The Inspiration Series: Fighting the Good Fight.

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Hidden in plain sight the tragedy of children's rights from Ben Franklin to Lionel Tate / by Woodhouse, Barbara Bennett, 1945-

Subjects: “…Convention on the Rights of the Child (1989)…”
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Three plays : A slight ache, The collection [and] The dwarfs. by Pinter, Harold, 1930-2008

Table of Contents: “…A slight ache --…”


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Fighting Back 1957-1962

Table of Contents: “…(3:26) -- "Warriors Don't Cry" (4:22) -- Graduation Day (3:44) -- Schools Close Across the South (1:52) -- James Meredith (3:17) -- Admitted into the University of Mississippi (3:27) -- Testing States Rights (3:09) -- Constitutional Test (4:12) -- Mississippi Riots (4:35) -- Symbol of Hope (3:21) -- Credits: Fighting Back 1957-1962: Eyes on the Prize-America's Civil Rights Movement 1954 - 1985 (2:48) -- Hampton's Insights (4:31) -- Morality Play (2:49) -- Out of the South (2:53) -- Assassinations (0:52) -- Truth and Heroes (0:49) -- Transformation (1:06) -- Surveillance (0:42) -- Making History (0:43) -- Legacy (1:22)…”
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Fighting Back 1957-1962 /

Table of Contents: “…(3:26) -- "Warriors Don't Cry" (4:22) -- Graduation Day (3:44) -- Schools Close Across the South (1:52) -- James Meredith (3:17) -- Admitted into the University of Mississippi (3:27) -- Testing States Rights (3:09) -- Constitutional Test (4:12) -- Mississippi Riots (4:35) -- Symbol of Hope (3:21) -- Credits: Fighting Back 1957-1962: Eyes on the Prize-America's Civil Rights Movement 1954 - 1985 (2:48) -- Hampton's Insights (4:31) -- Morality Play (2:49) -- Out of the South (2:53) -- Assassinations (0:52) -- Truth and Heroes (0:49) -- Transformation (1:06) -- Surveillance (0:42) -- Making History (0:43) -- Legacy (1:22)…”
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Untold. 8, Jailhouse fight for prisoners' rights

“…Jailhouse fight for prisoners' rights…”
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The powerbroker Whitney Young's fight for civil rights /

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Fighting Terrorism. by Krauzová, Tereza

Table of Contents: “…Land of freedom or land of surveillance? Right to privacy in the U.S. after 9/11 -- Privacy and surveillance -- What is the right to privacy -- Rights of the government vs. rights of the governed -- Surveillance -- Historical development of surveillance legislation -- Legal context of the current surveillance issues -- Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act -- United States Patriot Act -- Section 218 -- PRISM and upstream acquisition of Internet communications -- Bulk collection of telephony metadata program…”
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Fighting with allies : America and Britain in peace and at war / by Renwick, Robin

Table of Contents: “…Dulles will place the blame elsewhere" -- "They have complete confidence in me" -- "It is gong to be a cold winter" -- "Thank God they've turned back, just before the prime minister gave way" -- The lady has already been violated in public" -- "This frightful tangle of fear and suspicion" -- "I don't think we are in for a very happy four days" -- "We do not suffer in the world from such an excess of friends" -- "A couple who have been told by everyone that they should be in love" -- "He wanted to establish his own special relationship" -- "Your problems will be our problems, and when you look for friends, we will be there" -- "That little ice-cold bunch of land down there" -- "Doing the work of the free world" -- "The focus of evil in the modern world" -- "The objective is to have a world without war" -- "No time to go wobbly" -- "All necessary means" -- The special relationship -- Britain, the United States, and Europe.…”


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Fighting Terrorism by Krauzová, Tereza

Table of Contents: “…Land of freedom or land of surveillance? Right to privacy in the U.S. after 9/11 -- Privacy and surveillance -- What is the right to privacy -- Rights of the government vs. rights of the governed -- Surveillance -- Historical development of surveillance legislation -- Legal context of the current surveillance issues -- Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act -- United States Patriot Act -- Section 218 -- PRISM and upstream acquisition of Internet communications -- Bulk collection of telephony metadata program…”
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Food Fights How History Matters to Contemporary Food Debates /

Table of Contents: “…Ludington -- What does it mean to eat right? Nutrition, science, and society / Charlotte Biltekoff -- Regulating food. …”
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Fighting for justice : the history and origins of adversary trial / by Hostettler, John

Table of Contents: “…-- No counsel for prisoners -- Treason Trials Act : the birth of adversary trial -- Rights of the individual -- Sir William Garrow -- Garrow at the Old Bailey I -- Garrow at the Old Bailey II -- Rules of criminal evidence -- Counsel finally address the jury.…”
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Fighting for foreigners immigration and its impact on Japanese democracy / by Shipper, Apichai W. (Apichai Wongsod), 1968-

Table of Contents: “…Introduction: Associative activism -- Controlling foreigners : Japan's foreign worker policy -- Long-distance nationalism : political activities of immigrant ethnic associations -- Democracy of illegals : organizing support for illegal foreigners -- Local partners : local governments and immigrant rights NGOs -- Foreigners in the public sphere : contesting prevalent social meanings -- Conclusion: Foreigners and democracy.…”
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Fighting for foreigners : immigration and its impact on Japanese democracy / by Shipper, Apichai W. (Apichai Wongsod), 1968-

Table of Contents: “…Introduction: Associative activism -- Controlling foreigners : Japan's foreign worker policy -- Long-distance nationalism : political activities of immigrant ethnic associations -- Democracy of illegals : organizing support for illegal foreigners -- Local partners : local governments and immigrant rights NGOs -- Foreigners in the public sphere : contesting prevalent social meanings -- Conclusion: Foreigners and democracy.…”
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Fighting windmills encounters with Don Quixote / by Durán, Manuel, 1925-

Table of Contents: “…Cervantes -- Experimenting with existing narrative tools -- Constructing Don Quixote -- A look into Cervantes' masterpiece -- Cervantine sallies into eighteenth-century France and England -- An abbreviated look at Cervantes in nineteenth-century France, Russia, and Spain -- Don Quixote and the New World : two American perspectives -- Sightings of Cervantes and his knight in the twentieth century.…”
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Fighting windmills : encounters with Don Quixote / by Durán, Manuel, 1925-2020

Table of Contents: “…Cervantes -- Experimenting with existing narrative tools -- Constructing Don Quixote -- A look into Cervantes' masterpiece -- Cervantine sallies into eighteenth-century France and England -- An abbreviated look at Cervantes in nineteenth-century France, Russia, and Spain -- Don Quixote and the New World : two American perspectives -- Sightings of Cervantes and his knight in the twentieth century.…”
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Fight the power! : the Spike Lee reader /

Table of Contents: “…The new race man: doing the right thing by any means necessary -- Athletic iconography in Spike Lee's early feature films / Kerr Houston -- Spike's blues: re-imagining blues ideology for the cinema / Mikal J. …”


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Fighting with Gandhi / by Juergensmeyer, Mark

Table of Contents: “…-- How do you know when you're right? -- Violence : the breakdown of a fight -- What to do with a recalcitrant opponent -- The weapon : the goal itself -- The power of noncooperation -- Fighting a very big fight -- How do you know when you've won? …”


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Stage fright, animals, and other theatrical problems / by Ridout, Nicholas Peter

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Fighting Hoosiers : Indiana in two World Wars /

Table of Contents: “…McFaddin -- "A fair chance to do my part of the work" : black women, war work, and rights claims at the Kingsbury Ordinance Plant / Katherine Turk.…”
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