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• Before 13th

  a Graphic Novel

  Ralph, Michael,

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  Reimagines the real-life conflict between Frederick Douglass and Ida B. Wells, and the controversies surrounding the Thirteenth Amendment.

• Black Arms to Hold You Up

  a History of Black Resistance

  Passmore, Ben

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  Readers will tumble through more than a century of armed resistance against the state alongside Ben—and meet firsthand the mothers and fathers of the movement, whose stories were as tragic as they were heroic.

• The Black Panther Party

  a Graphic Novel History

  Walker, David, 1968-

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  Captures the major events, people, and actions of the party, as well as their cultural and political influence and enduring legacy.

• Drawing the Vote

  An Illustrated Guide to Voting in America

  Jenkins, Tommy, 1972-

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  Looks at the history of voting rights in the U.S., and how it has affected the way we vote today.

• Drowned City

  Hurricane Katrina & New Orleans

  Brown, Don, 1949-

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  Captures both the tragedy and triumph of one of the worst natural disasters in American history.

• Escape to Gold Mountain

  a Graphic History of the Chinese in North America

  Wong, David H. T., 1959-

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  Based on historical documents and interviews with elders, this is a vivid history of the Chinese in their search for 'Gold Mountain' (the Cantonese colloquialism for North America) as seen through the eyes of the Wong family.

• The Forgotten Man

  a New History of the Great Depression : Graphic Edition

  Shlaes, Amity,

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  Offers a striking reinterpretation of the Great Depression, tracing the mounting agony of the New Dealers and the moving stories of individual citizens.

• Kent State

  Four Dead in Ohio

  Backderf, Derf, 1959-

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  On May 4, 1970, the Ohio National Guard gunned down unarmed college students protesting the Vietnam War at Kent State University. A story about the bitter price of dissent—as relevant today as it was in 1970.

• Lies My Teacher Told Me

  a Graphic Adaptation

  Loewen, James W.,

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  Offers an eye-opening critique of existing textbooks, and a retelling of U.S. history as it should—and could—be taught to students.

• Okinawa

  Higa, Susumu, 1953-

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  Okinawa was once the site most destructive land battle of the Pacific War, Today, the archipelago is Japan's poorest prefecture and unwilling host to 75% of all US military bases in Japan. Available on hoopla.

• An Outbreak of Witchcraft

  a Graphic Novel of the Salem Witch Trials

  Noyes, Deborah,

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  The night Abigail Williams and Betty Paris first accused their servant of witchcraft was only the beginning...

• A People's History of American Empire

  a Graphic Adaptation

  Zinn, Howard, 1922-2010,

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  Adapted from the critically acclaimed chronicle of U.S. history, a study of American expansionism around the world providing an analysis of important events from Wounded Knee to Iraq.

• The Puerto Rican War

  a Graphic History

  Mejias, John Vasquez,

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  Tells the story of the the 1950 insurrection on the island that resulted in 38 deaths and a failed assassination attempt against President Harry S. Truman.

• Revolution by Fire

  New York's Afro-Irish Uprising of 1741 : a Graphic Novel

  Lester, David, 1958-

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  A hypothetical look at the inner workings of the so called "New York Conspiracy" or "Slave Rebellion" of 1741, following the figures who were considered the real-life masterminds of the plot.

• Stamped From the Beginning

  a Graphic History of Racist Ideas in America

  Gill, Joel Christian,

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  Illuminating the lives of five key figures, Kendi reveals how understanding and improving the world cannot happen without identifying and facing the racist forces that shape it.

• Strange Fruit. Volume 1, Uncelebrated Narratives From Black History

  Gill, Joel Christian

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  Offers historical and cultural commentary on nine uncelebrated heroes whose stories are not often found in history books, including Henry "Box" Brown and Bass Reeves.

• Suffrage Song

  the Haunted History of Gender, Race and Voting Rights in the United States of America

  Cass, Caitlin,

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  Explores the multigenerational arc of the movement, humanizing key historical figures from the early days of the suffrage fight and sheds light on less chronicled figures such as Zitkala-Ša and Mabel Ping Hua-Lee.

• Wake

  the Hidden History of Women-led Slave Revolts

  Hall, Rebecca, 1963-

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  Constructs the likely pasts of Adono and Alele, women rebels who fought for freedom during the Middle Passage, as well as the stories of women who led slave revolts in Colonial New York.

• Washington's Gay General

  the Legends and Loves of Baron Von Steuben

  Trujillo, Josh,

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  Explores his career in the Prussian Army, recruitment by Benjamin Franklin, his work alongside General Washington at the Battle of Valley Forge, and his eventual decline into obscurity. Available on hoopla.

• We Hereby Refuse

  Japanese American Resistance to Wartime Incarceration

  Abe, Frank, 1951-

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  Shares the stories of Jim Akutsu, Hiroshi Kashiwagi, and Mitsuye Endo, just three of the many Japanese Americans who refused to submit to imprisonment in U.S. concentration camps without a fight.