Further Reading Book List for Movements for Equality
Non-Fiction Texts with Aligned Themes and Topics
Additional Books about Activism
- Grandpa’s Corner Store by DyAnne DiSalvo-Ryan
- Milo’s Museum by Zetta Elliott
- No Voice Too Small: Fourteen Young Americans Making History by Lindsay H. Metcalf, Keila V. Dawson, Jeanette Bradly
- The Cat Man of Aleppo by Karim Shamsi-Basha, Irene Latham
- The Streets are Free by Kurusa (550L)
Civil Rights Movement
- Freedom on the Menu by Carole Boston Weatherford (AD660L)
- Nobody Gonna Turn Me ‘Round: Stories and Songs of the Civil Rights Movement by Doreen Rappaport
- Pies from Nowhere: How Georgia Gilmore Sustained the Montgomery Bus Boycott by Dee Romito (890L)
- The Teachers March! How Selma’s Teachers Changed History by Sandra Neil Wallace, Rich Wallace
Fighting for Women's Rights
- Ballots for Belva: The True Story of a Woman’s Race for President by Sudipta Bardhan-Quallen
- Bold and Brave: Ten Heroes Who Won Women the Right to Vote by Kirsten Gillibrand, Maira Kalman
- Elizabeth Started All the Trouble by Doreen Rappaport (790L)
- I Could Do That! Esther Morris Gets Women the Vote by Linda Arms White
- Ida B. Wells: Let the Truth Be Told by Walter Dean Myers
- Lillian’s Right to Vote by Jonah Winter
- What Do You Do with a Voice Like That? The Story of Extraordinary Congresswoman Barbara Jordan by Chris Barton
Indigenous Water Protectors
- Nibi is Water by Joanne Robertson
LGBTQ+ Movement
- Sewing the Rainbow: A Story about Gilbert Baker by Gayle E. Pitman
- This Day in June by Gayle E. Pitman
- When You Look Out the Window: How Phyllis Lyon and Del Martin Build a Community by Gayle E. Pitman
Labor Movement
- Cesar: !Sí, Se Puede! Yes, We Can! by Carmen Bernier-Grand
- Joelito’s Big Decision by Ann Berlak
- Journey for Justice: The Life of Larry Itliong by Dawn Bohulano Mabalon
- Memphis, Martin, and the Mountaintop: The Sanitation Strike of 1968 by Alice Faye Duncan
- Side by Side: The Story of Dolores Huerta and Cesar Chavez by Monica Brown (900L)
- That’s Not Fair!: Emma Tenayuca's Struggle for Justice by Carmen Tafolla, Sharyll Teneyuca
- Undocumented: A Worker’s Fight by Duncan Tonatiuh
People with Disabilities Rights
- Benny Doesn’t Like to be Hugged by Zetta Elliott
- Just Ask! by Sonia Sotomayor
- Silent Star: The Story of Deaf Major Leaguer William Hoy by Bill Wise
- The Black Book of Colors by Menena Cottin
- The Doctor with an Eye for Eyes: The Story of Dr. Patricia Bath by Julia Finley Mosca (530L)
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