Deschutes Public Library

Racial Discrimination

In American History

Mrs. Smith, High Desert Middle School

In addition to learning about the Jewish Holocaust of World War II, you’ll also learn about the racial discrimination present in the history of the US. Below is a collection of good websites you can use, and also a list of books you can place on hold and check out using your Library Linx card.

Websites || Books

Websites

Racial Discrimination and Civil Rights in the 1960’s

http://www.trinity.wa.edu.au/plduffyrc/subjects/re/bible/discrim.htm

Civil Rights Movement Timeline
http://www.infoplease.com/spot/civilrightstimeline1.html

The Civil Rights Movement, including early American efforts
http://www.cnn.com/EVENTS/1997/mlk/links.html

History of Jim Crow Laws

http://www.jimcrowhistory.org/history/overview.htm

Overview of Jim Crow Laws

http://afroamhistory.about.com/od/jimcrowlaw1/p/jimcrowoverview.htm

The Rise and Fall of Jim Crow

http://www.pbs.org/wnet/jimcrow/

The Japanese American Internment

http://www.asianamericanmedia.org/jainternment/

Japanese Relocation Camps
http://www.infoplease.com/spot/internment1.html

The Oregon History Project’s coverage of Japanese internment

· Japanese removal: http://www.ohs.org/education/oregonhistory/narratives/subtopic.cfm?subtopic_ID=117

· Relocation camps: http://www.ohs.org/education/oregonhistory/narratives/subtopic.cfm?subtopic_ID=118

· Anti-Japanese sentiment: http://www.ohs.org/education/oregonhistory/narratives/subtopic.cfm?subtopic_ID=119

Books
(click on the title to go to the catalog and place a hold)

There comes a time: the struggle for civil rights by Milton Meltzer

We shall overcome: the history of the American civil rights movement by Reggie Finlayson

The Jim Crow Laws and racism in American history by David Fremon

Reconstruction and the rise of Jim Crow by Christopher Collier

I am an American: a true story of Japanese internment by Jerry Stanley

The Journal of Ben Uchida by Barry Denenberg (fiction, My Name is America Series)

Farewell to Manzanar by Jeanne Wakatsuki Houston

Korematsu vs. United States: Japanese-American internment camps by Karen Alonso

There are a lot more books available at the public library on the civil rights movement, Japanese internment, and other topics in the area of racial discrimination, including great biographies. Ask your teacher or school librarian how to search for books in the Juvenile Nonfiction collection and place holds using your Library Linx card!

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Last modified on Wednesday, December 16, 2009