Volume 19, Issue 1/2. 1988

Themes:

Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture; social justice; racism; sexism; historical misrepresentation and omission; stereotypes; militarism; bias; activism

Contributors, Consultants, and Reviewers:

Howard Dodson, Gerald Horne, James McGinnis, Gloria House, Susan Ortega, T. Phil Wakashe, Emily Leinster and Sasha Leinster, Doris Seale, Angela Gilliam, Darryl Williams, Susan Ortega, Naomi Danis, Paula Bower

Materials Reviewed:

The Gold Cadillac by Mildred Taylor. Amazon / WorldCat
My Aunt Otilia's Spirits/ Los espíritus de mi tía Otilia by Richard Garcia. Amazon / WorldCat
Two Dogs and Freedom: Children of the Townships Speak Out by Open School. Amazon / WorldCat
Through My Window by Tony Bradman and Eileen Browne. Amazon / WorldCat
The Indian in the Cupboard by Lynne Reid Banks. Amazon / WorldCat
Return of the Indian by Lynne Reid Banks. Amazon / WorldCat
A New View of the World: A Handbook to the World Map: Peters Projection by Ward L. Kaiser. Amazon / WorldCat
Children of the Volcano by Alison Acker. Amazon / WorldCat
The Adventures of Connie and Diego/ Las aventuras de Connie y Diego by Maria Garcia. Amazon / WorldCat
Ready from Within: Septima Clark and the Civil Rights Movement by Cynthia Stokes Brown, ed. Amazon / WorldCat

Materials Highlighted:

Black Reconstruction by W. E. B. DuBois
Educating for Peace and Justice by Institute for Peace and Justice in St. Louis
The Ugly Duckling by Hans Christian Anderson
Jemima Puddleduck by Beatrix Potter
The Story About Ping by Marjorie Flack and Kurt Wiese
Make Way for Ducklings by Robert McCloskey
Minorities in Textbooks by Michael B. Kane

Keywords:

Howard Dodson, Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture, New York Public Library, Africana, Institute of the Black World, textbooks, Bradford Chambers, Lyla Hoffman, National Council of Churches, Maryknolls, Orbis books, social justice, Madeline Bedell, racism, sexism, historical misrepresentation and omission, stereotypes, militarism, bias, activism, colonialism, content analysis, Ron Slye, Civil War, Reconstruction, Joseph Wilson, Sheila Collins, Black, people of color, Native Americans, imperialism, Eurocentrism, immigration, Texas, People for the American Way, lesson plans, Anne Hutchinson, social justice, slavery, democracy, Black and Blue, Black Codes, Robert B. Moore, peace, critical education, Education for Peace and Justice (EPJ); self-esteem, propaganda, materialism, activism, hunger, poverty, community building, AV, nationalism, patriotism, conscientious objectors, war, reflection, mass media, films, Eye on the Prize, Emmett Till, Freedom Rides, March on Washington, Birmingham Church, Mississippi Freedom Democratic Party, Selma to Montgomery March, Fred Shuttlesworth, Fannie Lou Hamer, Medgar Evans, E. D. Nixon, C. T. Vivian, Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee (SNCC); DuPont Columbia Award, Peabody Journalism Award, Henry Hampton, Blackside Inc., boycott, Red Scorpion, South-West African People's Organization (SWAPO); Nazis, Namibia, South Africa, United Nations, South African Army, UNITA, militarism