Back when I was in high school, I absolutely loved reading about big events in history. You know, those monumental times that make a country what it is. But I've found that high school history books brush over civil rights specifically and don't tell the whole story. The oppressors don't want to paint themselves as the bad guys, and the only things that get remembered are the easily marketable wins.
I want to read something real. Maybe the oppressed win, maybe they don't, but there's so much more to it than the last moment that turned public opinion. Would prefer US history since that's where I'm from, but totally open to other countries and cultures. Definitely want something more modern though – nothing as far back as castles and sieges.
by SgtSilverLining
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A Black Women’s History of the United States by Daina Ramey Berry
Asian American Histories of the United States by Catherine Ceniza Choy
Miss Major Speaks by Toshiba Meronek and Miss Major
A Queer History of the United States by Michael Bronski
The Deviant’s War by Eric Cervini
A Disability History of the United States by Kim E. Nielsen
An Afro-Indigenous History of the United States by Kay T. Mays
The Literature of Japanese American Incarceration edited by Frank Abe
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Everyone should read the Robert Caro LBJ books, but Master of the Senate especially grapples with the history of civil rights and the question of political ideals versus practical politics. The whole last third of the book is about the passage of the civil rights act of 1957.