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"A novel about the extraordinary partnership between First Lady Eleanor Roosevelt and civil rights activist Mary McLeod Bethune--an unlikely friendship that changed the world, from the New York Times bestselling authors of the Good Morning America Book Club pick The Personal Librarian. The daughter of formerly enslaved parents, Mary McLeod Bethune refuses to back down as white supremacists attempt to thwart her work. She marches on as an activist...
2) Half a heart
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"When her biracial daughter appears suddenly after eighteen years searching for the mother who left her, former civil rights activist Miriam Vener begins a painful confrontation with her past." -- Amazon.com
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Hoping that the arrival of Freedom Riders in her town will help her community shed its antiquated views, thirteen-year-old Billie is forced to confront her own mindset when things turn tragic.
"Personally I don't mind them coming here but they might bother some of my customers. Thirteen-year old Billie Sims has heard things like this all her life, from the grocer down the road, from her neighbors at church, from her parents. But Billie never understood...
10) Utraceni
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Jedni chcą żyć, lecz nie mogą. Inni nie chcą, a muszą... W tajemniczych okolicznościach znika syn kontrowersyjnego działacza społecznego Ryszarda Hajduka. Mężczyzna podejrzewa, że zaginięcie chłopaka może mieć związek z tragicznymi zamieszkami podczas Strajku Kobiet. Gdy policyjne śledztwo nie przynosi efektów, zrozpaczony mężczyzna prosi o pomoc Agencję Poszukiwań Osób Zaginionych "ECHO". Jej właściciel, Ignacy "Igi" Sznyder,...
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