Martin B Duberman
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"Paul Robeson (1898-1976) was a towering figure whose life and legacy as tan internationally acclaimed vocal artist, actor, and civil rights activist are newly relevant as the Black Lives Matter movement transforms our world. This brilliant book - adapted for young adult readers from Martin Duberman's acclaimed biography - will introduce this iconic figure to a new audience sure to be inspired by Robeson's dazzling accomplishments and his daring and...
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The Stonewall Inn was a gay bar in New York's Greenwich Village. At a little after one a.m. on the morning of June 28, 1969, the police carried out a routine raid on the bar. But it turned out not to be routine at all. Instead of cowering-- the usual reaction to a police raid-- the patrons inside Stonewall and the crowd that gathered outside the bar fought back against the police. The five days of rioting that followed changed forever the face of...
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"In December 1995, the FDA approved the release of protease inhibitors, the first effective treatment for AIDS. For countless people, the drug offered a reprieve from what had been a death sentence; for others, it was too late. In the United States alone, over 318,000 people had died from AIDS-related complications--among them were the singer Michael Callen and the poet Essex Hemphill. Meticulously researched and evocatively told, Two Lives, Two Deaths...