Annotated Peace Resource List

Stewart begins with information about early African explorers of North America, and includes important facts new to many of us who have not been required to study this part of our nations history. The book is organized into six sections: Great Migrations; Civil Rights and Politics; Science, Inventions and Medicine; Sports; Military; Culture and Religion, with entries of several paragraphs each. More than 200 photos.

Authors from different ethnic backgrounds cover issues from pre-school through high school: telling the truth about slavery, broadening your children's social circles, being aware of nonverbal messages, and examining your own ideas and history with racism.

Reveals in verse that regardless of outward differences, children everywhere have basic commonalities. Great for read-alouds.

Short stories dealing with the conflicts and choices that happen when two cultures com together. Stories from the perspectives of Asian American adolescents growing up in a country that often sees them as aliens.

A treasury of quotes on the past, present, and future of the color line in America. "The well-articulated thoughts of many people on race relations in the U.S."

Tells the unusual life story of Sarah Forbes Bonetta, who was born an African Egbado princess, captured by rival Dohamans and taken to Dahomey to be murdered in a ritual sacrifice, rescued and adopted by a British naval captain, taken to England and presented to Queen Victoria, and raised under the Queen's protection in England and Sierra Leone. Includes many excerpts from Sarah's letters and the Queen's diaries, as well as historic illustrations. Relevant information about 19th century West Africa and Britain (e.g., the Dahomey empire, the slave trade and British actions to end it, Christian missions in Africa, Sierra Leone, the British class system, women's place in society, etc.) is well presented. Much about the lives of ordinary 19th century West Africans and Europeans can be learned here. (from Amazon review by Ed. Gibbon)

In 1942, 13-year old Korinna is active in her local Nazi youthgroup. She believes Hitler is helping deal with "the Jewish problem." Then she discovers that her own parents are hiding Jews.

Six segments look at the effects prejudice, racism, and white privilege have on jobs, education, the justice system, and the church.

A history of African-Americans in the US as told through letters, speeches, articles, eyewitness accounts, etc. 1619-

One man's experience in the south in 1959 after coloring his Skin from pinkish gray to very dark brown.

Set in 1942, the freighter that Phillip and his mother are fleeing on is torpedoed by Germans. Escaping alone with West Indian Timothy, he is blinded and must overcome his prejudice and disability to survive.

This 5-session Bible study examines racism and challenges students to work at changing systems that oppress people of color. Discussions and activities will help youth identify prejudice, consider how and why privileges are given to white people, and work at dismantling systems that discriminate.

Picture book format has vibrant colors and gives basics of Ali’s life, though not comprehensively. Includes his refusal to be drafted based on religious beliefs, views as a Muslim against the Vietnam War, and speaking out about discrimination against African Americans.

Relates the life story of the Nez Perce, native American chief who led his people on a long trek to escape the great injustices of the American government.

Prize-winning journalist and author David Halberstam goes back in time to the beginnings of the civil rights movement in Nashville, Tennessee, tracing both the lives of the individuals who initiated it and the growth of the movement itself into its present-day status.

Every epic must have its hero, and The Children has James Lawson, a young, African-American divinity student whose tactics in civil disobedience were learned at the knees of Mahatma Gandhi's followers during a three-year stint as a missionary to India. When he returned to the States and was accepted into the all-white Vanderbilt Divinity School, Lawson began teaching workshops to Nashville's African-American youth designed to equip them for the equal-rights struggle, a battle Lawson believed could be won only with nonviolent tactics. Halberstam chronicles the fight against racism with the insight that comes from witnessing it first-hand. As a young journalist for the Tennessean in Nashville, he covered the rise of the civil rights movement, and in The Children he draws on many of his writings from the era. From accounts of lunch-counter sit-ins to the freedom rides, Halberstam's book covers the map of the crusade for racial equality, serving as a poignant reminder that heroes come in all ages, colors, and characters.

Describes the customs, recipes, poems,and songs used to celebrate Christmas in the plantations houses and in the slave quarters right before the Civil War.

Inspired by actual events in the 70’s, this Emmy-Award winning movie (Outstanding Children’s Program) involves African-American congressman Ron Dellum’s family. His daughter Piper is 13 when they welcome their 14-year-old African exchange student, Mahree. Everyone is equally surprised to find out that she is white and from South Africa.

Caught and injured in Pa's bear trap, a native American and his daughter are forced to stay with a pioneer family, where hatred finally gives way to friendship.

Using crayon characters, this book teaches about different cultures and how we all work together to make a beautiful world. The book is easy to read and is suitable for a child to read by her or himself or for a parent to read to the child.

Relates the experience of a young Jewish girl and her family during the Nazi occupation of the Netherlands.