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Social Activists

  • Fighting with Love: The Legacy of John Lewis

  • She Persisted: Opal Lee

  • Ida B. Wells, Voice of Truth: Educator, Feminist, and Anti-Lynching Civil Rights Leader

  • Bridges Instead of Walls: The Story of Mavis Staples

  • Outspoken: Paul Robeson, Ahead of His Time: A One-Man Show

  • Jimmy’s Rhythm & Blues: The Extraordinary Life of James Baldwin

  • Paul Robeson

  • Coretta: The Autobiography of Mrs. Coretta Scott King

  • She Persisted: Dorothy Height

  • Holding Her Own: The Exceptional Life of Jackie Ormes

  • Because Claudette

  • A Song for the Unsung: Bayard Rustin, the Man Behind the 1963 March on Washington

  • Maya’s Song

  • The Joys of Being a Little Black Boy