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July 27, 2026 (June 30, 2026)

Celebrating 250 Years in Books: 21st Century Edition

AMERICA250 american history Reading List
Together, We Make History. University of Illinois Press.

Join us in celebrating the United States from its beginnings
in the best way we know how — BOOKS!

We’re concluding our journey through time with some featured titles
from our American History, 21st Century list.

Whose Beloved Community?
The Intersections of Black and LGBTQ Civil Rights
Author: Edited by Dwight A. McBride, Beverly Guy-Sheftall, and Justin A. Joyce Reparations and Reparatory Justice
Past, Present, and Future
Author: Edited by Sundiata Keita Cha-Jua, Mary Frances Berry, and V. P. Franklin

American Oligarchy
The Permanent Political Class
Author: Ron Formisano Whose America?
U.S. Immigration Policy since 1980
Author: Edited by Maria Cristina Garcia and Maddalena Marinari

Power and Just Transitions
Struggles for a Post-Coal Future in an Appalachian Valley
Author: John Gaventa and Gabe Schwartzman In the Spirit of Alinsky
Community Organizing's Fight to Strengthen Democracy
Author: Robert T. Gannett Jr.

Do All the Good You Can
How Faith Shaped Hillary Rodham Clinton's Politics
Author: Gary Scott Smith COMPUGIRLS
How Girls of Color Find and Define Themselves in the Digital Age
Author: Kimberly A. Scott

New Indians, Old Wars
Author: Elizabeth Cook-Lynn Marching Dykes, Liberated Sluts, and Concerned Mothers
Women Transforming Public Space
Author: Elizabeth Currans

What Work Is
Author: Robert Bruno The Pandemic and the Working Class
How US Labor Navigated COVID-19
Author: Edited by Nick Juravich and Steve Striffler

Disconnected
Call Center Workers Fight for Good Jobs in the Digital Age
Author: Debbie J. Goldman Hedged
How Private Investment Funds Helped Destroy American Newspapers and Undermine Democracy
Author: Margot Susca


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