Kategoria BISAC: Biography & Autobiography >> Social Activists

For over two generations economist Richard T. Ely popularized a wide spectrum of significant liberal social principles and mirrored many of the dilemmas, frustrations, and successes of the academician as a reformer. He was the originator of many ideas that agitated American reform circles in the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries, and unlike most professors of his time, he frequently engaged in the public controversies that raged around the crucial social issues of the day.

Through the use of Ely's vast published writings and his large collection of personal papers,...

One of "5 Awesome Atheists Under the Radar."

-Steven Olsen, Patheos.com

"Atheist Activist " is an in-depth, behind-the-scenes look at the Freethought movement from the perspective of an ex-Christian Atheist activist. After experiencing the negative aspects of a Catholic primary education, Joe Zamecki decided to crusade against religious indoctrination and abuse, with eight years as a full time employee of American Atheists, Inc. and a stint as the national organization's Texas State Director.

Zamecki's pioneering work includes helping to found Atheists Helping the Homeless, "The...

One of "5 Awesome Atheists Under the Radar."

-Steven Olsen, Patheos.com

"Leaving the Quiet Room" chronicles the formative years of veteran Atheist activist Joe Zamecki at a Catholic primary school. Insightful and often humorous, the memoir is a unique glimpse into the making of a champion for freedom of conscience. Having endured the dogma and abuse of a religious education, Zamecki evolved from true believer to self-described "loudmouth for the Freethought movement."

Zamecki has since dedicated his life to countering the negative consequences of theism, with eight years as a full...

"The strength of this book . . . encompasses a broad view of history from the bottom up and deals not only with biographical background of the nonelite in labor but with insights into black, immigrant, and grassroots working-class history as well."--Choice

Originally published in 1981.

The Princeton Legacy Library uses the latest print-on-demand technology to again make available previously out-of-print books from the distinguished backlist of Princeton University Press. These editions preserve the original texts of these important books while presenting them in...

Darkwater: Voices From Within the Veilis a literary work byW.E.B. Du Bois. Published in 1920, the text incorporates autobiographicalinformation as well asessays, spirituals, andpoemsthat were all written by Du Bois himself.

Written when he was 50, Darkwateris the first of Du Bois's three autobiographies.

Du Bois maintained that the book was written to develop an understanding of the complications of thecolor-linewith emphasis on its political implications.

""I venture to write again on themes on which great souls have already said greater words, in the hope that I may strike here...

Narrative of the Life of Frederick Douglass, an 1845 memoir and treatise onabolitionwritten by the famousoratorand former slave"Frederick Douglass." It is generally held to be the most famous of a number ofnarrativeswritten by former slaves during the same period. In factual detail, the text describes the events of his life and is considered to be one of the most influential pieces of literature to fuel theabolitionist movementof the early 19th century in the United States.

Narrative of the Life of Frederick Douglass recounts Douglass' life as a slave and his ambition to become a free...