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This work looks at race, ethnicity and education in the United States. It covers such topics as: myths and history in the making of race and ethnicity; the origin of British North America and racial slavery; abolition and the invention of racism; and more.
Introduction.
Chapter 1. Myths and History in the Making of Race and Ethnicity.
Chapter 2. What Is Not Taught in School: The Origin of British North America and Racial Slavery.
Chapter 3. City Upon a Hill: The Contradictions of Humanism and Exceptionalism on the Road to Revolution.
Chapter 4. American Revolution to the Civil War: Abolition and the Invention of Racism.
Chapter 5. The Great Divide: The Civil War to Modern Racism.
Chapter 6. Education and the Melting Pot: Ethnicity in the Era of Jim Crow.
Chapter 7. The Civil Rights Movement: The Long Road to Justice.
Chapter 8. Educational Opportunity and the Politics of Identity Today.
Conclusion: Understanding the Past for Today and All Tomorrows.
Bibliography.