Category: United States

  • A Statistical Octoroon Los Angeles Herald Volume XXIX, Number 2 (1901-10-03) page 4, columns 6-7 Source: California Digital Newspaper Collection The Average American Seven Parts White and One Part Colored The average adult American is a statistical octoroon, says Dr. Henry Gannett In Everybody’s Magazine. If the blood in the veins of all our of…

  • The Gil Gross Program with Marcia Dawkins The Gil Gross Program Talk 910, KKSF AM San Francisco, California Monday, 2013-05-13 Gil Gross, Host Gil speaks with Marcia Dawkins, author of “Clearly Invisible; Racial passing and the Color of Cultural Identity“, about the growth of our mulit-racial nation. Download the audio here.

  • Parallel Adele Third World Newsreel 2008 Color 16 minutes USA English Adele Pham, Director/Producer Two half Vietnamese documentary filmmakers, both named Adele, weave a shared narrative of mixed Asian (hapa) experiences through interviews with 7 other mixed race subjects. History, memory, and anecdotes on multiracial ethnicity are represented through archival images, super 8 film, verité,…

  • Amalgamation, North and South Sacramento Daily Union Volume 24, Number 3619 (1862-11-03) page 4, column 2 Source: California Digital Newspaper Collection Driven from every other position by the force of argument or the force of facts, the advocates of a doomed system flourish before the eyes of the ignorant the bugbear of amalgamation. Amalgamation, they…

  • Checking More Than One Box: A Growing Multiracial Nation All Things Considered National Public Radio 2013-05-12 Arun Rath, Host [Note from Steven F. Riley: My wife and I live in the White Oak neighborhood of Silver Spring, Maryland, USA.] Larry Bright holds his 3-year-old son’s hand while the boy steps through a leafy playground in…

  • Latino Racial Reporting in the US: To Be or Not To Be Sociology Compass Volume 7, Issue 5 (May 2013) pages 390-403 DOI: 10.1111/soc4.12032 Clara E. Rodríguez, Professor of Sociology Fordham University Michael H. Miyawaki Fordham University Grigoris Argeros, Assistant Professor of Sociology Mississippi State University This review focuses on how Latinos report their race.…

  • Changing Race: Latinos, the Census and the History of Ethnicity New York University Press July 2000 283 pages Paperback ISBN: 9780814775479 Clara E. Rodríguez, Professor of Sociology Fordham University Latinos are the fastest growing population group in the United States. Through their language and popular music Latinos are making their mark on American culture as…

  • Are You Ready for the Census? Sacramento Daily Union Volume 19, Number 2862 (1860-05-29) page 1, column 4 Source: California Digital Newspaper Collection On the first of June, Friday next, the various Deputy Marshals in the different portions of the State will commence their labors in taking the census of the United States, which mast…

  • ‘The River Between Us’: A story of survival and transformation The Kansas City Star 2013-04-12 Edward M. Eveld It’s the eve of the Civil War in Richard Peck’s novel “The River Between Us,” and the country is rearranging itself for the coming conflict. A prelude to the convulsion plays even in the tiny river-landing town…

  • The River Between Us Puffin 2005-04-21 176 pages 5.06 x 7.75 in 8 – 12 years Paperback ISBN: 9780142403105 Richard Peck Awards National Book Award: Finalist Scott O’Dell Award ALA Notable Book ALA Best Book for Young Adults Riverbank Review Children’s Books of Distinction Booklist Editor’s Choice NYPL’s 100 Titles for Reading and Sharing IRA…