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"This chronology begins with the Plessy v. Ferguson decision on May 18, 1896 and ends with the terrorist attacks on September 11, 2001. It includes such topics as the American white imperialism of the early century and the implications of the 2000 census"--Provided by publisher

Few decades in American history were as full of drama and historical significance as the 1960s and 1970s. In the 1960s, a revolution in race relations occurred, seeing the rise of the Civil Rights Movement, Black Power, the American Indian Movement, and the Latino labor movement. The focus in the 1970s was on carrying out the reforms of the previous decade, with resulting white backlash. Few decades have interested students today as much, and this volume is THE content-rich source in a desirable decade-by-decade organization to help students and general readers understand the crucial race rela.

Few decades in American history were as full of drama and historical significance as the 1960s and 1970s. In the 1960s, a revolution in race relations occurred, seeing the rise of the Civil Rights Movement, Black Power, the American Indian Movement, and the Latino labor movement. The focus in the 1970s was on carrying out the reforms of the previous decade, with resulting white backlash. Few decades have interested students today as much, and this volume is THE content-rich source in a desirable decade-by-decade organization to help students and general readers understand the crucial race rela

In the first decades of the twentieth century, virulent racism lingered from Reconstruction, and segregation increased. Hostility met the millions of new immigrants from Eastern and southern Europe, and immigration was restricted. Still, even in an inhospitable climate, blacks and other minority groups came to have key roles in popular culture, from ragtime and jazz to film and the Harlem Renaissance. This volume is THE content-rich source in a desirable decade-by-decade organization to help students and general readers understand the crucial race relations of the start of modern America. Race

Cover -- Half Title -- Title -- Copyright -- Contents -- List of Figures and Tables -- Preface -- Series Editor's Preface -- Acknowledgements -- List of Abbreviations -- 1 Introduction -- 2 Demographic Figures and Trends -- 3 Black Middle Class, Black Underclass -- 4 Housing and Education -- 5 Unemployment and Income Disparities -- 6 Crime, Health and the Media -- 7 Politics -- 8 Middleman, Model and Silent Minorities? -- 9 Affirmative Action -- 10 Immigration -- 11 An Overview -- Bibliography -- Index.

How comfortable are you talking about race? In Race Relations: The Struggle for Equality in America, kids ages 12 to 15 follow the evolution of race relations in America, from when American colonists used racial differences to justify slavery, discrimination, and the persecution of people of color until the modern-day presidencies of Barack Obama and Donald Trump. Through essential questions, primary sources, and investigative projects, readers develop a comprehensive understanding of the past, present, and future of race in America.

This essay speaks to the context of domination and subordination in particular as it pertains to White Supremacy/White Privilege as manifested in the history of slavery and "Jim Crow" in the United States. It is within this historical context one can discern the present status of race relations in the United States that continues to foster race discrimination through the policies of the ethnic majority (white) power structure, e.g.-institutional racism, voter suppression laws, gerrymandering of voter districts and banking policies to name a few areas. The research of books, papers, television interviews and personal experiences provides a testament to present government policies that endeavor to maintain a social construct of dominance and subordination by the white power structure in the United States.

THE TIME SPAN OF A 'GENERATION' HAS BEEN SUGGESTED TO CURRENTLY BE ONLY 5 YEARS LONG. THE YEARS 1968-73 HAVE BEEN MARKED BY RAPID CHANGE IN SEVERAL AREAS: (1) A SHIFT FROM INTEGRATION TO ETHNIC NATIONALISM, (2) THE REEMERGENCE OF A PLURALISTIC ETHNIC CONSCIOUSNESS, & (3) THE DEVELOPMENT OF A NEW DEFINITION OF 'MINORITY' WHICH INCLUDES WOMEN, HOMOSEXUALS, THE AGED, THE YOUNG, STUDENTS, HIPPIES, EXCONVICTS, THE HANDICAPPED, ETC. THE 1970 CENSUS USING 6 RACIAL CATEGORIES FOUND 20% OF THE TOTAL US POPULATION TO BE OF RACIAL MINORITY. THESE CENSUS FIGURES FAILED TO INCLUDE NONRACIAL ETHNICITY, UNDERCOUNTED AREAS WITH HIGH BLACK OR SPANISH-SPEAKING POPULATIONS, & THUS MISREPRESENTED THE ACTUAL FIGURES FOR MINORITY CATEGORIZATION. CONTROVERSY HAS DEVELOPED BETWEEN THE BLACK & WHITE INTERPRETATION OF ECONOMIC, EDUCATIONAL, & INCOME MEASURES OF BLACK PROGRESS AS NOTED IN CENSUS FIGURES; WHITES CLAIM THERE HAS BEEN PROGRESS, BLACKS CLAIM STATISTICS DON'T TELL THE WHOLE STORY. MOST RESEARCH IN RACE & ETHNIC RELATIONS WERE CONCERNED WITH THE MEANING & MEASUREMENT OF GROUP ATTITUDES. LITERATURE DURING THIS 5 YEAR SPAN WAS CONCENTRATED ON THE BLACK STRUGGLE FOR IDENTITY, POWER, & EQUALITY. BLACK ENGLISH HAS EMERGED & SO HAS EVIDENCE OF BLACK-WHITE STRATIFICATION DIFFERENCES. CONTROVERSY REGARDING INEQUALITY & INTELLIGENCE QUOTIENT DIFFERENTIALS REDEVELOPED, & CENTERED AROUND THE VALIDITY OF THE TESTING ITSELF. PROGRAMS TO INTERVENE IN INEQUALITY WERE INSTITUTED: IE, OPERATION HEAD START, PLANNED INTEGRATION OF SCHOOLS & NEIGHBORHOODS, AFFIRMATIVE ACTION, & PREFERENTIAL QUOTAS. RED POWER REAWAKENED AWARENESS OF THE PLIGHT OF THE AMERICAN INDIAN. IMMIGRATION PATTERNS SHIFTED FROM A WESTERN EUROPEAN TO A SOUTHERN & EASTERN EUROPEAN, LATIN AMERICAN, & ASIATIC TREND. ASIAN, HISPANIC, SLAVIC, & JEWISH MINORITY STATUS DEVELOPED INTO CONCEPTS OF PRIDE RATHER THAN ABNEGATION. RACIAL & ETHNIC CONVERGENCE IS PRESENTLY EMERGING THROUGH CONTINUED ASSIMILATION & INTERMARRIAGE. INTERMARRIAGE RATES OF ALL KINDS INCREASED DURING THIS PERIOD WITH RACIAL INTERMARRIAGE OCCURRING LEAST FREQUENTLY, RELIGIOUS INTERMARRIAGE OCCURRING MORE FREQUENTLY, & NATIONALITY INTERMARRIAGE MOST OF ALL. 5 TABLES. T. BABITSKY.