Gustavus Myers Outstanding Book Award

Vergeben durch Gustavus Myers Center for the Study of Bigotry and Human Rights

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Awarded by the Gustavus Myers Center for the Study of Bigotry and Human Rights

A major purpose of the Myers Center is the review and identification of outstanding books written each year about

mehr anzeigen discrimination and bigotry, and ways to develop equitable future communities and societies. Publishers and readers are invited to nominate books published in each preceding year. A list of outstanding books is developed, and the winners of the Gustavus Myers Award announced on Human Rights Day, December 10th, each year

List of Outstanding Books Winners website

Awards began in 1984

The awards ceased when the center closed in 2009 due to a lack of funds.
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Jahre:
Alle, 2009 (7), 2008 (12), 2006 (10), 2005 (10), 2004 (10), 2003 (12), 2002 (10), 2001 (12), 2000 (13), 1999 (1), 1995 (1), 1994 (1), 1993 (1), 1992 (2)
WerkJahr
Ich habe einen Namen Roman von Lawrence Hill
2009
Asylum Denied: A Refugee's Struggle for Safety in America von David Ngaruri Kenney
2009
Bella Abzug: How One Tough Broad from the Bronx Fought Jim Crow and Joe McCarthy, Pissed Off Jimmy Carter, Battled for the Rights of Women and Workers, Rallied Against War and for the Planet, and Shook Up Politics Along the Way von Suzanne Braun Levine
2009
Everyday Antiracism: Getting Real About Race in School von Mica Pollock
2009
Bringing Human Rights Home [Three Volumes] (Praeger Perspectives) von Cynthia Soohoo
2009
Drifting Toward Love: Black, Brown, Gay, and Coming of Age on the Streets of New York von Kai Wright
2009
The Latehomecomer: A Hmong Family Memoir von Kao Kalia Yang
2009
Slavery by Another Name: The Re-Enslavement of Black Americans from the Civil War to World War II von Douglas A. Blackmon
2008
Ida: A Sword Among Lions von Paula J. Giddings
2008
Lose Your Mother: A Journey Along the Atlantic Slave Route von Saidiya Hartman
2008
The Revolution Will Not Be Funded: Beyond the Non-Profit Industrial Complex von Incite! Women of Color Against Violence
2008
The History of My Shoes and the Evolution of Darwin's Theory von Fries Kenny
2008
The Secret Powers of Naming von Sara Littlecrow-Russell
2008
Clinging to Mammy: The Faithful Slave in Twentieth-Century America von Micki McElya
2008
Anti-Arab Racism in the USA: Where it Comes From and What it Means for Politics von Steven Salaita
2008
Getting It von Alex Sanchez
2008
The Cost of Privilege: Taking On the System of White Supremacy and Racism von Chip Smith
2008
Dancing on Live Embers; Challenging Racism in Organizations von Barb Thomas
2008
Medical Apartheid: The Dark History of Medical Experimentation on Black Americans from Colonial Times to the Present von Harriet A. Washington
2008
What If All the Kids Are White?: Anti-bias Multicultural Education With Young Children And Families (Early Childhood Education Series) von Louise Derman-Sparks
2006
Roots Too von Matthew Frye Jacobson
2006
The Color of Wealth: The Story Behind the U.S. Racial Wealth Divide von Meizhu Lui
2006
Freedom Is Not Enough: The Opening of the American Workplace von Nancy K. MacLean
2006
We Are All Suspects Now: Untold Stories from Immigrant America After 9/11 von Tram Nguyen
2006
Storming Caesar's Palace: How Black Mothers Fought Their Own War on Poverty von Annelise Orleck
2006
Creating Black Americans: African-American History and Its Meanings, 1619 to the Present von Nell Irvin Painter
2006
And Tango Makes Three von Justin Richardson
2006
Lighting the Way: Nine Women Who Changed Modern America von Karenna Gore Schiff
2006
Covering: The Hidden Assault on Our Civil Rights von Kenji Yoshino
2006
Selling Women Short: The Landmark Battle for Worker's Rights at Wal-Mart von Liza Featherstone
2005
The Forbidden Book: The Philippine-american War in Political Cartoons von Abe Ignacio
2005
Let's Talk About Race von Julius Lester
2005
Beyond Diversity Day: A Q&A on Gay and Lesbian Issues in Schools (Curriculum, Cultures, and (Homo)Sexualities Series) von Arthur Lipkin
2005
Sundown Towns: A Hidden Dimension of American Racism von James W. Loewen
2005
Homeland von Dale Maharidge
2005
John Brown, Abolitionist: The Man Who Killed Slavery, Sparked the Civil War, and Seeded Civil Rights von David S. Reynolds
2005
Lizzie Bright and the Buckminster Boy von Gary D. Schmidt
2005
Undivided Rights: Women of Color Organizing for Reproductive Justice von Jael Silliman
2005
Conquest: Sexual Violence and American Indian Genocide von Andrea Smith
2005
To Stand and Fight: The Struggle for Civil Rights in Postwar New York City von Martha Biondi
2004
Warrior Poet: A Biography of Audre Lorde von Alexis De Veaux
2004
It's Test Day, Tiger Turcotte von Pansie Hart Flood
2004
Screaming Monkeys: Critiques of Asian American Images von M. Evelina Galang
2004
Civil Rights In Peril: The Targeting of Arabs and Muslims von Elaine C. Hagopian
2004
The Lavender Scare: The Cold War Persecution of Gays and Lesbians in the Federal Government von David K. Johnson
2004
Passing It On von Yuri Kochiyama
2004
Race in the Schoolyard: Negotiating the Color Line in Classrooms and Communities (Rutgers Series in Childhood Studies) von Amanda E. Lewis
2004
BRIDGE: Building a Race and Immigration Dialogue in the Global Economy - A Popular Education Resource For Immigrant And Refugee Community Organizers von National Network For Immigrant And Refugee Rights
2004
The Working Poor: Invisible in America von David K. Shipler
2004
Eyes Off the Prize: The United Nations and the African American Struggle for Human Rights, 1944-1955 von Carol Anderson
2003
Rights of Inclusion: Law and Identity in the Life Stories of Americans with Disabilities (Chicago Series in Law and Society) von David M Engel
2003
Subversive Southerner: Anne Braden and the Struggle for Racial Justice in the Cold War South von Catherine Fosl
2003
Prison Nation: The Warehousing of America's Poor von Tara Herivel
2003
Lessons from Turtle Island: Native Curriculum in Early Childhood Classrooms von Guy W. Jones
2003
The Interpreter von Suki Kim
2003
Troubling Education: Queer Activism and Anti-Oppressive Pedagogy von Kevin Kumashiro
2003
Reaching for the Sun: Kids in Cuba von Trish Marx
2003
Ella Baker and the Black Freedom Movement: A Radical Democratic Vision von Barbara Ransby
2003
The Democracy Owners' Manual: A Practical Guide to Changing the World von Jim Shultz
2003
When Race Becomes Real: Black and White Writers Confront Their Personal Histories von Bernestine Singley
2003
Race in the College Classroom von Bonnie TuSmith
2003
Fire in Beulah von Rilla Askew
2002
A Place to Stand von Jimmy Santiago Baca
2002
Cultural Dilemmas of Progressive Politics von Stephen Hart
2002
Witness von Karen Hesse
2002
Erased Faces von Graciela Limón
2002
Crossing Over von Rubén Martínez
2002
Welfare Racism von Kenneth J. Neubeck
2002
A History of Affirmative Action, 1619-2000 von Philip F. Rubio
2002
Telling to Live von The Latina Feminist Group
2002
Policing the Poor von Neil Websdale
2002
Right-Wing Populism in America: Too Close for Comfort von Chip Berlet
2001
Civil Rights Since 1787 von Jonathan Birnbaum
2001
Bad Boys: Public Schools in the Making of Black Masculinity von Ann Arnett Ferguson
2001
Solidarity Blues: Race, Culture, and the American Left von Richard Iton
2001
After Postcolonialism von E. San Juan Jr.
2001
To Make Our World Anew von Robin D. G. Kelley
2001
Passport Photos von Amitava Kumar
2001
Invisible Lives von Viviane K. Namaste
2001
Because of the Kids von Jennifer E. Obidah
2001
The Cherokee Lottery von William Jay Smith
2001
Construction Sites: Excavating Race, Class, and Gender Among Urban Youth (Teaching for Social Justice, 4) von Lois Weis
2001
Unbending Gender von Joan C. Williams
2001
Those Bones Are Not My Child von Toni Cade Bambara
2000
Papa, was ist ein Fremder? Gespräch mit meiner Tochter von Tahar Ben Jelloun
2000
Gay Parents/Straight Schools: Building Communication and Trust von Virginia Casper
2000
When Equality Ends: Stories About Race And Resistance von Richard Delgado
2000
Mobilizing Resentment: Conservative Resurgence from the John Birch Society to the Promise Keepers von Jean Hardisty
2000
Reinventing the Enemy's Language: Contemporary Native Women's Writings of North America von Joy Harjo
2000
Fremd im eigenen Leben von Chang-Rae Lee
2000
All Souls: A Family Story from Southie von Michael Patrick MacDonald
2000
Achieving the Impossible Dream: HOW JAPANESE AMERICANS OBTAINED REDRESS (Asian American Experience) von Mitchell T Maki
2000
Voices of Resistance: Testimonies of Cuban and Chilean Women von Judy Maloof
2000
Kinship: A Family's Journey in Africa and America von Philippe Wamba
2000
The Earth Shall Weep von James Wilson
2000
Interracial Justice: Conflict and Reconciliation in Post-Civil Rights America (Critical America) von Eric K. Yamamoto
2000
Playing Indian von Philip J. Deloria
1999
White Racism: The Basics von Joe R. Feagin
1995
Living with Racism: The Black Middle-Class Experience von Joe R. Feagin
1994
Cherry Grove, Fire Island: Sixty Years in America's First Gay and Lesbian Town von Esther Newton
1993
Nativism and Slavery : The Northern Know Nothings and the Politics of the 1850s von Tyler G. Anbinder
1992
The Divided Skies: Establishing Segregated Flight Training at Tuskegee, Alabama, 1934-1942 von Robert J. Jakeman
1992

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