History

Profiles of girls from all over the globe (and all over history) who took brave risks and changed the world while still…

Michael Azerrad is a music journalist who humanized Kurt Cobain in Come As You Are. This book, however, deserves a…

A profusely illustrated, popularly-written volume with original comic art, FDR and the New Deal For Beginners will shed…

This book looks broadly at historical transgender activism in the post-WWII US and its continued efforts in the modern…

This brief but comprehensive biography of Franz Kafka and summary of many of his works, all illustrated by R. Crumb,…

The lore of the early days of hip hop has become the stuff of myth, so what better way to document this fascinating,…

Modern photography mixed with historical images and representations of death through the eyes of the Paris catacombs as…

As a great athlete faced with great prejudices, Jackie Robinson became the first black player to join a major-league…

Racism (and specifically anti-blackness) is not an accident of U.S. history; it was designed to be an integral part of…

A fascinating look at the linguistic history of pronouns in English, tracing the rise and fall of the universal "he,"…

"This is not a history book...at least not like any history book you read in school." This is imaginative remix of…

A graphic novel history of the Apollo, the legendary African-American theater and performance review that was central…

Little Harriet was born into slavery on a plantation in Maryland. Though life had many obstacles, Harriet persisted in…

In Ancient Rome, all the best stories have one thing in common—murder. Romulus killed Remus to found the city, Caesar…

This book highlights some of the unique and horrifying remedies used throughout society in the progression of modern…

On this here ship, we follow the pirate's code: No frolikin' in the bilges, no songs about scurvy, and most important,…

In 1989, Narmada Bachao Andolan (Save Narmada Movement), formed to protest the damming of the Narmada River, which…

Two fiery activists, organizers, movement founders, and writers who began, throughout the gritty reality of…

The Dil Pickle Club was an underground literary nightspot in Chicago from 1914-1933, home to hobohemians, Newberry…

Erik Ruin's homage to the 17th century British revolutionaries who created small agrarian communities in hopes of…

Crass (1977-1984) was a group of artists, activists, writers, filmmakers, and musicians that banded together using punk…

In the early 1700s, Queen Nanny and the Windward Maroons used guerrilla warfare to defeat the British from the mountains…

Grace Paley, 1922–2007. Poet laureate, educator, peace activist, feminist, short story writer. "It is the…

"Yes I was a slave and I'll say this to the whole world: Slavery was the worst curse ever visited on the people of the…

Power Up!Corita Kent was a radical educator, silkscreen printing pop artist, and activist agitator whose pedagogical and…

Jamal Joseph, formerly known as Eddie Joseph, was on track to graduate from high school and begin a college education at…

As the only girl and the only Native America to journey with Lewis and Clark and co. through the wild and unfamiliar…

International Ladies’ Garment Workers Union: “We’d rather starve quick than starve slow.”The ILGWU was a driving…

Elizabeth “Mum Bett” Freeman of Stockbridge, Massachusetts, was the first slave to win her freedom in court on human…

This history gives us the colorful backstory of the all-time bestselling commercial game in the world: Monopoly. Over…