Volume 6, Issue 7. 1975

Themes:

mass media; hidden curriculum; institutional racism; consciousness-raising; fairy tales; stereotypes; Eurocentrism; sexism; materialism; patriotism; historical misrepresentation and suppression; "new white consciousness"; censorship; over and covert censorship

Contributors, Consultants, and Reviewers:

Robert Moore, Elizabeth Young, Sue Ribner, Mary E. Shepard, Carol Snyder, Ina Henriques King, Judy Richardson, Debria Smith, Joyce Arkhurst, Jane Califf

Materials Reviewed:

Morris and His Brave Lion by Helen Spelman Rogers. Amazon / WorldCat
Amy by Julia First. Amazon / WorldCat
Cissy's Texas Pride by Edna Smith Makerny. Amazon / WorldCat
Nobody's Family Is Going to Change by Louise Fitzhugh. Amazon / WorldCat
Ameila Mixed the Mustard and Other Poems by Evaline Ness. Amazon / WorldCat
Fanny Kemble's America by John Anthony Scott. Amazon / WorldCat
George Washington Carver by Reta Torine. Amazon / WorldCat
A Man Ain't Nothin' But a Man: The Adventures of John Henry by John Oliver Killens. Amazon / WorldCat
Who Goes There, Lincoln? by Dale Fife. Amazon / WorldCat
Liliuokalani, Queen of Hawaii by Mary Malone. Amazon / WorldCat
Song of the Boat by Lorenz Graham. Amazon / WorldCat
Where Was Patrick Henry of the 29th of May? by Jean Fritz. Amazon / WorldCat

Materials Highlighted:

Children and Books by May Hill Arbuthnot and Zena Sutherland
Anthology of Children's Literature by Edna Johnson et al. eds.
Johnny Tremain by Esther Forbes
The American Revolution by Bruce Lancaster
The Battle of the Kegs by Francis Hopkinson
Before the Mayflower: A History of the Negro in America,1619-1964 by Lerone Bennett Jr.
The Black B C's by Lucille Clifton
Black Fighting Men in U.S. History by Edward Wakin
Black Heroes of the American Revolution, 1775-1783 by NAACP
The Black Presence in the Era of the American Revolution: 1770-1800 by National Portrait Gallery Staff
Commemorative Guide to the Massachusetts Bicentennial by Revolutionary Raw Bicentennial Commission
Famous American Negroes by Langston Hughes
The First American Revolution by Milton Lomask
An Illustrated History of Black Americans by John Hope Franklin
In Their Own Words: A History of the American Negro, 1619-1865 by Milton Meltzer
Paul Cuffee, American's First Black Captain by Johanna Johnston
A Pictorial History of the Negro in America by Langston Hughes and Milton Meltzer
The Story of Phyllis Wheatley by Shirley Graham
Venture for Freedom by Ruby Zagoren
A Community of People: A Multi-Ethnic Bibliography by Jim Bker
Job Title Revisions to Eliminate Sex- and Age- Referent Language from the Dictionary of Occupational Titles by Etats-Unis. Department of Labor, Manpower Administration
Voices from Wounded Knee by Akwesasne Notes
George Rogers Clark: Frontier Fighter by Adele DeLeeuw
Paul Revere: Rider for Liberty by Charles Parlin Graves
The Dear-Bought Land by Jean Lee Latham
Young Paul Revere's Boston by Sam and Beryl Epstein
For Whites Only by Robert Terry

Keywords:

Action Against Apathy, Committee for Action Through Education, St. Louis, Roni Branding, mass media, minority employment, education, hidden curriculum, institutional racism, consciousness-raising, St. Louis Broadcast Coalition, Foundation for Change, PACT, Citizens Communication Center, anti-humanism, fairy tales, stereotypes, Eurocentrism, sexism, family structures, materialism, American revolution, patriotism, historical misrepresentation and suppression, Racism and Sexism Resource Center for Educators, Judith Sloane Haberman, La Causa Publications, Chicano, Asian American, Amherst Asian American Committee, Alternatives for Education, The Little Magazine, June Jordan, Carol Oates, Marge Piercy, Adrienne Rich, American Association of University Women, women's movement, Women's Action Alliance, Cherokee, Native American, Center for Cuban Studies, Tricontinental Film Center, Art Resources for Teachers and Students (A.R.T.S.), Lerone Bennett, "new white consciousness", censorship, American Library Association (ALA), Moon Dea, over censorship, covert censorship, Los Angeles Public Library, General Assistance Center of Teachers College, National Council for the Social Studies (NCSS), Appalachia Children's Interracial Book exhibit, John Henry Memorial Foundation, California Library Association, National Organization for Women (NOW), American Institute of Graphic Arts (AIGA), Bicentennial