Life lines : the Lanier Phillips story/ Christine Welldon.
Life lines : the Lanier Phillips story/ Christine Welldon.
Alternate Title
:
Life lines : the story of Lanier Phillips
By
:
Welldon, Christine.
Publication Date
:
2014
Publication Information
:
St. John's, N.L. : Breakwater Books,
Physical Description
:
119 p. : ill.
Subject Term
:
African American civil rights workers -- Biography -- Juvenile literature.
African American soldiers -- Biography -- Juvenile literature.
Geographic Term
:
St. Lawrence (N.L.) -- Biography -- Juvenile literature.
Newfoundland and Labrador -- Juvenile literature.
Summary
:
African-American serviceman Lanier Phillips was just eighteen years old when he was rescued from a sinking warship off the coast of Newfoundland in 1942 – a turn of events that transformed his life and ignited a lasting passion for civil rights. The son of sharecroppers from the Deep South, and the great-grandson of slaves, Lanier knew only hatred for white people. As a child he was told never to look a white man in the face, for fear of a lynching. His experience with the villagers of St. Lawrence, Newfoundland, taught him that racism can be overcome and that the first change must come from within. Lanier went on to a distinguished career in the US Navy as the first African American sonar technician. He joined the Civil Rights Movement, marched with Dr. Martin Luther King, and told his story of transformation for the rest of his life.
Language
:
English
ISBN
:
9781550815511
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Arnold's Cove | Juv NFic NL | Juvenile Non-Fiction NL | 305.896 WEL | |
Baie Verte | Juv NFic NL | Juvenile Non-Fiction NL | 305.896 WEL | |
Bay Roberts | Juv NFic NL | Juvenile Non-Fiction NL | 305.896 WEL | |
Bell Island | Juv NFic NL | Juvenile Non-Fiction NL | 305.896 WEL | |
Bishop's Falls | Juv NFic NL | Juvenile Non-Fiction NL | 305.896 WEL | |
Bonavista | Juv NFic NL | Juvenile Non-Fiction NL | 305.896 WEL | |
Botwood | Juv NFic NL | Juvenile Non-Fiction NL | 305.896 WEL | |
Brigus | Juv NFic NL | Juvenile Non-Fiction NL | 305.896 WEL | |
Buchans | Juv NFic NL | Juvenile Non-Fiction NL | 305.896 WEL | |
Burgeo | Juv NFic NL | Juvenile Non-Fiction NL | 305.896 WEL | |
Cape St. George | Juv NFic NL | Juvenile Non-Fiction NL | 305.896 WEL | |
Carbonear | Juv NFic NL | Juvenile Non-Fiction NL | 305.896 WEL | |
Carmanville | Juv NFic NL | Juvenile Non-Fiction NL | 305.896 WEL | |
Cartwright | Juv NFic NL | Juvenile Non-Fiction NL | 305.896 WEL | |
Centreville | Juv NFic NL | Juvenile Non-Fiction NL | 305.896 WEL | |
Change Islands | Juv NFic NL | Juvenile Non-Fiction NL | 305.896 WEL | |
Codroy Valley | Juv NFic NL | Juvenile Non-Fiction NL | 305.896 WEL | |
Conception Bay South | Juv NFic NL | Juvenile Non-Fiction NL | 305.896 WEL | |
Cormack | Juv NFic NL | Juvenile Non-Fiction NL | 305.896 WEL | |
Corner Brook | Juv NFic NL | Juvenile Non-Fiction NL | 305.896 WEL | |
Cow Head | Juv NFic NL | Juvenile Non-Fiction NL | 305.896 WEL | |
Daniel's Harbour | Juv NFic NL | Juvenile Non-Fiction NL | 305.896 WEL | |
Deer Lake | Juv NFic NL | Juvenile Non-Fiction NL | 305.896 WEL | |
Fogo Island | Juv NFic NL | Juvenile Non-Fiction NL | 305.896 WEL | |
Fortune | Juv NFic NL | Juvenile Non-Fiction NL | 305.896 WEL | |
Gambo | Juv NFic NL | Juvenile Non-Fiction NL | 305.896 WEL | |
Gander | Juv NFic NL | Juvenile Non-Fiction NL | 305.896 WEL | |
Garnish | Juv NFic NL | Juvenile Non-Fiction NL | 305.896 WEL | |
Gaultois | Juv NFic NL | Juvenile Non-Fiction NL | 305.896 WEL | |
Glenwood | Juv NFic NL | Juvenile Non-Fiction NL | 305.896 WEL | |
Grand Bank | Juv NFic NL | Juvenile Non-Fiction NL | 305.896 WEL | |
Grand Falls-Windsor - Harmsworth | Juv NFic NL | Juvenile Non-Fiction NL | 305.896 WEL | |
Greenspond | Juv NFic NL | Juvenile Non-Fiction NL | 305.896 WEL | |
Happy Valley - Goose Bay - Melville | Juv NFic NL | Juvenile Non-Fiction NL | 305.896 WEL | |
Harbour Breton | Juv NFic NL | Juvenile Non-Fiction NL | 305.896 WEL | |
Harbour Grace | Juv NFic NL | Juvenile Non-Fiction NL | 305.896 WEL | |
Hare Bay | Juv NFic NL | Juvenile Non-Fiction NL | 305.896 WEL | |
Harry's Harbour | Juv NFic NL | Juvenile Non-Fiction NL | 305.896 WEL | |
Hermitage | Juv NFic NL | Juvenile Non-Fiction NL | 305.896 WEL | |
Holyrood | Juv NFic NL | Juvenile Non-Fiction NL | 305.896 WEL | |
King's Point - Tilley | Juv NFic NL | Juvenile Non-Fiction NL | 305.896 WEL | |
L'Anse Au Loup | Juv NFic NL | Juvenile Non-Fiction NL | 305.896 WEL | |
Lark Harbour | Juv NFic NL | Juvenile Non-Fiction NL | 305.896 WEL | |
Lewisporte | Juv NFic NL | Juvenile Non-Fiction NL | 305.896 WEL | |
Lourdes | Juv NFic NL | Juvenile Non-Fiction NL | 305.896 WEL | |
Lumsden | Juv NFic NL | Juvenile Non-Fiction NL | 305.896 WEL | |
Marystown | Juv NFic NL | Juvenile Non-Fiction NL | 305.896 WEL | |
Mount Pearl - Ross King Memorial Public Library | Juv NFic NL | Juvenile Non-Fiction NL | 305.896 WEL | |
Musgrave Harbour - John B. Wheeler Public Library | Juv NFic NL | Juvenile Non-Fiction NL | 305.896 WEL | |
New-Wes-Valley | Juv NFic NL | Juvenile Non-Fiction NL | 305.896 WEL | |
Norris Arm | Juv NFic NL | Juvenile Non-Fiction NL | 305.896 WEL | |
Norris Point | Juv NFic NL | Juvenile Non-Fiction NL | 305.896 WEL | |
Old Perlican | Juv NFic NL | Juvenile Non-Fiction NL | 305.896 WEL | |
Pasadena | Juv NFic NL | Juvenile Non-Fiction NL | 305.896 WEL | |
Placentia | Juv NFic NL | Juvenile Non-Fiction NL | 305.896 WEL | |
Point Leamington | Juv NFic NL | Juvenile Non-Fiction NL | 305.896 WEL | |
Port au Port | Juv NFic NL | Juvenile Non-Fiction NL | 305.896 WEL | |
Port aux Basques | Juv NFic NL | Juvenile Non-Fiction NL | 305.896 WEL | |
Port Saunders | Juv NFic NL | Juvenile Non-Fiction NL | 305.896 WEL | |
Pouch Cove | Juv NFic NL | Juvenile Non-Fiction NL | 305.896 WEL | |
Ramea | Juv NFic NL | Juvenile Non-Fiction NL | 305.896 WEL | |
Robert's Arm | Juv NFic NL | Juvenile Non-Fiction NL | 305.896 WEL | |
Rocky Harbour | Juv NFic NL | Juvenile Non-Fiction NL | 305.896 WEL | |
Seal Cove | Juv NFic NL | Juvenile Non-Fiction NL | 305.896 WEL | |
Sop's Arm | Juv NFic NL | Juvenile Non-Fiction NL | 305.896 WEL | |
Springdale | Juv NFic NL | Juvenile Non-Fiction NL | 305.896 WEL | |
St. Alban's | Juv NFic NL | Juvenile Non-Fiction NL | 305.896 WEL | |
St. Brides's | Juv NFic NL | Juvenile Non-Fiction NL | 305.896 WEL | |
St. George's | Juv NFic NL | Juvenile Non-Fiction NL | 305.896 WEL | |
St. John's - A.C. Hunter | Juv NFic NL | Juvenile Non-Fiction NL | 305.896 WEL | |
St. John's - A.C. Hunter | Adult NFic NL Ref - NL Rm | Adult Non-Fiction NL Reference - NL Room | 305.896 W45 | |
St. John's - A.C. Hunter | Adult NFic NL Ref - Prov Coll | Adult Non-Fiction NL Reference Provincial Collection | 305.896 W45 | |
St. John's - A.C. Hunter | Adult NFic NL Ref - Vault | Adult Non-Fiction NL Reference - Vault | 305.896 W45 | |
St. John's - Marjorie Mews | Juv NFic NL | Juvenile Non-Fiction NL | 305.896 WEL | |
St. John's - Michael Donovan | Juv NFic NL | Juvenile Non-Fiction NL | 305.896 WEL | |
St. Lawrence | Juv NFic NL | Juvenile Non-Fiction NL | 305.896 WEL | |
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Stephenville - Kindale | Juv NFic NL | Juvenile Non-Fiction NL | 305.896 WEL | |
Summerford | Juv NFic NL | Juvenile Non-Fiction NL | 305.896 WEL | |
Torbay | Juv NFic NL | Juvenile Non-Fiction NL | 305.896 WEL | |
Trepassey | Juv NFic NL | Juvenile Non-Fiction NL | 305.896 WEL | |
Trinity Bay North | Juv NFic NL | Juvenile Non-Fiction NL | 305.896 WEL | |
Twillingate | Juv NFic NL | Juvenile Non-Fiction NL | 305.896 WEL | |
Victoria | Juv NFic NL | Juvenile Non-Fiction NL | 305.896 WEL | |
Wabush | Juv NFic NL | Juvenile Non-Fiction NL | 305.896 WEL | |
Whitbourne | Juv NFic NL | Juvenile Non-Fiction NL | 305.896 WEL | |
Winterton | Juv NFic NL | Juvenile Non-Fiction NL | 305.896 WEL | |