hate crimes

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.

A discussion of hate crimes, explaining what they are and why they occur, looking at instances of hate crimes in the U.S. and around the world, and considering the future of hate crime laws.

Describes the feelings of a fictional character who witnessed the Sixteenth Street Baptist Church bombings in Birmingham, Alabama, in 1963.

Presents a series of essays related to various types of hate crimes such as those against immigrants and the disabled as well as crimes based on religion, race, and sexual orientation.

This illustrated poetry collection eulogizes Emmett Till, an African American man who was killed in a brutal, racially motivated lynching in 1955.

Describes how people in Billings, Montana, joined together to fight a series of hate crimes against a Jewish family.