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September 24, 2007Online Bibliography Marks 50th Anniversary of Little Rock Crisis; 1,500 Books and Journals From Scholarly Publishers Offer Knowledge, Insight on Race Relations in the U.S. |
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From Books for Understanding: Fifty years after the Little Rock Schools Crisis brought the conflicts over desegregation to a head, the case of the "Jena 6" in Louisiana is a troubling reminder of how racism still affects the relations between black and white Americans. Through Books for Understanding (http://www.booksforunderstanding.org), an extensive bibliography on the history of race relations in the United States is available freely online, to provide students, journalists, and concerned citizens with the knowledge of the wider context of events in Little Rock, Arkansas, in 1957, and Jena, Louisiana, today. The Books for Understanding bibliography "In Black and White: Race Relations in the United States," has been fully revised and updated since its original compilation in 2002. It now comprises nearly 1,500 book and journal titles from 72 of the nation's finest scholarly publishers. In 2002, Senator Trent Lott's praise of Strom Thurmond's 1948 Dixiecrat presidential bid inspired the publication of the bibliography. The updated and revised edition marks the anniversary of the desegregation crisis of the Little Rock schools; the bibliography's relevance as an educational resource for current events is saddening. Books for Understanding is an easy-to-use, free online resource for anyone looking for in-depth information, research, and expertise on the news of the day. Sponsored and managed by the Association of American University Presses (AAUP), Books for Understanding features subject-specific bibliographies on the critically important topics in the headlines.
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