Books: Non-Fiction Archives

The Zinn Reader: Writings on Disobedience and Democracy

Book — Non-fiction. By Howard Zinn. 2009. 746 pages.
A volume of essays emphasizing six areas that have been important to Zinn's work since the late 1950s — race, class, war, law, and history.

Artists in Times of War

Book — Non-fiction. By Howard Zinn. 2004. 112 pages.
In this collection of four essays, Zinn writes about the unique role of artists, activists, and publishers in working toward change.

Teaching Activity by Howard Zinn

The Real Cost of Prisons Comix

Book — Non-fiction. By Ellen Miller-Mack, Craig Gilmore, Lois Ahrens, Susan Willmarth, and Kevin Pyle. 2008. 104 pages.
This comic book presents the human stories behind the statistics.

Complicity: How the North Promoted, Prolonged, and Profited from Slavery

Book — Non-fiction. By Anne Farrow, Joel Lang and Jenifer Frank. 2005. 304 pages.
Challenges the misconception that only the South was involved in or profited from slavery.

Waiting ‘Til the Midnight Hour: A Narrative History of Black Power in America

Book — Non-fiction. By Peniel E. Joseph. 2007. 432 pages.
A narrative history of the Black Power Movement.

Teaching Activity by Peniel E. Joseph

Warriors Don't Cry (Book - Non-fiction) | Zinn Education Project

Warriors Don’t Cry: A Searing Memoir of the Battle to Integrate Little Rock’s Senior High

Book — Non-fiction. By Melba Pattillo Beals. 2007. 336 pages.
Story of a teenage girl chosen to integrate Little Rock High School.

We Took the Streets: Fighting for Latino Rights with the Young Lords

Book — Non-fiction. By Miguel Melendez. 2003. 260 pages.
Legacy of the Young Lords in the Puerto Rican struggle for equality and independence.

Teaching Activity by Miguel Melendez

Slave Nation: How Slavery United the Colonies & Sparked the American Revolution

Book — Non-fiction. By Alfred Blumrosen and Ruth Blumrosen. 2006. 304 pages.
A detailed account of the role slavery played in the Revolutionary War and the writing of the U.S. Constitution.

book cover reading "The Eyes on the Prize: Civil Rights Reader"

The Eyes on the Prize Civil Rights Reader: Documents, Speeches, and Firsthand Accounts from the Black Freedom Struggle, 1954–1990

Book — Non-fiction. Edited by Clayborne Carson, David J. Garrow, Gerald Gill, Vincent Harding, and Darlene Clark Hine. 1991. 784 pages
Readings to accompany the film, Eyes on the Prize.

Through My Eyes

Book — Non-fiction. By Ruby Bridges. 1999. 64 pages.
Biography of Ruby Bridges for middle school.

Working: People Talk About What They Do All Day and How They Feel About What They Do

Book — Non-fiction. By Studs Terkel. 2004. 640 pages.
Interviews with people from all walks of life about their work.

History in the Making: An Absorbing Look at How American History Has Changed in the Telling over the Last 200 Years

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.

History Lessons: How Textbooks from Around the World Portray U.S. History

Book — Non-fiction. By Dana Lindaman and Kyle Ward. 2004. 404 pages.
How U.S. history is portrayed in textbooks from around the world.

Not Written in Stone: Learning and Unlearning American History Through 200 Years of Textbooks

Book — Non-fiction. By Kyle Ward. 2010. 368 pages.
A critique of the representation of history in textbooks.

“The Good War”: An Oral History of World War II

Book — Non-fiction. By Studs Terkel. 2004. 608 pages.
Interviews with over 120 people about WWII.

Teaching Activity by Studs Terkel

The First American Revolution: Before Lexington and Concord

Book — Non-fiction. By Ray Raphael. 2003. 288 pages.
The events leading up to the American Revolution.

Remembering Jim Crow: African Americans Tell About Life in the Segregated South

Book — Non-fiction (with CD). Edited by William H. Chafe, Raymond Gavins and Robert Korstad. 2008. 346 pages.
Extensive oral history of African American life under segregation.

Keeping the Promise?: The Debate Over Charter Schools

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.

To Make Our World Anew: A History of African Americans

Book — Non-fiction. Edited by Robin D. G. Kelley and Earl Lewis. 2005. 320 pages.
Comprehensive history of African Americans.

Simple Justice: The History of Brown v. Board of Education and Black America’s Struggle for Equality

Book — Non-fiction. By Richard Kluger. 2004. 880 pages.
One of the first texts, now a classic, on Brown v. Board of Education.

Teaching Activity by Richard Kluger

Resource Type: Books: Non-Fiction

The Zinn Reader: Writings on Disobedience and Democracy

The Real Cost of Prisons Comix

Complicity: How the North Promoted, Prolonged, and Profited from Slavery

Waiting ‘Til the Midnight Hour: A Narrative History of Black Power in America

Warriors Don’t Cry: A Searing Memoir of the Battle to Integrate Little Rock’s Senior High

We Took the Streets: Fighting for Latino Rights with the Young Lords

Slave Nation: How Slavery United the Colonies & Sparked the American Revolution

The Eyes on the Prize Civil Rights Reader: Documents, Speeches, and Firsthand Accounts from the Black Freedom Struggle, 1954–1990

Through My Eyes

Working: People Talk About What They Do All Day and How They Feel About What They Do

History in the Making: An Absorbing Look at How American History Has Changed in the Telling over the Last 200 Years

History Lessons: How Textbooks from Around the World Portray U.S. History

Not Written in Stone: Learning and Unlearning American History Through 200 Years of Textbooks

Keeping the Promise?: The Debate Over Charter Schools

To Make Our World Anew: A History of African Americans

Simple Justice: The History of Brown v. Board of Education and Black America’s Struggle for Equality

Bayard Rustin: Behind the Scenes of the Civil Rights Movement

Refusing Racism: White Allies and the Struggle for Civil Rights

The American Revolutionaries: A History in Their Own Words, 1750-1800

From the Folks Who Brought You the Weekend: A Short, Illustrated History of Labor in the United States

Blackboard Unions: The AFT and the NEA, 1900-1980

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