William Faulkner on the Web. A collection of links.
The Warmth of Other Suns by Isabel Wilkerson is a new book on the Great Migration of six million African-Americans who left the South between 1910 and 1970. This link is to a review, "Freedom Trains" in the New York Times.
"Scant Effort in Progress over Racial Killings," an article from August 23, 2010, about the non-prosecution of murderers of blacks during the civil rights movement in the 1960s. The 40-year statute of limitations is running out on most of these cases, but the FBI has done little.
Confronting the New Faces of Hate: Hate Crimes in America 2009, a report from the Leadership Conference on Civil Rights Education Fund. This report includes sections on hate crimes against African-Americans; Hispanics; Jews; Asian Pacific Americans; Arab Americans, Muslims and Sikhs; Lesbians, Gays, Bisexual, and Transgender Individuals; Individuals with Disabilities; Women; and Juveniles. (Downloadable .pdf, or view online by section)
Publications and resources on Hate and Ethnoviolence, from Political Research Associates (PRA), a progressive think tank.
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