Powell, Jim, 1944-. Greatest emancipations : how the West abolished slavery. 1st ed. New York : Palgrave Macmillan, 2008.
Timeline of antislavery in the Western world. Discusses the people and strategies involved in the emancipation of slaves in the Western Hempisphere, including Haiti, Cuba, the British Caribbean, the United States, and Brazil, arguing that violence associated with emancipation led to the extended subversion of civil rights.

Powell, Jim, 1944-. FDR’s folly : how Roosevelt and his New Deal prolonged the Great Depression. 1st ed. New York : Crown Forum, c2003.
Argues that President Franklin Delano Roosevelt’s New Deal programs deepened the Great Depression, slowed economic growth, and hurt America’s future by expanding the federal government, raising taxes, developing Social Security, and making new labor laws.

Reis, Ronald A. The Great Depression and the New Deal : America’s economy in crisis. New York : Chelsea House, c2011.
Examines the causes and effects of the Great Depression and describes President Roosevelt’s New Deal, which provided relief to families through public work projects and other government-funded posts.

Uschan, Michael V., 1948-. Martin Luther King Jr. San Diego : Lucent Books ;, c2004.
A disciple of nonviolence — A preacher’s son — The Montgomery bus boycott — King becomes a national leader — King pursues his dream of racial justice — New challenges, new victories — The dream dies. Profiles the Baptist minister who led the nonviolent struggle for African Americans’ civil rights during the 1960s.

Pierce, Alan, 1966-. The assassination of Martin Luther King, Jr. Edina, Minn. : Abdo Pub., c2005.
Examines the assassination of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. and presents information on his “I Have a Dream” speech, Jim Crow laws, KKK, the Montgomery boycott, and the legacy that Dr. King left behind.

Axelrod-Contrada, Joan. Plessy v. Ferguson : separate but unequal. New York : Marshall Cavendish Benchmark, c2009.
Ejected from the train — Backing up : the history of segregation — Point of departure : the Separate Car Act — Destination : the lower courts — Case derailed — Final stop : the Supreme Court — Moving on : aftermath of Plessy v. Ferguson. Discusses the historical, legal, and social aspects of the 1896 Supreme Court case Plessy v. Ferguson which upheld the constitutionality of racial segregation.

Hillstrom, Laurie Collier, 1965-. Plessy v. Ferguson. Detroit, MI : Omnigraphics, [2014].
“Provides a comprehensive account of the legal drama that established the ‘separate but equal’ doctrine. Details the postwar Reconstruction era; the legal issues involved in Plessy v. Ferguson; the spread of discriminatory Jim Crow laws; the effects of segregation on African Americans; and the efforts to overturn Plessy. Includes biographies, primary sources, and more”–Provided by publisher.

Bartoletti, Susan Campbell. They called themselves the K.K.K. : the birth of an American terrorist group. Boston : Houghton Mifflin, 2010.
Documents the history and origin of the Ku Klux Klan from its beginning in Pulaski, Tennessee, and provides personal accounts, congressional documents, diaries, and more.

Uschan, Michael V., 1948-. The civil rights movement. Detroit : Lucent Books, c2010.
A four-century struggle — From slavery to freedom — q Fight for equality begins — Blacks battle racism in the twentieth century — Modern civil rights crusade — Fighting segregation — Blacks win the right to vote — Fight for equality continues. Reviews the history of the African-American struggle for civil rights, from slavery to the twenty-first century.

Boerst, William J. Marching in Birmingham. 1st ed. Greensboro, N.C. : Morgan Reynolds, c2008.
Provides an account of the events of 1963 when civil rights leader Martin Luther King, Jr., arrived in Birmingham, Alabama, along with other leaders of the movement to protest the city’s policies of racial segregation, and made the controversial decision to enlist the help of high school and elementary students in the fight for equality.

Hyde, Natalie, 1963-. Black Tuesday and the Great Depression. St. Catharines, ON : Crabtree Pub. Co., [2016].
“Explores the causes of the stock market crash in 1929 and the resulting Great Depression felt not only in North America, but worldwide. Source material, including posters, political cartoons, books, interviews, and articles show the devastation of the resulting mass unemployment, epidemic real estate foreclosures, and crushing poverty of those years.”–Provided by publisher.

Harris, Duchess. Race and policing. Minneapolis, Minn. : Essential Library, an imprint of Abdo Pub., [2018].
“…examines the experience of minorities in the court and prison system, delving into the historical institutions and laws that underpin today’s system and exploring what governments and activists are doing to face these issues.”–Amazon.com.

The death penalty. Detroit, MI : Greenhaven Press, c2012.
Why consider opposing viewpoints? — Introduction — Is the death penalty just and ethical? — Does the death penalty serve the public good? — Is the death penalty applied fairly? — Should the death penalty be abolished or reformed? — Organizations to contact -This volume explores the topic of the death penalty by presenting varied expert opinions that examine many of the different aspects that surround this issue. The editors investigate topics such as whether capital punishment is legally and morally just or unjust, how much of a safeguard it is to society, and whether it is applied fairly.

Kerrigan, Michael, 1959-. Capital punishment. Broomall, PA : Mason Crest, c2017.
The death sentence — Capital punishment–the ultimate penalty–is one of the most controversial aspects of America’s criminal justice system. Its inclusion in the U.S. constitution sparks heated debate with opponents claiming that it is incompatible with the principles on which the world’s greatest democracy stands. Although the death penalty has been around for thousands of years, modern America has changed it in fundamental ways. These days no criminal is put to death lightly. The imposition of the death penalty is subject to an elaborate array of legal restrictions; the convicted are entitled to an extensive–often drawn out–series of appeals”–Back cover.