Below are books Teaching for Change recommends on Washington, D.C. The ones with reviews are noted with an asterisk (*).
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Ablaze with Color: A Story of Painter Alma Thomas
By Jeanne Walker Harvey and Loveis Wise (Illustrator)
Adventures in Ana Park (Books by Teens #23)
By Kahliya Ruffin, Trevon Evans, Liu Light (Illustrator)
Childtimes: A Three-Generation Memoir
By Eloise Greenfield, Jerry Pinkney (Illustrator), Lessie Jones Little
Passenger on the Pearl: The True Story of Emily Edmonson's Flight from Slavery *
By Winifred Conkling
Philip Reid Saves the Statue of Freedom
By Steven Sellers Lapham, Eugene Walton, and R. Gregory Christie (Illustrator)
Between Freedom and Equality: The History of an African American Family in Washington, DC
By Barbara Boyle Torrey and Clara Myrick Green
Black Georgetown Remembered: A History of Its
By Kathleen M. Lesko, Samuel Harvey (Foreword by), Valerie Babb (With)
Chocolate City: A History of Race and Democracy in the Nation's Capital
By Chris Myers Asch and George Derek Musgrove
Coming of Age in Jim Crow DC
By Paula C. Austin
NYU Press article written by the author: Tracing Black Lives Matter Back in Time
City of Magnificent Intentions: A History of Washington, District of Columbia
Melder, Keith E.; Stuart, Melinda Young; Stuart, Melinda Young [Editor]
DC Jazz: Stories of Jazz Music in Washington, DC
By Maurice Jackson (Editor), Blair A. Ruble (Editor)
Fighting to Breathe: Race, Toxicity, and the Rise of Youth Activism in Baltimore
By Nicole Fabricant
First Class: The Legacy of Dunbar, America's First Black Public High School
By Alison Stewart, Melissa Harris-Perry (Foreword by)
Growing Up in Washington, D.C.:: An Oral History
By Historical Society of Washington D. C., Edited By Jill Connors
The Guide to Black Washington, Revised Illustrated Edition
By Sandra Fitzpatrick, Maria R. Goodwin, Adele Logan Alexander (Introduction by)
In the Shadow of Freedom: The Politics of Slavery in the National Capital
By Paul Finkelman (Editor), Donald R. Kennon (Editor)
Indigenous DC: Native Peoples and the Nation's Capital
By Elizabeth Rule
Mary McLeod Bethune in Washington, D.C.: Activism and Education in Logan Circle
By Ida E. Jones, Elizabeth Clark-Lewis (Foreword by)
The Nats and the Grays: How Baseball in the Nation's Capital Survived WWII and Changed the Game Forever
By David E. Hubler, Joshua H. Drazen
