People Who Changed the World: Politics and Social Activism (Ideas, Inventions, and Innovators)
by Grace Jones
The author presents her story and life philosophy, describing how she wished for a magic pencil that she would use to fix the world's problems, and how she realized that even if she never found the pencil, she could still have a positive impact.
Malala Yousafzai (Great Women) (Zoom in on: Great Women)
by Jennifer Strand
Mandela (World History Biographies) (National Geographic World History Biographies)
by Ann Kramer
Nelson Mandela comes to life in this portrait of a diplomatic man whose commitment to freedom gained him both the Nobel Peace Prize and Time's Man of the Year honor. The son of a Thembu chief in South Africa, Mandela began his life-long campaign against white colonial rule while a college student. Kramer's eloquent, yet approachable text describes the leader's dedication to nonviolence, his role in the African National Congress and his arrest in 1962 for sabotage and conspiracy. During his 27 ye...
Tecumseh: Speech at Vincennes (Deconstructing Powerful Speeches)
by Rebecca Sjonger
A Shawnee warrior and chief, Tecumseh was widely admired as a skilled orator who wanted to unite Indigenous groups in the United States and Canada to prevent the loss of their territory and way of life. This thought-provoking book features his memorable speech in 1810 at Vincennes, to Indiana Governor Harrison to revoke a treaty that took Indigenous lands, and to Indigenous peoples to resist the takeover of their territories. Readers are introduced to the social and political circumstances of th...
MARTIN LUTHER KING, Jr. and Abraham Joshua Heschel. Their names stand for the quest for justice and equality.Martin grew up in a loving family in the American South, at a time when this country was plagued by racial discrimination. He aimed to put a stop to it. He became a minister like his daddy, and he preached and marched for his cause.Abraham grew up in a loving family many years earlier, in a Europe that did not welcome Jews. He found a new home in America, where he became a respected rabbi...
Harriet Tubman (First Biographies (Abdo)) (First Biographies)
by Randy T. Gosda
As a young girl growing up in Kenya, Wangari was surrounded by trees. But years later when she returns home, she is shocked to see whole forests being cut down, and she knows that soon all the trees will be destroyed. So Wangari decides to do something - and starts by planting nine seedlings in her own backyard. And as they grow, so do her plans...
Barbara Jordan: Politician and Civil Rights Leader (Freedom's Promise)
by Duchess Harris and Deirdre R J Head
Even at the age of nine, Golda Meir was a leader. As president of the American Young Sisters Society, she organizes her friends to raise money to buy textbooks for immigrant classmates. A glimpse at the early life of Israel s first female Prime Minister. Full-Color Illustrations, Full-Color Photographs, Famous People. Nine-year-old Golda Meir, who would become Israel's first woman prime minister, uses her leadership skills to organize her friends in the American Young Sisters Society to raise m...
Biographies for Kids - All About Rosa Parks the Civil Rights
by Baby Professor
Meet activist Alton Yates, an Air Force veteran who dedicated his life to propelling America forward—from space travel to the Civil Rights Movement and beyond—in this inspiring nonfiction picture book. As a child growing up in Jacksonville, Florida, Alton Yates watched Black veterans return home from fighting for their country, only to have that country turn its back on them. After Alton joined the Air Force and risked his life to make spacecraft and airplane flight safer, he returned home to t...
Jackie Robinson Breaks Barriers (Perspectives on American Progress)
by Duchess, Ph.D. Harris
Marjory Stoneman Douglas (Conservationists) (Checkerboard Biography Library: Conservationists)
by Joanne Mattern
Perspectives on American Progress (Set) (Perspectives on American Progress)
by Duchess, Ph.D. Harris
Karl Marx: Philosopher & Revolutionary (Essential Lives) (Essential Lives Set 7)
by David Cates