Ethnic studies

BLACK POWER!

In the tumultuous decades after the Civil War, as the southern white elite reclaimed power, "e;racial mixing"e; was the central concern of segregationists who strove to maintain "e;racial purity.

Based on extensive archival work, private paper collections, and oral history, this book includes eight of John Kirk's essays, two of which have never been published before.

Called upon for the first time to render military service outside the States, Negro soldiers (called Smoked Yankees by the Spaniards) were eager to improve their status at home by fighting for the white man in the Spanish-American War.

In 1957, President Dwight D.

During the 2016 presidential campaign millions of voters, concerned about the economic impact of illegal immigration, rallied behind the notion of a border wall between the United States and Mexico.

This post-revisionist study examines the motives and the concerns of the ex-slaves in South Carolina who supported a movement that eventually led to white supremacy.

The DREAM Act, bipartisan legislation first introduced in Congress in 2001, would provide conditional residency for undocumented youth brought to the United States as children.

When high jumper Alice Coachman won the high jump title at the 1941 national championships with "e;a spectacular leap,"e; African American women had been participating in competitive sport for close to twenty-five years.

Covering countries ranging from Afghanistan and China to Kazakhstan and Russia, this encyclopedia supplies detailed information and informed perspectives, enabling readers to comprehend Asian ethnic groups as well as Asian politics and history.

This book examines the lived experiences and work of African American women educators during the 1880s to the 1960s.

Combining historical background with discussion of contemporary Native nations and their living cultures, this comprehensive text introduces students to the many Indigenous peoples in North America.

Diverse schools offer enriched academic and social environments, as students and families of different backgrounds and experiences provide a vibrant mosaic of insights, perspectives, and skills.

Thinking in English represents Dr.

The majority of American Indian students attend public schools in the United States.

We are in a state of tremendous global unrest with wars, acts of terrorism, genocide, epidemics and untold natural disasters.

If young people are to be adequately prepared for a complex and interdependent global society, educational experiences must consider the broader world in which teachers and their students live.

Every Closed Eye Ain't Sleep: African American Perspectives on the Achievement Gap examines the origins and perpetuation of the achievement gap from the perspective of the African American community.

Urban Schools: Crisis and Revolution describes America's inner-city public schools and the failure of most to provide even a minimally adequate education for their students.

Understanding Teenage Girls: Culture, Identity and Schooling focuses on a range of social phenomenon that impact the lives of adolescent females of color.

This study explores the various ways in which parental involvement can help to increase student academic success.

The Myth of Post-Racial America provides a history of race and racism in the United States.

This book explores Hindu religion from a global perspective and investigates the presence of Hindu religious traditions and some of their diversity worldwide.

Born in 1871 on Maines Penobscot Indian reservation and nephew of a chief, Louis Sockalexis became professional baseballs first American Indian player.

Growing up in remote Cameroon, Richard Afuma could not expect to live much past the age of 40, and his chances of any sort of education were slim.

"e;Do not begrudge the white man his presence on this land.

Electric Arches is an imaginative exploration of black girlhood and womanhood through poetry, visual art, and narrative prose.

Undivided Rights captures the evolving and largely unknown activist history of women of color organizing for reproductive justice on their own behalf.

Internationally renowned as an expert in Aboriginal law and an advocate for Indigenous rights, Bruce McIvor delivers concise, essential information for Canadians committed to truth and reconciliation.

Conceived at the unique, intersecting moment of commemoration of 1947 Partition of British India, 1971 Bangladesh independence, and 1972 exodus from Uganda, this book focuses on the entangled memories of Partition and its associated events in the diaspora.

This story of a grief-stricken man's murder of a landlord is "e;nothing less than a reinvention of the true crime genre"e; (The Nation).

"e;How Capitalism Underdeveloped Black America is one of those paradigm-shifting, life-changing texts that has not lost its currency or relevance even after three decades.

The author of Race for Profit carries out "e;[a] searching examination of the social, political and economic dimensions of the prevailing racial order"e; (Michelle Alexander, author of The New Jim Crow).

Executive Order 9981, issued by President Harry Truman on July 26, 1948, desegregated all branches of the United States military by decree.

Although widely viewed as the beginning of the legal struggle to end segregation, the U.

In the American imagination, no figure is more central to national identity and the nation's origin story than the cowboy.

Mentoring is a hot buzzword these days.

When people find themselves as the minorities in different situations, they often feel as if they have been placed onstage with a spotlight on them.

The suspension and expulsion of ethnic minority students, especially African American males , remains a critical issue in schools today.

Incorporate the music of our global community into your classroom with Travel On and On: Interdisciplinary Lessons on the Music of World Cultures.

A rich collection of the best offerings from the 2006 and 2008 National Symposiums on Multicultural Music, Kaleidoscope of Cultures is full of resources, references, lesson plans, and ethnic music.

Raising African American Males is comprised of strategies and interventions that can assist and improve African American males' achievement in all areas of academics as well as in their everyday lives.

Witnessing Whiteness invites readers to consider what it means to be white, describes and critiques strategies used to avoid race issues, and identifies the detrimental effect of avoiding race on cross-race collaborations.

Veteran teacher Julie Landsman leads the reader through a day of teaching and reflection about her work with high school students who are from a variety of cultures.

At a time when America's schools face many of the most difficult challenges ever, the authors of Equity Issues for Today's Educational Leaders return the reader to an agenda for addressing equity in schools, emphasizing the need to reexamine past reform efforts and the work ahead for educational leaders in reshaping schools and schooling_in concert, attending to the social responsibility of furthering the ideals of a democratic society.

Using a combination of case studies and research, the contributors of this timely book highlight some of the significant issues, historical, curricular, and societal, that have led to African American students having a proportionally larger representation in special education classes, higher drop-put rates, and more incidences of in-school, race-on-race violence.

The Hispanic-Latino community is large, expanding, and an important contributor to the U.

Use the updated activities, examples, and research to improve your anti-bias and multicultural education programs.