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The Myth, The Legend, The Truth: A Study of American Minorities
Suggested Reading List
General
Bernardi, Daniel, Editor. The Birth of Whiteness; Race and the Emergence of U.S. Cinema, Rutgers University Press, New Brunswick, New Jersey, 1996
Clark, Carol. L.A. Stories: The Voices of Cultural Diversity, Ottesen, Intercultural Press, 1993, Garmouth, ME. (RLC - PS 572.L6.C3) Essays written by African American, Latino American, Asian American, & Native American students
Dorfman, Ariel; The Empire's Old Clothes: What the Lone Ranger, Baber, and other Innocent Heroes Do to Our Minds, New York: Pantheon, 1983 (BH - PN 56. P55 D66 1983)
Gonzales, Alberto, Marsha Houston, Victoria Chen, Our Voices: Essays in Culture, Ethnicity & Communication: CA, Roxbury Publishing Co. 1994. (KC)
Hampton, Henry and Steve Fayer; Voices of Freedom: an Oral History of the Civil Rights Movements from the 1950s through the 1980s, (RL - E185.61 .H224 1990)
Jacobson, Matthew Frye. Whiteness of a Different Color; European Immigrants and the Alchemy of Race,Harvard University Press, Cambridge, Mass., 1998.
Kozal, J.; Savage Inequalities: Children in America's Schools, N.Y: Crown Publishing. (RL - LC 409.K69 1991)
Miller, Randall; The Kaleidoscopic Lens: How Hollywood Views Ethnic Groups,.
Nielsen, Aldon L.; Writing between the Lines: Race and Intertextuality. Athens: U of Georgia Press, 1994.
Rothenberg, Paula S.. Race, Class and Gender in the U.S.: An Integrated Study,
Storti, Craig. Cross-Cultural Dialogues: 74 Brief Encounters W/ Cultural Difference, (KC)
The "Racial" Economy of Science: Toward a Democratic Future, Bloomington: Indiana University Press, c1993.
NATIVE AMERICAN
Bataille, Gretchen and Charles Silet; The Pretend Indians,
Crow Dog, Mary, Lakota Woman, Harper Perennial. (RL - E 99. D1 C833)
Deloria Jr, Vine Custer Died for Your Sins: An Indian Manifesto,. (RL - E 467.1 C99 D37)
Ehle, John; Trail of Tears: The Rise and Fall of the Cherokee Nation, (RL - E99 .C5 E45 1989)
Fire, John; Lame Deer Seeker of Visions (RL - E 99. T34)
Frederkc, Tur; The Portable North American-Indian Reader, (RL - E 77 T 937)
Friar, Ralph and Natasha; The Only Good Indian: The Hollywood Gospel,
Gilbert, Bill; God Gave Us This Country: Tekamthi and the First American Civil War,. (BH - E99 .535 T147 1989)
Heinerman, John; Spiritual Wisdom of the Native Americans,
Hilger, Michael, The American Indian in Film,
Hirschfelder, Arlene; Happily May I Walk: American Indians and Alaska Natives Today,.
Hogan, Linda: Mean Spirit
Josephy, Alvin Jr; Now that the Buffalo's Gone: A Study of Today's American Indian,. (BH, EC, NL, MV)
Katz, Jane; I am the Fire of Time: The Voices of Native American Women, (BH , EC - E98.W812 1977)
Mails, Thomas E. Fools Crow, Council Oak Books (MV, EC)
Momaday, N. Scott, House Made of Dawn, N.Y. Harper. (RL - PS 3563.47 H6)
Momaday, N. Scott, The Way to Rainy Mountain,
Neihardt, John G. Black Elk Speaks The Legendary "Book of Visions" of an American Indian
Niethammer, Carolyn; Daughters of the Earth: the Lives and Legends of American Indian Women,. (RL - E98 .W8 N53)
O'Brien, Sharon; American Indian Tribal Governments,
Sarris, Greg, Grand Avenue
Sarris, Greg, Mabel McKay; Weaving the Dream, 1994
Seals, David; The Powwow Highway,
Silko, Leslie, Ceremony
Trenton, Patricia; Native Americans: Four Centuries of Changing Images, (EC - E59 .P89 T74 1989)
Vecsey, Christopher; Imagine Ourselves Richly: Mythic Narratives of the North American Indians, (BH - E98.R3 V43 1988)
Walters, Anna Lee; The Spirit of Native America: Beauty and Mysticism in American Indian Art, (BH - E98.R A7 W32)
Weatherford, Jack Indian Giver, How the Indians of the Americas Transformed the World, (RL - E59. I53 W43 1990)
Welch, James; Fools Crow
HISPANIC/LATINO AMERICAN
Anaya, Rudolfo Bless Me, Ultima,
Anzaldua, Gloria: Borderlands/LaFrontera: The New Mestiza, San Francisco: Spinster/Aunt Lute Book Co. (BH, NL, EC - PS 3551.N93 B6)
Barrio, Raymond; The Plum Plum Pickers
Belpre, Pure; Once in Puerto Rico,
Bethancourt, Ernesto; The Me Inside of Me,
Castillo Ana; So Far From God, New York, Plume, 1994 ( BHC - PS 3553. A8135 S65 1994
Cisneros, Sandra; House on Mango Street.. (RL - PS 3553.I78 H6)
Condon, John; Good Neighbors,. (RL - F1210.C6)
Del Castillo, Richard; La Familia: Chicano Families in the Urban Southwest 1848 to present,. (EC - F790. M5 G75 1984)
Garcia, Mario; Mexican Americans: Leadership, Ideology, and Identity, (RL - E184 .M5 G375 1989)
Growing up Latino: Memories & Stories, (RL - PS 647 .H58 G76 1993)
Hispanic USA : Breaking the Melting Pot, Thomas, Weyr (RL - E184.S75 W45 1988)
Jankowski; Martin Sanchez; City Bound: Urban Life and Political Attitudes among Chicano Youth,
Keefe, Susan and Amado Padillo Chicano Ethnicity, (MV, NL - E184 .M5 K43)
Llerena, Rafael and Lorin Philipson; Freedom Flights,
Martinez, Oscar; Troublesome Border, (EC - F786.M42 1988)
Masud-Piloto, Roberto; With Open Arms: Cuban Migration to the United States:
Mexican Voices/American Dreams: An Oral History of Mexican Immigration to the U.S.
Mirande, Alfredo and Evangelina Eriquez La Chicana: The Mexican-American Woman, (RL - E184 .M5 M55)
Mirande, Alfredo; Gringo Justice, (MV, NL - HV9950. M57 1987)
Mirande, Alfredo; The Chicano Experience: An Alternative Perspective, (EC - E184. M5 . M553 1985)
NY: Henry Holt & Co., Inc. (RL - E184.M5 D28)
Olivas, Michael et al Latino College Students, (EC, BH, CV, EF, MV)
Paz, Octavio: The Labyrinth of Solitude.
Portes, Alejandro and Robert Bach; Latino Journey: Cuban and Mexican Immigrants in the United States,
Rodriguez, Richard; Hunger of Memory, (RL - F 870.M5 R62)
Rodriguez, Clara; Puerto Ricans Born in the USA, (RL - E184 .P85 R59 1991)
Thomas, Piri; Down these Mean Streets
AFRICAN-AMERICAN
Abrahams, R.D. ; Deep Down in the Jungle: Negro Narrative Folklore from the Streets of Philadelphia N.Y., Columbia University Press 1970. (not in district)
Angelou, Maya; The Heart of a Woman, 1st ed., New York: Random House, c1981.
Baldwin, James; The Evidence of Things Not Seen, 1st ed., New York: Holt, Rinehart and Winston, c1985.
Baldwin, James;. Go Tell It on the Mountain, 1st ed., New York, Alfred A. Knopf, 1953.
Bates, Daisy; The Long Shadow of Little Rock: A Memoire, (RL - F419 .L7 .B3 1962)
Bell, Derrick A.; And We Are Not Saved: The Elusive Quest for Racial Justice, New York: Basic Books, 1989
Branch, Taylor; Parting the Waters: America in the King Years 1954-63, (RL - E185 . 61. B7914 1988)
Douglas, Frederick; My Bondage and My Freedom
DuBois, W.E. B; The Souls of Black Folk,.
Ely, Melvin Patrick: The Adventures of Amos 'n' Andy: A Social History of an American Phenomenon
Farmer, James; Lay Bare the Heart: An Autobiography of the Civil Rights Movement, (NL, CV, EC, BH)
Franklin, John Hope and Alfred Moss Jr.; From Slavery to Freedom: A History of Negro Americans
Franklin, John Hope and August Meier Black Leaders of the 21st Century,
Frazier, E. Franklin; Black Bourgeoisis: The Emergence of a New Middle Class in America
Gay, Geneve and Willie Baber; Expressively Black: The Cultural Basis of Ethnic Identity,
Gould, Stephen Jay; The Mismeasure of Man, W.W. Norton and Co., 1981
Haley, Alex; The Autobiography of Malcolm X
Hooks, Bell. Black Looks : Race and Representation, Boston, MA: South End Press, c1992.
Hooks, Bell. Bone Black : Memories of Girlhood, 1st ed., New York: Henry Holt and Co., 1996.
Hooks, Bell. Killing Rage : Ending Racism, 1st ed., New York : H. Holt and Co., 1995
Hughes, Langston, Milton Meltzer, and Eric Lincoln; Four Centuries of Black Life: African American History,
Hunter-Gualt, Charlayne. In My Place, 1st ed., New York : Farrar Straus Giroux, 1992.
Jackson, George; Black Women Makers of History: A Portrait,. (BH - E185.96.J25 1985)
Jacob, Harriet; Incidents in the Life of a Slave Girl
King, Martin Luther, Jr. King, Malcolm, Baldwin : Three Interviews
Kochman, Thomas; Black & White Styles in Conflict, Chicago, Univ. of Chicago Press, 1983.
Litwack, Leon and August Meier Black Leaders of the 19th Century, (RL - E185.96.B535 1988)
Morrison, Tony; Beloved, (RL PS3563 .O8749 .B4 1988b)
Morrison, Tony; Song of Solomon
Reynolds, Barbara; And We Still Rise: Interviews with 50 Black Role Models,
Snowden Jr, Frank N.; .Before Color Prejudice: The Ancient Views of Blacks,
Wade, Brent. Company Man. New York: Doubleday, 1992.
Washington, Booker T.; Up From Slavery
West, Cornel; Race Matters, NY. Vintage Books, 1994. (RL - E 185.615.W43 1993)
Williams, Gregory Howard; Life on the Color Line,
Woodson, Carter G.; The Mis-Education of the Negro.
Wright, Richard; Black Boy
ASIAN-AMERICAN
Chin, Frank; Donald Duk, EC - PS 3553 .H4897 D6 1991
Cordova, Fred; Filipinos: Forgotten Asian Americans,
Hamanaka, Sheila; The Journey,
Hayslip, Le Lay; When Heaven and Earth Changed Places: A Vietnamese Woman's Journey from War to Peace
Hongo, Garrett Kaoru, Under Western Eyes, New York, Anchor Books, 1995 (MVC - E 184 .06 U47 1995)
Houston, Jeanne Wakatsuki and James Houston Farewell to Manzanar, (RL - E184.J3 H63)
Kadokata, C. ; The Floating World, , New Y: Viking, 1989
Kingston, Maxine Hong; Chinaman
Kingston, Maxine Hong; Tripmaster Monkey
Kingston, Maxine Hong; The Woman Warrior: Memories of a Girlhood Among Ghosts, (RL - E 184.C5 K51)
Kogama, Joy; Itsuka
Kogama, Joy; Obasan,
Lum McCunn, Ruthanne; Thousand Pieces of Gold
Mura, David ; Where the Body Meets Memory,
Mura, David; Turning Japanese: Memoirs of a Sansei, (ECC - E 184 J3 M784 1992)
Ng, F.M. ; Bone, New York: Hyperion/Pullman, Wash. St. Univ. Press (BH, EC, MV)
Okada, J.; No-No Boy, Seattle: U. of Wash. Press 1981, (BHC, MVC, ECC - PS 3565 .K33 N6 1981.)
Sone, M. Nisei Daughter, Seattle: U. of Wash Press 1979 (not in district)
Tsai, Shih-Shan Henry; The Chinese Experience in America,. (RL - E184.C5 T833 1986)
Uchida, Yoshiko Desert Exile, The Uprooting of a Japanese American Family, (EF - D769 . 8 A6 U25 1982)
Uyemoto, Holly, Go,
Wei, Katherine Second Daughter, (MV - CT 1828 .W435 A37 1984)
Wong, J.S.; Fifth Chinese Daughter, (NL - NK 4210 .W55 A45 1950)
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