Title: Race, ethnicity, and education : what is taught in school /
Authors: Richardson, Theresa R., 1945-; Johanningmeir, Erwin V.
Publisher: Information Age Pub.,
Year: 2003
Subjects: Multicultural education Curricula United States; Cultural pluralism Study and teaching United States; United States Race relations History.; United States Ethnic relations History.
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.