Bates, J. Douglas, GIFT CHILDREN: A STORY OF RACE, FAMILY, AND ADOPTION IN A DIVIDED AMERICA, Ticknor & Fields--Chronicles the 23-year interracial journey of a white couple who adopted two black children to raise with their two biological white sons. 270 pages
Bell, Derrick, FACES AT THE BOTTOM OF THE WELL, Basic Pub., New York, 1992--The civil rights activist uses legal precedents, historial experience and fiction to shed light on themes such as affirmative action, the desparity between civil rights and reality, and racist outbursts of some black leaders. 222 pages
Bolick Clint, UNFINISHED BUSINESS: A CIVIL RIGHTS STRATEGY FOR AMERICA'S THIRD CENTURY, San Francisco, CA: Pacific Research Institute for Public Policy, 1990--Offers a vision of individual empowerment and economic liberty; attacks race-based policies as surface-deep solutions and advocates an end to governmentally created barries to economic activity such as licensing laws, minimum wage laws, the Davis-Bacon Act etc. paper 149 pages
Branch, Taylor, PARTING THE WATERS: AMERICA IN THE KING YEARS 1954-63, Simon & Schuster--A vivid tapestry of the United States at the climax of the civil rights struggle, from centers of power in bureaucratic Washington and in the White House to the arrest of Rosa Parks, the Freedom Rides and the assassination of Medger Evers. 1064 pages
Burman and Reynolds, GROWING UP IN A DIVIDED SOCIETY, Northwestern Univ. Press, 1986--Documents and analyzes the experiences of children from various backgrounds and "racial" categories, and shows the connection between institutionalized racism and poverty, ignorance, malnutrition and violence. 454 pages
Carter, Stephen, REFLECTIONS OF AN AFFIRMATIVE ACTION BABY, New York, Basic Books, 1991--Provides a thoughtful analysis of affirmative action as well as an illuminating critique of the pressures on black professionals and intellectuals to conform to one "politically correct" way of being black. 253 pages
Coles, Flournoy, BLACK ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT, Chicago: Nelson Hall Inc. Publishers, 1975--An analysis of the cause-and-effect patterns of black economic development from historical and contemporary perspectives. Includes recommendations for moving the black community forward. 165 pages
Cose, Ellis, THE RAGE OF A PRIVILEGED CLASS, HarperCollins, New York, 1993--Interviews with scores of successful African Americans, men and women. Sheds light on why middle-class blacks still feel discriminated against, and offers a thoughtful discussion of affirmative action. 192 pages
Fleming, John, THE CASE FOR AFFIRMATIVE ACTION FOR BLACKS IN HIGHER EDUCATION, Howard Univ Press, 1978--Argues it is the government's responsibility to support these policies. Presents case studies of the impact they have had on specific schools, and offers guidelines for future implementation. 416 pages
Goering, John, HOUSING DESEGREGATION AND FEDERAL POLICY, Chapel Hill: University of North Carolina Press, 1986 -- 338 pages
Harrington, Walt, CROSSINGS: A WHITE MAN'S JOURNEY INTO BLACK AMERICA, Harper Collins--An eye-opening account of race relations. Blends the voices of the dozens of black Americans the author spoke with on a journey across the country with his own reflections on what it means to be black or white in America. 466 pages
Herrnstein and Murray, THE BELL CURVE: INTELLIGENCE AND CLASS STRUCTURE IN AMERICAN LIFE, Free Press Pub. --Puts forward the theses that intellectual ability is endowed unequally and intelligence levels differ among ethnic groups. Suggests that low intelligence is a contributor to problems. 845 pages
Kaus, Mickey, THE END OF EQUALITY, Basic Pub., Proposes a new civic liberalism where the increasing economic disparity between rich and poor is offset by "class-mixing" institutions such as the draft, a national health care system, WPA-style workfare, and ending the class segregation of the suburbs. 293 pages
Malcolm X, BY ANY MEANS NECESSARY, Pathfinder--Speeches from the last year of his life spell out his positions on "internationalizing" the fight against racism. Explains his views on political alliances, on black-white intermarriage, on capitalism and socialism. 191 pages
Norman, Dorothy, THE HERO: MYTH, IMAGE, SYMBOL, Doubleday, A study drawn from an array of cross-cultural sources. Discuss the heroic principle both in mythological concepts and contemporary life. 238 pages
Ridge, Martin, THE NEW BILINGUALISM, Transaction Books, 1981--Explores new trends in immigration and a rising consciousness of ethnicity that have created a dilemma in public policy. 272 pages
Rogers,H.P., TAKING A STAND ON CIVIL RIGHTS, Wellington, CA 1991--Q & A format; discusses early civil rights law and the condition of minorities today and questions whether current policy is making things better or worse. 74 pages
Sowell, Thomas, MARKETS AND MINORITIES, New York, Basic Books, Inc., Publishers, 1981.
Steele, Shelby, THE CONTENT OF OUR CHARACTER:A NEW VISION OF RACE IN AMERICA, St. Martin's Press, 1990--Explores the relationship between the private self and the public reality. How racial attitudes have been conditioned by history. 175 pages
Taylor, Bron Raymond, AFFIRMATIVE ACTION AT WORK, Univ. of Pittsburgh Press, 1991--Uses social science to analyze the moral and legal principles undergirding affirmative action, and examines a program of affirmative hiring in California to explore firsthand its impact on workers. 251 pages
Taylor, Jared, PAVED WITH GOOD INTENTIONS, Carrol & Graf--Explores the failure of race relations in modern America. Suggests approaches to festering social problems, and points out the flawed nature of many of the existing affirmative action programs. 416 pages
Urofsky, Melvin I., A CONFLICT OF RIGHTS: THE SUPREME COURT AND AFFIRMATIVE ACTION, Scribners, 1991--An account of the 1988 case of Johnson v. Transportation Agency, Santa Clara County, a landmark decision that meant employers could voluntarily adopt hiring and promotion goals to benefit women and minorities. 270 pages
Walzer, Michael, SPHERES OF JUSTICE: A DEFENSE OF PLURALISM AND EQUALITY, New York, Basic Books, Inc. 1983--Examines how we can have a society that is both equal and free. 321 pages
Washington, Booker T., UP FROM SLAVERY, Bantam Book 22nsd printing 1977-- The autobiography of a great man who fought his way out of slavery to become an educator, statesman and political power. paperback 241 pages
Wright, Richard, BLACK BOY, Harper Row, 1937-1966--Classic autobiography of growing up black in the Jim Crow South with poverty, hunger, fear and hatred. paper 288 pages