Look for Me in the Whirlwind: From the Panther 21 to 21st-Century Revolutions Book — Non-fiction. Edited by déqui kioni-sadiki and Matt Meyer. 2017. 648 pages. The collective autobiography of the New York Panther 21, an infamous conspiracy case that highlighted government repression of Black liberation activists during the 1960s and 1970s. Continue reading
American Sirens: The Incredible Story of the Black Men Who Became America’s First Paramedics Book — Non-fiction. By Kevin Hazzard. 2022. 336 pages. The story of the Freedom House EMS in Pittsburgh, a group of Black men who became America's first paramedics and set the gold standard for emergency medicine around the world. Continue reading
The Radical King Book -- Non-fiction. By Dr. Martin Luther King. 320 pp. Arranged thematically in four parts, The Radical King includes twenty-three selections, curated and introduced by Dr. Cornel West, that illustrate King’s revolutionary vision, underscoring his identification with the poor, his unapologetic opposition to the Vietnam War, and his crusade against global imperialism. Continue reading
Cooked: Survival by ZIP Code Film. Directed by Judith Helfand. 2020. 54 minutes. This documentary focuses on Chicago’s heat wave to look at how a weeklong tragedy is really a story about the “slow-motion disaster” caused by race and class inequality. Continue reading
Teaching the Reconstruction Revolution: Picturing and Celebrating the First Era of Black Power Teaching Activity. By Adam Sanchez. 2022. Rethinking Schools. A lesson that help students understand, imagine, and celebrate the Reconstruction period as the first era of Black power in the United States. Continue reading
South to Freedom: Runaway Slaves to Mexico and the Road to the Civil War Book — Non-fiction. By Alice L. Baumgartner. 2020. 384 pages. The story of why Mexico abolished slavery and how its increasingly radical antislavery policies fueled the sectional crisis in the United States. Continue reading
Framing Black Power Through the Life of Rosa Parks Teaching Activity. By Tiffany Mitchell Patterson and Jessica Rucker. In this lesson, students explore the core ideas of Black Power through a gallery walk with images and quotes connected to the life of Rosa Parks, and then consider how to define Rosa Parks’s activism. Continue reading
21st Century Voices of a People’s History of the United States: Documents of Resistance and Hope, 2000-2023 Book — Non-fiction. Edited by Anthony Arnove and Haley Pessin. 2023. 352 pages. Speeches, essays, songs, and documents from a range of movements offering hope for those seeking to understand our recent history so they can better understand how to change it. Continue reading
Lowndes County and the Road to Black Power Film. Directed by Sam Pollard and Geeta Gandbhir. 2022. 90 minutes. The story of young SNCC organizers who fought for voting rights and Black power in Lowndes County, Alabama. Continue reading
The Counter Revolution of 1836: Texas Slavery & Jim Crow and the Roots of American Fascism Book — Non-fiction. By Gerald Horne. 2022. 632 pages. A detailed history of counterrevolutionary forces in Texas state history. Continue reading
War in Ukraine: Making Sense of a Senseless Conflict Book — Non-fiction. By Medea Benjamin and Nicolas Davies. 2022. 198 pages. An examination of the events leading up to the 2022 conflict between Russia and Ukraine, the different parties involved, and the risks of escalation and opportunities for peace. Continue reading
Rosa Parks Lived a Long and Active Life, So Why Is This Timeline So Boring and Short? Teaching Activity. By Ursula Wolfe-Rocca. 3 pages. This timeline activity builds on students’ viewing of the 2022 film, The Rebellious Life of Mrs. Rosa Parks, and involves collaborating on a new timeline of Mrs. Parks' life. Continue reading
Half American: The Epic Story of African Americans Fighting World War II at Home and Abroad Book Non-fiction. By Matthew Delmont. 2022. 400 pages. This book tells the stories of Black heroes during World War II and their bravery and patriotism in the face of unfathomable racism and fascism. Continue reading
Daniel Shays’s Honorable Rebellion: An American Story Book — Non-fiction. By Daniel Bullen. 2021. 320 pages. A history of Shays’ Rebellion, where farmers challenged the state’s authority to seize their farms for flagrantly unjust taxes, told from the protesters’ perspective. Continue reading
A Worthy Piece of Work: The Untold Story of Madeline Morgan and the Fight for Black History in Schools Book — Non-fiction. By Michael Hines. 2022. 224 pages. The story of Madeline Morgan, a teacher and an activist who created curricula that bolstered Black claims for recognition and equal citizenship. Continue reading
Born in Blackness: Africa, Africans, and the Making of the Modern World, 1471 to the Second World War Book — Non-fiction. By Howard W. French. 2021. 521 pages. This sweeping history reveals a long-concealed history of trivialization and, more often, elision in depictions of African history throughout the last five hundred years. Continue reading
Reconstructing the South: What Really Happened Teaching Activity. By Mimi Eisen and Ursula Wolfe-Rocca. 47 pages. A follow-up lesson to “Reconstructing the South,” using primary source documents to reveal key outcomes of the Reconstruction era. Continue reading
The Sum of Us: How Racism Hurts Everyone (Young Readers Edition) Book — Non-fiction. By Heather McGhee. 2023. 240 pages. This young readers edition analyzes racism in U.S. politics and policymaking, and provides a potential path forward through solidarity. Continue reading
We the Elites: Why the U.S. Constitution Serves the Few Book — Non-fiction. By Robert Ovetz. 2022. 240 pages. This collection of essays exposes the U.S. Constitution for what it really is — a rulebook to protect capitalism for the elites. Continue reading
Rosa Parks: Countering the Master Narrative Teaching Activity. By Jesse Hagopian. 4 pages. With a short video and readings with competing viewpoints, students will learn about master narratives and counter-narratives and how they apply to Rosa Parks’ life. This activity can be introduced before watching the film or reading the book, The Rebellious Life of Mrs. Rosa Parks. Continue reading
How Should Rosa Parks’s Legacy Be Memorialized? This lesson by Cierra Kaler-Jones invites students to consider how Rosa Parks’ legacy is memorialized by critically examining her statue at the U.S. Capitol. Students learn the fuller story of Rosa Parks’ life and use that information to determine how they would memorialize her legacy. Continue reading
Word Bank for The Rebellious Life of Mrs. Rosa Parks Definitions of selected terms and organizations from the lessons and related readings in The Rebellious Life of Mrs. Rosa Parks. Continue reading
Arise!: Global Radicalism in the Era of the Mexican Revolution Book — Non-fiction. By Christina Heatherton. 2022. 336 pages. This book tells the international history of radical movements and their convergences during the Mexican Revolution, reconstructing how this era's organizers found new ways to fight global capitalism. Continue reading
The Emancipation Circuit: Black Activism Forging a Culture of Freedom Book — Non-fiction. By Thulani Davis. 2022. 464 pages. The author traces how people newly freed from bondage created political organizations and connections that mobilized communities across the South during Reconstruction, building on a long tradition of organizing against all odds. Continue reading
Indian No More Book — Historical fiction. By Charlene Willing McManis and Traci Sorell. 2016. 224 pages. This award-winning children's book follows a young Indigenous girl's quest to understand her identity as an Indian despite being so far from home. Continue reading
Look for Me in the Whirlwind: From the Panther 21 to 21st-Century Revolutions Book — Non-fiction. Edited by déqui kioni-sadiki and Matt Meyer. 2017. 648 pages. The collective autobiography of the New York Panther 21, an infamous conspiracy case that highlighted government repression of Black liberation activists during the 1960s and 1970s. Continue reading
American Sirens: The Incredible Story of the Black Men Who Became America’s First Paramedics Book — Non-fiction. By Kevin Hazzard. 2022. 336 pages. The story of the Freedom House EMS in Pittsburgh, a group of Black men who became America's first paramedics and set the gold standard for emergency medicine around the world. Continue reading
The Radical King Book -- Non-fiction. By Dr. Martin Luther King. 320 pp. Arranged thematically in four parts, The Radical King includes twenty-three selections, curated and introduced by Dr. Cornel West, that illustrate King’s revolutionary vision, underscoring his identification with the poor, his unapologetic opposition to the Vietnam War, and his crusade against global imperialism. Continue reading
Cooked: Survival by ZIP Code Film. Directed by Judith Helfand. 2020. 54 minutes. This documentary focuses on Chicago’s heat wave to look at how a weeklong tragedy is really a story about the “slow-motion disaster” caused by race and class inequality. Continue reading
Teaching the Reconstruction Revolution: Picturing and Celebrating the First Era of Black Power Teaching Activity. By Adam Sanchez. 2022. Rethinking Schools. A lesson that help students understand, imagine, and celebrate the Reconstruction period as the first era of Black power in the United States. Continue reading
South to Freedom: Runaway Slaves to Mexico and the Road to the Civil War Book — Non-fiction. By Alice L. Baumgartner. 2020. 384 pages. The story of why Mexico abolished slavery and how its increasingly radical antislavery policies fueled the sectional crisis in the United States. Continue reading
Framing Black Power Through the Life of Rosa Parks Teaching Activity. By Tiffany Mitchell Patterson and Jessica Rucker. In this lesson, students explore the core ideas of Black Power through a gallery walk with images and quotes connected to the life of Rosa Parks, and then consider how to define Rosa Parks’s activism. Continue reading
21st Century Voices of a People’s History of the United States: Documents of Resistance and Hope, 2000-2023 Book — Non-fiction. Edited by Anthony Arnove and Haley Pessin. 2023. 352 pages. Speeches, essays, songs, and documents from a range of movements offering hope for those seeking to understand our recent history so they can better understand how to change it. Continue reading
Lowndes County and the Road to Black Power Film. Directed by Sam Pollard and Geeta Gandbhir. 2022. 90 minutes. The story of young SNCC organizers who fought for voting rights and Black power in Lowndes County, Alabama. Continue reading
The Counter Revolution of 1836: Texas Slavery & Jim Crow and the Roots of American Fascism Book — Non-fiction. By Gerald Horne. 2022. 632 pages. A detailed history of counterrevolutionary forces in Texas state history. Continue reading
War in Ukraine: Making Sense of a Senseless Conflict Book — Non-fiction. By Medea Benjamin and Nicolas Davies. 2022. 198 pages. An examination of the events leading up to the 2022 conflict between Russia and Ukraine, the different parties involved, and the risks of escalation and opportunities for peace. Continue reading
Rosa Parks Lived a Long and Active Life, So Why Is This Timeline So Boring and Short? Teaching Activity. By Ursula Wolfe-Rocca. 3 pages. This timeline activity builds on students’ viewing of the 2022 film, The Rebellious Life of Mrs. Rosa Parks, and involves collaborating on a new timeline of Mrs. Parks' life. Continue reading
Half American: The Epic Story of African Americans Fighting World War II at Home and Abroad Book Non-fiction. By Matthew Delmont. 2022. 400 pages. This book tells the stories of Black heroes during World War II and their bravery and patriotism in the face of unfathomable racism and fascism. Continue reading
Daniel Shays’s Honorable Rebellion: An American Story Book — Non-fiction. By Daniel Bullen. 2021. 320 pages. A history of Shays’ Rebellion, where farmers challenged the state’s authority to seize their farms for flagrantly unjust taxes, told from the protesters’ perspective. Continue reading
A Worthy Piece of Work: The Untold Story of Madeline Morgan and the Fight for Black History in Schools Book — Non-fiction. By Michael Hines. 2022. 224 pages. The story of Madeline Morgan, a teacher and an activist who created curricula that bolstered Black claims for recognition and equal citizenship. Continue reading
Born in Blackness: Africa, Africans, and the Making of the Modern World, 1471 to the Second World War Book — Non-fiction. By Howard W. French. 2021. 521 pages. This sweeping history reveals a long-concealed history of trivialization and, more often, elision in depictions of African history throughout the last five hundred years. Continue reading
Reconstructing the South: What Really Happened Teaching Activity. By Mimi Eisen and Ursula Wolfe-Rocca. 47 pages. A follow-up lesson to “Reconstructing the South,” using primary source documents to reveal key outcomes of the Reconstruction era. Continue reading
The Sum of Us: How Racism Hurts Everyone (Young Readers Edition) Book — Non-fiction. By Heather McGhee. 2023. 240 pages. This young readers edition analyzes racism in U.S. politics and policymaking, and provides a potential path forward through solidarity. Continue reading
We the Elites: Why the U.S. Constitution Serves the Few Book — Non-fiction. By Robert Ovetz. 2022. 240 pages. This collection of essays exposes the U.S. Constitution for what it really is — a rulebook to protect capitalism for the elites. Continue reading
Rosa Parks: Countering the Master Narrative Teaching Activity. By Jesse Hagopian. 4 pages. With a short video and readings with competing viewpoints, students will learn about master narratives and counter-narratives and how they apply to Rosa Parks’ life. This activity can be introduced before watching the film or reading the book, The Rebellious Life of Mrs. Rosa Parks. Continue reading
How Should Rosa Parks’s Legacy Be Memorialized? This lesson by Cierra Kaler-Jones invites students to consider how Rosa Parks’ legacy is memorialized by critically examining her statue at the U.S. Capitol. Students learn the fuller story of Rosa Parks’ life and use that information to determine how they would memorialize her legacy. Continue reading
Word Bank for The Rebellious Life of Mrs. Rosa Parks Definitions of selected terms and organizations from the lessons and related readings in The Rebellious Life of Mrs. Rosa Parks. Continue reading
Arise!: Global Radicalism in the Era of the Mexican Revolution Book — Non-fiction. By Christina Heatherton. 2022. 336 pages. This book tells the international history of radical movements and their convergences during the Mexican Revolution, reconstructing how this era's organizers found new ways to fight global capitalism. Continue reading
The Emancipation Circuit: Black Activism Forging a Culture of Freedom Book — Non-fiction. By Thulani Davis. 2022. 464 pages. The author traces how people newly freed from bondage created political organizations and connections that mobilized communities across the South during Reconstruction, building on a long tradition of organizing against all odds. Continue reading
Indian No More Book — Historical fiction. By Charlene Willing McManis and Traci Sorell. 2016. 224 pages. This award-winning children's book follows a young Indigenous girl's quest to understand her identity as an Indian despite being so far from home. Continue reading
