Speak Out, Sit Down, Stand Up, March for What You Believe: Resistance and Civil Disobedience
Using the books on this list, start a conversation about how anyone can take action to make social changes. Throughout the history of the U.S., resistance, protests and civil disobedience here and elsewhere have played an essential role in our democracy and in many of the social reforms that we all take for granted today. Please note the appropriate age range of the books you choose to share with your children.
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¡Si, Se Puede! / Yes, We Can!: Janitor Strike in L.A.
by Diana Cohn, Paul Mirocha, and Francisco Delgado
7 Resources2 Awards

The Ballot Box Battle
11 Resources1 Award

Brave Girl: Clara and the Shirtwaist Makers' Strike of 1909
by Michelle Markel and Melissa Sweet
25 Resources8 Awards


Children of the Civil Rights Era
3 Resources1 Award

Claudette Colvin: Twice Toward Justice
36 Resources11 Awards


The First Step: How One Girl Put Segregation on Trial
by Susan E. Goodman and E.B. Lewis
18 Resources7 Awards


Frederick Douglass: The Lion Who Wrote History
by Walter Dean Myers and Floyd Cooper
21 Resources3 Awards

Frederick's Journey: The Life of Frederick Douglass
by Doreen Rappaport and London Ladd
10 Resources3 Awards


Freedom Walkers: The Story of the Montgomery Bus Boycott
17 Resources10 Awards

Granddaddy's Turn: A Journey to the Ballot Box
by Michael S. Bandy, Eric Stein, and James Ransome
17 Resources2 Awards




I Could Do That!: Esther Morris Gets Women the Vote
by Linda Arms White and Nancy Carpenter
11 Resources3 Awards

I Dissent: Ruth Bader Ginsburg Makes Her Mark
by Debbie Levy and Elizabeth Baddeley
39 Resources11 Awards



Kids on Strike!
10 Resources3 Awards

Let It Shine: Stories of Black Women Freedom Fighters
by Andrea Davis Pinkney and Stephen Alcorn
18 Resources4 Awards


Lion Island: Cuba's Warrior of Words
25 Resources5 Awards


Not My Idea: A Book about Whiteness
10 Resources1 Award

Preaching to the Chickens: The Story of Young John Lewis
by Jabari Asim and E.B. Lewis
21 Resources6 Awards

Sit-In: How Four Friends Stood Up by Sitting Down
by Andrea Davis Pinkney and Brian Pinkney
27 Resources4 Awards


Sojourner Truth: Ain't I a Woman?
by Patricia C. McKissack and Fredrick McKissack
12 Resources3 Awards

Strike!: The Farm Workers' Fight for Their Rights
15 Resources6 Awards



We Rise, We Resist, We Raise Our Voices
by Wade Hudson, Cheryl Willis Hudson, and Tony Medina
29 Resources5 Awards

We Shall Overcome: A Song That Changed the World
by Stuart Stotts and Terrance Cummings
12 Resources2 Awards

We Shall Overcome: The Story of a Song
by Debbie Levy and Vanessa Brantley-Newton
18 Resources2 Awards

We've Got a Job: The 1963 Birmingham Children's March
28 Resources10 Awards

When Marian Sang: The True Recital of Marian Anderson
by Pam Muñoz Ryan and Brian Selznick
27 Resources6 Awards
