Annual editions race and ethnic relations

Unit 1: Contemporary Experiences: Persons and Places, Identities, and Communities S.C. Rampage Spurs Grief, Concern for Church Safety, Scott Dance and Michael A. Memoli, Baltimore Sun, 2015

Half a Century after Rioting Ravaged Cambridge, Town Seeks to Embrace History

So as to Transcend It, Jonathan M. Pitts, Baltimore Sun, 2017

Life, Death, and Demolition, Steve Hendrix, Washington Post, 2017

Victoria Mosque Fire Ruled Arson, Jon Wilcox, The Victoria Texas Advocate, 2017

At Latin Grammys, Suave Ballads, Raucous Emoting and a Rare Political Turn, Jon Parelas, New York Times, 2015

Rancor and Reconciliation, Brendan O'Shaughnessy, Notre Dame Magazine, 2016

'Sanctuary Cities' Just the Start of Mayors' Opposition to Trump, Alan Greenblatt, Governing, 2017

An Immigrant Church, Then and Now, Denise Fedorow, Today's Catholic News, 2017. Unit 2: The Immigrant Origins of Diversity, the Political Constructions of Disparities, and the Development of Pluralism in the United States of America. Racial Restrictions in the Law of Citizenship, Ian F. Haney López, White by Law: The Legal Construction of Race, 1996

Dred Scott v. Sandford, Chief Justice Taney, United States Supreme Court, 1856

Why Korematsu Is Not a Precedent, Noah Feldman, The New York Times, 2016

Brown et al. v. Board of Education of Topeka et al., Chief Justice Warren, United States Supreme Court, 1954

Historical Discrimination in the Immigration Laws, from The Tarnished Golden Door, United States Commission on Civil Rights, 1980

Extreme Measures (President Lyndon Johnson and the Civil Rights Act of 1964), Robert Schmuhl, Notre Dame Magazine, 2016. Unit 3: American Demography: If You're Not Counted, You Don't Count: The U.S. Census, the Politics of Pluralism, and the Science of Social Indicators. The American Community Survey: The New Dimensions of Race and Ethnicity in America, John David Kromkowski, Building Blocks, Occasional Papers, The National Council of Urban Education Associations, 2010

Educational Attainment in the United States: 2015, Camille L. Ryan and Kurt Bauman, Current Population Reports, U.S. Department of Commerce, Economics and Statistics Administration, U.S. Census Bureau, 2016

Congress and Ancestry: A Broader View of Diversity and How to Start Systematically Looking at It, John David Kromkowski, Occasional Papers NCUEA, 2017

The Size, Place of Birth, and Geographic Distribution of the Foreign-born Population in the United States: 1960 to 2010, Elizabeth M. Grieco, et al., U.S. Census Bureau, 2012

Income and Poverty in the United States: 2015, Bernadette D. Proctor, Jessica L. Semega, and Melissa A. Kollar, U.S. Census Bureau Current Population Reports, 2016

Arab Households in the United States: 2006-2010, Maryam Asi and Daniel Beaulieu, American Community Survey, U.S. Department of Commerce, Economics and Statistics Administration, U.S. Census Bureau, 2013

Irish-American Heritage Month (March) and St. Patrick's Day (March 17): 2017, U.S. Department of Commerce, Economics and Statistics Administration, U.S. Census Bureau, 2017. Unit 4: Indigenous Ethnic Groups: The Native Americans. American Indian and Alaska Native Heritage Month: November 2016, U.S. Department of Commerce, Economics, and Statistics Administration, U.S. Census Bureau, 2017

Ending Violence So Children Can Thrive, Byron L. Dorgan, et al., United States Department of Justice, 2014

Does the Fate of the Navajo Nation Depend on Its Language? Elaine Teng, The New Republic, 2014. Unit 5: African Americans. National African-American History Month: February 2017, U.S. Department of Commerce, Economics, and Statistics Administration, U.S. Census Bureau, 2017

Chicago Soul, Lonnae O'Neal Parker, The Washington Post, 2014. Unit 6: Hispanic/Latino Americans. Hispanic Heritage Month 2016, U.S. Department of Commerce, Economics, and Statistics Administration, U.S. Census Bureau, 2016

The Foreign Born from Latin America and the Caribbean: 2010, U.S. Department of Commerce, U.S. Department of Commerce, U.S. Census Bureau, 2011

Xenophobia, the Other Face of Racism, Alexander Dawoody, Public Administration Times, 2016

Cuban-Americans: Politics, Culture, and Shifting Demographics, Kristiana Mastropasqua, Journalist's Resource, 2014. Unit 7: Asian Americans. Asian/Pacific American Heritage Month: May 2016, U.S. Department of Commerce, U.S. Census Bureau, 2016

Poverty Rates for Selected Detailed Race and Hispanic Groups by State and Place: 2007-2011, Suzanne Macartney, Alemayehu Bishaw, and Kayla Fontenot, U.S. Department of Commerce, Economics, and Statistics Administration, U.S. Census Bureau, 2013

Finally a Movie That Captures What It's Like to Be Asian American, Elaine Teng, The New Republic, 2014. Unit 8: Euro/Mediterranean Ethnic Americans. White House Wants to Add New Racial Category for Middle Eastern People, Gregory Korte, USA Today, 2016

American Attitudes toward the Israeli-Palestinian Conflict, Arab American Institute, 2016

Myths and Facts about Refugees Resettlement, HIAS, 2017

Made In Hollywood: Italian Stereotypes in the Movies, Rosanne De Luca Braun, The Order Sons of Italy in America

Polonia: Today's Profile Tomorrow's Promise (Polish Americans), Dominik Stecula and Thaddeus C. Radzilowski, Piast Institute, Dekaban Lecture, 2013. Unit 9: Contemporary Dilemmas and Contentions: The Search for Convergent Issues and Common Values. How to Protect Diversity during Trump's Presidency, Richard D. Kahlenberg, The New Republic, 2017

Myths Debunked: Why Did White Evangelical Christians Vote for Trump? Myriam Renaud, Sightings: Religion in Public Life. The Martin Marty Center at the University of Chicago Divinity School, 2017

The Ugly Truth about Hate Crimes

in 5 Charts and Maps, Christopher Ingraham, The Washington Post, 2015

All Hollowed Out (de-industrialization), Victor Tan Chen, The Atlantic, 2016

More than a House: Home and Hospitality in Camden, Pilar Hogan Closkey, Building Community in a Mobile/Global Age, 2013

Hold Up, 'Hon': Baltimore's Black Vernacular, Youthful, Dynamic if Less Recognized than 'Bawlmerese', Brittany Britto, The Baltimore Sun, 2017

Hard Truths: Law Enforcement and Race, James B. Comey, Federal Bureau of Investigation, 2015

Investigation of the Ferguson Police Department, United States Department of Justice Civil Rights Division, United States Department of Justice, 2015.