BIPOC Histories
Histories and biographies centering Black, Indigenous and POC leaders, influencers, and everyday people.
Black History for Beginners
Covering a rich history often ignored, Denise Dennis chronicles the struggle from capture and enslavement in Africa…
An Indigenous Peoples' History of the United States
In An Indigenous Peoples’ History of the United States, Dunbar-Ortiz adroitly challenges the founding myth of the…
The Book of Awesome Black Americans: Scientific Pioneers, Trailblazing Entrepreneurs, Barrier-Breaking Activists and Afro-Futurists
It's a sad and undeniable truth that in the educational system, there is a downplaying of the history and…
Hidden Figures
The phenomenal true story of the black female mathematicians at NASA whose calculations helped fuel some of America’s…
The Assassination of Fred Hampton: How the FBI and the Chicago Police Murdered a Black Panther
Fans of the Malcolm X's autobiography will enjoy this expose of Fred Hampton's life and the role that the police and FBI…
World's Fastest Man: The Extraordinary Life of Cyclist Major Taylor, America's First Black Sports Hero
At the end of the 19th Century a young black man called Major Taylor swept the new, hugely popular sport of competitive…
Major Taylor: World Champion
"Hey Lance!" is something people shout at Fred a lot as he bikes down the road. He would much prefer to be compared to…
Major Taylor poster
Major Taylor was an African American cyclist who won the World One Mile Track Cycling Championship in 1899. He set…
Unforgivable Blackness: The Rise and Fall of Jack Johnson
The biography of heavyweight US boxing champ Jack Johnson, a Black sports celebrity who came out of poverty in the Jim…
Escaping the Delta: Robert Johnson and the Invention of the Blues
Escaping the Delta is about the life of blues legend Robert Johnson, one of the greatest figures in blues history.…
500 Years of Indigenous Resistance
The history of the colonization of the Americas by Europeans is often portrayed as a mutually beneficial process, in…
500 Years of Resistance Comic Book
This graphic novel is often brutal, always thought-provoking. Through captivating and haunting imagery, The 500 Years of…
Citizen 13660
Evocative and emotionally-expressive illustrations, each paired with a caption that show life in a US internment camp…
Chicano Movement for Beginners
As the heyday of the Chicano Movement of the late 1960s to early 70s fades further into history and as more and more of…
Black Panthers for Beginners
The late 1960s, when the Panthers captured the imagination of the nation’s youth, was a time of regulation. While…
Black Women for Beginners
There are over 519 million Black Women on the planet Earth. There are Black Women on each of the seven continents, in…
Black Holocaust for Beginners
From the start of the European slave trade around the year 1500 through the U.S. Civil War in 1865, 15…
Civil Rights for Beginners
In this illustrated introduction, Paul Von Blum chronicles the Civil Rights movement in America, beginning with the…
Run For It: Stories Of Slaves Who Fought For Their Freedom
Millions of Bantus were forcibly transported to Brazil and enslaved from the 1500's-1800's. Run For It tells the stories…
Six Days in Cincinnati: A Graphic Account of the Riots That Shook the Nation a Decade Before Black Lives Matter
This is the graphic history of the 2001 Cincinnati riots, told for the first time from the perspective of the…
Bicycle Culture Rising #4: How Kittie Knox Made Bicycling for Everyone
In the 1890s, bicycling was a cultural activity for the wealthy elite, with a bicycle costing about twenty weeks of a…
Basquiat
The dazzling, provocative work of Jean-Michel Basquiat (1960–1988) would come to define the vibrant New York art scene…
Frida Kahlo
Explore the incredible life of Frida Kahlo, one of the greatest artists of all time as well as a radical thinker,…
Madam C.J. Walker Builds a Business
From the world of Good Night Stories for Rebel Girls comes a story based on the life of Madam C.J. Walker—America’s…
The Power of Her Pen: The Story of Groundbreaking Journalist Ethel L. Payne
In the early 1900s, Ethel Payne was the daughter of a Pullman Porter with an ear for good stories. She grew up to be…
Muhammad Ali
A graphic novel detailing the life of Muhammad Ali - who he was before he became a legendary boxer and activist, as well…
Harold, the People's Mayor: The Biography of Harold Washington
Harold, the People's Mayor is the authorized biography of Chicago's first black mayor, written by the late civil rights…
An Autobiography of Black Chicago
This is a history of Chicago's African-American community through the personal experiences of late civil rights…
Violence Girl: East L.A. Rage to Hollywood Stage, a Chicana Punk Story
The coming-of-age memoir of Alicia Armendariz, aka Alice Bag, taking us on a journey through her violent, male-dominated…
Paul Robeson for Beginners
An exceptional scholar, lawyer, athlete, stage and screen actor, linguist, singer, civil rights and political activist,…
Angela Davis: An Autobiography
Originally published in 1974 and written when Angela Davis was 25, this is a fine telling of the situations and struggle…
Assata Shakur is Free poster
Targeted by law enforcement as the “soul” of the militant Black Liberation Movement, accused (and acquitted) of…
Assata: An Autobiography
With her hands raised on a New Jersey turnpike, Assata Shakur (godmother of Tupac) was shot by state troopers, claiming…
Malcolm X poster
“Armed with the knowledge of our past we can charter a course for our future. Only by knowing where we’ve been can…
Malcolm X for Beginners
Powerful narrative and graphics tell the story of Malcolm X's life, his journey of self-discovery, his far-reaching…
March (Trilogy Slipcase Set)
Discover the inside story of the Civil Rights Movement through the eyes of one of its most iconic figures, Congressman…
MARCH: Book 3
Congressman Lewis' firsthand account of the civil rights era concludes with images of steely-eyed police, motion, and…
Phoolan Devi: Rebel Queen
A big, full-color graphic novel about India's beloved modern-day Robin Hood. Sold into marriage at 11, she escaped to…
Portland Black Panthers: Empowering Albina and Remaking a City
In Portland, Oregon, "America's whitest major city," the local Black Panther movement in the 1960s addressed racial…
Power to the People: The World of the Black Panthers
In this incredible comprehensive account of the Black Panther movement, get first-hand accounts from people at ground…
100 African Americans Who Shaped American History
A collection of short biographies of 100 influential African Americans who changed history, from the earliest days of…
Young Gifted and Black: Meet 52 Black Heroes from Past and Present
Short bios, relevant quotes, and vividly colorful illustrations combine to spotlight 52 of history’s black…
Little Leaders: Bold Women in Black History
Let these 40 women who changed the world inspire you and your kiddo to aim for great heights. From Alice Ball the…
Facing Frederick: The Life of Frederick Douglass, a Monumental American Man
Frederick Douglass lived a huge life—abolitionist, newspaper reporter, women's rights activist, diplomat, politician,…
Ballots and Bullets: Black Power Politics and Urban Guerrilla Warfare in 1968 Cleveland
With some mystery, history, violence, black liberation, and important questions on police brutality and the ethics of…
Bicycle/Race: Transportation, Culture, & Resistance
Bicycle/Race paints an unforgettable picture of Los Angeles—and the United States—from the perspective of two…
You Don't Play With Revolution: The Montreal Lectures of C.L.R. James
As the author of not only the seminal work on the Haitian Revolution, The Black Jacobins, but also the finest book ever…
Young C.L.R. James
This graphic novelette illustrates the early years of C.L.R. James, the son of a family of teachers and in later years…
Harriet Tubman for Beginners
Harriet Tubman's name has gone down in history for her escape from slavery and many subsequent trips back to help others…
They Can't Kill Us All: The Story of the Struggle for Black Lives
Conducting hundreds of interviews during the course of over one year reporting on the ground, Washington Post writer…
From #BlackLivesMatter to Black Liberation
Police murders of Black people no longer go unnoticed in the public eye and the violence of racism can no longer be…
Rest in Power: The Enduring Life of Trayvon Martin
Years after his tragic, shocking murder, Travyon Martin’s name is still evoked every day. He has become a symbol of…
Party Music: The Inside Story of the Black Panthers' Band and How Black Power Transformed Soul Music
Connecting the black music tradition with the black activist tradition, Party Music brings both into greater focus than…
The History of Gangster Rap: From Schoolly D to Kendrick Lamar, the Rise of a Great American Art Form
I think we all remember where we were the first time we heard Ice-T bellowing “COP KILLAH!!!” And then he…
Billie Holiday
Born in Philadelphia in 1915, and dead too early in New York in 1959, Billie Holiday became a legendary jazz singer,…
Keep On Pushing: Black Power Music From Blues to Hip-Hop
Music has historically been an important part of the fights for civil rights. In Keep On Pushing, Denise Sullivan tells…
The Bartender's Best Friend: A Complete Guide to Cocktails, Martinis, and Mixed Drinks
This newly revised 2nd edition provides 850 alphabetized recipes for alcoholic beverages with problem-solving tips and…
Women of Color & Feminism
An in-depth look at feminism from the perspective of race. Rojas, a Latina from a working class background, draws on…
Understanding Jim Crow: Using Racist Memorabilia to Teach Tolerance and Promote Social Justice
For many people in modern America, it is difficult to understand what it was like to be an African American living under…
1491: New Revelations of the Americas Before Columbus
Contrary to what Americans learn in school, the pre-Columbian Indians were not sparsely settled in a pristine…
1493: Uncovering the New World Columbus Created
From the bestselling author of 1491, this is a deeply engaging new history of how European settlements in the…
Bessie Stringfield: Tales of the Talented Tenth, no. 2
Bessie Stringfield, the Motorcycle Queen of Miami, was a pioneer in motorcycling and led an extraordinary life. An…
Strange Fruit, Volume I: Uncelebrated Narratives from Black History
Collecting stories from early African American history, this comic shows how people succeeded in the face of slavery…
Strange Fruit, Volume II: More Uncelebrated Narratives from Black History
This graphic novel contains true stories of unknown American heroes. Collecting stories from early African American…
The Nez Perce Indians (Simple History Series)
A good hard look at the Nez Perce, also known as the Nimiipuu (or "the real people."). Over the course of 48 heavily…
Hawaii (1778-1959): From Western Discovery to Statehood
Hawaii tells the story of an uncharted melting pot of cultures, homogenized and “conquered” by the United States. It…
Patch #142All Power to the People (Black Panther Party)
An old standby image from the Black Panthers; an African American civil rights and self-defense organization, active…