Race, ethnicity, and education : what is taught in school /

Bibliographic Details
Main Author:	Richardson, Theresa R., 1945-
Other Authors:	Johanningmeir, Erwin V.
Format:	Book
Language:	English
Published:	Greenwich, Conn. : Information Age Pub., [2003]
Series:	International perspectives on curriculum.
Subjects:	Multicultural education > Curricula > United States. United States > Race relations > History. United States > Ethnic relations > History. Cultural pluralism > Study and teaching > United States.

Table of Contents:

Myths and history in the making of race and ethnicity
What is not taught in school : the origin of British North America and racial slavery
"City upon a hill" : the contradictions of humanism and exceptionalism on the road to revolution
The American Revolution to the Civil War : abolition, and the invention of racism
The great divide : the Civil War to modern racism
Education and the melting pot : ethnicity in the era of Jim Crow
Civil rights movement : the long road to freedom
The politics of educational opportunity and identity
Conclusion : understanding the past for today and all tomorrows.