Book — Non-fiction. By Sarah Anderson, John Cavanagh, and Thea Lee. 2005. 160 pages.
The economics of globalization in easy to read charts.
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Book — Non-fiction. By Bruce Watson. 2010. 384 pages.
A history of Freedom Summer, the pivotal period of the Civil Rights Movement in 1964 Mississippi.
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Book — Non-fiction. By Ray Raphael. 2003. 288 pages.
The events leading up to the American Revolution.
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Book — Non-fiction. By Ray Raphael. 2014. 420 pages.
Myths and the reasons that they have come to replace the real stories of the Revolutionary period.
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Book — Non-fiction. By Ellen Levine. 1993. 192 pages.
Thirty African-Americans who were children during the 1950s and 1960s tell their true stories of what it was like for them to fight segregation in the South.
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Book — Non-fiction. By Staughton Lynd, 2010. 320 pages.
A collection of unpublished talks and hard-to-find essays from legendary activist-historian Staughton Lynd.
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Book — Non-fiction. By Priscilla Murolo and A. B. Chitty. Illustrations by Joe Sacco. 2002. 384 pages.
Labor history of the United States.
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Book — Non-fiction. By Katherine Mellen Charron. 2009. 480 pages.
Biography of Septima Clark who played a major role in the Civil Rights Movement through education.
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Book — Non-fiction. By Studs Terkel. 2004. 608 pages.
Interviews with over 120 people about WWII.
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Book — Non-fiction. Edited by Yuval Taylor. 2005. 230 pages.
Ten individuals tell stories of their childhood and teenage years in slavery.
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Book — Non-fiction. Edited by Faith S. Holsaert, Martha Prescod Norman Noonan, Judy Richardson, Betty Garman Robinson, Jean Smith Young, and Dorothy M. Zellner. 2010. 616 pages.
An unprecedented women's history of the Civil Rights Movement, from sit-ins to Black Power.
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Book — Non-fiction. By Kyle Ward. 2007. 374 pages.
From the widely acclaimed co-author of History Lessons comes an examination of ways in which Americans tell the history their country has changed over time.
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Book — Non-fiction. By Milton Meltzer. 2007. 160 pages.
A biography of Henry David Thoreau containing relevant pictures and quotes from his contemporaries for middle school readers.
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Book — Non-fiction. By Chris Crowe. 2003. 128 pages.
Photos and narrative for high school students.
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Book — Non-fiction. By Dana Lindaman and Kyle Ward. 2004. 404 pages.
How U.S. history is portrayed in textbooks from around the world.
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Book — Non-fiction. By Vincent Harding. 2010 (2nd edition). 240 pages.
A call to educators, clergy, and community activists to remember and keep alive the story of the Black-led freedom movement.
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Book — Non-fiction. By Davis D. Joyce. Foreword by Noam Chomsky. 2003. 268 pages.
Biography of Howard Zinn.
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Book — Non-fiction. By Howard Zinn with Donaldo Macedo. 2008. 224 pages.
Essays by Howard Zinn about education and politics.
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Book — Non-fiction. Edited by Jeffrey B. Perry. 2001. 505 pages.
Essays by the "father of Harlem radicalism."
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Book — Non-fiction. By Charles M. Payne. 1995. 506 pages.
A people's history of the Civil Rights Movement in Mississippi.
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Book — Non-fiction. Gary Soto. 2002. 116 pages.
An inspiring story of Jessie De La Cruz, one of the first women to organize for the United Farmer Workers.
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Book — Non-fiction. By Phillip Hoose with foreword by Pete Seeger. 2002. 176 pages.
Guide to making a difference for young people.
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Book — Non-fiction. Edited by Leigh Dingerson, Barbara Miner, Bob Peterson, and Stephanie Walters. Rethinking Schools. 2008. 240 pages.
Essays examines the charter school movement's founding visions, on-the-ground realities, and untapped potential.
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Book — Non-fiction. Edited by Elizabeth Sutherland Martinez. Introduction by Julian Bond. 2007.
Letters and poetry from Civil Rights Movement volunteers in the summer of 1964.
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Book — Non-fiction. By James Loewen. 2019. 464 pages.
The mis-education provided by monuments and historic markers across the United States.
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