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Civil Disobedience and Other Essays
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4.06 avg rating — 17,763 ratings
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From Yale to Jail: The Life Story of a Moral Dissenter
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4.40 avg rating — 55 ratings
"Personal account by a leader of the peace movement during the Vietnam war."
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The Autobiography of Margaret Sanger
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3.84 avg rating — 183 ratings
"Inside story of the beginnings of the birth control movement and Planned Parenthood."
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Uncle Tom’s Cabin
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3.92 avg rating — 242,793 ratings
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Common Sense
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really liked it 4.00 avg rating — 39,599 ratings
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I Have a Dream / Letter from Birmingham Jail
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4.61 avg rating — 2,345 ratings
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Two Years Before the Mast: A Sailor's Life at Sea
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4.03 avg rating — 14,605 ratings
"This book led to reforms in the treatment of merchant seamen."
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rated it 4 stars
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Silent Spring
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4.06 avg rating — 54,977 ratings
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Underground: My Life with SDS and the Weathermen
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3.75 avg rating — 393 ratings
"A personal account of resistance to the Vietnam war. "
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Report on a Journey to the Western States of North America and a Stay of Several Years Along the Missouri (During the Years 1824, '25, '26, 1827) (Volume 1)
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3.75 avg rating — 8 ratings
"This book influenced many Germans to move to Missouri. "
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William Lloyd Garrison and the Fight Against Slavery: Selections from The Liberator (Bedford Series in History and Culture)
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3.72 avg rating — 50 ratings
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The Other America: Poverty in the United States
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4.06 avg rating — 1,215 ratings
"The book that sparked the War on Poverty"
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Jackie Robinson: My Own Story
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4.15 avg rating — 132 ratings
"The integration of major league baseball was a huge step toward racial equality."
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The Story of a Border City During the Civil War
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it was amazing 5.00 avg rating — 2 ratings
"A first-hand account of the Civil War. "
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