Minority Rights in America

<p>Ever since the Dominican missionary Bartolom de Las Casas (1476-1566) first raised civil and minority rights issues in an American context they have figured prominently among some of the most profound and trying moments in American history.</p><p><em>Minority Rights in America</em> consists of approximately 600 engagingly written alphabetically arranged entries on civil rights political rights and social rights in America since the days of Christopher Columbus. The rights of all Americans are included with particular attention to African Americans Asian Americans Hispanic Americans women and other minority groups. Many of the entries include suggested readings to facilitate additional research and understanding. </p><p>Entries include: </p><ul> <li>Biographical sketches of important historical figures who participated in the struggle to advance minority rights</li> <li>Important topics organizations and critical events</li> <li>Supreme Court cases federal laws and governmental agencies.</li></ul><p>Rounding out this comprehensive reference are three useful appendixes and a consolidated bibliography. Appendixes include: </p><ul> <li>Excerpts of more than seventy-five important documents organized logically in six parts: historic documents historic speeches and writings historic legislation Supreme Court decisions rights activism documents and documents from U.S. government agencies</li> <li>Contact information for more than sixty associations and civil rights organizations</li> <li>A list with full citations of the court cases mentioned in the volume.</li></ul><p>Sample of encyclopedic entries: Jane Addams Affirmative action AIDS and rights Antisemitism Ross Barnett Bonus Army Chicano studies Shirley Chisholm Clayton Act Congress of Racial Equality (CORE) Conscientious objectors Crazy Horse Defense of Marriage Act Employment at will Medgar Evers Farm labor rights Orval Faubus Gerrymandering Gray Panthers Angelina Grimke Haymarket Riot J. Edgar Hoover Langston Hughes Indian Citizenship Act Japanese internment Jim Crow laws Bartolom de Las Casas Loving v. Virginia Megan's Law Million Man March Ralph Nader National Immigration William Penn Puritan Separatist Rap music Right to die Margaret Sanger Smokers' rights Southern Governors Association Trail of Tears Voting Rights Act of 1965 Harold Washington Youth Law Center John Peter Zenger.</p>