From civil rights to human rights : Martin Luther King, Jr., and the struggle for economic justice / by Jackson, Thomas F.

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Citizens' rights and the right to be a citizen / by Hirsch Ballin, E. M. H.

Table of Contents: “…Citizens' Rights and the Right to Be a Citizen; Copyright; Dedication; Contents; Preface; Acknowledgements; 1 Cities and Citizens; 1.1 Introduction; 1.2 The Nature of Citizens' Rights; 1.3 Transformations of Citizens' Rights; 2 Citizenship and Migration; 2.1 Citizenship and Identity; 2.2 Diversity, Reciprocity and Integration; 2.3 A World on the Move; 2.4 Citizenship and Democracy; 2.5 Citizenship and Constitutional Legitimacy; 2.6 Democratic Citizenship; 3 Redefining Citizenship; 3.1 What Makes a Person a Citizen?…”
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Right and Wrong /

Table of Contents: “…Right and Wrong (59:04);…”
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Right to Fail /

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Fighting for the right to a healthy environment : Ada Lockridge and Ron Plain /

Table of Contents: “…Right to a Healthy Environment (1:04) -- Aamjiwnaang Disease Rate (2:26) -- First Nation Birth Ratio Imbalance (4:19) -- First Nation Lifestyle Argument (1:01) -- Aamjiwnaang Teamwork (1:18) -- Increased Canadian Pollution (1:09) -- Government Regulation Failure (1:53) -- Last Resort Lawsuit (3:46) -- Monitoring Industry Pollution (1:39) -- Industry Bureaucracy Loophole (1:57) -- Air Pollution Ambiguity (1:22) -- Lack of Industry Transparency (1:00) -- First Nation Economic Betrayal (4:02) -- Massachusetts Regulation Case (2:58) -- Citizen's Fight for Public Safety (2:22) -- Representing the Greater Community (0:46) -- Shelter in Place (3:36) -- Living with Toxic Exposure (3:43) -- First Nation Marginalization (2:22) -- Deliberate Corporate Negligence (2:57) -- Corporate Jurisdiction Challenges (3:19) -- Filing an Environmental Health Lawsuit (4:42) -- Chemical Industry Evasion (1:05) -- Aamjiwnaang Lawsuit Goal (3:18) -- Suncorp Delay Tactics (1:46) -- First Nations Spiritual Guidance (2:06) -- Small Court Victory (0:47) -- Acquired Industry Authority (2:41) -- “Idle No More” Protests (1:58) -- Industry Legal Intimidation Tactics (7:32) -- Industry Cover Up (1:12) -- Community Initiated Health Studies (2:27) -- Government Complacency (1:51) -- Ongoing Public Health Fight (2:03) -- First Nations' Social Justice Struggle (2:24) -- Fight for Future Generations (4:49) -- Credits: Fighting for the right to a healthy environment: Ada Lockridge and Ron Plain (0:14)…”
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Fighting for the right to a healthy environment Ada Lockridge and Ron Plain /

Table of Contents: “…Right to a Healthy Environment (1:04) -- Aamjiwnaang Disease Rate (2:26) -- First Nation Birth Ratio Imbalance (4:19) -- First Nation Lifestyle Argument (1:01) -- Aamjiwnaang Teamwork (1:18) -- Increased Canadian Pollution (1:09) -- Government Regulation Failure (1:53) -- Last Resort Lawsuit (3:46) -- Monitoring Industry Pollution (1:39) -- Industry Bureaucracy Loophole (1:57) -- Air Pollution Ambiguity (1:22) -- Lack of Industry Transparency (1:00) -- First Nation Economic Betrayal (4:02) -- Massachusetts Regulation Case (2:58) -- Citizen's Fight for Public Safety (2:22) -- Representing the Greater Community (0:46) -- Shelter in Place (3:36) -- Living with Toxic Exposure (3:43) -- First Nation Marginalization (2:22) -- Deliberate Corporate Negligence (2:57) -- Corporate Jurisdiction Challenges (3:19) -- Filing an Environmental Health Lawsuit (4:42) -- Chemical Industry Evasion (1:05) -- Aamjiwnaang Lawsuit Goal (3:18) -- Suncorp Delay Tactics (1:46) -- First Nations Spiritual Guidance (2:06) -- Small Court Victory (0:47) -- Acquired Industry Authority (2:41) -- “Idle No More” Protests (1:58) -- Industry Legal Intimidation Tactics (7:32) -- Industry Cover Up (1:12) -- Community Initiated Health Studies (2:27) -- Government Complacency (1:51) -- Ongoing Public Health Fight (2:03) -- First Nations' Social Justice Struggle (2:24) -- Fight for Future Generations (4:49) -- Credits: Fighting for the right to a healthy environment: Ada Lockridge and Ron Plain (0:14)…”
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The right to water : politics, governance and social struggles /

Table of Contents: “…The right to water: possibilities and prospects / Farhana Sultana and Alex Loftus -- Commons versus commodities: debating the human right to water / Karen Bakker -- The human right to what? …”
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Articulating rights : nineteenth-century American women on race, reform, and the state / by Parker, Alison M. (Alison Marie), 1965-

Table of Contents: “…Frances Wright : moral suasion and states' rights -- Sarah and Angelina Grimké : women's political engagement -- Frances Watkins Harper : civil rights and the role of the state -- Frances Willard : federal regulations for the common good -- Mary Church Terrell : critiques of "White lawlessness."…”


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The radical right. : The new American right expanded and updated /

Table of Contents: “…The sources of the "radical right" (1955) /…”


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The right and the righteous : the Christian Right confronts the Republican Party / by Oldfield, Duane Murray

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Flight to freedom the story of Central American refugees in California /

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Flight to freedom : the story of Central American refugees in California /

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To right these wrongs : the North Carolina Fund and the battle to end poverty and inequality in 1960s America / by Korstad, Robert Rodgers

Table of Contents: “…Battle lines -- Alliances -- Citizen soldiers -- An army of the poor -- Fighting for the high ground -- Counterassault.…”
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To right these wrongs the North Carolina Fund and the battle to end poverty and inequality in 1960s America / by Korstad, Robert Rodgers

Table of Contents: “…Battle lines -- Alliances -- Citizen soldiers -- An army of the poor -- Fighting for the high ground -- Counterassault.…”
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Landing rights : poems / by Jaffin, David, 1937-

Table of Contents: “…"Lost and found" ; She ; Taken-out -- A pause -- The last boat -- Framed -- That stealth -- "Blind followint the blind (Brueghel) -- The French -- These trees -- Bright -- These -- The curious -- Soft -- Naked poems -- Rheims I (2). …”


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LGBTQ rights /

Table of Contents: “…Does the LGBTQ community enjoy equal rights? -- Does the promotion of LGBTQ rights threaten the freedom of others? …”


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The Right Choice : Using Theory of Constraints for Effective Leadership. by Hutchin, Ted

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Women's rights

Table of Contents: “…Women Around the World (2:55) -- International Women's Movement (1:18) -- Women's Movement in the US (3:52) -- China (1:01) -- Confucianism (1:15) -- Effect of Communism on Women's Rights (0:46) -- Trafficking and Sexism (2:34) -- Career Choice (0:53) -- Afghanistan (3:04) -- Women Enslaved (2:51) -- Poverty and Aids (3:30) -- Global Fight (1:16)…”
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Women's rights /

Table of Contents: “…Women Around the World (2:55) -- International Women's Movement (1:18) -- Women's Movement in the US (3:52) -- China (1:01) -- Confucianism (1:15) -- Effect of Communism on Women's Rights (0:46) -- Trafficking and Sexism (2:34) -- Career Choice (0:53) -- Afghanistan (3:04) -- Women Enslaved (2:51) -- Poverty and Aids (3:30) -- Global Fight (1:16)…”
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