LEADER 03472cam 22004694a 4500001 ocm47696783 003 OCoLC 005 20141211231236.0 008 010703s2001 enka c b 001 0 eng 010 2001036501 020 0195150368 (acid-free) 020 9780195150360 (acid-free) 035 (Sirsi) o47696783 035 (OCoLC)47696783 040 DLC |cDLC |dXFF |dNSB |dBAKER |dBTCTA |dYDXCP |dERE |dUtOrBLW 042 pcclcac 043 n-us--- 049 EREE 050 00 JC599.U5 |bP5 2001 082 00 323/.0973 |221 245 02 A place at the table : |bstruggles for equality in America / |cedited by Maria Fleming. 260 Oxford ;New York : |bOxford University Press in association with the Southern Poverty Law Center, |c©2001. 300 151 pages : |billustrations (some color) ; |c29 cm 336 text |2rdacontent 337 unmediated |2rdamedia 338 volume |2rdacarrier 504 Includes bibliographical references (p. 144-145) and index. 505 0 Introduction -- Apostles of liberty : 1768: Virginia Baptists challenge the state church in the name of religious freedom -- Who claims me? : 1851: anti-slavery activists in Boston take a stand against the Fugitive Slave Law -- Freedom's main line : 1870: black citizens of Louisville, Ky., use civil disobedience to protest segregation on the public streetcars -- This land is ours : 1877: a leader of the Ponca tribe in Nebraska chamions his people's right to their ancestral home -- The strike for three loaves : 1912: immigrant laborers in a Massachusetts mill town join forces to demand fair pay for a day's work -- Road trip for suffrage : 1915: three activists embark on a daring cross-country journey in support of women's voting rights -- The house on Lemon Street : 1916: a Riverside, Calif., family battle unjust laws aimed at immigrants of Japanese ancestry -- A tale of two schools : 1945: Mexican American parents in Westminster, Calif., struggle to overturn the policy of school segregation -- Against the current : 1974: Native Americans claim their treaty fishing rights in the Pacific Northwest -- Wheels of justice : 1977: disability rights activists stage a month-long sit-in at a government building in San Francisco -- Going to bat for girls : 1992: a Nebraska farm family questions the tradition of gender inequity in school sports -- The battle of Spanish Fork : 1997: a gay Utah educator fights for her right to teach -- Afterword. 520 Examines the efforts of many different people in American history to secure equal treatment in such areas as religion, voting rights, education, housing, and employment. 650 0 Civil rights |zUnited States |xHistory |vJuvenile literature. |=^A1000918 650 0 Equality |zUnited States |xHistory |vJuvenile literature. |=^A150533 700 1 Fleming, Maria. |=^A759848 710 2 Southern Poverty Law Center. |=^A513453 856 42 |3Publisher description |uhttp://www.loc.gov/catdir/enhancements/fy0612/2001036501-d.html 994 C0 |bERE 938 Baker & Taylor |bBKTY |c29.00 |d29.00 |i0195150368 |n0003781612 |sactive 938 Baker and Taylor |bBTCP |n2001036501 938 YBP Library Services |bYANK |n1833910 596 1 998 1276008 998 1276008