Resist!: Peaceful Acts That Changed Our World -- Diane Stanley

<b>With protests sweeping the nation and the world, young readers will be inspired by these accounts of activists who refused to be ignored.</b> <p/>"This book is right on time."--<i>Nikki Grimes, Children's Literature Legacy Medal Winner</i> <p/>From music to marches, from sit-ins to walk-outs, activists throughout history have defended the disenfranchised and demanded change, refusing to back down even in the face of violent suppression and overwhelming opposition. Today, a new generation of activists has arisen, speaking up in unprecedented numbers against systemic oppression, bias, and injustice. <p/>Now available in paperback, <i>Resist!</i> is a collection of twenty-one brief but comprehensive essays accompanied by striking artwork and rich supplementary material by Diane Stanley. <i>Resist! </i>reminds us of those who fought for the world we have today, and gives us strength for the fights that lay ahead. <p/>Featured figures include: Harriet Tubman, Elizabeth Cady Stanton, Woody Guthrie, Mohandas Gandhi, Irena Sendler, The Hollywood Ten, Claudette Colvin and Rosa Parks, Ruth Bader Ginsburg, The Greensboro Lunch Counter Sit-in protestors, Martin Luther King, Jr., Larry Itliong, Dolores Huerta, Cesar Chavez, Richard Oakes, The Tree-Sitters of Pureora, Father Luis Olivares, Tank Man, Nelson Mandela, Ryan White, Ai Weiwei, the "It Gets Better" Project, The March For Our Lives protestors, and Greta Thunberg. <p/>Diane Stanley, award-winning author and illustrator of many