minorities

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minorities

The great migrations

1880s-1912
1993
Describes the massive wave of immigration experienced by the United States between 1880 and World War I and the experiences of the immigrants from Europe, the Middle East, and Asia.

Multicultural picturebooks

art for illuminating our world
2005
Profiles picture books for students in kindergarten through fourth grade that can introduce students to multiculturalism and its impact on society.

Sugar

2008
Dominican baseball star Miguel "Sugar" Santos is recruited to play in the U.S. minor-leagues.

Ethnic America

a history
1981
Traces the history of nine American ethnic groups and explains their varied experiences in adapting to American society.

Endangered peoples of Africa and the Middle East

struggles to survive and thrive
2002
Explores how environmental, demographic, economic, and political changes in Africa and the Middle East are threatening fourteen endangered cultures.

Debating affirmative action

race, gender, ethnicity, and the politics of inclusion
1994
America's leading commentators in government, business, and academia identify important ambiguities in the complex issue over race and gender equality.

Connecting cultures

a guide to multicultural literature for children
1996
An annotated listing of 1,637 multicultural fiction, folklore, poetry, and song books suitable for use with children from preschool through sixth grade, each including bibliographic information, use level, cultural/regional designation, a summary, and subject headings. Organized alphabetically by author's surname.

Race and ethnicity

2001
Contains a collection of essays on racial and ethnic relations in America focusing on issues of inequality, diversity, race and gender, and racial-identity politics among African and Native Americans, Asians, Hispanics, as well as European immigrants.

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