Opening doors : perspectives on race relations in contemporary America edited by Harry J. Knopke, Robert J. Norrell, Ronald W. Rogers

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Norrell, Robert J. (Robert Jefferson)

Rogers, Ronald W., 1944-

Knopke, Harry J., 1946-

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

African Americans--Social conditions--1975-.

African Americans.

Racism--United States.

Racism.

United States--Race relations.

United States.

Physical Description:

xviii, 234 p. : ill. ; 24 cm.

Place of Publication:

Tuscaloosa : University of Alabama Press, c1991.

Contents:

Making a stand for change : a strategy for empowering individuals / Rhoda E. Johnson

Advancing racial justice : past lessons for future use / Thomas F. Pettigrew

Piercing the veil : bi-cultural strategies for coping with prejudice and racism / James Jones.

Hellhound on my trail : race relations in the South from reconstruction to the civil rights movement / Leon F. Litwack

Confronting prejudice and discrimination : personal recollections and observations / Fannie Allen Neal

The schoolhouse door : an institutional response to desegregation / E. Culpepper Clark

From Foster auditorium to Sanders auditorium : the "Southernization" of American politics / Dan T. Carter

A psychoanalytic approach to the problems of prejudice, discrimination, and persecution / Mortimer Ostow

School desegregation : short-term and long-term effects / Walter G. Stephan

Changes in the expression and assessment of racial prejudice / John F. Dovidio and Samuel L. Gaertner.

Notes:

Papers presented at a national symposium held at the University of Alabama, June 11-13, 1988.

Includes bibliographical references (p. 223-225) and index.

Local Notes:

The Balch Institute Library and Archives

ISBN:

0817304975 (alk. paper)

OCLC:

21563520