Book — Non-fiction. By Howard Zinn, edited by Anthony Arnove. 2012. 384 pages.
Speeches spanning several decades that convey Zinn's analysis of history and politics with wit and wisdom.
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Book — Non-fiction. By Lise Pearlman. 2012. 800 pages.
Brings to life 20th century court cases and protests that played a major role in U.S. history.
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Book — Non-fiction. By Michele Bollinger and Dao Tran. 2012.
A collection of 101 brief and accessible profiles of rebels, radicals, and fighters for social justice.
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Book — Non-fiction. By Oliver Stone and Peter Kuznick. 2012. 784 pages.
Challenge the prevailing orthodoxies of traditional history books in this look at the U.S. history of empire building.
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Book — Non-fiction. By Luis J. Rodriguez. 2005. 288 pages.
Memoir about a young Chicano gang member surviving the dangerous streets of East Los Angeles.
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Book — Non-fiction. By Howard Zinn. 1990. 408 pages.
A series of case studies and thought-provoking essays arguing for a radical approach to history.
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Book — Non-fiction. By David H. T. Wong. 2012. 240 pages.
A graphic novel that gives a panoramic but also an intimate look at the Chinese experience in North America.
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Book — Non-fiction. By Jeanne Theoharis. 2013. 320 pages.
A revealing window into Rosa Parks’ politics and years of activism.
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Book — Non-fiction. By Larry Salomon. Introduction by Kim Klein. 1998. 176 pages.
Stories of people who fought back against exploitation and injustice — and won.
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Book — Non-fiction. By Bronx Leadership Academy. 2008. 80 pages.
Public high school students turn the tables on high-stakes testers, uncovering the strengths and skills that youth call on every day.
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Book — Non-fiction. By Scott Ellsworth. 1992. 159 pages.
A compelling story of racial ideologies, Southwestern politics, and yellow journalism, and of an embattled Black community's struggle to hold onto its land and freedom.
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Book — Non-fiction. By Richard Drinnon. 1997.
History of American expansion and the infliction of repression and racist tactics on the communities.
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Book — Non-fiction. By Bill Fletcher Jr. 2012. 224 pages.
Scholar and labor organizer Bill Fletcher Jr. unpacks the 21 myths most often cited by anti-labor propagandists.
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Book — Non-fiction. By Leo Huberman, illustrations by Thomas H. Benton. 1932. 371 pages.
A people's history of labor with charts, diagrams, and illustrations.
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Book — Non-fiction (updated edition). By Gary Younge. 2023. 215 pages.
Chronicle behind "The Speech" and other events surrounding the March on Washington.
Teaching Activity by Gary Younge
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Book — Non-fiction. By Robert Forrant and Susan Grabski. 2013. 128 pages.
Images, documents, and quotes tell the story of the 1912 landmark strike.
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Book — Non-fiction. Edited by Andy Lee Roth and Mickey Huff with Project Censored. 2017. 272 pages.
Annual collection of news stories that were underreported in the mainstream media.
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Book — Non-fiction. By Simeon Booker with Carol McCabe Booker. 2013. 334 pages.
Chronicle by Simeon Booker, the first full-time African American reporter for the Washington Post and Jet magazine's White House correspondent, covering half a century of major events that transformed the United States.
Teaching Activity by Simeon Booker with Carol McCabe Booker
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Book — Non-fiction. By Hans Koning. Afterword by Bill Bigelow. 1976. 141 pages.
A biography that gives a true account of Columbus’ life and voyages.
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Book — Non-fiction. Edited by William Loren Katz and Laurie R. Lehman. 2003. 304 pages.
First-person narratives in the context of their times and within the larger picture of U.S. growth and development.
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Book — Non-fiction. Danny Schechter. 2013. 272 pages.
Companion book to the 2013 film about Nelson Mandela, Mandela: Long Walk to Freedom.
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Book — Non-fiction. By Howard Zinn, Kathy Emery, and Ellen Reeves. 2003.
Howard Zinn's original text, abridged for high school students.
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Book — Non-fiction. By Alan Weider. Foreword by Nadine Gordimer. 2013. 464 pages.
Comprehensive biography of South African freedom fighters Ruth First and Joe Slovo.
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Book — Non-fiction. By Myles Horton with Herbert R. Kohl and Judith Kohl. 1997. 167 pages.
History of the role the Highlander Folk School played in the labor and Civil Rights Movements.
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Book — Non-fiction. By David Bacon. 2013. 328 pages.
The story of the growing resistance of Mexican communities to the poverty that forces people to migrate to the United States.
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