Author |
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Title |
Summary |
Allport |
Gordon |
The Nature of Prejudice |
Dr. Allport examines many aspects
of prejudice: including its roots in individual and social psychology,
its varieties of expression, its impact on individuals and communities.
Dr. Allport looks at religious, ethnic, economic, sexual, as
well as racial prejudice, and offers suggestions for reducing
the effects of discrimination.. |
Appiah |
Anthony |
Color Conscious, The Political Morality
of Race |
Anthony Appiah and Amy Gutmann examine
the connections between race, culture and identity and explore
the response to racial injustice. |
Ashe |
Arthur |
Days of Grace |
Arthur Ashe's memoir. |
Augenbraum |
Harold |
Growing Up Latino Memoirs and Stories |
Harold Augenbraum and Ilan Stavans
bring together short stories and articles on the Latino experience
in the United States by twenty-five authors. |
Barber |
Benjamin |
Strong Democracy |
Benjamin Barber examines the idea
that an excess of liberalism has undone democratic institutions
in the United States. |
Bennett |
Lerone |
Before the Mayflower: A History
of Black America |
Lerone Bennett, Jr. traces black
history from its origins in Western African, through slavery,
reconstruction, the civil rights movement, to the 1990's. |
Berlin |
Ira |
Remembering Slavery |
Book and audio cassettes of interviews conducted
in the 1930's with individuals who experienced slavery. |
Bernbach |
Jeffrey |
Job Discrimination II, How to Fight...How to
Win |
Guide for workers on how to fight unlawful discrimination. |
Branch |
Taylor |
Parting the Waters, America in the King Years
1954-63 |
Taylor Branch's Pulitzer prize winning book covers
the early years of the civil rights movement. |
Branch |
Taylor |
Pillar of Fire, America in the King Years 1963-65 |
Taylor Branch's second volume of his America
in The King Year trilogy covers the civil rights movement at
its zenith. |
Brown |
Dee |
Bury My Heart at Wounded Knee, An
Indian History of the American West |
Dee Brown uses council records,
autobiographies and first hand descriptions from the Dakota,
Ute, Sioux, Cheyenne tribes to describe native American history
during the second half of the 19th century. |
Castillo-Speed |
Lillian |
Latina Women's Voices From the Borderlands |
Lillian Castillo-Speed brings together
short stories, essays and excerpts from novels by thirty-one
Latina writers. |
Chan |
Sucheng |
Asian Americans An Interpretive
History |
Sucheng Chan examines the Asian
American experience, weaving together the stories of Americans
of Chinese, Japanese, Korean, Filipino and Asian Indian ancestry
from the mid-nineteenth century to the present. |
Clark Hine |
Darrlene |
Shining Path of Hope |
Darlene Clark Hine and Kathleen
Thompson examine the history of African American women in the
United States. |
Collins |
David |
Not Only Dreamers |
David Collins covers the life and
work of Martin Luther King Sr. and Martin Luther King Jr. |
Cose |
Ellis |
Color-Blind, Seeing Beyond Race
in a Race Obsessed World |
Ellis Cose tackles such difficult
questions as whether a race neutral society is truly possible
and whether the United States can surmount past racism. |
Du Bois |
W.E.B. |
The Souls of Black Folk |
W.E.B. Dubious examines the meaning
of being black in the United States at the beginning of the twentieth
century. |
Duvall |
Lynn |
Respecting Our Differences |
Lynn Duvall helps readers examine their attitudes
and beliefs towards race and ethnicity. |
Dykstra |
Robert |
Bright Radical Star, Black Freedom
and White Supremacy on the Hawkeye Frontier |
Robert Dykstra examines racism in
19th century Iowa. |
Fries |
Kenny |
Staring Back, The Disability Experience From
the Inside Out |
Kenny Fires brings together a collection of non-fiction,
poetry, fiction and drama by 38 authors with disabilities. |
Gates |
Henry |
The Norton Anthology African American
Literature |
Henry Louis Gates Jr. and Nellie
McKay bring together over 500 works by African American authors. |
Golden |
Marita |
Skin Deep, Black Women & White
Women Write About Race |
Marita Golden and Susan Richards
Shreve bring together an anthology of women writers which covers
the wide spectrum of the female experience as it relates to race,
matters of identity, child rearing, friendship and the unity
and competition between black and white women's struggles for
equality. |
Hacker |
Andrew |
Two Nations: Black and White Separate,
Hostile, Unequal |
In this updated edition Andrew Hacker
explores why racial disparities exist in income, employment,
and education in the United States. |
Harding |
Vincent |
There is a River |
Vincent Harding examines the history
of blacks in America from the beginnings on the coast of West
Africa to the Civil War. |
Harjo |
Joy |
Reinventing the Enemy's Language,
Contemporary Native Women's Writings of North America |
Joy Harjo and Gloria Bird bring
together works by over eighty writers from nearly 50 nations. |
Hong |
Maria |
Growing Up Asian American |
Maria Hong brings together articles
and short stories by thirty-two Asian American writers including
Amy Tan and Toshio Mori. |
Horton |
Lois |
In Hope of Liberty |
James Horton and Lois Horton provide
a history the lives of blacks in the United States from 1700
to 1860. |
Hubbard |
Edward |
Measuring Diversity Results |
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Jennings |
Francis |
The Founders of America From the
Earliest Migrations to the Present |
Francis Jennings examines the history
of native Americans from the early migrations from Siberia, through
the rise of city states in Mexico and Peru, to the twentieth
century. |
Johnson |
Charles |
Africans in America |
Companion book to the PBS series examining "America's
journey through slavery." |
Kennedy |
Randall |
Race, Crime, and the Law |
Mr. Kennedy examines the relationship
between race and the US judicial system. He the examines the
use of racial criteria in jury selection, as well as the relationship
between race and the death penalty. |
Kozol |
Jonathan |
Savage Inequalities |
Jonothan Kozol examines race and
education in the United States. |
Lerner |
Greda |
Black Women in White America |
Professor Lerner brings together
a collection documentary sources on the lives of African American
women from 1811 to 1971. |
Massey |
Douglas |
American Apartheid |
Dr. Massey and Dr. Denton examine
the link between segregation in American cities and poverty among
African Americans in the United States. |
Mazel |
Ella |
And don't call me a racist! |
"A treasury of quotes on the past, present and future of
the color line in America." |
Millman |
Joel |
The Other Americans |
Joel Millman examines the contribution
immigrants have made to the success of the Unites States. |
Oates |
Stephen |
Let The Trumpet Sound, The Life
of Martin Luther King Jr. |
Stephen Oates covers the life of
Martin Luther King Jr. from his birth to his death. |
Rochman |
Hazel |
Against Borders: Promoting Books
For a Multicultural World |
Hazel Rochman provides readers with
a list of over 100 books dealing with race and ethnicity. |
Rowan |
Carl |
Dream Makers, Dream Breakers |
Biography of Justice Thurgood Marshall. |
Sertima |
Ivan Van |
They Came Before Columbus |
Ivan Van Sertima examines the presence
and legacy of Black Africans in Ancient America. |
Shipler |
David |
A Country of Strangers, Blacks and
Whites in America |
David Shipler explores the psychological
landscape where blacks and whites meet. He examines stereotypes
and the competing impulses of integration and segregation. |
Shorris |
Earl |
Latinos |
Earl Shorris examines the many nationalities
and cultures of Latinos in the US including their origin and
history. |
Sigelman |
Lee |
Black Americans' View of Racial
Inequality: The Dream Deferred |
Lee Sigelman and Susan Welch examine
the perceptions of African Americans on the issues of race and
inequality. |
Sleeper |
Jim |
Liberal Racism |
Jim Sleeper examines the idea that
the movement away from the promotion of a color-blind society
to that of promoting diversity is better seen as a type of racism. |
Sterling |
Dorothy |
Freedom Train |
Dorothy Sterling's children's book
of the life of Harriet Tubman. |
Taylor |
Theodore |
The Cay |
Theodore Taylors' fictional work
looks at the idea of race from a child's perspective. |
Villasenor |
Victor |
Rain of Gold |
Victor Villasenor parallel's stories
of his two families and two countries, the United States and
Mexico. |
West |
Cornell |
Race Matters |
Cornel West examines such topics
as black-Jewish relations, affirmative action and the crisis
of black leadership. |
Williams |
Juan |
Eyes on the Prize, America's Civil
Rights Years 1954-1965 |
Eyes on the Prize is the companion
book to the PBS television series. It covers the school desegregation,
the Montgomery bus boycott and more. |
Williams |
Gregory |
Life on the Color Line |
Gregory Howard Williams describes
the experience of looking white and growing up in a black community. |
Winborne |
Wayne |
Intergroup Relations in the United States: research
Perspectives |
Intergroup Relations reviews recent research
in the fields of public opinion. It also covers policy debates
related to immigration, hate crimes and affirmative action. |
Young-Bruehl |
Elisabeth |
The Anatomy of Prejudice |
Elisabeth Young-Bruehl surveys the
study of prejudice since World War II. |
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Race and the Criminal Justice System |
This Center for Equal Opportunity
report brings together articles by fifteen authors on the role
race plays in the judicial process including jury selection and
decisions. |
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Police Protection of the African
American Community in Milwaukee |
This 1994 report by the Wisconsin
Advisory Committee to the United States Commission on Civil Rights
is a result of a fact finding meeting between the mayor, the
police, elected and appointed officials, academic researchers,
community leaders and individuals from Milwaukee. |