U.S. History from the end of the Civil War to the Present: readings
- James Roark et al., The American Promise: A History of the United States Vol. II: From 1865
- William H. Chafe et al (ed.), A History of Our Time (New York: Oxford University Press, sixth
- Alan Brinkley, American History: A Survey, Vol. II: Since 1865
- Colin Gordon, Major Problems in American History, 1920-1945, Documents and Essays
- Robert Griffith, Major Problems in American History, Since 1945, Documents and Essays
- Rose Cohen, Out of the Shadow: A Russian Jewish Girlhood on the Lower East Side
- Richard Wright, Black Boy, Harper Perennial, 1993