Michael G. Long
Auteur de Peaceful Neighbor: Discovering the Countercultural Mister Rogers
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Michael G. Long received his Ph.D. at Emory University. He teaches religion and ethics at Lebanon Valley College.
Œuvres de Michael G. Long
The Legacy of Billy Graham: Critical Reflections on America's Greatest Evangelist (2008) 12 exemplaires
Martin Luther King Jr., Homosexuality, and the Early Gay Rights Movement: Keeping the Dream Straight? (2012) 8 exemplaires
Phyllis Frye and the Fight for Transgender Rights (Centennial Series of the Association of Former Students, Texas A&M… (2022) 6 exemplaires
We the resistance : documenting a history of nonviolent protest in the United States (2019) 3 exemplaires
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- Œuvres
- 23
- Membres
- 424
- Popularité
- #57,554
- Évaluation
- 4.1
- Critiques
- 24
- ISBN
- 44
Premise/plot: This is a picture book biography for older readers about civil rights activist Bayard Rustin. He dreamed up and planned a march on Washington. Not any march, but what would turn out to be THE march. Not everyone was happy--so the book shares--that he was a leader/planner in the civil rights movement. He was gay, you see. They feared that those on all sides would use that against them all. But he remained a leader and was pivotal to the civil rights movement.
My thoughts: I learned plenty while reading this one. I almost always do learn something when I read nonfiction written for children. I think this one stands out--for many different reasons. But for me, it is the artwork that is most striking.… (plus d'informations)