Claiming rights and righting wrongs in Texas : Mexican workers and job politics during World War II / by Zamora, Emilio

Table of Contents: “…Wartime recovery and denied opportunities -- Elevating the Mexican cause to a hemispheric level -- The fight for Mexican rights in Texas -- The FEPC and Mexican workers in Texas -- The slippery slope of equal opportunity in the refineries of the Upper Texas Gulf Coast -- Negotiating Mexican workers' rights at Corpus Christi.…”
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Employee Training: The Right Attitude, The Right Results.

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

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Getting the right teachers into the right schools : managing India's teacher workforce / by Ramachandran, Vimala

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Inclusive education is a right, right? /

Table of Contents: “…Chapter 1 More Than Human Rights /…”
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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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This Light of Ours : Activist Photographers of the Civil Rights Movement. by Kelen, Leslie G., 1949-

Table of Contents: “…Cover; Contents; Preface and Acknowledgments; Foreword; Photographing Civil Rights; The Photographs; Part One: Black Life; Part Two: Organizing for Freedom; Part Three: State and Local Terror; Part Four: Meredith March against Fear and Black Power; Reflection: How I First Saw King and Found the Movement; The Photographers: Interviews and Biographies; Tamio Wakayama; Herbert Randall; Maria Varela; George Ballis; Bob Fitch; Matt Herron; Bob Fletcher; David Prince; Bob Adelman; Recommended Reading; Index; A; B; C; D; E; F; G; H; I; J; K; L; M; N; O; P; Q; R; S; T; U; V; W; Y.…”
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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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The radical right. : The new American right expanded and updated /

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

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Landing rights : poems / by Jaffin, David, 1937-

Table of Contents: “…Mountain ; This high- ; Mountain' ; A lake bott ; Leaves wind- ; Star-night' ; The slop ; Castles ; Swallow ; Apples hung ; These mount -- Poems from Sirmione 2012 -- A year past -- Boats soft -- The short- -- The scarce -- The early -- A light -- The motion -- Women -- Short-breath -- First-timed -- The way the -- Was it be -- The "new -- A distant un -- Gaia's four- -- For Rosemarie (inspired by Phillip Larkin's "Arundel Tomb") -- We finally -- Gaia's -- Dried leaves -- Pin wheel' -- Centuries -- We don't know -- That young -- A Motor -- Rough-bark -- Two poems on -- WH Auden (2). …”


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Union time : fighting for workers' rights /

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Transgender rights /

Table of Contents: “…Afterword: Are transgender rights inhuman rights? /…”


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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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