race discrimination

Collects twenty-seven essays that offer varying perspectives on issues related to racial profiling, debating if it exists, the profiling of Arab Muslims during the War on Terror, if it is generally justifiable, and its consequences.

Answers questions children often ask about racism, discussing what it is, where racist ideas come from, gangs, the effects of racism, how to make things better, and related topics.

Provides in-depth analysis of the life, works, career, and critical importance of American writer, John Howard Griffin.

Traces the history of African-Americans in the military from the Boston Massacre in 1770 in which Crispus Attucks, a runaway slave, became the first casualty of the American Revolution, through the Gulf War.

Shows that racism has shaped our world historically and continues to affect the lives of people around the globe; also discusses the struggle against discrimination.

Text and photographs identify discrimination and discuss the struggle of African-Americans for equality in education, employment, and other areas of life.

Text and photographs discuss the effect discrimination has had and continues to have upon Native American peoples.

Examines racism and racial discrimination in the United States, and the individuals and organizations who have acted against it.

A history of discriminatory segregation laws of the American South from the end of the Civil War to the passage of the 1965 Civil Rights Act.

Argues that the United States' incarceration rate is a direct result of the nation's history of racial oppression, which has led to a more punitive society and a continuation of racial hierarchies.