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By Social Justice Books of Teaching for Change
Reconstruction
Reconstruction, the era immediately following the Civil War and emancipation, is full of stories that help us see the possibility of a future defined by racial equity. Yet the possibilities and achievements of this era are too often overshadowed by the violent white supremacist backlash. Too often the story of this grand experiment in interracial democracy is skipped or rushed through in classrooms across the country. Today — in a moment where activists are struggling to make Black lives matter — every student should probe the relevance of Reconstruction. The books below can help teachers and students uncover the hidden, bottom-up history of this era.
The Zinn Education Project has a #TeachReconstruction campaign that offers lessons for middle and high school, a student campaign to make Reconstruction history visible in their communities, and an annotated list of recommended teaching guides, student friendly books, primary document collections, and films.
The Rise and Fall of the Second American Republic: Reconstruction, 1860-1920
Manisha Sinha
$39.99
$37.19
Steel Drivin' Man: John Henry, the Untold Story of an American Legend
Scott Reynolds Nelson
$16.99
$15.80
Unforgettable Sacrifice: How Black Communities Remembered the Civil War
Hilary N. Green,
Edda L. Fields-Black
$35.00
Freedom Was in Sight: A Graphic History of Reconstruction in the Washington, D.C., Region
Kate Masur,
Elizabeth Clarke
$24.00
$22.32
A Day of Blood: The 1898 Wilmington Race Riot (Revised)
Lerae Sikes Umfleet,
Valerie Ann Johnson
$26.00
$24.18
The Journal of Charlotte L. Forten: A Free Negro in the Slave Era
Charlotte L. Forten,
Brenda Stevenson,
Ray A. Billington
$23.95
Remembering Reconstruction: Struggles Over the Meaning of America's Most Turbulent Era
Carole Emberton,
Bruce E. Baker,
W. Fitzhugh Brundage
$57.50
Beyond Freedom: Disrupting the History of Emancipation
Jim Downs,
David W. Blight,
Richard S Newman,
$29.84
Freedom: Volume 2, Series 1: The Wartime Genesis of Free Labor: The Upper South: A Documentary History of Emancipation, 1861 18
Ira Berlin,
Steven F. Miller,
Joseph P. Reidy
$66.68
I Saw Death Coming: A History of Terror and Survival in the War Against Reconstruction
Kidada E. Williams
$30.00
$27.90
Stephen A. Swails: Black Freedom Fighter in the Civil War and Reconstruction
Gordon C. Rhea
$34.95
$32.50
Freedom: A Documentary History of Emancipation, 1861-1867: Series 3, Volume 1: Land and Labor, 1865
Steven F. Miller,
Steven Hahn,
Susan E. O'Donovan,
$92.00
Black and White: Land, Labor, and Politics in the South
T. Thomas Fortune,
Robin D. G. Kelley,
Seth Moglen
$17.99
$16.73
The Death of Reconstruction: Race, Labor, and Politics in the Post-Civil War North, 1865-1901
Heather Cox Richardson
$37.00
The Dunning School: Historians, Race, and the Meaning of Reconstruction
John David Smith,
J Vincent Lowery,
Eric Foner
$46.00
Reconstruction
By Social Justice Books of Teaching for Change
Reconstruction, the era immediately following the Civil War and emancipation, is full of stories that help us see the possibility of a future defined by racial equity. Yet the possibilities and achievements of this era are too often overshadowed by the violent white supremacist backlash. Too often the story of this grand experiment in interracial democracy is skipped or rushed through in classrooms across the country. Today — in a moment where activists are struggling to make Black lives matter — every student should probe the relevance of Reconstruction. The books below can help teachers and students uncover the hidden, bottom-up history of this era.
The Zinn Education Project has a #TeachReconstruction campaign that offers lessons for middle and high school, a student campaign to make Reconstruction history visible in their communities, and an annotated list of recommended teaching guides, student friendly books, primary document collections, and films.
The Rise and Fall of the Second American Republic: Reconstruction, 1860-1920
Manisha Sinha
Hardback
$39.99
$37.19
Steel Drivin' Man: John Henry, the Untold Story of an American Legend
Scott Reynolds Nelson
Paperback
$16.99
$15.80
Unforgettable Sacrifice: How Black Communities Remembered the Civil War
Hilary N. Green,
Edda L. Fields-Black
Paperback
$35.00
Freedom Was in Sight: A Graphic History of Reconstruction in the Washington, D.C., Region
Kate Masur,
Elizabeth Clarke
Paperback
$24.00
$22.32
Savings and Trust: The Rise and Betrayal of the Freedman's Bank
Justene Hill Edwards
Hardback
$29.99
$27.89
A Day of Blood: The 1898 Wilmington Race Riot (Revised)
Lerae Sikes Umfleet,
Valerie Ann Johnson
Paperback
$26.00
$24.18
The Journal of Charlotte L. Forten: A Free Negro in the Slave Era
Charlotte L. Forten,
Brenda Stevenson,
Ray A. Billington
Paperback
$23.95
The Emancipation Circuit: Black Activism Forging a Culture of Freedom
Thulani Davis
Paperback
$29.95
$27.85
Remembering Reconstruction: Struggles Over the Meaning of America's Most Turbulent Era
Carole Emberton,
Bruce E. Baker,
W. Fitzhugh Brundage
Hardback
$57.50
Administering Freedom: The State of Emancipation After the Freedmen's Bureau
Dale Kretz
Paperback
$45.94
Beyond Freedom: Disrupting the History of Emancipation
Jim Downs,
David W. Blight,
Richard S Newman,
Paperback
$29.84
Freedom: Volume 2, Series 1: The Wartime Genesis of Free Labor: The Upper South: A Documentary History of Emancipation, 1861 18
Ira Berlin,
Steven F. Miller,
Joseph P. Reidy
Paperback
$66.68
I Saw Death Coming: A History of Terror and Survival in the War Against Reconstruction
Kidada E. Williams
Hardback
$30.00
$27.90
Stephen A. Swails: Black Freedom Fighter in the Civil War and Reconstruction
Gordon C. Rhea
Hardback
$34.95
$32.50
Freedom: A Documentary History of Emancipation, 1861-1867: Series 3, Volume 1: Land and Labor, 1865
Steven F. Miller,
Steven Hahn,
Susan E. O'Donovan,
Paperback
$92.00
Black and White: Land, Labor, and Politics in the South
T. Thomas Fortune,
Robin D. G. Kelley,
Seth Moglen
Paperback
$17.99
$16.73
To Walk about in Freedom: The Long Emancipation of Priscilla Joyner
Carole Emberton
Hardback
$28.95
$26.92
Black Over White: Negro Political Leadership in South Carolina During Reconstruction
Thomas Holt
Paperback
$33.59
The Death of Reconstruction: Race, Labor, and Politics in the Post-Civil War North, 1865-1901
Heather Cox Richardson
Paperback
$37.00
The Dunning School: Historians, Race, and the Meaning of Reconstruction
John David Smith,
J Vincent Lowery,
Eric Foner
Hardback
$46.00