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Eliot Ness and the Mad Butcher

Eliot Ness and the Mad Butcher

by Max Allan Collins and A. Brad Schwartz

In 1934, the nation’s most legendary crime-fighter–fresh from taking on the greatest gangster in American history– arrived in Cleveland, a corrupt and dangerous town about […]

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The Underground Railroad Records book covers

The Underground Railroad Records

by William Still

A riveting collection of the hardships, hairbreadth escapes, and mortal struggles of enslaved people seeking freedom: These are the true stories of the Underground Railroad.

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The Sword and the Shield

by Peniel E. Joseph

To most Americans, Malcolm X and Martin Luther King Jr. represent contrasting ideals: self-defense vs. nonviolence, black power vs. civil rights, the sword vs. the […]

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The Burning

by Tim Madigan

On the morning of June 1, 1921, a white mob numbering in the thousands marched across the railroad tracks dividing black from white in Tulsa, […]

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The Stonewall Reader

by New York Public Library

For the fiftieth anniversary of the Stonewall uprising, an anthology chronicling the tumultuous fight for LGBTQ rights in the 1960s and the activists who spearheaded […]

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American Rebels

by Nina Sankovitch and Suzie Althens

Before they were central figures in American history, John Hancock, John Adams, Josiah Quincy Junior, Abigail Smith Adams, and Dorothy Quincy Hancock had forged intimate […]

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Driving While Black

Driving While Black African American Travel and the Road to Civil Rights

by Gretchen Sorin

In Driving While Black, the acclaimed historian Gretchen Sorin reveals how the car—the ultimate symbol of independence and possibility—has always held particular importance for African […]

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Cleveland's Millionaires' Row

Cleveland’s Millionaires’ Row

by Alan F. Dutka

The incredible affluence and extravagance of Euclid Avenue’s Millionaires’ Row have fascinated Clevelanders for more than a century. Within these stately mansions, US presidents enjoyed […]

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Fight of the Century

Fight of the Century

by Michael Chabon and Ayelet Waldman

To mark its 100-year anniversary, the American Civil Liberties Union partners with award-winning authors Michael Chabon and Ayelet Waldman to bring together many of our […]

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The Collinwood Tragedy

The Collinwood Tragedy

by James Jessen Badal

A devastating loss of life and a community’s response March 4, 1908, was an ordinary morning in Collinwood, Ohio, a village about ten miles outside […]

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