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Author
Pub. Date
2023.
Language
English
Description
"In 1855, as the United States found itself at odds over the issue of slavery, then lawyer Abraham Lincoln composed a note on the matter to his close friend, the heir to a slaveholding family in the South. Lincoln--who was morally against the institution of slavery--rebuked his friend for his opposing views, he lectured him, he challenged him. But in the end, he wrote: "If for this you and I must differ, differ we must." Throughout his life and political...
Author
Publisher
Mercer University Press
Pub. Date
[2021]
Physical Desc
xvi, 422 pages ; 24 cm
Language
English
Description
"Jefferson's moral and political thought are more complex than they appear at first glance, consisting of two Jeffersons, and evolving from a natural law, universal Enlightenment ethos to a more cultural relativist perspective. RIGHTFUL LIBERTY explores themes and events overlooked by other Jefferson experts, such as his response to the English abolitionist Thomas Branagan; the formative influence of Montesquieu on the young Jefferson's opposition...
Author
Pub. Date
2023.
Language
English
Formats
Description
She sent shockwaves through the South when she launched a public broadside against Jim Crow and donated to the NAACP. She used her fame to oppose American intervention in WWI. She spoke out against Hitler the month he took power in 1933. But who was this revolutionary figure? She was Helen Keller. Most mainstream portrayals of Keller focus heavily on her struggles as a deafblind child, portraying her teacher, Annie Sullivan, as a miracle worker. This...
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Publisher
Image
Pub. Date
[2023]
Edition
First U.S. edition.
Physical Desc
xv, 137 pages ; 22 cm
Language
English
Description
This book is Pope Francis's reflections on ten vital issues the world is facing today. Amongst other prayers, Pope Francis is asking in the name of God: for the media to reject fake news and renounce the language of hate; to put a stop to the madness of war; for the welcoming of migrants and refugees; for the eradication of the culture of abuse from within the Church"--
Author
Pub. Date
2024.
Language
English
Description
"Allen C. Guelzo captures the president's firmly held belief that democracy was the greatest political achievement in human history. He shows how Lincoln's deep commitment to the balance between majority and minority rule enabled him to stand firm against secession while also committing the Union to reconciliation rather than recrimination in the aftermath of war. In bringing his subject to life as a rigorous and visionary thinker, Guelzo assesses...
Author
Publisher
Farrar, Straus and Giroux
Pub. Date
2023.
Edition
First edition.
Physical Desc
x, 530 pages, 16 unnumbered leaves of unnumbered plates : illustrations ; 24 cm
Language
English
Description
"The dramatic story of W. E. B. Du Bois's reckoning with the betrayal of Black soldiers during World War I--and a new understanding of one of the great twentieth-century writers"--
Publisher
The University of North Carolina Press
Pub. Date
[2021]
Physical Desc
xxiv, 280 pages : illustrations , portraits ; 25 cm
Language
English
Description
"Many African Americans of the Civil War era felt a personal connection to Abraham Lincoln. For the first time in their lives, an occupant of the White House seemed concerned about the welfare of their race. Indeed, despite the tremendous injustice and discrimination that they faced, African Americans now had confidence to write to the president and to seek redress of their grievances. Their letters express the dilemmas, doubts, and dreams of both...
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