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Henry Hampton (1940–1998)

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25 verk 354 medlemmar 10 recensioner

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Voices of Freedom (1990) 258 exemplar

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Födelsedag
1940-01-08
Avled
1998-11-22
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male
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Charles Frankel Prize (1990)

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This book is a companion to the TV series Eye on the Prize
 
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WakeWacko | Jan 14, 2022 |
From the Montgomery bus boycott to the Little Rock Nine to the Selma-Montgomery march, thousands of ordinary people made up the American civil rights movement; their stories are told in Eyes on the Prize.
 
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chicagofreedom | Sep 14, 2011 |
Martin Luther King, Jr. and the Southern Christian Leadership Conference (SCLC) come north to help Chicago's civil rights leaders in their nonviolent struggle against segregated housing. Their efforts pit them against Chicago's powerful mayor, Richard Daley. When a series of marches through all-white neighborhoods draws violence, King and Daley negotiate with mixed results. In Detroit, a police raid in a black neighborhood sparks an urban uprising that lasts five days, leaving 43 people dead. The Kerner Commission finds that America is becoming "two societies, one black, one white, separate and unequal." President Lyndon Johnson, who appointed the commission, ignores the report.… (mer)
 
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cciboston | Jun 7, 2011 |
An awareness and sense of pride emerged through the struggle of World Heavyweight Champion Cassius Clay to be called by his new Islamic name, Muhammad Ali. No longer content to use the mainstream culture as their standard and rejecting images which traditionally stereotyped them as servile and inferior, a new generation of African Americans began to redefine itself. Propelled by the Black Consciousness Movement, they celebrated black values and culture and their African roots. Howard University students demanded a more black-oriented curriculum, and African Americans of every persuasion met to forge a new unity at the Black Convention in Gary, Indiana.… (mer)
 
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cciboston | Jun 7, 2011 |

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Verk
25
Medlemmar
354
Popularitet
#67,648
Betyg
½ 4.7
Recensioner
10
ISBN
16

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