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Language
English
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New York Times Bestseller • Notable Book of the Year • Editors' Choice Selection
One of Bill Gates' "Amazing Books" of the Year
One of Publishers Weekly's 10 Best Books of the Year
Longlisted for the National Book Award for Nonfiction
An NPR Best Book of the Year
Winner of the Hillman Prize for Nonfiction
Gold Winner • California Book Award (Nonfiction)
Finalist • Los Angeles Times
Author
Pub. Date
2023.
Physical Desc
x, 389 pages, 8 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations, map ; 24 cm
Language
English
Description
"In this searing and deeply researched examination of the promises and realities of racial integration, award-winning Washington Post journalist Laura Meckler aims to uncover where the problem lies and to shed light on what's being done to move forward-in housing, in education, and in the promise of shared community. In the late 1950s, Shaker Heights became a national model for housing integration. And beginning in the seventies, it was known as a...
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English
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"Keeanga-Yamahtta Taylor offers a ... chronicle of the twilight of redlining and the introduction of conventional real estate practices into the Black urban market, uncovering a transition from racist exclusion to predatory inclusion. Widespread access to mortgages across the United States after World War II cemented homeownership as fundamental to conceptions of citizenship and belonging. African Americans had long faced racist obstacles to homeownership,...
4) The hero two doors down: based on the true story of friendship between a boy and a baseball legend
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Language
English
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Description
Eight-year-old Steve Satlow is thrilled when Jackie Robinson moves into his Jewish neighborhood in Brooklyn in 1948, although many of his neighbors are not, and when Steve actually meets his hero he is even more excited--and worried that a misunderstanding over a Christmas tree could damage his new friendship.
Author
Pub. Date
[2020]
Physical Desc
291, 28 pages : map ; 28 cm
Language
English
Description
The draft plan details the division's overall strategy for addressing housing, community, and economic development needs. The focus of the activities and strategies is on the evolving needs of low- and moderate-income persons, including addressing local resiliency and improving access to broadband internet.--Adapted from executive summary.
Pub. Date
[2015]
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (NTSC, 60 min.) : DVD video, sound, color, black and white sequences ; 4 3/4 in. + 1 folded-out discussion guide (7 pages : illustrations ; 18 cm)
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English
Description
"Discover how Vel Phillips rose to prominence as one of Wisconsin's great civil rights activists, achieving an impressive list of "firsts" as part of her legacy including the first African American judge in Wisconsin and the first woman, and African American, in the nation elected to executive office in state government."--Container.
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