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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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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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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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Privacy and border controls in the fight against terrorism : a fundamental rights analysis of passenger data sharing / by Kuşkonmaz, Elif Mendos

Table of Contents: “…Putting PNR data into context : privacy and personal data protection in the EU and in the US -- Right to privacy and right to protection of personal data under the ECHR and the Charter -- Birth of PNR data and the EU-US PNR Agreement -- From theory to practice : what is the added value of PNR data? …”
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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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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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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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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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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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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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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 to Vote : the Contested History of Democracy in the United States. by Keyssar, Alexander

Table of Contents: “…Preface to the Revised Edition; Preface to the Original Edition; Introduction; Part I; One; Two; Three; Part II; Four; Five; Six; Part III; Seven; Eight; Nine; Conclusion; appendix; list of tables; appendix sources; notes; index.…”
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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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