Volume 9, Issue 1. 1978

Themes:

depictions of Africa; historical misrepresentation and suppression; slurs; cultural exaggeration; racism; colonialism; language; exoticism; murals; consciousness-raising; public art

Contributors, Consultants, and Reviewers:

Susan J. Hall, Tomie Arai, Emily Moore, Emily Strauss, Moose Pamp, (self redacted - gay reviewer), Virginia Wilder, Robert Moore, Lyla Hoffman, Virginia Wilder, Donna Lovell, Daphne Silas

Materials Reviewed:

William by Irene Hunt. Amazon / WorldCat
Joanna's Miracle by William H. Armstrong. Amazon / WorldCat
Squirrel's Song by Diane Wolkstein. Amazon / WorldCat
Gay: What You Should Know about Homosexuality by Morton Hunt. Amazon / WorldCat
The Butterfly by A. Delaney. Amazon / WorldCat
That's What a Friend Is by P.K. Hallinan. Amazon / WorldCat
Ladies Were Not Expected: Abigail Scott Duniway and Women's Rights by Dorothy Nafus Morrison. Amazon / WorldCat
Lady for the Defense: A Biography of Belva Lockwood by Mary Virginia Fox. Amazon / WorldCat
Phoebe's Revolt by Natalie Babbitt. Amazon / WorldCat

Materials Highlighted:

Egypt by Lila Perl
Jeremy and the Gorillas by Lillian Gould
Who's in Rabbit's House? by Verna Aardema
An Oba of Benin by Carol Baker
Ashanti to Zulu: African Traditions by Margaret Musgrove
Rafiki by Nola Langner
Hamdaani: A Traditional Tale from Zanzibar by Charles Bible
Professor Coconut and the Thief by Rita Golden Gelman and Joan Richter
Africa Dream by Eloise Greenfield
How Djadja-em-ankh Saved the Day by Lise Manniche
The Student Africanist's Handbook by Gerald W. Hartwig and William M. O'Barr
Big Art, Megamurals and Supergraphics by Environmental Communications
Mural Manual: How to Paint Murals for the Classroom Community Center and Street Corner by Mark Ragovin, Holly Highfill, and Marie Burton
Public Art on Public Schools: A Guide to Community Mural Making by Susan Caruso-Green, Ben Friedman and Susan Miller
Silhouette Murals by Rhoda Morrison, Ken Peugh and Mark Rogovin
Street Art by Robert Sommer
Towards A People's Art: The Contemporary Mural Movement by Eva Cockcroft, John Weber and Jim Cockcroft
Male and Female Under 18 by Nancy Larrick and Eve Merriam, eds.
Lance Bryant by Illustrator's showcase
Idalia Rosario by Illustrator's showcase

Keywords:

Africa - depictions of, stereotypes, African-American Institute (AAI), ethnocentrism, historical misrepresentation and suppression, slurs, terminology, cultural exaggeration, racism, colonialism, language, Muslims, Swahili, exoticism, depictions, folktales, racism, African Studies, murals, consciousness-raising, public art, beautification, Walls of Black Pride, Mission District (San Francisco), Puerto Rican Heritage Murals, Cityarts Workshop, National Murals Newsletter, Public Art Workshop, Social and Public Art Resource Center (S. P. A. R. C.), critical literacy, Chicago Mural Group, Citywide Mural Project, Galeria de la Raza, sportscasting, racism, Raymond E. Rainville, Edward McCormick, myth of Black inferiority, bias, prejudice, Gloria Fauth, materialism, The Speaker, National Education Association (NEA), American Library Association (ALA), Office for Intellectual Freedom (OIF), Terry Herndon, Black Caucus, Library Bill of Rights, ALA Council, anti-racism, censorship, Dorothy Broderick, First Amendment, Racism and Sexism Awareness Resolution, Sixty Minutes, Clara Stanton Jones, Allan Bakke, "reverse racism", Young Americans for Freedom, Nazi Party, affirmative action, People Against Racism in Education (P. A. R. E.), ALA Gay Liberation Task Force, Barbara Gittings, National Gay Task Force, Racism and Sexism Awareness Training Committee, Lillian N. Gerhardt, Mary A. Hall, Task Force on Women, Diane Gordon Kadanoff, SRRT Task Force on Tools for Awareness Training, National Coalition to Support African Liberation (NCSAL), Zimbabwe African National Union (ZANU), Pan Africanist Congress of Azania (PAC), American Committee on Africa (ACOA), African Liberation Support Committee (ALSC), anti-aparthied, apartheid, African Liberation Day, boycott, feminism, book challenges, Right to Read Defense Committee of Chelsea, Judy Caravaglia, anti-racist, anti-sexist, "reverse discrimination", institutional racism, institutional sexism, disability, self-esteem, "Feeling Free", handicapism, The Center on Human Policy, Native American, Indigenous people, Three Warriors, Tom Feelings, Lance Bryant, Idalia Rosario