hate crimes

While serving in Afghanistan, Ben writes about incidents from his senior year in a small-town Wisconsin high school, when a neighbor he was trying to help out becomes the victim of an apparent hate crime and Ben falls under suspicion.

When eighteen-year-old best friends Evan and Davis of Madison, Wisconsin, join a community center group called "chasers" to gain acceptance and knowledge of gay history, there may be fatal consequences.

Examines the debate surrounding racial discrimination in the United States, with arguments from both sides of the issue and an overview of legal policies related to the problem.

Examines the Byron De La Beckwith murder trials, including the mistrials and his eventual conviction, key figures in the case, and the inspiration for the movie "Ghosts of Mississippi.".

Provides an overview of the many opinions and issues surrounding hate groups, their beliefs, and actions.

A guide to the various issues related to hate crimes that provides students with the resources necessary to define, understand, and research the topic.

Studies hate crimes and features a historical survey of some of the main targets of hate crimes, a chronology of some of the worst hate crimes, and biographical information about the individuals who work to stop racism and prejudice.

Relates, from various points of view, events from the night of October 6, 1998, when twenty-one-year-old Matthew Shepard, a gay college student, was lured out of a Wyoming bar, savagely beaten, tied to a fence, and left to die.

Provides an account of the racially-motivated bombing of the Sixteenth Street Baptist Church in Birmingham, Alabama, on September 15, 1963, which resulted in the deaths of four children, and discusses how the tragedy spurred the passage of the landmark 1964 civil rights legislation.