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Democracy 101: Organize, Agitate, Educate From Elaine Weiss: America’s Democratic Movements Were Powered by Citizenship Schools. September 05, 2026 This semiquincentennial year has brought us many opportunities to reflect on the original gap between the nation’s...
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Spell Freedom: Praise from Secretary Hillary Clinton Hillary Clinton posted… When @efwauthor was working on her new book, “Spell Freedom,” she thought she was writing history. But so many themes from this book are back in today’s headlines. Pick it...
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Fighting for Women’s Rights: Suffrage Through Civil Rights The Kansas City Public Library Streamed live on Aug 26, 2026 Author Elaine Weiss explores American history’s untold stories in powerful, character-driven books of narrative history. She focuses...
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SPLC. Learning for Justice Liberation Lit Book Reviews for Adult Readers Spell Freedom: The Underground Schools That Built the Civil Rights Movement by Elaine Weiss and other reviews added July 2026. Learning can help us to resist hate and bias and counter limited...
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Spell Freedom: The Underground Schools That Built the Civil Rights Movement – Elaine Weiss The Filson Historical Society – April 23, 2026 The acclaimed author of the “stirring, definitive, and engrossing” (NPR) The Woman’s Hour returns with the story of four activists...
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October 19, 2025 C-SPAN2 Book TVSocial Justice Movements and Activists Southern Festival of Books, Nashville, on C-SPAN2 Book TV Authors talked about social justice movements and the activists who devised their strategies – on issues ranging from the abolition...
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Spell Freedom – Carnegie Medal for Excellence in Nonfiction Books 2026 Longlist Selection Spell Freedom has been chosen as a candidate for the Carnegie Medal for Excellence in nonfiction books, awarded by the American Library Association. Forty-five extraordinary...
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February 22, 2025 Amid Changes at the National Archives, the Carter Library Cancels a Civil Rights Book Event After President Trump put in new leadership at the National Archives, the Jimmy Carter Presidential Library in Atlanta abruptly canceled several events. by...
