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• B1ue, Rose.Working TogetherAgainst Hate Groups. New Examinesracismand racialdiscriminationintheUnited States,
York:The Rosen Publishing Group, Inc.,1994. and the individuals and the organizations.
Rose Blue and ConineJ.Noden present an overxiew of hate
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crimescommitted byindividuals,i.e. skinheads and otherhate · Miller, Maryann.Working TogetherAgainst Gun Violence.
groups.They discussthe problems and impact of hate against New York:The Rosen Publishing Group, Inc.1994.
all minorities. Each chapter includes questions that can be An overview of gun violence committed in theUnited States,
discussed with students to better understand the motivation The authorsdiscussthe problemsand impact of gun violence,
and violence that these hategroups committed. (NF/YA) Each chapter includes questions that can be discussed with
studentsto betterunderstand the problemsthat stem from vio-
• Coles, Robert. The Story of Ruby Bridges.Illustrated by lence and regidated gun control. (NF/YA)
George Ford. New York:Scholastic Inc.,1995.
Formonths, six-year-old Ruby Bridgesmust confrontthehos- · Ruby, Lois.Skin Deep.New York:Scholastic, 1994.
tility of segregationists when she becomes the first African- Laurelsboyfriend, Dan, becomes a neo-Nazi skinhead and
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American child to attend an all-white elementary school in gets the attention and respect he has been denied all his life,
New Orleansin I960. (NF/Juv.) especially when he becomes involved in a First Amendment
battle. (F/YA)
• Haskins,Jim.SeparateBut Not Equal.The Dream and the
Struggle. New York:Scholastic Press,1998. • Williams, Gregory. A.A Gatheringof Heroes.Reflections
Jim Haskins describes the shocking history of black educa- on Rage and Responsibility. Chicago: Academy Chicago
tion.On September3, 1957in Little Rock,Arkansasnine cou- Publishers, 1994.
rageous students were sent to Central High School in an at- Thisthoughtful,articulate and touching memoirexploresthe
tempt to desegregate the schoolsin the South.What followed largerimplicationsofthe LA Riots fromthe policemen’sbeat-
willdeterminehowtodeal withAmerica’sessentially separate ingof Rodney Kingandthelaterbeatingof Reginald Denny,to
but unequalschools. the subsequent trials of thoseinvolved. (NF/YA)

• Langone,John.Spreading Poison:A Book About Racism
and Prejudice. New York: Little, Brown & Co.,1993. LiteraturedealingwithPeaceandHumanRightsEducation 18
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Discussesthehistoryof variousracial and ethnicgroupsin the ·.· · : .
United States, including contributions made despite biases, • Betty A. Reardon. Tolerance : the threshold of peace.
and examinesthe problem of religiousand sexualdiscrimina- UNESCO,1997,3volumes,approx.120 pageseach.
tion. (NF/YA) Language versions :English and French
This publicationisa valuable practicalguide forteachers,and
• Levitin, Sonia. The Cure. San Diego: Silver Whistle, hasto be seen in the framework ofUNESCOis action in the
Harcourt Brace,1999 field of education for peace, human rights and democracy,
Award-winning author Sonia Levitin weaves a chillingtale of and as a contribution of the Organization tothe United Na-
colliding worldsbased on thetrue and little-known historical dons Year for Tolerance. Three units focus, respectively, on
incident of the Black Death.The book isan unforgettablestory teachertraining, primaryeducation and secondaryeducation,
about the recurring nature of history, the power of the indi-
vidual, and the results of unfounded hatred and fear of one • Leah Levin.Human Rights:questions and answers. Illus-
group against another. (F/YA) trations by Plantu, UNESCO, Third edition, 1996, 147
pages.
• Lucas, Eileen.Cracking TheWall.The Strugglesof the Lit- The book presents, in its first pan, a brief description of the
tle Rock Nine.Minneapolis, MN:Carolrhoda Books, Inc. scope and meaningof internationalhuman rightslaw.Special
1997. attentionispaidtothedevelopment of proceduresinthe field
A true story about segregation and the struggles of the Little of human rights protection as well as to the importance of
Rock Nine,agroupof nineblack teenagersinthesouth in 1957 human rightseducation.The second part deals withthemean-
who fought fortheirright toan equaleducation at an all white ingof each of the thirty articlesof the Universal Declaration of
high school. (NF/YA) Human Rights.

• McKissack, Patricia and Frederick.TakingAStandAgainst • Living together with our differences. NGO/UNESCO,
Racism and Racial Discrimination. New York: Franklin Standing Committee,1995.
Watts,1990.
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