America250 and Teach Truth
In honor of the 250th Anniversary of the United States and Teach Truth Day of Action, check out one of these books that explore a more complete and honest version of American history. Books on the list include frequently-banned history books, recommendations from the Zinn Education Project, and more. List created by Librarians at The Seattle Public Library; all annotations provided by the publisher.
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The Constitutional Bind
An eye-opening account of how Americans came to revere the Constitution and what this reverence has meant domestically and around the world.
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The Worst Trickster Story Ever Told
The Worst Trickster Story Ever Told provides an irreverent, entertaining synthesis of Native American legal history across more than 100 years, reflecting on race, power, and sovereignty along the way.
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The Color of Law
The Color of Law offers “the most forceful argument ever published on how federal, state, and local governments gave rise to and reinforced neighborhood segregation” (William Julius Wilson).
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The Chosen and the Damned
A sweeping chronicle placing race at the center of Native American U.S. history, from the award-winning author of This Land Is Their Land.
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Black Evidence
A fierce exposé of the resistance to believing Black people and its devastating effects throughout American history.
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How the Word Is Passed
This “important and timely” (Drew Faust, Harvard Magazine) #1 New York Times bestseller examines the legacy of slavery in America—and how both history and memory continue to shape our everyday lives.
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A Black Queer History of the United States
The first-ever Black history to center queer voices, this landmark study traces the lives of LGBTQ+ Black Americans from slavery to present day.
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Redeem A Nation
In Redeem a Nation, we follow Solomon-Simmons’s fight for justice, from the courtrooms of Tulsa to our nation’s capital, representing three centenarians: the last survivors of the Tulsa Race Massacre.
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A Young People's History of the United States
A Young People’s History of the United States tells the stories of workers, enslaved people, immigrants, women, Black people, Latino Americans, Asian Americans, American Indians, and others often left out of textbooks who have been among the driving forces of our nation’s history.
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A Resistance History of the United States
Revisit the Salem Witch Trials, the Underground Railroad, and other resistance movements of American history to get a bold new understanding of how resistance shaped our past—and how its principles can change our future.
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