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King : a life.

Authors : Eig, Jonathan, author

Subjects: African American civil rights workers -- Biography; Civil rights workers -- United States -- Biography; African Americans -- BiographyUnited States -- Race relations -- History -- 20th centuryKing, Martin Luther, Jr., 1929-1968

Availability: 15 Holdings

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White lies : the double life of Walter F. White and America's darkest secret.

Authors : Baime, A. J. (Albert J.)

Subjects: African American civil rights workers -- Biography; African Americans -- Civil rights -- History -- 20th century; Civil rights movements -- History -- 20th centuryNational Association for the Advancement of Colored People -- BiographyWhite, Walter, 1893-1955

Availability: 8 Holdings

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His truth is marching on : John Lewis and the power of hope.

Authors : Meacham, Jon, author; Lewis, John, 1940-2020, author of afterword, colophon, etc

Subjects: African American civil rights workers -- Biography; Civil rights workers -- United States -- Biography; Legislators -- United States -- BiographyUnited States. Congress. House -- BiographyLewis, John, 1940-2020

Availability: 18 Holdings

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The dead are arising : the life of Malcolm X.

Authors : Payne, Les, 1941-, author; Payne, Tamara, author

Subjects: Black Muslims -- Biography; Black nationalism; African American Muslims -- BiographyX, Malcolm, 1925-1965

Availability: 8 Holdings

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Outside agitator : the civil rights struggle of Cleveland Sellers Jr.

Authors : Parker, Adam, 1965-

Subjects: African American civil rights workers -- Biography; Civil rights workers -- Southern States -- Biography; African Americans -- Civil rights -- Southern StatesDenmark (S.C.) -- Biography; Southern States -- Race relationsStudent Nonviolent Coordinating Committee (U.S.) -- Biography; Voorhees College -- Presidents -- Biography...

Availability: 5 Holdings

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Jane Crow : the life of Pauli Murray.

Authors : Rosenberg, Rosalind, 1946-

Subjects: African American intellectuals -- Biography; African American poets -- Biography; African American lawyers -- BiographyEpiscopal Church -- Clergy -- BiographyMurray, Pauli, 1910-1985

Availability: 1 Holdings

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Death of a King : the real story of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.'s final year.

Authors : Smiley, Tavis, 1964-; Ritz, David

Subjects: African American civil rights workers -- Biography; African Americans -- Civil rights -- History -- 20th century; BiographiesKing, Martin Luther, Jr., 1929-1968

Availability: 2 Holdings

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Roy Wilkins : the quiet revolutionary and the NAACP.

Authors : Ryan, Yvonne, 1961-

Subjects: Civil rights movements -- History -- 20th century; African Americans -- Civil rights -- History -- 20th century; African American civil rights workers -- BiographyNational Association for the Advancement of Colored People -- BiographyWilkins, Roy, 1901-1981

Availability: 1 Holdings

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American to the backbone : the life of James W.C. Pennington, the fugitive slave who became one of the first black abolitionists.

Authors : Webber, Christopher

Subjects: African American abolitionists -- Biography; African American civil rights workers -- Biography; African American clergy -- BiographyPennington, James W. C.

Availability: 1 Holdings

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Malcolm X : a life of reinvention.

Authors : Marable, Manning, 1950-2011

Subjects: Black Muslims -- Biography; Black nationalism; African American Muslims -- BiographyX, Malcolm, 1925-1965

Availability: 6 Holdings

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