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Duchess Harris, Rebecca Rissman
A structured introduction to race and policing, combining historical context with current issues and discussion of possible improvements in police-community relationships.
Nikki Giovanni, Bryan Collier
A concise historical account centres on Parks’s refusal and places it in the civil rights movement. The book also uses cut-paper images alongside Nikki Giovanni’s text.
Joy Hakim
A broad account of post-1945 US history, with civil rights at its centre and political, social and cultural developments also in view.
Joy Hakim
This offers a broad, story-led route through United States history, connecting people, political decisions, social change, exploration, war and international affairs across multiple volumes. The focus is informational rather than fictional.
Juan Felipe Herrera
A visually presented introduction to Hispanic and Latino American figures whose work spans culture, public life, science, sport and the arts. It offers short life sketches rather than one continuous narrative.
Kate Pankhurst
A lively introduction to women’s contributions across history and different fields, presented through colourful illustrations, short profiles, facts and quotations. Its page-by-page structure supports dipping in, revisiting individual figures and noticing links between personal achievement and wider social change.
This is a personal investigation into relatives who vanished during the Holocaust. Rosen follows clues, disappointments and discoveries, while poems and family materials give emotional and historical shape to what happened.
Jeff Burlingame
A focused introduction to Malcolm X’s activism and public leadership, set against systemic racism and civil-rights history. Its documents and reference features may help readers connect biography with historical evidence.
Jerome Pohlen
A chronological introduction to LGBT civil-rights history, told through people’s experiences, major struggles and contributions. Its creative activities make the subject participatory, while the historical scope connects earlier activism with more recent events.
David Roberts
Choose this deliberately as an introduction to LGBTQ+ history and activism; its subject should be clear before a family decides to read it.
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