Monumental: Oscar Dunn and His Radical Fight in Reconstruction Louisiana Book — Non-fiction. By Brian K. Mitchell, Barrington S. Edwards, and Nick Weldon. 2021. 256 pages. This Reconstruction history graphic novel tells the story of Oscar James Dunn, a New Orleanian who became the first Black lieutenant governor and acting governor in the United States. Continue reading
No Option Except Escape: A Role Play on the Struggles of Climate Refugees Teaching Activity. By WorldOregon's Young Leaders in Action. In this role-play, students explore the challenges and perspectives of people — climate refugees — who have "no option except escape" from homes devastated by climate change. Continue reading
Unspeakable: The Tulsa Race Massacre Picture book. By Carole Boston Weatherford and illustrated by Floyd Cooper. 2021. 32 pages. This children's book centers the history of the thriving Black community of Greenwood before the 1921 Tulsa Massacre. Continue reading
Julian Bond’s Time to Teach: A History of the Southern Civil Rights Movement Book — Non-fiction. By Julian Bond. Edited by Pam Horowitz and Jeanne Theoharis with an afterword by Vann Newkirk II. 2021. 356 pages. For over two decades, civil rights activist Julian Bond taught a popular class on the history of the Civil Rights Movement. This book contains the wisdom and teachings from that class. Continue reading
Pan Africanism Pan Africanism is a movement for Black freedom and unity throughout the world. Continue reading
Separate No More: The Long Road to Brown v. Board of Education Book — Non-fiction. By Lawrence Goldstone. 2021. A portrait of the road to the landmark Brown v. Board of Education case. Continue reading
The Colored Conventions Movement: Black Organizing in the Nineteenth Century Book — Non-fiction. Edited by Gabrielle Foreman, Jim Casey, and Sarah Patterson. Introduction by P. Gabrielle Foreman. 2021. This volume of essays is the first to focus on the Colored Conventions movement, the nineteenth century’s longest campaign for Black civil rights. Continue reading
A Disability History of the United States Book — Non-fiction. By Kim E. Nielsen. 2013. Covering the entirety of US history from pre-1492 to the present, this is the first book to place the experiences of people with disabilities at the center of the American narrative. Continue reading
Revolutionary Women of Texas and Mexico: Portraits of Soldaderas, Saints, and Subversives Book — Non-fiction. Edited by Sosa, Clark, and Speed. 2020. 352 pages. This anthology examines female role models and subversives who stood up for their visions and ideals in Mexico and Texas. Continue reading
They Left Great Marks on Me: African American Testimonies of Racial Violence from Emancipation to World War I Book — Non-fiction. By Kidada Williams. 2012. 281 pages. This book documents African Americans' testimonies about racial violence during Jim Crow, and the crusades against that violence that became political training grounds for the Civil Rights Movement. Continue reading
Ballad of an American: A Graphic Biography of Paul Robeson Book — Non-fiction. Written and illustrated by Sharon Rudahl. Edited by Paul Buhle and Lawrence Ware. 2020. 142 pages. The first-ever graphic biography of Paul Robeson charts Robeson’s career as a singer, actor, scholar, athlete, and activist who achieved global fame. Continue reading
Black Lives Matter at School: An Uprising for Educational Justice Book — Non-fiction. Edited by Denisha Jones and Jesse Hagopian. 2020. This collection of writings offers lessons from successful challenges to institutional racism that have been won through the grassroots Black Lives Matter at School movement. Continue reading
The Voting Booth Book — Fiction. By Brandy Colbert. 2020. 304 pages. A novel for high school students that centers on voting rights — weaving in a myriad of voter suppression tactics and the importance of everyone playing a role in fighting for the right to vote. Continue reading
“Riots,” Racism, and the Police: Students Explore a Century of Police Conduct and Racial Violence Teaching Activity. By Ursula Wolfe-Rocca. Students explore three documents produced in the wake of three major episodes of racial violence (1919, 1967, 2014) to understand the long trajectory of police violence in Black communities. Continue reading
Teaching Climate Disobedience: Using the Film Necessity in the Classroom Teaching Activity. By Ursula Wolfe-Rocca. A lesson about multiple cohorts of climate activists: Indigenous leaders in the Climate Justice Movement, valve turners using civil disobedience to stop the flow of oil, and the legal team that uses the “necessity defense” in the courts. Continue reading
How the Word Is Passed: A Reckoning with the History of Slavery Across America Book — Non-fiction. By Clint Smith. 2021. 336 pages. An examination of how monuments and landmarks represent — and misrepresent — the central role of slavery in U.S. history and its legacy today. Continue reading
Teaching Gloria E. Anzaldúa: Pedagogy and Practice for Our Classrooms and Communities Book — Non-fiction. Edited by Cantú-Sánchez, de León-Zepeda, and Cantú. 2020. 360 pages. Essays on the first-hand use of Gloria E. Anzaldúa's theories in classrooms and community environments. Continue reading
Disobedience and Democracy: Nine Fallacies on Law and Order Book — Non-fiction. By Howard Zinn. 1968. A cogent defense of civil disobedience. Continue reading
The Southern Mystique Book — Non-fiction. By Howard Zinn. 1964. In one of his earliest published works, Howard Zinn writes about his experiences teaching and organizing with the Civil Rights Movement in the South. Continue reading
Biddy Mason Speaks Up Book — Non-fiction. By Arisa White and Laura Atkins. 2019. 112 pages. An illustrated children's book tells the story of real-life champion for civil rights Bridget "Biddy" Mason. Continue reading
Justice in Everyday Life: The Way It Really Works Books — Non-fiction. Howard Zinn. 1974. Howard Zinn's book on the way justice really works in the U.S. and how it can change for the better. Continue reading
Failure to Quit: Reflections of an Optimistic Historian Book - Non-fiction. By Howard Zinn. 1993. A medley of sharp ideas about law, war, history, and determination come together in this collection. Continue reading
Asian Americans in the People’s History of the United States Profile. Brief profiles of people and events from Asian American and Pacific Islander people's history. Continue reading
Repair: Students Design a Reparations Bill Teaching Activity. By Ursula Wolfe-Rocca. In this activity, students take on the role of activist-experts to improve upon a Congressional bill for reparations for Black people. They talk back to Congress’ flimsy legislation and design a more robust alternative. Continue reading
Who’s to Blame? A People’s Tribunal on the Coronavirus Pandemic Teaching Activity. By Caneisha Mills. This people’s tribunal begins with the premise that a heinous crime is being committed as tens of millions of people’s lives are in danger due to COVID-19. But who was responsible for this crime? Students weigh the evidence. Continue reading
Monumental: Oscar Dunn and His Radical Fight in Reconstruction Louisiana Book — Non-fiction. By Brian K. Mitchell, Barrington S. Edwards, and Nick Weldon. 2021. 256 pages. This Reconstruction history graphic novel tells the story of Oscar James Dunn, a New Orleanian who became the first Black lieutenant governor and acting governor in the United States. Continue reading
No Option Except Escape: A Role Play on the Struggles of Climate Refugees Teaching Activity. By WorldOregon's Young Leaders in Action. In this role-play, students explore the challenges and perspectives of people — climate refugees — who have "no option except escape" from homes devastated by climate change. Continue reading
Unspeakable: The Tulsa Race Massacre Picture book. By Carole Boston Weatherford and illustrated by Floyd Cooper. 2021. 32 pages. This children's book centers the history of the thriving Black community of Greenwood before the 1921 Tulsa Massacre. Continue reading
Julian Bond’s Time to Teach: A History of the Southern Civil Rights Movement Book — Non-fiction. By Julian Bond. Edited by Pam Horowitz and Jeanne Theoharis with an afterword by Vann Newkirk II. 2021. 356 pages. For over two decades, civil rights activist Julian Bond taught a popular class on the history of the Civil Rights Movement. This book contains the wisdom and teachings from that class. Continue reading
Pan Africanism Pan Africanism is a movement for Black freedom and unity throughout the world. Continue reading
Separate No More: The Long Road to Brown v. Board of Education Book — Non-fiction. By Lawrence Goldstone. 2021. A portrait of the road to the landmark Brown v. Board of Education case. Continue reading
The Colored Conventions Movement: Black Organizing in the Nineteenth Century Book — Non-fiction. Edited by Gabrielle Foreman, Jim Casey, and Sarah Patterson. Introduction by P. Gabrielle Foreman. 2021. This volume of essays is the first to focus on the Colored Conventions movement, the nineteenth century’s longest campaign for Black civil rights. Continue reading
A Disability History of the United States Book — Non-fiction. By Kim E. Nielsen. 2013. Covering the entirety of US history from pre-1492 to the present, this is the first book to place the experiences of people with disabilities at the center of the American narrative. Continue reading
Revolutionary Women of Texas and Mexico: Portraits of Soldaderas, Saints, and Subversives Book — Non-fiction. Edited by Sosa, Clark, and Speed. 2020. 352 pages. This anthology examines female role models and subversives who stood up for their visions and ideals in Mexico and Texas. Continue reading
They Left Great Marks on Me: African American Testimonies of Racial Violence from Emancipation to World War I Book — Non-fiction. By Kidada Williams. 2012. 281 pages. This book documents African Americans' testimonies about racial violence during Jim Crow, and the crusades against that violence that became political training grounds for the Civil Rights Movement. Continue reading
Ballad of an American: A Graphic Biography of Paul Robeson Book — Non-fiction. Written and illustrated by Sharon Rudahl. Edited by Paul Buhle and Lawrence Ware. 2020. 142 pages. The first-ever graphic biography of Paul Robeson charts Robeson’s career as a singer, actor, scholar, athlete, and activist who achieved global fame. Continue reading
Black Lives Matter at School: An Uprising for Educational Justice Book — Non-fiction. Edited by Denisha Jones and Jesse Hagopian. 2020. This collection of writings offers lessons from successful challenges to institutional racism that have been won through the grassroots Black Lives Matter at School movement. Continue reading
The Voting Booth Book — Fiction. By Brandy Colbert. 2020. 304 pages. A novel for high school students that centers on voting rights — weaving in a myriad of voter suppression tactics and the importance of everyone playing a role in fighting for the right to vote. Continue reading
“Riots,” Racism, and the Police: Students Explore a Century of Police Conduct and Racial Violence Teaching Activity. By Ursula Wolfe-Rocca. Students explore three documents produced in the wake of three major episodes of racial violence (1919, 1967, 2014) to understand the long trajectory of police violence in Black communities. Continue reading
Teaching Climate Disobedience: Using the Film Necessity in the Classroom Teaching Activity. By Ursula Wolfe-Rocca. A lesson about multiple cohorts of climate activists: Indigenous leaders in the Climate Justice Movement, valve turners using civil disobedience to stop the flow of oil, and the legal team that uses the “necessity defense” in the courts. Continue reading
How the Word Is Passed: A Reckoning with the History of Slavery Across America Book — Non-fiction. By Clint Smith. 2021. 336 pages. An examination of how monuments and landmarks represent — and misrepresent — the central role of slavery in U.S. history and its legacy today. Continue reading
Teaching Gloria E. Anzaldúa: Pedagogy and Practice for Our Classrooms and Communities Book — Non-fiction. Edited by Cantú-Sánchez, de León-Zepeda, and Cantú. 2020. 360 pages. Essays on the first-hand use of Gloria E. Anzaldúa's theories in classrooms and community environments. Continue reading
Disobedience and Democracy: Nine Fallacies on Law and Order Book — Non-fiction. By Howard Zinn. 1968. A cogent defense of civil disobedience. Continue reading
The Southern Mystique Book — Non-fiction. By Howard Zinn. 1964. In one of his earliest published works, Howard Zinn writes about his experiences teaching and organizing with the Civil Rights Movement in the South. Continue reading
Biddy Mason Speaks Up Book — Non-fiction. By Arisa White and Laura Atkins. 2019. 112 pages. An illustrated children's book tells the story of real-life champion for civil rights Bridget "Biddy" Mason. Continue reading
Justice in Everyday Life: The Way It Really Works Books — Non-fiction. Howard Zinn. 1974. Howard Zinn's book on the way justice really works in the U.S. and how it can change for the better. Continue reading
Failure to Quit: Reflections of an Optimistic Historian Book - Non-fiction. By Howard Zinn. 1993. A medley of sharp ideas about law, war, history, and determination come together in this collection. Continue reading
Asian Americans in the People’s History of the United States Profile. Brief profiles of people and events from Asian American and Pacific Islander people's history. Continue reading
Repair: Students Design a Reparations Bill Teaching Activity. By Ursula Wolfe-Rocca. In this activity, students take on the role of activist-experts to improve upon a Congressional bill for reparations for Black people. They talk back to Congress’ flimsy legislation and design a more robust alternative. Continue reading
Who’s to Blame? A People’s Tribunal on the Coronavirus Pandemic Teaching Activity. By Caneisha Mills. This people’s tribunal begins with the premise that a heinous crime is being committed as tens of millions of people’s lives are in danger due to COVID-19. But who was responsible for this crime? Students weigh the evidence. Continue reading
