Common Cause Book Recommendations & Book Mentions
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Optimism is the faith that leads to achievement. Nothing can be done without hope and confidence.: notebook with 120+ Pages of 6"x 9"
Halimi Publishing
“Optimism is the faith that leads to achievement. Nothing can be done without hope and confidence.” – Helen Keller Today we celebrate the life of Helen Keller who boldly advocated for disability rights, women, and the working class.
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By Any Means Necessary
Malcolm X
“You're not to be so blind with patriotism that you can't face reality. Wrong is wrong, no matter who does it or says it.”― Malcolm X, By Any Means Necessary https://t.co/7ySy2ItLFs
Paperback, 1992
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The Internment of Japanese Americans during World War II: The History of the Controversial Decision to Relocate Citizens Across the West Coast
Charles River
Fred Toyosaburo Korematsu was an American civil rights activist who resisted the internment of Japanese Americans during World War II. https://t.co/SOdxgYaNZ6
Paperback, 2017
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Parable of the Sower
Octavia E. Butler
“All that you touch You Change. All that you Change Changes you. The only lasting truth Is Change.” ― Octavia E. Butler, Parable of the Sower Happy birthday to Octavia Butler, who helped us all imagine new futures!
Paperback, 2019
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Optimism: An Essay
Helen Keller
“Optimism is the faith that leads to achievement. Nothing can be done without hope and confidence.” – Helen Keller Today we celebrate the life of Helen Keller who boldly advocated for disability rights, women, and the working class.
Paperback, 2010
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Heads of Families at the Second Census of the United States Taken in the Year 1800: Vermont
U S Bureau of the Census
Slavery still exists in the United States. In the midterms, voters chose to end the practice in Tennessee, Alabama, Oregon, and Vermont. ⬇️
Paperback, 2011
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Remember: The Journey to School Integration
Toni Morrison
“I tell my students, When you get these jobs that you have been so brilliantly trained for, just remember that your real job is that if you are free, you need to free somebody else,” said novelist Toni Morrison. “If you have some power, then your job is to empower somebody else.”
Hardcover, 2004
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The Color Purple
Alice Walker
Alice Walker, who is best known for writing The Color Purple, was also a lifelong activist. She taught us that “The most common way people give up their power is by thinking they don’t have any.” #BHM https://t.co/J8AnIHDMbj
Paperback, 2019
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In a Single Garment of Destiny: A Global Vision of Justice
Martin Luther King
"Injustice anywhere is a threat to justice everywhere. We are caught in an inescapable network of mutuality, tied in a single garment of destiny. Whatever affects one directly, affects all indirectly." – Dr. Martin Luther King Jr., Letter from Birmingham Jail, April 16, 1963
Paperback, 2014
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