Author: John Henry Scott
Publisher: Univ of South Carolina Press
ISBN: 9781570034893
Category : African American civil rights workers
Languages : en
Pages : 344
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From Reconstruction until the 1960s, African Americans still were not allowed to register and vote. Scott, a minister and farmer, set about to redress this inequality. Ultimately convincing Attorney General Robert Kennedy to participate in his crusade, Scott led a twenty-five year struggle that graphically illustrates how persistent efforts by local citizens translated into a national movement.".
Author: Kathryn Kee
Publisher: Corwin Press
ISBN: 1452271674
Category : Education
Languages : en
Pages : 264
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Discover how RESULTS coaching can foster continuous growth and improvement in your entire staff! RESULTS coaching is a leadership model based on coaching relationships with staff members to help them grow as professionals. Built upon the International Coach Federation standards and coaching competencies, this resource for “coach-leaders” offers: A navigation system for creative thinking and solution finding Effective communication methods, such as committed listening, powerful paraphrasing, and reflective feedback Testimonials of coach-leaders describing the impact of results coaching Strategies, tools, and questions for conducting open and reflective conversations
Author: Jonathan Kinsman
Publisher:
ISBN: 9781911570820
Category : Poetry
Languages : en
Pages : 36
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Witness is about taking the gospel back to its radical roots in a time that has poured whitewash over it. This is a story about a man executed by the state for saying things they didn't want to hear. This is a story about those that followed him.
Author: Karen Hesse
Publisher: Scholastic Inc.
ISBN: 0545345944
Category : Juvenile Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 188
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Newbery Medalist Karen Hesse emerses readers in a small Vermont town in 1924 with this haunting and harrowing tale. Leanora Sutter. Esther Hirsh. Merlin Van Tornhout. Johnny Reeves . . .These characters are among the unforgettable cast inhabiting a small Vermont town in 1924. A town that turns against its own when the Ku Klux Klan moves in. No one is safe, especially the two youngest, twelve-year-old Leanora, an African-American girl, and six-year-old Esther, who is Jewish.In this story of a community on the brink of disaster, told through the haunting and impassioned voices of its inhabitants, Newbery Award winner Karen Hesse takes readers into the hearts and minds of those who bear witness.
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Publisher: PublishAmerica
ISBN: 1462607578
Category : Religion
Languages : en
Pages : 91
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A personal story of awakening to the beauty of holiness, the art of metaphor, the sacredness of dialogue, meaning in service to that which is eternal, and the reality of Evil, this book also chronicles a struggle to find a calling to a career in the science of the solid state, a career that brought together physics, chemistry and engineering. The author leaves to the reader the decision as to what was the result of chance and what was the leading of the Spirit of Love.
Author: John Godolphin Bennett
Publisher:
ISBN: 9780912358482
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 380
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Author: Gianrico Carofiglio
Publisher: Bitter Lemon Press
ISBN: 1913394190
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 290
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A boy is found murdered in a well near a beach resort. A Senegalese peddler is accused in a hopeless case soaked in small town racism. The Italian judicial process revealed and an affectionate portrait of a deeply humane hero.
Author: Ariel Burger
Publisher: Houghton Mifflin
ISBN: 1328802698
Category : Education
Languages : en
Pages : 287
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"In the vein of Tuesdays with Morrie, a devoted protaegae and friend of one of the world's great thinkers takes us into the sacred space of the classroom, showing Holocaust survivor and Nobel Peace Prize recipient Elie Wiesel not only as an extraordinary human being, but as a master teacher"--
Author: Teresa A. Carbone
Publisher: Monacelli Press
ISBN: 9781580933902
Category : African American art
Languages : en
Pages : 0
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* Marking the 50th anniversary of the Civil Rights Act of 1964, the Brooklyn Museum offers a sharply focused look at painting, sculpture, graphics, and photography from the counterculture decade defined by social protest and racial conflict.
Author: Donna Richardson Joyner
Publisher: Harper Collins
ISBN: 0062205900
Category : Health & Fitness
Languages : en
Pages : 535
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From the renowned expert behind the bestselling "Body Gospel" fitness DVDs comes Witness to Fitness, the first program to combine faith, food, and fitness—a unique plan for getting in shape that harnesses the strength and support found in God’s love. Donna Richardson Joyner’s joy in her Christian faith is contagious. So is her belief that losing weight and taking care of your body means giving glory to God. In Witness to Fitness, she inspires you to follow her on a unique 28-day journey to good health and a deeper love of God, using faith to empower change. Each day in her dynamic plan includes an inspiring scriptural quote, a personal testimony, a menu with delicious recipes, four-color photographs demonstrating a particular workout, and an inspirational song suggestion that adds the right beat to keep you moving
