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While we can all recall images of Martin Luther King Jr. giving his "I Have a Dream" speech in front of a massive crowd at Lincoln Memorial, few of us remember the man who organized this watershed nonviolent protest in eight short weeks: Bayard Rustin.
This was far from Rustin's first foray into the fight for civil rights. As a world-traveling pacifist, he brought Gandhi's protest techniques to the forefront of US civil rights demonstrations, helped...
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SpeechWorks presents this collection of the greatest speeches of great women. Represented here are some of the most famous women of recent history, including athletes, politicians, businesswomen, diplomats, heads of state, activists, philanthropists, and more. You will hear the actual voices of these women, recorded at public functions at which they were the featured speaker. Included are the following: Amelia Earhart, American aviation pioneer. Clare...
47) Haile Selassie: The Life and Legacy of the Ethiopian Emperor Revered as the Messiah by Rastafarians
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Before World War II, few in the West had ever heard of Abyssinia, and fewer still could point to a map and tell precisely where it was. On the eve of that war, in the autumn of 1935, as the forces of imperial Italy prepared to invade the sovereign territory of Ethiopia, the leaders of the Allies brimmed with sympathy for the imperiled African kingdom but offered nothing in the way of practical assistance. Rallying his subjects against the invaders...
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Who knew the CIA needed librarians? More Stories from Langley reveals the lesser-known operations of one of the most mysterious government agencies in the United States.
Edward Mickolus is back with more stories to answer the question, What does a career in the CIA look like? Advice and anecdotes from both current and former CIA officers provide a look at the side of intelligence operations that is often left out of the movies. What was it like working...
49) Marcus Garvey
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This biography of Marcus Garvey documents the forging of his remarkable vision of pan-Africanism and highlights his organizational skills in framing a response to the radical global popular upsurge following the First World War (1914—1918). Central to Garvey's response was the development of organizations under the umbrella of the Universal Negro Improvement Association and African Communities League, which garnered the transnational support of...
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Cherie Y. Mullins is the wife of Evangelist Roger Mullins. She is the daughter of the late Leo and Beverly Forse, of Binghamton, NY. As she grew up, they were members of the well-known Lit-tle White Church of Conklin, NY. Her family and church foundations play a tremendous role in her life of ministry with her husband today. As a couple, they have served the Lord faithfully in full-time evangelism, Christian music, and missionary work since 1969....
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This is my story. The stories in this book really happened. None of the stories were spiced up to make them sound better. Some stories are funny, some sad, some will make you cry, and some of them will make you say Wow. It tells about how God took control of my life, and how he helped me deal with certain situations as a South Carolina State Trooper.
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Heartwarming and inspiring, In Search of My Destiny tells a story about true family love. A wonderful tale that portrays the strength of the human spirit and proves that there is strength in unity, and highlights the special bond between parents and children. It is the story of a woman who lived her life in two different cultures. She lived her childhood and adolescence in a small Mayan village in Guatemala, Central America, where the customs were...
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Mike Cater has extensive experience in Bible Church Service. He has attended classes at Baptist Bible College in Springfield, Missouri, (196264). He has taught in a high school Sunday school in Paola, Kansas. He was Sunday school director at Cornerstone Baptist Church and served as youth director at Fellowship Baptist Church in Lawrence, Kansas, (2010). He has filled the pulpit in six Baptist churches during his church ministry: Paola, Olathe, Oak...
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Bill always had big dreams. From his early youth he imagined living away from the monotonous demands of city life and urban society. For Bill being alive meant living in the great outdoors, in harmony with nature. Refusing to live within the Box of Life, that seemed to be Bills destiny; he ventured out on a lifes journey filled with risks and challenges that would cause some to ask the question, WHAT WAS HE THINKING?!
56) The Memory Box
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The End is the Beginning Tyra Garlington woke one morning dizzy, disoriented, and alone on the bathroom floor. Her pain was excruciating and she could barely breathe. Unable to move or call for help, she soon closed her eyes and surrendered to what she believed was the inevitable. What happened next would change her forever. The Memory Box is a story of how one woman came to truly know and live the promise of Gods grace that had always been with heras...
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Oh! the Places I've Been is a memoir Bernice Livingston Youtz has written primarily for her family and a few friends. She relates childhood in the Depression of the 1930s (she always knew that it was spelled with a capital D), adolescence during World War II, young adulthood, marriage, children in the post-war 1950s. She recalls an early love of reading which led, not surprisingly, to an aspiration for travel, although there was no opportunity for...
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In den 1920er Jahren führt der dänische Maler Einar Wegener mit seiner Frau Gerda, einer ebenfalls erfolgreichen Künstlerin, ein bewegtes Leben zwischen Dänemark, Frankreich und Italien.
Als Gerda ihn eines Tages bittet, ihr in Frauenkleidern Modell zu stehen, setzt sie eine Entwicklung in Gang, deren Ende sich keiner von beiden vorstellen kann.
Zum Spaß tritt Einar immer öfter bei gesellschaftlichen Anlässen als geheimnisvolle Frau namens...
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