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Resist : 35 profiles of ordinary people who rose up against tyranny and injustice
Title:
Resist : 35 profiles of ordinary people who rose up against tyranny and injustice
Author:
Chambers, Veronica, author.
Personal Author:
Edition:
First edition.
Publication Information:
New York, NY : HarperCollins, [2018]
Physical Description:
209 pages : illustrations ; 22 cm
Summary:
"A nonfiction collection of profiles of prominent activists for young readers"--
Language:
English
Contents:
Joan of Arc -- Martin Luther -- Galileo Galilei -- Samuel Adams -- Frederick Douglass -- Sojourner Truth -- Susan B. Anthony -- Lozen the Apache warrior -- Sitting Bull -- Queen Liliuokalani -- Lucretia Mott -- Ida B. Wells -- Mohandas Ghandi -- Emiliano Zapata -- Dietrich Bonhoeffer -- Chiune Sugihara -- Hedy Lamarr -- Nelson Mandela -- Oskar Schindler -- The Dalai Lama -- Dolores Huerta and Cesar Chavez -- Fannie Lou Hamer -- Rachel Carson -- John Lewis -- Martin Luther King Jr. and Malcom X -- Miriam Makeba -- Harvey Milk -- Wangari Maathai -- Archbishop Óscar Romero -- Malala Yousafzai -- Janet Mock -- Rev. Dr. William J. Barber II -- Alicia Garza, Patrisse Cullors and Opal Tometi -- Anastasia Somoza -- The million women of the Women's March.
ISBN:
9780062796257
Format :
Book