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Unequal, a story of America, Michael Eric Dyson & Marc Favreau

eng

Includes bibliographical references (pages 305-333) and index

contains biographical information

illustrations

index present

Ages 12 & up

non fiction

Unequal

bibliography

Michael Eric Dyson & Marc Favreau

a story of America

Spotlighting courageous Black figures throughout history, these interconnected stories present a picture of racial inequality in America, revealing both the systemic discrimination in all areas of society and the unbroken line of Black resistance to this inequality

Mary Church Terrell Fights Back Against Segregation -- Ida B. Wells Exposes America's Lynching Epidemic -- Buck Franklin Bears Witness to the Destruction of Black Wall Street -- Ned Cobb Confronts Racial Inequality on the Job -- Dr. Ossian Sweet Breaks Through the Color Line to Find a Home in Detroit -- Pauli Murray Discovers the Key to Ending Segregation in Schools -- Daisy Myers Integrates the White Suburbs -- Malcolm X Launches a Struggle Against Police Brutality -- Fannie Lou Hamer Takes Back the Right to Vote -- James Meredith Integrates the University of Mississippi -- Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. and Memphis's Sanitation Workers Protest for Equal Pay -- John Carlos and Tommie Smith Raise a Fist for Black Pride -- Ruth Batson Uncovers Segregation in Boston -- Michelle Alexander Confronts the New Jim Crow -- Catherine Flowers, Dr. Mona Hanna-Attisha, and Barack Obama Expose America's Crisis of Environmental Racism -- Yusef Salaam Battles Racial Profiling -- Stacey Abrams Leads the Fight Against Voter Suppression -- Dr. Susan Moore Calls Out America's Unequal Health Care -- The Black Lives Matter Movement Opens the Latest Battle for Racial Equality -- Nikole Hannah-Jones Taps into the Power of History

juvenile