Yohuru Williams
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An enthralling, eye-opening portrayal of this barrier-breaking American hero as a lifelong, relentlessly proud fighter for Black justice and civil rights.
According to Martin Luther King, Jr., Jackie Robinson was "a sit-inner before the sit-ins, a freedom rider before the Freedom Rides." According to Hank Aaron, Robinson was a leader of the Black Power movement before there was a Black Power movement. According to his wife,
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Using Black newspaper reports from the period as a primary resource, this riveting book recounts the groundbreaking 1963 March on Washington for Jobs and Freedom during which Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. delivered his historic “I Have a Dream” speech, which still resonates to this day.
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"According to Martin Luther King, Jr., Jackie Robinson was 'a sit-inner before the sit-ins, a freedom rider before the Freedom Rides.' According to Hank Aaron, Robinson was a leader of the Black Power movement before there was a Black Power movement. According to his wife, Rachel Robinson, he was always Jack, not Jackie—the diminutive form of his name bestowed on him in college by white sports writers. And throughout his whole life, Jack Robinson...
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"Even fifty years after it was founded, the Black Panther Party remains one of the most misunderstood political organizations of the twentieth century. But beyond the labels of 'extremist' and 'violent' that have marked the party, and beyond charismatic leaders like Huey Newton, Bobby Seale, and Eldridge Cleaver, were the ordinary men and women who made up the Panther rank and file. In The Black Panthers, photojournalist Bryan Shih and historian...
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Food That Built America volume 10
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In New York City, former Olympic wrestler Rocky Aoki and a perfume salesman become the unlikely fathers of a casual dining revolution when they open wildly different establishments in the heart of the city.
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Food That Built America volume 5
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In a quest to dominate the growing commercial bread industry, Lee Marshall bets on a new kind of white loaf, unwittingly inspiring a homemaker named Margaret Rudkin to come up with a healthier alternative.
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Food That Built America volume 11
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Lighting up the backyard grill is an American summer tradition like no other. But 100 years ago, cooking outside was not nearly as popular or accessible. Most backyard grilling essentials hadn't been invented yet.
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Food That Built America volume 11
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When a New York bakery owner passes away suddenly, his wife Martha Entenmann takes the reigns of the company and grows it into a national powerhouse. Meanwhile, a married couple have bankrupted one bakery, but are determined to succeed their second time.
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Food That Built America volume 3
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Before chicken wings were America's favorite Sunday football snack, they were considered an undesirable cut of meat. Until two restaurateurs in Buffalo, New York, reinvent the way wings are cooked.
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Food That Built America volume 10
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Two entrepreneurs rise from the ashes of Prohibition by staking everything on two liquors--a bitter, bottom-shelf whisky, and a flavorless foreign moonshine.
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Food That Built America volume 14
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A young upstart named Oscar Mayer creates one of the most iconic meat brands on the planet. While pioneer Jay Hormel invents a meat product sold the world over, which becomes part of a 20-billion-dollar food empire.
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Food That Built America volume 12
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Before juice was everywhere, these innovators used brilliant ingenuity to create the most nostalgic drink products and thirst quenchers of the last century, leading the charge on a new billion dollar beverage industry.
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Food That Built America volume 6
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Hollywood agent Wally Amos transforms his professional life when he decides to make and sell his own gourmet chocolate chip cookies, and opens America's first cookie store.
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Food That Built America volume 2
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In the late 1800s, German immigrants Joseph Schlitz and Captain Frederick Pabst find themselves in a battle for beer dominance. In their fight for one upmanship they will help create the most popular alcoholic beverage on the planet.
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Food That Built America volume 6
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A devout Georgia diner owner stumbles into the chicken game when he develops a unique fried chicken sandwich with a batch of cast-off filets. The unique sandwich he creates will become the menu centerpiece at one of the most popular fast food chains.
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Food That Built America volume 7
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When Colonel Sanders sells his company to investors in 1964, the new owners identify a rising star within the organization: Dave Thomas. But Thomas soon becomes one of their most bitter rivals.
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Food That Built America volume 8
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Small town farmer Orville Redenbacher has a lifelong dream of creating the perfect popcorn kernel, leading to the first significant development of popcorn in thousands of years which he sells nationwide.
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Food That Built America volume 5
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Coffee's quality and popularity wane by the 1960s, until a handful of visionaries turn the industry on its head. Three college friends create an iconic brand of revolutionary gourmet coffee.
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Food That Built America volume 12
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When brothers open an Italian restaurant in Cleveland in 1924, neither realizes that their quest to introduce Italian food to Americans will result in one of the nation's most iconic brands. But their success attracts the attention of another food giant.