Picture Books about Social Justice

A picture is worth a thousand words...

We shall overcome : the story of a song
We shall overcome : the story of a song
by Debbie Levy
A sweet smell of roses
A sweet smell of roses
by Angela Johnson
A taste of colored water
A taste of colored water
by Matt Faulkner
A taste of freedom : Gandhi and the great salt march
A taste of freedom : Gandhi and the great…
by Elizabeth Cody Kimmel
Boycott blues : how Rosa Parks inspired a nation
Boycott blues : how Rosa Parks inspired a…
by Andrea Davis Pinkney
Brave girl : Clara and the Shirtwaist Makers' Strike of 1909
Brave girl : Clara and the Shirtwaist…
by Michelle Markel
Gandhi
Gandhi
by Demi.
Giant steps to change the world
Giant steps to change the world
by Spike Lee
Click, clack, moo : cows that type
Click, clack, moo : cows that type
by Doreen Cronin
Harvesting hope : the story of Cesar Chavez
Harvesting hope : the story of Cesar Chavez
by Kathleen Krull
Let freedom sing
Let freedom sing
by Vanessa Brantley-Newton
If a bus could talk : the story of Rosa Parks
If a bus could talk : the story of Rosa Parks
by Faith Ringgold
Malala, a brave girl from Pakistan ; Iqbal, a brave boy from Pakistan
Malala, a brave girl from Pakistan ;…
by Jeanette Winter
Separate is never equal : Sylvia Mendez & her family's fight for desegregation
Separate is never equal : Sylvia Mendez &…
by Duncan Tonatiuh
Sit-in : how four friends stood up by sitting down
Sit-in : how four friends stood up by…
by Andrea Davis Pinkney
sí, se puede! =yes, we can! : janitor strike in l.a.
sí, se puede! =yes, we can! : janitor…
by Diana Cohn
dalai lama :a biography of the tibetan spiritual and political leader
dalai lama :a biography of the tibetan…
by Demi.
Smoky night
Smoky night
by Eve Bunting
This is the dream
This is the dream
by Diane ZuHone Shore
We march
We march
by Shane Evans
Which side are you on? : the story of a song
Which side are you on? : the story of a song
by George Ella Lyon
Dolores Huerta : a hero to migrant workers
Dolores Huerta : a hero to migrant workers
by Sarah E Warren
Voice of freedom : Fannie Lou Hamer, spirit of the Civil Rights Movement.
Voice of freedom : Fannie Lou Hamer,…
by Carole Boston Weatherford
That's not fair! : Emma Tenayuca's struggle for justice = No es justo! : la lucha de Emma Tenayuca por la justicia
That's not fair! : Emma Tenayuca's…
by Carmen Tafolla
Yours for justice, Ida B. Wells : the daring life of a crusading journalist
Yours for justice, Ida B. Wells : the…
by Philip Dray
Malcolm X : a fire burning brightly
Malcolm X : a fire burning brightly
by Walter Dean Myers
Around America to win the vote : two suffragists, a kitten, and 10,000 miles
Around America to win the vote : two…
by Mara Rockliff
I dissent : Ruth Bader Ginsburg made her mark
I dissent : Ruth Bader Ginsburg made her mark
by Debbie Levy
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Let your voice be heard : the life and times of Pete Seeger
Let your voice be heard : the life and…
by Anita Silvey
I have the right to be a child
I have the right to be a child
by Alain Serres
Strange fruit : Billie Holiday and the power of a protest song
Strange fruit : Billie Holiday and the…
by Gary Golio
The youngest marcher : the story of Audrey Faye Hendricks, a young civil rights activist
The youngest marcher : the story of Audrey…
by Cynthia Levinson
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César : sí, se puede!
César : sí, se puede!
by Carmen T Bernier-Grand
A is for activist
A is for activist
by Innosanto Nagara
Counting on community
Counting on community
by Innosanto Nagara
Elizabeth leads the way : Elizabeth Cady Stanton and the right to vote
Elizabeth leads the way : Elizabeth Cady…
by Tanya Lee Stone
On our way to Oyster Bay : Mother Jones and her march for children's rights
On our way to Oyster Bay : Mother Jones…
by Monica Kulling
Rosa
Rosa
by Nikki Giovanni
Someday is now : Clara Luper and the 1958 Oklahoma City sit-ins
Someday is now : Clara Luper and the 1958…
by Olugbemisola Rhuday-Perkovich
ABC of equality
ABC of equality
by Chana Ginelle Ewing
Oh, the things we're for!
Oh, the things we're for!
by Innosanto Nagara
Woke baby
Woke baby
by Mahogany L Browne
No voice too small : fourteen young Americans making history
No voice too small : fourteen young…
Noodlephant
Noodlephant
by Jacob Kramer
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Enough! : 20 protesters who changed America
Enough! : 20 protesters who changed America
by Emily Easton
Memphis, Martin, and the mountaintop : the sanitation strike of 1968
Memphis, Martin, and the mountaintop : the…
by Alice Faye Duncan
Sometimes people march
Sometimes people march
by Tessa Allen
Peaceful fights for equal rights
Peaceful fights for equal rights
by Rob Sanders
If you're going to a march
If you're going to a march
by Martha Freeman
Love is powerful
Love is powerful
by Heather Dean Brewer
Mother Jones and her army of Mill Children
Mother Jones and her army of Mill Children
by Jonah Winter
The teachers march! : how Selma's teachers changed history
The teachers march! : how Selma's teachers…
by Sandra Neil Wallace
Let the children march
Let the children march
by Monica Clark-Robinson
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