in the seventh...
Author
Publisher
[Library Ideas, LLC]
Pub. Date
2021.
Language
English
Description
Los gemelos Juli?n y Joaqu?n Castro son fuerzas pol?ticas, pero su viaje comenz? en la peque?a habitaci?n que compart?an con su abuelita en San Antonio, Texas. Desde chiquillos, aprendieron del activismo de su mama, quien quer?a darle una vida mejor a su familia a trav?s del gobierno local. Su duro trabajo inspir? a los gemelos a que se involucraran en la pol?tica, y han estado trabajando al nivel local, estatal y nacional para hacer de su naci?n...
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