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Race relations in America : a reference guide with primary documents /

Bibliographic Details
Main Author:	Davis, Thomas J. (Thomas Joseph)
Format:	Book
Language:	English
Published:	Westport, Conn. : Greenwood Press, 2006.
Series:	Major issues in American history.
Subjects:	United States > Race relations. United States > Race relations > Sources. Racism > United States > History. Racism > United States > History > Sources.
Online Access:	Table of contents

Table of Contents:

Constituting the republic : who counted as what?
Trail of tears : Indian removal from east to west
Nat's rebellion : the war over slavery begins
War with Mexico : borders, Manifest Destiny, and race
The Civil War : slavery and emancipation in black and white
After slavery : reconstruction and segregation
Geronimo : ending the Indian wars
Yellow peril : anti-Asian animus from exclusion to internment
From nadir to new Negro : segregation, migration, and the New Deal
"To secure these rights" : from desegregation to long, hot summers
Wounded Knee again : the new Indian revival, from reservations to casinos
Affirmative action and "reverse discrimination" backlash
Race on trial : O.J. Simpson and the state of race relations in the 1990s
At the border again : new immigrants and old worries
From Teheran to Baghdad : facing race with Arabs and Muslims.