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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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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Right Turn : John T. Flynn and the Transformation of American Liberalism. by Moser, John E.

Table of Contents: “…Acknowledgments; Introduction; 1 Irish Exaggerations; 2 Business Must Be Governed; 3 An Empty Collection of Syllables; 4 Pay as We Fight; 5 A Pretty Sorry Board; 6 A Plague of Promisers; 7 A Great and Grand Guy--Once; 8 A Very Responsible Committee; 9 The Nazi Transmission Belt; 10 The Good Name of a Noble Cause; 11 The Smear Offensive; 12 A Bitter and Disheartening Struggle; 13 God Bless Joe McCarthy; 14 It Sickens My Soul; Conclusion.…”
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Sold : fighting the new global slave trade /

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Voters' rights / by Issitt, Micah L.

Table of Contents: “…Reading the fine print -- 17. The fight for access -- 18. Voting at home -- 19. Losing the right to vote -- 20. …”
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Civil rights /

Table of Contents: “…Racial profiling violates African Americans' and Hispanics' civil rights -- Hate crimes against Arab Americans are a serious problem -- Racial discrimination in mortgage lending is a serious problem -- Prohibiting same-sex marriage violates gays' and lesbians' civil rights -- The problem of racial profiling is exaggerated -- The incidence of hate crimes directed against Arab Americans is exaggerated -- Racial discrimination is uncommon in mortgage lending -- Prohibiting same-sex marriage is not a violation of civil rights -- Current civil rights laws do not adequately protect gays and lesbians -- Housing discrimination persists despite fair housing laws -- Reparations for African American slavery are necessary for the advancement of civil rights -- Disabled workers need better protection from employment discrimination -- Additional civil rights protection for gays and lesbians would be harmful -- Increasing the penalties for housing discrimination will harm society -- The fight for African American slavery reparations impedes the advancement of civil rights -- Affirmative action : an overview -- Affirmative action reduces discrimination -- Affirmative actions encourages educational diversity -- Affirmative action is necessary to build the black middle class -- Affirmative action helps make American business more competitive -- Affirmative action is no longer necessary -- Encourage educational diversity is not a legitimate justification for affirmative action -- Affirmative action is not necessary to help build the black middle class -- Affirmative action ignores individual merit -- Antiterrorist policies jeopardize immigrants' civil rights -- Using military tribunals to try suspected terrorists is not justified -- Antiterrorist efforts unfairly target Arab Americans -- Antiterrorist policies do not jeopardize immigrants' civil rights -- Using military tribunals to try suspected terrorists is justified -- Antiterrorism efforts targeting Arab Americans are justified.…”


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Right Footed.

Subjects: “…Human rights.…”
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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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The Right to Read.

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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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Fighting monsters in the abyss : the second administration of Colombian President Alvaro Uribe Velez, 2006-2010 / by Kline, Harvey F.

Table of Contents: “…-- The difficulties coming from allowing the ends to justify the means -- Conclusion -- Epilogue -- Average number of human rights violations in Colombia, 1982-90, according to the Inter-American Commission on Human Rights -- Comparison of human rights violations in Colombia in the Barco and Gaviria years, according to the Comision Intercongregacional de Justicia y Paz -- Levels of violence during the Alvaro Uribe Velez presidency, according to the National Planning Department -- Levels of violence, January-October 2002-9, according to the Fundacion Seguridad y Democracia -- Levels of homicide and kidnapping 2002-10, according to the Ministry of Defense -- Acts of war 2002-10, according to the Ministry of Defense -- Human rights violations during the Uribe years, according to the Centro de Investigacion y Educacion Popular -- Chronology of the arguments between President Uribe and the Supreme Court -- Information about the presence of emerging criminal bands in 2010 -- E.1. …”
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The religious right : a reference handbook / by Utter, Glenn H.

Table of Contents: “…The religious right in America -- Chronology -- Biographical profiles -- Analysis of survey data -- Primary documents and quotations -- Directory of organizations -- Suggested readings -- Selected multimedia resources.…”
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Right to be healthy /

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

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Triumph of the right : the rise of the California conservative movement, 1945-1966 / by Schuparra, Kurt, 1956-

Table of Contents: “…It's not the party- but the man -- Freedom versus tyranny -- A little piece of America -- The 'old Nixon' is the real Nixon -- How the west was won -- A great white light -- Triumph of the right.…”


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Designed right! / by Swann, Alan, 1946-

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For the rights of all : ending Jim Crow in Alaska /

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Women's Rights : Finding a Voice /

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