Teaching Materials Archive

Black Indians: A Hidden Heritage

Book — Non-fiction. By William Loren Katz. 2012. 272 pages.
History book for ages 10 to adult that traces relations between Blacks and American Indians since the time of the conquest.

The Admirable Radical: Staughton Lynd and Cold War Dissent, 1945–1970

Book — Non-fiction. By Carl Mirra. Foreword by Howard Zinn. 2010. 240 pages.
Story of Staughton Lynd, one of the most visible figures of the New Left, from 1945-1970.

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

Book — Non-fiction. By Marjorie Murphy. 1992. 304 pages.
The history of unionization of teachers.

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

Book — Non-fiction. Edited by Milton Meltzer. 1987. 224 pages.
First hand accounts and primary documents on the American Revolution.

Caribbean Connections: The Dominican Republic

Book — Non-fiction and Fiction. Edited by Gallin, Glasser, Santana. 2005. 250 pages.
Reader-friendly overview of the history, politics, and culture of the fourth largest Latino community in the United States.

Chew on This

Book — Non-fiction. By Eric Schlosser. 2006. 318 pages.
Geared to the young consumer, takes a bite out of fast-food industry.

Claudette Colvin: Twice Toward Justice

Book — Non-fiction. By Phillip Hoose. 2010. 160 pages.
The story of Claudette Colvin, a teenager who refused to give up her seat in the year leading up to the Montgomery Bus Boycott.

Colonialism in the Americas: A Critical Look

Book — Non-fiction. By Susan Gage. 1991. 51 pages.
Graphic/comic book tackles history of colonialism in the Americas.

Colonialism in Asia: A Critical Look

Book — Non-fiction. By Susan Gage. 1993. 52 pages.
Comic book tackles the history of colonialism in India, the Philippines, and Vietnam.

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.

The Confederate and Neo-Confederate Reader: The “Great Truth” about the “Lost Cause”

Book — Non-fiction. Edited by James W. Loewen and Edward H. Sebesta. 2010. 484 pages.
Primary documents on the causes of the Civil War.

Dangerous Memories: Invasion and Resistance Since 1492

Book — Non-fiction. By Golden, McConnell, Poppen, and Mue. 1991. 272 pages.
Essential text on U.S. history; includes many primary sources on people's movements.

Death in the Haymarket: A Story of Chicago, the First Labor Movement and the Bombing that Divided Gilded Age America

Book — Non-fiction. By James Green. 2007. 400 pages.
History of the late 19th century labor movement.

A Different Mirror: A History of Multicultural America

Book — Non-fiction. By Ronald Takaki, with a foreword by Clint Smith. 2023. 576 pages.
A multicultural history of the United States, in the voices of Indigenous people, African Americans, Jews, Irish Americans, Asian Americans, Latinos, and others.

Climbin’ Jacob’s Ladder: The Black Freedom Movement Writings of Jack O’Dell

Book — Non-Fiction. By Jack O'Dell. Edited and introduction by Nikhil Pal Singh. 2010. 334 pages.
Essays and background on Jack O'Dell, one of the great intellectuals of the 20th century labor movement and Civil Rights Movement who continued to provide keen analysis into the early 21st century.

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.