Joan Quigley: 2 books
The Day the Earth Caved In
An American Mining Tragedy
Language: English
Release Date: April 3, 2007
The Day the Earth Caved In is an unprecedented and riveting account of the nation’s worst mine fire, beginning on Valentine’s Day, 1981, when twelve-year-old Todd Domboski plunged through the earth in his grandmother’s backyard in Centralia, Pennsylvania. In astonishing detail, award-winning...
Just Another Southern Town
Mary Church Terrell and the Struggle for Racial Justice in the Nation's Capital
Language: English
Release Date: December 30, 2015
In January of 1950, Mary Church Terrell, an 86-year-old charter member of the NAACP, headed into Thompson's Restaurant, just a few blocks from the White House, and requested to be served. She and her companions were informed by the manager that they could not eat in his establishment, because they...