Books written by Alison Morretta
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F. Scott Fitzgerald and the Jazz Age
Kent, OH: Kent State University Press, 1971. Bruccoli, Matthew J., Scottie Fitzgerald Smith, and Joan P. Kerr, eds. The Romantic Egoists. Columbia, SC: University of South Carolina Press, 2003. Currell, Susan.
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Islamophobia: Religious Intolerance against Muslims Today
Charles Wilson was a nondescript congressman from Texas known for his wild lifestyle—he was nicknamed Good Time Charlie—until he helped fund the largest covert CIA operation in US history. Wilson was a fervent anti-communist; ...
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Slavery in Colonial America
One such man is Anthony Johnson, who arrived in Virginia in 1621. After his term of service at a tobacco plantation, where he met and married his wife Mary and had four children, he was given his freedom dues.
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Rosa Parks and Civil Disobedience
Kennedy was assassinated before his civil rights legislation was passed, but his successor, Lyndon B. Johnson, took up the reins. Johnson went on to sign three of the most signi cant civil rights acts in American history.
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Slavery and Citizenship: Dred Scott v. Sandford
Henry S. Geyer and Reverdy Johnson argued for the defendant, John Sanford. Geyer was a US senator from Missouri. He had proslavery and pro-Southern views. Johnson, a former US attorney general, was an experienced constitutional lawyer ...
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Slavery and Citizenship: Dred Scott v. Sandford
By examining the case from start to finish in this book, students will better understand the impact of Dred Scott v. Sandford on antebellum America.
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John Brown: Armed Abolitionist
Garrison claimed that Brown's trial was a mockery and that he was “judicially assassinated.” He stated that Brown's actions were justi ed and reminded his readers that “God knows nothing of color or complexion.
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Rosa Parks and Civil Disobedience
The Brown Decision The Supreme Court decision in Brown v. Board of Education of Topeka in 1954 was a milestone of the civil rights movement. The court ruled that school segregation violated the Fourteenth Amendment right to equal ...
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John Brown: Armed Abolitionist
Through this book, students can contemplate that same question as they examine the facts of John Brown's life, the historical context in which he lived, and the legacy he left behind.
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John Lewis: Civil Rights Champion and Congressman
This book uses photographs, sidebars, and primary sources to examine his greatest achievements, both historical and contemporary, and explore how his bravery and dedication to nonviolent direct action have effected real change in the United ...
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Frederick Douglass and William Garrison
Learn about their contributions to the abolitionist movement in this book complete with timeline, primary sources, photographs, and excerpts from the time period.
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John Brown: Armed Abolitionist
Through this book, students can contemplate that same question as they examine the facts of John Brown's life, the historical context in which he lived, and the legacy he left behind.
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Los asentamientos y la expansión de la frontera (Homesteading and Settling the Frontier)
... de Tierras de 1785 que crea un sistema de exploración y medición de los nuevos territorios adquiridos por Estados Unidos. 13 de julio de 1787: Se aprueba la Ordenanza del Noroeste, que crea el Territorio del Noroeste y establece un ...
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Islamophobia: Religious Intolerance against Muslims Today
Even though it certainly existed in the twentieth century, since 9/11, the persecution of Muslims in the United States has become more common. A culture of Islamophobia pervades American politics, laws, and media, and it is only getting ...
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Slavery and Citizenship: Dred Scott v. Sandford
By examining the case from start to finish in this book, students will better understand the impact of Dred Scott v. Sandford on antebellum America.
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Ida B. Wells-Barnett and the Crusade against Lynching
Ida B. Wells-Barnett faced two great social barriers in her crusade to end the rampant practice of lynching African Americans: she was black and she was a woman.