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Crown House

A BBC Radio 4 Regal Drama

by Peter Ling, Juliet Ace ...

Narrated by Jane Asher, Gayle Hunnicutt, Margaret Rawlings, Martin Jarvis, Richard Pasco, Dinah Sheridan, Dominic Rickhards, Barbara Atkinson, Margaret Ward, Cara Kelly, Barbara Hunt, Full Cast ...

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3 hours 53 min

A very royal saga about The Crown and a very historic houseIn this story of Crown House, the grand home of the Ministers, the bond is built between the Minister family and the House of Windsor in this tale of changing times and unvarying traditions. This is a tale of two families and a fresh era for the Minsters of Crown House, and the Royal Family of Windsor.The series follow the birth of a royal ... Read more

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A very royal saga about The Crown and a very historic houseIn this story of Crown House, the grand home of the Ministers, the bond is built between the Minister family and the House of Windsor in this tale of changing times and unvarying traditions. This is a tale of two families and a fresh era for the Minsters of Crown House, and the Royal Family of Windsor.The series follow the birth of a royal
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Liz Parker - A Confidential Agent

A BBC Radio Crime Drama Collection

by Nick McCarty ...

Narrated by Rosemary Martin, Terry Molloy, Barbara Atkinson, Simon Carter, Roger Hume, Claire Faulconbridge, Joyce Gibbs, Kim Durham, Full Cast ...

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Six cosy detective dramas about secretary turned super-sleuth Liz ParkerLiz Parker dreams of being a gumshoe, like her hardboiled heroes Philip Marlowe and Mike Hammer. But instead, she's stuck as secretary at the Ace Agency, a small-time investigation bureau above a curry house in the backstreets of Birmingham. Her lecherous boss, Mr Antrobus, is too tied up with typist Gloria to pay much ... Read more

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Six cosy detective dramas about secretary turned super-sleuth Liz ParkerLiz Parker dreams of being a gumshoe, like her hardboiled heroes Philip Marlowe and Mike Hammer. But instead, she's stuck as secretary at the Ace Agency, a small-time investigation bureau above a curry house in the backstreets of Birmingham. Her lecherous boss, Mr Antrobus, is too tied up with typist Gloria to pay much
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Children of the Struggle and the Ancestors Who Stayed

The Tuskegee Institute High School Class of 1964

by Raymond Adams, Barbara White Atkinson-Liggins, Gerald W. Billes, Carolyn Earline Foster Bivins, Mattie Davis Blizzard, Milton Donald, Nancy Hooten Garrison, Rosa McWilliams Henderson, Margaret Meadows Jones, Anthony T. Lee, Douglas Mayberry, Sonjia Parker Redmond, Palmer Sullins Jr., Harold White Jr., Marian Quinn Williams Jr., Roosevelt Lorenzo Williams Jr., Willie B. Wyatt Jr., Carolyn Moss Woodard Jr., Alma Jean Foye Stokes Jr., Alex Stanton Jr., Annie Jean Baker Reed ...

WINNER OF THE ANNE B. AND JAMES B. MCMILLAN PRIZEA powerful collection of firsthand stories from the Tuskegee Institute High School Class of 1964—students who came of age in the crucible of the Civil Rights Movement. Their stories uncover the bold choices of their ancestors who chose to stay and help shape the South.Children of the Struggle and the Ancestors Who Stayed, edited by Sonjia Parker ... Read more

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WINNER OF THE ANNE B. AND JAMES B. MCMILLAN PRIZEA powerful collection of firsthand stories from the Tuskegee Institute High School Class of 1964—students who came of age in the crucible of the Civil Rights Movement. Their stories uncover the bold choices of their ancestors who chose to stay and help shape the South.Children of the Struggle and the Ancestors Who Stayed, edited by Sonjia Parker
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30 Years of Social Change

by Jan Lees, Nisha Dogra, Paul Cooper, Michael Mandelstam, Martin Barrow, Carola Beresford-Cooke, CJ Atkinson, Barbara Kelly, Dawn Brooker, Luke Beardon, Marian Liebmann, Belinda Hopkins, Charles Buck, Harriet Ward, Rex Haigh, Sarah Carr, Nigel Ching, Nick Luxmoore, Joyce Lishman, Grace Watts, Lorraine Nicolle, Winnie Dunn, Christiane Sanderson, Sally Donovan, Peter Beresford, Priscilla Alderson, Matthew J. Taylor, Vanessa Rogers, Jennifer Peace Peace Rhind, Dr Anthony Attwood, Dr Gwen Adshead, Kim S. Golding ...

What social change has been achieved over the past 30 years?What have been the main barriers to progress?What great achievements can we identify and celebrate today?Marking Jessica Kingsley Publishers' 30th year of publishing books on social and behavioural issues, this book gathers together over 30 leading thinkers from diverse disciplines - from autism specialists and social workers through to ... Read more

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What social change has been achieved over the past 30 years?What have been the main barriers to progress?What great achievements can we identify and celebrate today?Marking Jessica Kingsley Publishers' 30th year of publishing books on social and behavioural issues, this book gathers together over 30 leading thinkers from diverse disciplines - from autism specialists and social workers through to
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Our Kind of People

Inside America's Black Upper Class

by Lawrence Otis Graham ...

"Fascinating. . . . [Graham] has made a major contribution both to African-American studies and the larger American picture." —New York TimesDebutante cotillions. Million-dollar homes. Summers in Martha's Vineyard. Membership in the Links, Jack & Jill, Deltas, Boule, and AKAs. An obsession with the right schools, families, social clubs, and skin complexion. This is the world of America’s Black ... Read more

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"Fascinating. . . . [Graham] has made a major contribution both to African-American studies and the larger American picture." —New York TimesDebutante cotillions. Million-dollar homes. Summers in Martha's Vineyard. Membership in the Links, Jack & Jill, Deltas, Boule, and AKAs. An obsession with the right schools, families, social clubs, and skin complexion. This is the world of America’s Black
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Remembering Jim Crow

African Americans Tell About Life in the Segregated South

Edited by William H. Chafe, Raymond Gavins, Robert Korstad ...

This “viscerally powerful . . . compilation of firsthand accounts of the Jim Crow era” won the Lillian Smith Book Award and the Carey McWilliams Award (Publisher’s Weekly, starred review).Based on interviews collected by the Behind the Veil Oral History Project at Duke University’s Center for Documentary Studies, this remarkable book presents for the first time the most extensive oral history ever ... Read more

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This “viscerally powerful . . . compilation of firsthand accounts of the Jim Crow era” won the Lillian Smith Book Award and the Carey McWilliams Award (Publisher’s Weekly, starred review).Based on interviews collected by the Behind the Veil Oral History Project at Duke University’s Center for Documentary Studies, this remarkable book presents for the first time the most extensive oral history ever
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A Shining Thread of Hope

The History of Black Women in America

by Darlene Clark Hine, Kathleen Thompson ...

At the greatest moments and in the cruelest times, black women have been a crucial part of America's history. Now, the inspiring history of black women in America is explored in vivid detail by two leaders in the fields of African American and women's history.A Shining Thread of Hope chronicles the lives of black women from indentured servitude in the early American colonies to the cruelty of ... Read more

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At the greatest moments and in the cruelest times, black women have been a crucial part of America's history. Now, the inspiring history of black women in America is explored in vivid detail by two leaders in the fields of African American and women's history.A Shining Thread of Hope chronicles the lives of black women from indentured servitude in the early American colonies to the cruelty of
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They Stole a City

Wilmington's White Supremacist Coup and the Families Who Live with Its Legacy

by Lauren Collins ...

**“They Stole A City is a powerful new book... Collins shows how the massacre couldn't be contained to its particular time period... its effects continued to reverberate across generations.” —Jennifer Szalai, The New York TimesIn this ambitious and groundbreaking history, Lauren Collins weaves together stories of four Wilmington, North Carolina, families over 125 years to create a full accounting ... Read more

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**“They Stole A City is a powerful new book... Collins shows how the massacre couldn't be contained to its particular time period... its effects continued to reverberate across generations.” —Jennifer Szalai, The New York TimesIn this ambitious and groundbreaking history, Lauren Collins weaves together stories of four Wilmington, North Carolina, families over 125 years to create a full accounting
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First Class

The Legacy of Dunbar, America's First Black Public High School

by Alison Stewart ...

Combining a fascinating history of the first U.S. high school for African Americans with an unflinching analysis of urban public-school education today, First Class explores an underrepresented and largely unknown aspect of black history while opening a discussion on what it takes to make a public school successful. In 1870, in the wake of the Civil War, citizens of Washington, DC, opened the ... Read more

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Combining a fascinating history of the first U.S. high school for African Americans with an unflinching analysis of urban public-school education today, First Class explores an underrepresented and largely unknown aspect of black history while opening a discussion on what it takes to make a public school successful. In 1870, in the wake of the Civil War, citizens of Washington, DC, opened the
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Open Wide The Freedom Gates

A Memoir

by Dorothy Height ...

Dorothy Height marched at civil rights rallies, sat through tense White House meetings, and witnessed every major victory in the struggle for racial equality. Yet as the sole woman among powerful, charismatic men, someone whose personal ambition was secondary to her passion for her cause, she has received little mainstream recognition -- until now. In her memoir, Dr. Height, now ninety-one, ... Read more

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Dorothy Height marched at civil rights rallies, sat through tense White House meetings, and witnessed every major victory in the struggle for racial equality. Yet as the sole woman among powerful, charismatic men, someone whose personal ambition was secondary to her passion for her cause, she has received little mainstream recognition -- until now. In her memoir, Dr. Height, now ninety-one,
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Black Folk

The Roots of the Black Working Class

by Blair LM Kelley, Ph.D. ...

Named one of Smithsonian's Best Books of 20232024 Robert F. Kennedy Human Rights Book Award2024 Philip Taft Labor History Award2024 Brooklyn Public Library Book Prize Nonfiction Longlist**2024 L.A. Times Book Award Finalist in HistoryAn award-winning historian illuminates the adversities and joys of the Black working class in America through a stunning narrative centered on ... ... Read more

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Named one of Smithsonian's Best Books of 20232024 Robert F. Kennedy Human Rights Book Award2024 Philip Taft Labor History Award2024 Brooklyn Public Library Book Prize Nonfiction Longlist**2024 L.A. Times Book Award Finalist in HistoryAn award-winning historian illuminates the adversities and joys of the Black working class in America through a stunning narrative centered on ...
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On the Road to Freedom

A Guided Tour of the Civil Rights Trail

by Charles E. Cobb Jr. ...

This in-depth look at the civil rights movement goes to the places where pioneers of the movement marched, sat-in at lunch counters, gathered in churches; where they spoke, taught, and organized; where they were arrested, where they lost their lives, and where they triumphed.Award-winning journalist Charles E. Cobb Jr., a former organizer and field secretary for SNCC (Student Nonviolent ... Read more

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This in-depth look at the civil rights movement goes to the places where pioneers of the movement marched, sat-in at lunch counters, gathered in churches; where they spoke, taught, and organized; where they were arrested, where they lost their lives, and where they triumphed.Award-winning journalist Charles E. Cobb Jr., a former organizer and field secretary for SNCC (Student Nonviolent
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