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Facing History and Ourselves

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American Heroes: In and Out of School
Nat Hentoff, 1987
Narratives about teenagers who have stood up for their rights.

Busing
Thomas J. Cottle, 1976
A collection of oral histories about the busing controversy in Boston.

But Can the Phoenix Sing?
Christa Laird, 1995
A novel about a teenage boy who participates in the Jewish resistance in Poland during World War II.

The Hate Crime
Phyllis Karas, 1995
A docu-novel about a teenaged boy's response to the defacing of a Jewish temple.

The Hiding Place
Corrie Ten Boom
A memoir by a Dutch Christian woman who sheltered Jews during World War II.

The Man From the Other Side
Uri Orlev, 1991
A novel about the fourteen-year-old Marek and his grandparents who hide a Jew from the Warsaw Ghetto during World War II.

Separate But Not Equal: The Dream and the Struggle
James Haskins, 1998
A history of the African-American struggle for equal rights.

Small Victories: The Real World of a Teacher, Her Students, and Their High School
Samuel G. Freedman, 1990
A critically acclaimed account of a year in the life of an urban high school teacher and the struggles she and her students face both inside and outside the classroom.

Warriors Don't Cry
Melba Pattillo Beals, 1995
A memoir by one of the nine black teenagers who integrated Central High School in Little Rock, Arkansas, in 1957.

150 Ways Teens Can Make a Difference
Marian Salzman et al., 1991
Accounts of the rewarding and sometimes frustrating experiences of high school volunteers.

Working Together Against Hate Groups
Rose Blue & Corinne Naden, 1994
A study of the effects of hate group activity and what individuals can do to stop it.


Compiled by Joanne Goodman, Owen Miller, Tracy O'Brien, Amy Priebe, Cate Shier and Georgia Titonis, Boston Public Library and Facing History and Ourselves, 1998.  For more information about Facing History and Ourselves visit www.facing.org


 


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