Burlington Public Library MA

Resist, 40 profiles of ordinary people who rose up against tyranny and injustice, Veronica Chambers ; foreword by Senator Cory Booker ; illustrations by Paul Ryding ; afterword by Samantha Fuentes

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Resist

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Veronica Chambers ; foreword by Senator Cory Booker ; illustrations by Paul Ryding ; afterword by Samantha Fuentes

40 profiles of ordinary people who rose up against tyranny and injustice

Before they were activists, they were just ordinary people like us. These profiles of remarkable figures show us what it means to take a stand and say no to injustice. -- From back cover

Foreword by Senator Cory Booker -- Joan of Arc -- Martin Luther -- Galileo Galilei -- Samuel Adams -- Frederick Douglass -- Sojourner Truth -- Susan B. Anthony -- Lozen the Apache warrior -- Sitting Bull -- Queen Liliuokalani -- Lucretia Mott -- Ida B. Wells -- Mohandas Ghandi -- Emiliano Zapata -- Dietrich Bonhoeffer -- Chiune Sugihara -- Hedy Lamarr -- Nelson Mandela -- Oskar Schindler -- The Dalai Lama -- Dolores Huerta and Cesar Chavez -- Fannie Lou Hamer -- Rachel Carson -- John Lewis -- Martin Luther King Jr. and Malcolm X -- Miriam Makeba -- Harvey Milk -- Wangari Maathai -- Archbishop Óscar Romero -- Malala Yousafzai -- Janet Mock -- Rev. Dr. William J. Barber II -- Alicia Garza, Patrisse Cullors and Opal Tometi -- Anastasia Somoza -- Greta Thunberg -- Colin Kaepernick -- Stacey Abrams -- Laverne Cox -- Ruby Bridges -- March for our lives -- Afterword by Samantha Fuentes

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