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"Bare feet shouldn't fly. Long legs shouldn't spin. Braids
shouldn't flap in the wind. 'Sit on the porch and be a lady, ' Papa
scolded Alice." In Alice's Georgia hometown, there was no track
where an African-American girl could practice, so she made her own
crossbar with sticks and rags. With the support of her coach,
friends, and community, Alice started to win medals. Her dream to
compete at the Olympics came true in 1948. This is an inspiring
free-verse story of the first African-American woman to win an
Olympic gold medal. Photos of Alice Coachman are also included
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Ann Malaspina; Illustrated by Doug Chayka
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As the cold war began in the late 1940s, the fear of a Red threat
within the United States intensified. Exploiting the public
anxieties, Joseph R. McCarthy, a little-known senator from
Wisconsin, launched his anti-communist crusade in 1950. Past
membership in the Communist Party, friendship with suspected
radicals, or buying a leftist newspaper was enough for a person to
be blacklisted, fired from their job, arrested, or even deported.
Federal employees, Hollywood actors, public schoolteachers,
scientists, and many others were ensnared by the Red Scare. Though
the Soviet Union did present a real threat and some American
Communists did try to aid the Soviets through spying, McCarthy's
disregard for the truth, bullying of witnesses, and trampling of
Constitutional rights helped create one of the darkest, most
controversial periods in American history. The McCarthy Era
examines the influences, events, and repercussions of the period,
giving readers a vivid sense of this time in history.
Both the women's suffrage and civil rights movements laid the
groundwork for some of the groups featured in this book, who were
often less visible than women and African Americans. But over the
last few decades, ethnic groups such as Asians and Latinos and
organizations representing such interests as the elderly and people
with disabilities have been able to attain political and social
power through advocacy. ""The Ethnic and Group Identity Movements""
is an intriguing examination of these nascent yet influential
groups, whose recent rise in visibility has mirrored the profound
changes occurring within the fabric of American society.
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