Freedom Stone
Title | Freedom Stone PDF eBook |
Author | Jeffrey Kluger |
Publisher | Penguin |
Total Pages | 187 |
Release | 2011-01-06 |
Genre | Juvenile Fiction |
ISBN | 1101475374 |
Lillie's papa believed in freedom-for him, his family, and all the slaves on the Greenfog plantation. So when the Confederate Army promised freedom to the family of every slave who served in the Civil War-whether they came home or not-Lillie's papa decided he had to take the chance. But when Lillie's family got the news that her papa was killed, they weren't freed. The army claimed that Lillie's papa was a thief. Lillie knew that couldn't be true! Even worse, the master started making plans to sell off Lillie's little brother, Plato. With the help of an old slave, Bett, who bakes bread that bends time, Lillie travels to the battle during which her father died to find out the true story. Using a little magic of her own, Lillie rights a few wrongs and buys her family their freedom. This is a beautiful tale filled with magic and hope and love.
The Freedom Stone
Title | The Freedom Stone PDF eBook |
Author | Judi Howe |
Publisher | |
Total Pages | 222 |
Release | 2018-10-20 |
Genre | |
ISBN | 9780999430279 |
Moses, a 12 year old enslaved boy, living in Virginia in the 1850s, knows that he and his family are nothing more than property - the same as a horse or a plow. After the unexpected death of his Papa, he leads his sister, Addie, and their Mama on a dangerous journey to freedom on the Underground Railroad.
Flight to Freedom
Title | Flight to Freedom PDF eBook |
Author | Ana Veciana-Suarez |
Publisher | Scholastic Inc. |
Total Pages | 236 |
Release | 2002 |
Genre | Cuba |
ISBN | 9780439381994 |
First Person Fiction is dedicated to the immigrant experience in modern America. "Flight to Freedom" is closely based on Suarez's own story of leaving Cuba during the Freedom Flights of the 1960s. Yara Garcia and her family live a middle-class life in Havana, Cuba. But in 1967, as Communist ruler Fidel Castro tightens his hold on Cuba, the Garcias, who do not share the political beliefs of the Communist Party, are forced to flee to Miami, Florida. There, Yara encounters a strange land with foreign customs. She knows very little English, and she finds that the other students in her new school have much more freedom than she and her sisters. Tension develops between her parents, as Mami grows more independent and Papi joins a militant anti-Castro organization.
Open Minds
Title | Open Minds PDF eBook |
Author | Carolyn Evans |
Publisher | Black Inc. |
Total Pages | 195 |
Release | 2021-03-02 |
Genre | Law |
ISBN | 1743821506 |
Recently the alarm has been raised – basic freedoms are under attack in our universities. A generation of ‘snowflake’ students are shutting out ideas that challenge their views. Ideologically motivated academics are promoting propaganda at the expense of rigorous research and balanced teaching. Universities are caving in and denying platforms to ‘problematic’ public speakers. Is this true, or is it panic and exaggeration? Carolyn Evans and Adrienne Stone deftly investigate the arguments, analysing recent controversies and delving into the history of the university. They consider the academy’s core values and purpose, why it has historically given higher protection to certain freedoms, and how competing legal, ethical and practical claims can restrict free expression. This book asks the necessary questions and responds with thoughtful, reasoned answers. Are universities responsible for helping students to thrive in a free intellectual climate? Are public figures who work outside of academia owed an audience? Does a special duty of care exist for students and faculty targeted by hostile speech? And are high-profile cases diverting attention from more complex, serious threats to freedom in universities – such as those posed by domestic and foreign governments, industry partners and donors?
Perilous Times
Title | Perilous Times PDF eBook |
Author | Geoffrey R. Stone |
Publisher | W. W. Norton & Company |
Total Pages | 758 |
Release | 2004 |
Genre | History |
ISBN | 9780393058802 |
Geoffrey Stone's Perilous Times incisively investigates how the First Amendment and other civil liberties have been compromised in America during wartime. Stone delineates the consistent suppression of free speech in six historical periods from the Sedition Act of 1798 to the Vietnam War, and ends with a coda that examines the state of civil liberties in the Bush era. Full of fresh legal and historical insight, Perilous Times magisterially presents a dramatic cast of characters who influenced the course of history over a two-hundred-year period: from the presidents—Adams, Lincoln, Wilson, Roosevelt, and Nixon—to the Supreme Court justices—Taney, Holmes, Brandeis, Black, and Warren—to the resisters—Clement Vallandingham, Emma Goldman, Fred Korematsu, and David Dellinger. Filled with dozens of rare photographs, posters, and historical illustrations, Perilous Times is resonant in its call for a new approach in our response to grave crises.
The Tie Goes to Freedom
Title | The Tie Goes to Freedom PDF eBook |
Author | Helen J. Knowles |
Publisher | Rowman & Littlefield |
Total Pages | 320 |
Release | 2018-10-19 |
Genre | Law |
ISBN | 1538124165 |
At the end of Kennedy’s tenure as the most important swing justice in recent Supreme Court history, Helen Knowles provides an updated edition of her highly regarded book on Justice Kennedy and his constitutional vision.
Finding the Green Stone
Title | Finding the Green Stone PDF eBook |
Author | Alice Walker |
Publisher | Houghton Mifflin Harcourt |
Total Pages | 52 |
Release | 1991 |
Genre | Juvenile Fiction |
ISBN | 9780152275389 |
In this story Alice Walker teaches that our love for family and friiends brings us the most powerful peace and happiness of all.