The Wall, by Peter Sis

The Wall: Growing Up Behind the Iron Curtain
by Peter Sis
56 pages
©2007
New York: Farrar, Straus and Giroux
ISBN 9780374347017

Through My Eyes, by Ruby Bridges

Through My Eyes
by Ruby Bridges
64 pages
©1999
New York: Scholastic
ISBN 9780590189231

Alvin Ailey, by Andrea Davis Pinkney

Alvin Ailey
by Andrea Davis Pinkney
illustrated by Brian Pinkney
32 pages

©1993
New York: Hyperion
ISBN 9781562824136

MAUS, by Art Spiegelman

MAUS I: A Survivor's Tale: My Father Bleeds History 
by Art Spiegelman

New York: Pantheon, 1986
160 pages. Ages 12-18.

ISBN 9780394747231

Hammerin’ Hank Greenberg, by Shelley Sommer

Hammerin’ Hank Greenberg: Baseball Pioneer
by Shelley Sommer

New York: Calkins Creek, 2011
132 pages. Ages 10-14.
ISBN 9781590784525

Persepolis, by Marjane Satrapi

Persepolis: The Story of a Childhood
by Marjane Satrapi
Paris: Pantheon, 2003
160 pages. Ages 12-17.
ISBN 9780375714573

Sojourner Truth's Step-Stomp Stride, by Andrea Davis Pinkney

Sojourner Truth's Step-Stomp Stride
by Andrea Davis Pinkney
illustrated by Brian Pinkney
32 pages
2009
New York: Disney Jump at the Sun Books
ISBN 9780786807673

Romare Bearden: Collage of Memories, by Jan Greenberg

Romare Bearden: Collage of Memories
by Jan Greenberg
artwork by Romare Bearden
©2003
New York, Harry N. Abrams
ISBN 0-8109-4589-4