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
The People Shall Continue Picture Book. By Simon J. Ortiz, illustrated by Sharol Graves. 2022. 32 pages. This powerful telling of the history of the Native/Indigenous peoples of North America recounts their story from Creation to the invasion and usurpation of Native lands. Continue reading
No More Police: A Case for Abolition Book — Non-fiction. By Mariame Kaba and Andrea Ritchie. 2022. 400 pages. No More Police calls on us to turn away from systems that perpetrate violence in the name of ending it toward a world where violence is the exception, and safe, well-resourced and thriving communities are the rule. Continue reading
I’ve Been Here All the While: Black Freedom on Native Land Book - Non-fiction. 224 pages. 2021. Through chapters that chart cycles of dispossession, land seizure, and settlement in Indian Territory, Alaina E. Roberts connects debates about Black freedom and Native American citizenship to westward expansion onto Native land. Continue reading
Being Clem Book — Fiction. By Lesa Cline-Ransome. 2021. 256 pages. The final novel in the award-winning Finding Langston trilogy, this novel examines mid-twentieth century America through the eyes of Clem, a young boy whose family is torn apart after his father's untimely death. Continue reading
Under the Skin: The Hidden Toll of Racism on American Lives and on the Health of Our Nation Book — Non-fiction. By Linda Villarosa. 2023. 288 pages. This book details racial health disparities in the United States. Continue reading
“Intolerable Conditions”: Teaching About Northern Racism Through Rosa Parks’s Detroit Teaching Activity. By Say Burgin, Jeanne Theoharis, and Ursula Wolfe-Rocca. Students learn to “talk back” to official accounts of the Detroit Uprising of 1967 by focusing on its root causes. They also get a fuller sense of Rosa Parks’s life and politics, and the Black freedom struggle outside of the South. Continue reading
Harlan County USA Film. Directed and produced by Barbara Kopple. 1976. 103 minutes. This documentary tells the story of a Kentucky coal miners' strike and the thirteen-month struggle between a community fighting to survive and a corporation dedicated to the bottom line. Continue reading
Anne Braden Speaks: Selected Writings and Speeches, 1947-1999 Book — Non-fiction. Edited by Ben Wilkins. 2022. 216 pages. A representative collection of Anne Braden's writings, speeches, and letters, from the relationship between race and capitalism, to the role of the South in U.S. society, to the function of anti-communism. Continue reading
Our Kind of Historian: The Work and Activism of Lerone Bennett Jr. Book — Non-fiction. By E. James West. 2022. 328 pages. This biography examines the life of historian and activist Lerone Bennett Jr. and his influence on African American culture and history. Continue reading
I Saw Death Coming: A History of Terror and Survival in the War Against Reconstruction Book — Non-fiction. By Kidada E. Williams. 2023. 352 pages. An account of the brutal white supremacist violence and terror that formerly enslaved people were faced with during Reconstruction. Continue reading
The Rebellious Life of Mrs. Rosa Parks Film. Directed by Johanna Hamilton and Yoruba Richen. Produced by Soledad O’Brien. 2022. 101 minutes. This documentary sheds light on Rosa Parks' extensive organizing, radical politics, and lifelong dedication to justice. Continue reading
The Three Mothers: How the Mothers of Martin Luther King Jr., Malcolm X, and James Baldwin Shaped a Nation Book — Non-fiction. By Anna Malaika Tubbs. 2021. 288 pages. This book details the lives of Berdis Baldwin, Alberta King, and Louise Little, the mothers of James Baldwin, Martin Luther King Jr., and Malcolm X, respectively. Continue reading
Loaded: A Disarming History of the Second Amendment Book — Non-fiction. By Roxanne Dunbar-Ortiz. 2018. 236 pages. A history of guns and gun laws in the United States, from the original colonization of the country to the present. Continue reading
The Second: Race and Guns in a Fatally Unequal America Book — Non-fiction. By Carol Anderson. 2021. 272 pages. This book illuminates the history and impact of the Second Amendment, how it was designed, and how it has consistently been constructed to keep African Americans powerless and vulnerable. Continue reading
Still Dreaming / Seguimos soñando Picture book. Written by Claudia Guadalupe Martínez, illustrated by Magdalena Mora, and translated by Luis Humberto Crosthwaite. 2022. 40 pages. The story of a boy and his family who leave their beloved home to avoid being separated by the government during the Mexican Repatriation. Continue reading
On the Books: Jim Crow and Algorithms of Resistance Digital collection. Collections as data and machine learning project examining Jim Crow and racially-based legislation signed into law in North Carolina between Reconstruction and the Civil Rights Movement. Continue reading
Freedmen and Southern Society Project Digital collection. Documents that help explain how Black people traversed the bloody ground from slavery to freedom between the beginning of the Civil War in 1861 and the beginning of Reconstruction in 1867. Continue reading
The Freedmen’s Bureau Online Digital collection. Records of the Bureau of Refugees, Freedman and Abandoned Lands, including new and unpublished records that document the formerly enslaved, freedpersons and their descendants. Continue reading
Teaching With Vanguard: How Black Women Broke Barriers, Won the Vote, and Insisted on Equality for All Teaching Activity. By Ursula Wolfe-Rocca. 25 pages. Students engage in an interactive activity with short excerpts from Martha Jones’ book to learn about the leading role of Black women in the fight for voting rights throughout U.S. history. 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
The People Shall Continue Picture Book. By Simon J. Ortiz, illustrated by Sharol Graves. 2022. 32 pages. This powerful telling of the history of the Native/Indigenous peoples of North America recounts their story from Creation to the invasion and usurpation of Native lands. Continue reading
No More Police: A Case for Abolition Book — Non-fiction. By Mariame Kaba and Andrea Ritchie. 2022. 400 pages. No More Police calls on us to turn away from systems that perpetrate violence in the name of ending it toward a world where violence is the exception, and safe, well-resourced and thriving communities are the rule. Continue reading
I’ve Been Here All the While: Black Freedom on Native Land Book - Non-fiction. 224 pages. 2021. Through chapters that chart cycles of dispossession, land seizure, and settlement in Indian Territory, Alaina E. Roberts connects debates about Black freedom and Native American citizenship to westward expansion onto Native land. Continue reading
Being Clem Book — Fiction. By Lesa Cline-Ransome. 2021. 256 pages. The final novel in the award-winning Finding Langston trilogy, this novel examines mid-twentieth century America through the eyes of Clem, a young boy whose family is torn apart after his father's untimely death. Continue reading
Under the Skin: The Hidden Toll of Racism on American Lives and on the Health of Our Nation Book — Non-fiction. By Linda Villarosa. 2023. 288 pages. This book details racial health disparities in the United States. Continue reading
“Intolerable Conditions”: Teaching About Northern Racism Through Rosa Parks’s Detroit Teaching Activity. By Say Burgin, Jeanne Theoharis, and Ursula Wolfe-Rocca. Students learn to “talk back” to official accounts of the Detroit Uprising of 1967 by focusing on its root causes. They also get a fuller sense of Rosa Parks’s life and politics, and the Black freedom struggle outside of the South. Continue reading
Harlan County USA Film. Directed and produced by Barbara Kopple. 1976. 103 minutes. This documentary tells the story of a Kentucky coal miners' strike and the thirteen-month struggle between a community fighting to survive and a corporation dedicated to the bottom line. Continue reading
Anne Braden Speaks: Selected Writings and Speeches, 1947-1999 Book — Non-fiction. Edited by Ben Wilkins. 2022. 216 pages. A representative collection of Anne Braden's writings, speeches, and letters, from the relationship between race and capitalism, to the role of the South in U.S. society, to the function of anti-communism. Continue reading
Our Kind of Historian: The Work and Activism of Lerone Bennett Jr. Book — Non-fiction. By E. James West. 2022. 328 pages. This biography examines the life of historian and activist Lerone Bennett Jr. and his influence on African American culture and history. Continue reading
I Saw Death Coming: A History of Terror and Survival in the War Against Reconstruction Book — Non-fiction. By Kidada E. Williams. 2023. 352 pages. An account of the brutal white supremacist violence and terror that formerly enslaved people were faced with during Reconstruction. Continue reading
The Rebellious Life of Mrs. Rosa Parks Film. Directed by Johanna Hamilton and Yoruba Richen. Produced by Soledad O’Brien. 2022. 101 minutes. This documentary sheds light on Rosa Parks' extensive organizing, radical politics, and lifelong dedication to justice. Continue reading
The Three Mothers: How the Mothers of Martin Luther King Jr., Malcolm X, and James Baldwin Shaped a Nation Book — Non-fiction. By Anna Malaika Tubbs. 2021. 288 pages. This book details the lives of Berdis Baldwin, Alberta King, and Louise Little, the mothers of James Baldwin, Martin Luther King Jr., and Malcolm X, respectively. Continue reading
Loaded: A Disarming History of the Second Amendment Book — Non-fiction. By Roxanne Dunbar-Ortiz. 2018. 236 pages. A history of guns and gun laws in the United States, from the original colonization of the country to the present. Continue reading
The Second: Race and Guns in a Fatally Unequal America Book — Non-fiction. By Carol Anderson. 2021. 272 pages. This book illuminates the history and impact of the Second Amendment, how it was designed, and how it has consistently been constructed to keep African Americans powerless and vulnerable. Continue reading
Still Dreaming / Seguimos soñando Picture book. Written by Claudia Guadalupe Martínez, illustrated by Magdalena Mora, and translated by Luis Humberto Crosthwaite. 2022. 40 pages. The story of a boy and his family who leave their beloved home to avoid being separated by the government during the Mexican Repatriation. Continue reading
On the Books: Jim Crow and Algorithms of Resistance Digital collection. Collections as data and machine learning project examining Jim Crow and racially-based legislation signed into law in North Carolina between Reconstruction and the Civil Rights Movement. Continue reading
Freedmen and Southern Society Project Digital collection. Documents that help explain how Black people traversed the bloody ground from slavery to freedom between the beginning of the Civil War in 1861 and the beginning of Reconstruction in 1867. Continue reading
The Freedmen’s Bureau Online Digital collection. Records of the Bureau of Refugees, Freedman and Abandoned Lands, including new and unpublished records that document the formerly enslaved, freedpersons and their descendants. Continue reading
Teaching With Vanguard: How Black Women Broke Barriers, Won the Vote, and Insisted on Equality for All Teaching Activity. By Ursula Wolfe-Rocca. 25 pages. Students engage in an interactive activity with short excerpts from Martha Jones’ book to learn about the leading role of Black women in the fight for voting rights throughout U.S. history. Continue reading
