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In Alexis de Tocqueville's seminal work 'Democracy in America', the author provides a detailed analysis of the American political system and society during the early 19th century. Written in a thoughtful and insightful style, Tocqueville examines the strengths and weaknesses of democracy, the role of individualism, and the potential dangers of majority tyranny. His observations on the balance of power between the federal government and states, the...
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"Historian Heather Ann Thompson offers the first definitive telling of the Attica prison uprising, the state's violent response, and the victims' decades-long quest for justice--in time for the forty-fifth anniversary of the events"--
On September 9, 1971, nearly 1,300 prisoners took over the Attica Correctional Facility in upstate New York to protest years of mistreatment. Holding guards and civilian employees hostage, the prisoners negotiated with...
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"I was taught to treat everyone the same." "I don't see color." "My parents voted for Obama." When white people have the opportunity to think and talk about race and racism, they more often than not don't know how. In this adaptation of Dr. Robin DiAngelo's bestselling book White Fragility, anti-racist educators Toni Graves Williamson and Ali Michael explain the concept of systemic racism to young adults and how to recognize it in themselves and the...
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