Resources for WebQuest on Racism
Karen Cohen

Racism in the South of the 1930's

Definitions of racism and related words

History of the Ku Klux Klan

The Black Vote in the 1930's

Growing up in the South of the 1930's

Growing up white in the 1930's

Growing up black in the 1930's

Interview of three women who grew up in the South of the 1930's

General Background on the Depression

Remembering--Reminiscences of the Great Depression

Federal Writers' Project Interview Excerpts

A Woman's Perspective on Work in 1930's Georgia

A Woman's Perspective on Work in 1930's Vermont

A Woman's Perspective on Work in 1930's New Hampshire

American Cultural History: 1930-1939

Then and Now: Prices During the Great Depression and Prices Today

The Great Depression and the New Deal

The Great Depression (student paper)

Contemporary Scientific Perspectives on Racial Diversity

Diversity and Deviance: A Biological Perspective - Biological diversity examined in terms of need to respect human differences

Statement on Race as a Biological Concept - Race as a subdivision of the human species subject to biological classification, and acknowledgment of natural diversity

Genetic Diversity as Deviance? - Questions posed in connection with biological diversity issues

Other Theories on Race

Literature on Race, Ethnicity and Multiculturalism

More Literature on Race, Ethnicity and Multiculturalism

Review of Racial Theories by author Michael Banton

Sex, Hybridity and Contamination:Racial Theories of the Nineteenth Century

Articles on Eugenics

Eugenics:A Secret War Against the Poor