Library Reading List for Social and Cultural Competencies
African Americans Perspectives
Angelou, Maya. I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings. Bantam, 1979.
Angelou, Maya. Now Sheba Sings the Song. Dutton, 1988.
.Hurston, Zora Neale. Their Eyes Were Watching God. J. P. Lippincott Co., 1937.
Morrison, Toni. The Bluest Eye. Washington Square Press, 1972.
Morrison, Toni. Song of Solomon. Penguin Books, 1987
Walker, Margaret. Jubilee. Houghton Mifflin Co., 1966.
Walker, Alice. The color Purple, 1982.
Asian American Perspectives
Amirrezvani, Anita. The Blood of Flowers. Little, Brown and Company, 2007.
Chu, L. Eat a Bowl of Tea. University of Washington Press, 1979.
Kikumura, A. Through Harsh Winters. Chandler & Sharp, 1981.
Kingston, Maxine Hong, The Woman Warrior. Vintage, 1977.
Lum, Lucy. The Thorn of Lion City. Public Affairs, 2007.
Su, Frederick, An American Sin, Bytewrite LLC, 2001
Hispanic Perspectives
Baker, H. A. (Ed.). Three American Literatures. Newberry House, 1982.
Gonzalez, Juan. Harvest of Empire: A History of Latinos in America, 2001
Moraga, C., & Anzaldua, G. (Eds.). This Bridge Called My Back: Writings by Radical
Murray, Yxta Maya. Locas: A Novel
Paternostro, Silvana. In the Land of God and Man: A Latin Woman’s Journey. 1999.
Suro, Robert. Strangers Among Us: Latino Lives in a Changing America, 1999.
Steinbeck, J. Tortilla Flat. Viking-Penguin, 1977.
Native Americans Perspectives
Brown, Dee. Buried My Heart at Wounded Knee. New York: Holt, Rinehart, 1971.
Kroeber, Theodora. Ishi in Two Worlds. University of California, 1976.
Momaday, N. Scott. The Way to Rainy Mountain
Moon, W. L. H. Blue Highways: A Journey into America. Fawcett Crest, 1982.
Neihardt, J. G. Black Elk Speaks. Washington Sq. Press, 1959.
Storm, H. Seven Arrows. Ballantine Books, 1972.
Welch, James. Fools Crow, 1987
Welch, J. & Stekler, P. Killing Custer: The Battle of Little Bighorn and the Fate of the Plains Indians, 2007
Books Related to Social Justice:
Carnes, Jim. Us and Them: A History of Intolerance in America. New York: Oxford University Press, 1996.
Finzi, Roberto, and Maud Jackson. Antisemitism: From Its European Roots to the Holocaust. New York: Interlink Books, 1999.
Herbst, Philip. Talking Terrorism: A Dictionary of the Loaded Language of Political Violence. Westport, Connecticut: Greenwood Publishing Group, 2003.
Johnson, Allan G. Privilege, Power, and Difference. Mountain View, CA: Mayfield Publishing Company, 2001.
Matas, David. Bloody Words: Hate and Free Speech. Winnipeg: Bain and Cox, Publishers. 2000.
Matsuda, Mari J., Charles R. Lawrence III, Richard Delgado, and Kimberlè Williams Crenshaw. Words that Wound: Critical Race Theory, Assaultive Speech, and the First Amendment. Boulder, CO: Westview Press, Inc., 1993.
Miller, Casey, and Kate Swift. The Handbook of Nonsexist Writing for Writers, Editors and Speakers. New York: Lippincott & Crowell, Publishers, 1980.
Pulera, Dominic. Visible Differences: Why Race Will Matter to Americans in the Twenty-First Century. New York: Continuum, 2002.
Shaw, Susan M., and Janet Lee. Women's Voices, Feminist Visions: Classic and Contemporary Readings. 2nd ed. Boston: McGraw-Hill, 2004.
Sloan, Lacey M., and Nora S. Gustavsson, eds. Violence and Social Injustice Against Lesbian, Gay and Bisexual People. New York: Harrington Park Press, 1998.
Takaki, Ronald. A Different Mirror: A History of Multicultural America. Boston: Little, Brown, and Company, 1993.
Zakim, Leonard P. Confronting Antisemitism: A Practical Guide. Hoboken, New Jersey: KTAV Publishing House, Inc., 2000.
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