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Civics/Government

Drawing the Vote: A Graphic Novel History for Future Voters by Tommy Jenkins

• This graphic novel looks at the history of voting rights in the United States

Why The People: The Case of Democracy by Beka Feathers 

• This graphic novel discusses democracy and how people play a role in maintaining it.

Fault Line in the Constitution: The Graphic Novel: The Framers, Their Fights and the Flaws that affect us today by Cynthia Levinson 

• This graphic novel looks at the Constitution, the issues that the Constitution presents, and how to fix those issues. 

American History 

In the Shadow of the Fallen Towers: The Seconds, Minutes, hours, Days, Weeks, Months, and Years after the 9/11 attacks by Don Brown

• This graphic novel discusses the aftermath of September 11th. 

Kent State: Four Dead in Ohio by Derf Backderf

• This graphic novel discusses when the Ohio National Guard gunned down unarmed college students protesting the Vietnam War. 

Red Scare by Liam Francis Walsh

• This graphic novel details growing up during the Red Scare and living with the rumors of communist spies.

Passport by Sophia Glock 

• This graphic novel details the life of Sophia Glock and her life of growing up abroad as her family works for the CIA, most of which was in Central America 

Battle Lines by Ari Kelman

• This graphic history captures human stories of the Civil War, gorgeously drawn and expertly told in a series of graphic newspaper excerpts. Check out the integration of Matthew Brady's original Civil War photography.

World History 

Irena. Book One, Wartime Ghetto by Jean David Morvan

• This graphic novel a social worker in the Warsaw ghetto in the early days of German occupation. How she saves Jewish children by smuggling them out

When Stars Are Scattered by Victoria Jamieson- 

• This graphic novel is a memoir of living in a refugee camp after soldiers attack their village in Somalia. 

The Unwanted: Stories of the Syrian Refugees by Don Brown

• This graphic novel is a look at the Syrian Refugee Crisis. 

Black History 

Victory. Stand! Raising My Fist for Justice by Tommie Smith. 

• This graphic novel is the story of Tommie Smith, who, in 1968, during the medal ceremony at the Mexico City Olympics, protested racial injustices against African Americans. 

Across the Tracks: Remembering Greenwood, Black Wall Street, and the Tulsa Race Massacre by Alverne Ball 

• This graphic novel discusses a time of both prosperity and horrendous violence for Black Americans. Detailed timelines and essays for today's learner are included. 

The Murder of Emmett Till by Karlos Hill 

• This graphic novel discusses the murder of Emmett Till and the events before and after. 

Run: Book One and Run: Book Two by John Lewis 

• Run Book One and Book Two discuss the life of Congressman John Lewis' fight for civil rights. 

Satchel Paige: Striking out Jim Crow by James Sturm  

• This graphic novel discusses the career of Negro League Baseball pitcher Satchel Paige.

Women's History 

Anne Frank's Diary: The Graphic Adaptation by Ari Folman  

• This authorized graphic biography of Anne Frank's diary introduces a new generation of young readers to this classic of Holocaust literature. This adaptation of Anne Frank's Diary of a Young Girl for a young readership maintains the integrity and power of the original work.

Brazen: Rebel Ladies Who Rocked the World by Bagieu, Pénélope

• First appearing as a comic strip in the French daily Le Monde, this volume features 29 women whose histories span time, geography, and circumstance.

Indigenous Peoples' History 

Ghost River: The Fall and Rise of the Conestoga by Lee Francis  

• This open-source digital graphic novel was part of Redrawing History: Indigenous Perspectives on Colonial America, supported by The Pew Center for Arts & Heritage.

Braiding Sweetgrass, YA Edition by Robin Wall Kimmerer and Monique Gray Smith

• This YA (Young Adult) adaptation of Kimmerer's text reinforces how wider historical and ecological understanding stems from listening to the earth's oldest teachers: the plants around us.

Asian American History 

Messy Roots: A Graphic Memoir of a Wuhanese American  

• This graphic novel recounts growing up as a young Chinese immigrant in a small town in Texas, cultural and social adaptations, and racial discrimination. 

The American Dream? A Journey of Route 66 by Shing Yin Khor 

• This graphic novel has Shing Tun Khor discussing growing up in Malaysia, what she thought America meant, and seeing what it really seems like, embarking on a road trip across the United States, and pursuing the American dream.

They Called Us Enemy by George Takei

• This graphic novel is George Takei recounting his childhood imprisoned in an American Concentration Camp for Japanese Americans during WWII. 

LGBTQ+ History 

History Comics: The Stonewall Riots Making a Stand for LGBTQ Rights by Archie Bongiovanni

• Explore the Stonewall Riots firsthand and meet iconic activists protesting during the police raids that made the struggle for LGBTQ rights front-page news.

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