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"In eighth grade, Amy Schneider was voted 'Most likely to appear on Jeopardy!' by her classmates. Decades later, she finally got her chance. Not only did Amy walk away with $1.3 million while captivating the world with her impressive forty-game winning streak, but she made history and won an even greater prize-the joy of being herself on national television and blazing a trail for openly queer and transgender people around the world. Now, she shares...
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"Montgomery, Alabama 1955. Fifteen-year-old Claudette Colvin is tired. Tired of white people thinking they're better than her. Tired of going to separate schools and separate bathrooms. Most of all, she's tired of having to give up her seat on the bus whenever a white person tells her to. She wants freedom NOW! But what can one teenager do? On a bus ride home from school one day, young Claudette takes a stand for justice and refuses to get up from...
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"Civil rights activist, Ruby Bridges, recounts her reunion with her favorite first-grade teacher, Mrs. Henry."--