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Activist
- By: KK Ottesen
- Narrator: KK Ottesen
- Length: 6 hours 13 minutes
- Publisher: Chronicle Books
- Publish date: October 08, 2019
- Language: English
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A speech on the radio. A high school literature class. A promise made to a mother.Activism begins in small ways and in unexpected places. In this inspiring book, over forty activists from Billie Jean King to Bernie Sanders and Angela Davis to Edward... Read more
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