{"title":"Books by Michael G. Long","description":null,"products":[{"product_id":"9780374389956","title":"Call Him Jack","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eAn enthralling, eye-opening portrayal of this barrier-breaking American \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cb\u003ehero as a lifelong, relentlessly proud fighter for Black justice and civil \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cb\u003erights.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eAccording to Martin Luther King, Jr., Jackie Robinson was “a sit-inner before the sit-ins, a freedom rider before the Freedom Rides.” According to Hank Aaron, Robinson was a leader of the Black Power movement before there was a Black Power movement. According to his wife, Rachel Robinson, he was always Jack, not Jackie—the diminutive form of his name bestowed on him in college by white sports writers. And throughout his whole life, Jack Robinson was a fighter for justice, an advocate for equality, and an inspiration beyond just baseball.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eFrom prominent Robinson scholars Yohuru Williams and Michael G. 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Based on interviews with Frye, Phyllis Frye and the Fight for Transgender Rights covers her early life, the discrimination she faced while struggling with her identity—including being discharged from the army and fired from a subsequent job at her alma mater, Texas A\u0026amp;M—her transition in 1976, her many years of activism, and her current position as an associate judge for the municipal courts of Houston.   This gripping account of Frye’s efforts to establish and protect the constitutional rights of transgender individuals not only fills a gap in existing histories of LGBTQ+ activism but will also inform and instruct contemporary trans activists.","brand":"Gardners","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":56304344007029,"sku":"9781623499846","price":37.95,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0612\/7193\/3106\/files\/9781623499846_73052812-49e2-4546-9b02-0530ad3aa6e4.jpg?v=1786023466"},{"product_id":"9781324053538","title":"Fight AIDS! – How Activism, Art, and Protest Changed the Course of a Deadly Epidemic and Reshaped a Nation","description":"Act up! Fight back! Fight AIDS!This was the slogan for ACT UP—or AIDS Coalition to Unleash Power—an activist organisation that emerged in the 1980s during the height of the AIDS epidemic. The group was loud, direct, and confrontational as it fought for access to treatment, compassionate care and recognition for everyone with HIV and AIDS.   Tracing the history of the LGBTQ+ community from the Stonewall Riots and “gay liberation” movements to the ground-breaking protests of the 1980s and 1990s, Fight AIDS! is a gripping narrative of the AIDS epidemic for young readers, told through the lens of the activism it fostered. Focusing on the people most directly affected by the crisis and on the individuals who fought for justice, it is an intimate and humane account of one of the most devastating eras in United States history and an electrifying celebration of the power ordinary citizens have to enact meaningful change.","brand":"Gardners","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":56312203247989,"sku":"9781324053538","price":14.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0612\/7193\/3106\/files\/9781324053538.jpg?v=1791212783"},{"product_id":"9781324083948","title":"Rebellious","description":"As an artist and activist, one theme remained a constant throughout Keith Haring’s life: rebellion. In this young adult biography, acclaimed author Michael G. Long examines Haring’s upbringing and career through this lens: hosting queer people and people of colour at high-art gallery openings; refusing to use mediums and art styles that his professors required; coming out as a gay man and exploring his sexual experiences through his art; drawing guerilla-style on the New York subway; and painting in protest of nuclear weaponry, police brutality, racism, the spread of crack cocaine and, most famously, the AIDS epidemic. With each chapter anchored by an iconic work of Haring’s art, Rebellious is a pacy, energetic and accessible look at Haring’s unconventional life and how his paintings shaped and reflected the world around him—and how they still resonate today.","brand":"Gardners","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":56368669852021,"sku":"9781324083948","price":8.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0612\/7193\/3106\/files\/9781324083948.jpg?v=1791212806"}],"url":"https:\/\/backstory.london\/collections\/author-michael-g-long.oembed","provider":"Backstory","version":"1.0","type":"link"}