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Presents a comprehensive examination of the treatment of the African-American troops of the 369th Infantry and the 77th Division of mostly Jewish immigrants following their return home after World War One, and describes their lost of liberty and basic civil rights during the Jim Crow Era.

Chronicles the life of African-American physician and civil rights advocate Edward Craig Mazique, discussing his childhood, schooling, personal relationships, career achievements, and more.

A collection of essays in which leading authorities examine the legal and cultural oppression of non-Muslims in Islamic societies.

Presents volume one of a three-volume series that covers the history of racism in America, and contains a number of alphabetically-arranged essays from A to H that addresses topics such as Indian displacement, slavery and abolition, racial profiling, Civil Rights movement, cultural genocide, and much more.

Presents an examination of acculturation, ethnicity, and multiculturalism in the United States, and discusses immigration, class, and religion and how American culture was shaped from the cultures of Europe, much of Asia, Africa, Pre-Columbian America, and Latin America.

Argues that the 1954 Supreme Court decision in Brown v. Board of Education which brought a legal end to segregation has had little effect in reality and is instead getting worse, having a negative impact not only on African-Americans, but also middle-income whites and other groups who cannot afford the so-called American dream.

Examines the lives of immigrants in Boston from 1790 to 1880, discussing the process of arrival in the city, the physical and economic adjustment, the development of group consciousness, hostility toward the Irish, and the city's eventual relative stability.

Presents a collection of over fifteen hundred quotes from historical and contemporary poets, novelists, activists, musicians, and political leaders, including Margaret Cho, Edwidge Danticat, and Ch?gyam Trungpa, on topics of social change and justice, colonization, racism, gender, identity, and more.

An introduction to immigration and migration in Texas and how it influences the culture of the state.