Social Activists
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A River Is Made: From South Waziristan to Kabul, Dubai, and Des Moines, Iowa – An Afghan Refugee’s Journey from War to Belonging in America
$16.99 Add to cartA River is Made is the true story of a life carried across borders, wars, and generations, told through the eyes of its author, Fazal Moneer Adil. From South Waziristan to Kabul, Dubai, and Des Moines… [more below]
- Author: Adil, Fazal Moneer
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 238
- Publish Date: November 11 2025
- ISBN10: 9798993234403
- Language: English
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Malala Yousafzai: Champion for Education (Rookie Biographies)
$5.95 Add to cartMeet Malala Yousafzai!
Fact-filled Rookie Read-About Biographies introduce the youngest readers to influential women and men, both past and present. Colorful photos and age appropriate text encourage c… [more below]
- Series: Rookie Biographies
- Author: Shepherd, Jodie
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 32
- Publish Date: January 15 2016
- ISBN10: 0531226360
- Language: English
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Frederick’s Journey: The Life of Frederick Douglass
$9.99 Read moreThis “riveting biography” (Kirkus Reviews) presents a thought-provoking portrait of celebrated human rights activist Frederick Douglass.
Frederick Douglass was born into slavery. He was taken from hi- Series: A Big Words Book #8
- Author: Rappaport, Doreen
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 48
- Publish Date: December 04 2018
- ISBN10: 1484749596
- Language: English
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Against the Current: Father Tom Oddo and the New American Catholic
$26.99 Add to cartAnnotated Chapter Overview
Prologue Set on October 29, 1989, the Prologue recounts the fatal accident that claimed Tom Oddo’s life and the immediate impact on the University of Portland community.
Part … [more below]
- Author: Bieber, Tyler
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 304
- Publish Date: December 12 2025
- ISBN10: 9798986566450
- Language: English
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Truth and Consequence: Reflections on Catastrophe, Civil Resistance, and Hope
$29.99 Add to cartFrom the legendary Pentagon Papers whistleblower and anti-war activist-a posthumous collection of Daniel Ellsberg’s previously unpublished writings that offers a window into his courageous life, work,
- Author: Ellsberg, Daniel
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 400
- Publish Date: March 03 2026
- ISBN10: 1639735518
- Language: English
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The River of No Return: The Autobiography of a Black Militant and the Life and Death of Sncc
$19.99 Add to cartThe classic memoir by Cleveland Sellers that offers a behind-the-scenes glimpse into his volunteer work with the Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee (SNCC) during the 1960s civil rights movement
- Author: Sellers, Cleveland L.
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 304
- Publish Date: August 11 2023
- ISBN10: 0062824317
- Language: English
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Get Home Safe: A Guide to Self-Defense and Building Our Collective Power
$21.99 Add to cartGrounded in her experience as a blackbelt, self-defense instructor, and globally recognized organizer, Rana Abdelhamid offers a bold, urgent roadmap to a safer world
Abdelhamid wants every woman and- Author: Abdelhamid, Rana
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 320
- Publish Date: February 24 2026
- ISBN10: 1643757032
- Language: English
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This Thug’s Life
$30.00 Add to cartThe first-ever insider account of the Shakur family, the iconic hip hop group T.H.U.G. L.I.F.E., and the life and death Tupac Shakur – written by Mopreme Shakur, the legendary rapper’s big brother and… [more below]
- Author: Shakur, Mopreme
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 320
- Publish Date: February 24 2026
- ISBN10: 1496760581
- Language: English
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Nine Lives: My Risky Road
$19.95 Add to cartIn this tell-all memoir, a woman in her eighties, born during the Great Depression to Jewish immigrants, unveils her intimate self-transformations in the course of nine decades. Determined at an early
- Author: Kahane, Claire
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 286
- Publish Date: June 03 2025
- ISBN10: 1962416828
- Language: English
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The Memoirs of Andr? Trocm?: The Pastor Who Rescued Jews
$29.95 Add to cartA unique addition to the literature of ethical action during the Holocaust. . . . Trocm?’s story, available in English here for the first time, teaches us how to act when we are sure of nothing. —Kir
- Author: Trocmé, André
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 480
- Publish Date: September 23 2025
- ISBN10: 1636081592
- Language: English
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Trayecto: Mi Historia de Migraci?n
$9.99 Add to cartWhen Luis Onofre Valencia was five years old, his father lost his business and was forced to leave Mexico for the United States to find work. Devastated, Luis and his family struggled to keep afloat.
- Series: I, Witness
- Author: Onofre Valencia, Luis
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 160
- Publish Date: August 12 2025
- ISBN10: 1324082615
- Language: Spanish
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Nonviolent: A Memoir of Resistance, Agitation, and Love
$36.00 Add to cartThe posthumous memoir of Rev. James Lawson Jr., peer of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr., mentor to Congressman John Lewis and the Freedom Riders, and the principal architect of a nonviolent resistance move… [more below]
- Author: Lawson, James
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 688
- Publish Date: February 17 2026
- ISBN10: 0593596242
- Language: English
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When People Were Things: Harriet Beecher Stowe, Abraham Lincoln, and the Emancipation Proclamation
$36.99 Add to cartDuring the three decades before the American Civil War, Southern slaveholders tried to end the anti-slavery movement. They exerted their influence by censoring the press and the mail, attacking and ki
- Author: Rogers, Lisa Waller
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 682
- Publish Date: September 01 2025
- ISBN10: 9798999409621
- Language: English
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John Brown, Abolitionist: The Man Who Killed Slavery, Sparked the Civil War, and Seeded Civil Rights
$18.95 Add to cartAn authoritative new examination of John Brown and his deep impact on American history.Bancroft Prize-winning cultural historian David S. Reynolds presents an informative and richly considered new exp… [more below]
- Author: Reynolds, David S.
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 592
- Publish Date: November 14 2006
- ISBN10: 0375726152
- Language: English
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Not Your Founding Father: How a Nonbinary Minister Became America’s Most Radical Revolutionary
$30.00 Add to cartA thrilling celebration of a forgotten early American renegade, Not Your Founding Father reconsiders just how radical the American experiment could have been.
Early in the morning of October 9, 1776–- Author: Sankovitch, Nina
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 400
- Publish Date: January 20 2026
- ISBN10: 1982178701
- Language: English
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Tina: The Dog Who Changed the World (Children’s Edition)
$18.99 Add to cartThe story of a special friendship with Tina the rescue golden retriever, now adapted for children from the blockbusting worldwide bestseller! Packed with new photos! Buy a book and save a doggo today!… [more below]
- Author: Harbison, Niall
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 224
- Publish Date: November 11 2025
- ISBN10: 0008798869
- Language: English
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Injustice Town: A Corrupt City, a Wrongly Convicted Man, and a Struggle for Freedom
$29.95 Add to cartThe powerful story of a falsely imprisoned man and a sweeping indictment of a city and the criminal justice system by a Pulitzer-prize winning journalist.
When the bodies of two Black men were found- Author: Tulsky, Rick
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 432
- Publish Date: February 03 2026
- ISBN10: 9798897100422
- Language: English
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Seven Million Steps: The True Story of Dick Gregory’s Run for the Hungry
$19.99 Add to cartFrom award-winning creators, Derrick Barnes, Frank Morrison, and Dr. Christian Gregory comes the true story of comedian and activist Dick Gregory’s remarkable Food Run of 1976.
1 man. 1,011 hours. 3,2
- Author: Barnes, Derrick
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 40
- Publish Date: February 03 2026
- ISBN10: 0063357526
- Language: English
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Writing Toward Justice: The Life and Reporting of Alice A. Dunnigan
$19.99 Add to cartMeet Alice Dunnigan, a pioneering Black journalist, who spoke truth to power–and earned the respect of President Harry S. Truman.
An inspiring nonfiction picture book for kids ages 7-10 from award-wi- Author: Thomas, Peggy
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 40
- Publish Date: January 27 2026
- ISBN10: 1662680899
- Language: English
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Inspiring Others
$12.99 Add to cartYoung Changemakers is an inspirational series all about real kids from around the globe doing extraordinary things to make a difference in their communities and the world!
Inspiring Others is filled wi
- Series: Young Changemakers
- Author: Bauer, Stacy C.
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 40
- Publish Date: August 05 2025
- ISBN10: 1464223025
- Language: English
