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Tells the story of early civil rights martyr Bill Moore, a white postal worker who was shot and killed by Ku Klux Klan member Floyd Simpson in 1963 while on a well-publicized trek from Tennessee to issue a personal plea to Mississippi governor Ross Barnett for racial tolerance, and discusses the difficulties others encountered in trying to complete Moore's mission.

This inspirational true story of a friendship that has spanned three decades recounts how the author, a harried sales executive, befriended an eleven-year-old panhandler, changing both of their lives forever.

An African-American male tells of his mother, a white woman, who refused to admit her true identity.

Uses a collective biography approach to provide an account of the scalawags--white southerners who opposed secession in the Civil War era, and whose pro-Union stance led to their being appointed to political office in the federal government under the Reconstruction Acts.

A collection of essays in which thirty American authors reveal racial hopes, fears, fury, and triumphs of white and African-American writers alike.

Examines racial identity, revealing the source of some of the racial and ethnic stereotypes adolescents are exposed to; discussing reasons why African-Americans, Latinos, Asians, Native Americans, and other racial groups often feel the need to stick together; and calling for a more open dialogue about race.

Explores the role of white teachers in multicultural education, discussing the need for white educators in the U.S. and other nations of the West to understand the dynamics of past and present racial dominance in order to effect personal and social transformation.

The author recalls his experiences growing up in the 1950s and 1960s, and his struggles with issues of race, poverty, and identity, after his father, a founding minister of the East Harlem Protestant Parish, moved his family from their primarily white, middle-class neighborhood, to a housing project in East Harlem.

Identifies and discusses the gestures, expressions, words, and body language that hinder communication and trust between African-Americans and whites.

Discusses how Americans can confront the racial assumptions that are present in society.