The Rise and Fall of Jim Crow
Film. 2002. 4 episodes — 56 minutes each.
Documentary on the history of the Jim Crow era.
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Documentary on the history of the Jim Crow era.
Rights Matter: The Story of the Bill of Rights
Teaching Guide. By Nancy Murray. 2006. 69 pages.
A free, downloadable, student-friendly booklet on the Bill of Rights, available in English and Spanish.
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A free, downloadable, student-friendly booklet on the Bill of Rights, available in English and Spanish.
A People’s History of the United States: Highlights from the Twentieth Century (Audio)
Audio. By Howard Zinn. Read by Matt Damon. 2003. 8 hours, 44 minutes.
Audio book version of excerpted highlights from A People's History of the United States.
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Audio book version of excerpted highlights from A People's History of the United States.
Unconstitutional: The War on Our Civil Liberties
Film. By Nonny de la Peña. 2004. 69 minutes.
A documentary that investigates the ways in which the civil liberties of U.S. citizens and immigrants have been rolled back since 9/11/2001 and the passage of the Patriot Act.
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A documentary that investigates the ways in which the civil liberties of U.S. citizens and immigrants have been rolled back since 9/11/2001 and the passage of the Patriot Act.
Satchel Paige: Striking Out Jim Crow
Book — Fiction. By James Sturm and Rich Tommaso with an introduction by Gerald Early. 2007. 96 pages.
Told from the point of view of a sharecropper, this narrative in graphic novel format follows baseball champion Satchel Paige as he travels throughout the segregated South.
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Told from the point of view of a sharecropper, this narrative in graphic novel format follows baseball champion Satchel Paige as he travels throughout the segregated South.
Little Brother
Book — Fiction. By Cory Doctorow. 2008. 384 pages.
A contemporary novel for teenagers that explores Homeland Security and freedom of speech in the post-9/11 United States.
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A contemporary novel for teenagers that explores Homeland Security and freedom of speech in the post-9/11 United States.
A Young People’s History of the United States: Revised and Updated
Book — Non-fiction. By Howard Zinn, adapted by Rebecca Stefoff with additions by Ed Morales. 2022. 544 pages.
A young adult version of the best-selling A People’s History of the United States.
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A young adult version of the best-selling A People’s History of the United States.
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.
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One of the first texts, now a classic, on Brown v. Board of Education.
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.
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Extensive oral history of African American life under segregation.
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.
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This comic book presents the human stories behind the statistics.