Links and Resources for the Study of the Rhetoric of Race
Key Individuals
| Bayard Rustin |
Literary Texts and Archival Documents
 | Wheatley, Phillis. Poems on Various Subjects, Religious and Moral. Classical Authors Directory. |
| Women of Color and the Women's Liberation Movement |
| African American Women Writers of the 19th Century: A Selection of Published Works. The Digital Schomburg, New York Public Library. |
| On the Philosophical Method of Americans, On Some Sources of Poetry Among Democratic Nations, and The Present and Probably Future of the Three Races That Inhabit the Territory of the United States from Democracy In America, by Alexis de Tocqueville. |
| Reynolds, Sherrie and Cornell Thomas. Snapshots: Black and Queer |
| Women and Social Movements in the United States, 1820-1940. SUNY Binghamton Archive and curricular resource site. |
| The Shirley letters from California mines in 1851-52; being a series of twenty-three letters from Dame Shirley (Mrs. Louise Amelia Knapp Smith Clappe) to her sister in Massachusetts, and now reprinted from the Pioneer magazine of 1854-55; with synopses of the letters, a foreword, and many typographical and other corrections and emendations, by Thomas C. Russell; together with "An appreciation" by Mrs. M.V.T. Lawrence ... |
| The land of little rain, by Mary Austin. American Memory note: Mary Hunter Austin (1868-1934) moved with her family from Illinois to the desert on the edge of the San Joaquin Valley in 1888. In the next fifteen years she moved from one desert community to another, working on her sketches of desert and Indian life. Spending the last years of her life in Santa Fe, Austin remained a lifelong defender of Native Americans and was recognized as an expert in Native American poetry. ..." |
| A Celebration of Women Writers. University of Pennsylvania Resource Site. |
Multimedia
| "Born in Slavery: Slave Narratives from the Federal Writers Project." Library of Congress American Memory Collection |
| American Indians of the Pacific Northwest. University of Washington Libraries Digital Collections |
| Uncle Tom's Cabin and American Culture. Stephen Raiton and The University of Virginia |
| The Exhibit of American Negroes: Paris 1900 (World's Fair/Exposition Universelle) |
| Africans, Darkies and Negroes: Black Faces at the 1901 Pan-American Exposition in Buffalo New York |
| Anti Imperialism in the United States. |
| Literature on Race, Ethnicity and Multiculturalism. Comprehensive Ethics site at University of California at San Diego |
| Pearson, Kim "Race, Rhetoric and the American Dream" (powerpoint presentation |
| History Matters: Many Pasts |
| Carlagirl Photo. A site that both displays the work of writer/artist Carla Williams, and that serves as a gateway to critical commentary and works of many female and glbt artists, musicians and writers. |
| Mean Joe Greene Coca-Coca commercial. |
| Malcom X: The
Conference. From the website: "More than 3,000 people from 25 countries attended the
"Malcolm X: Radical Tradition and a Legacy of Struggle" conference held in New York City. More than 100 speakers led 24 sessions during November 1-4, 1990. This conference was the last time that major figures such as Alex Haley, John Henrik Clarke, Betty Shabazz, and C. Eric Lincoln gathered together. These particular individuals have all passed since then, so the conference is very special indeed...." |
| Malcolm X: A Research Site |
| A Conversation on Race: Excerpts from a 1997 Du Bois Institute Colloquium featured on PBS' Frontline. |
Criticism, Biography and Bibliographic Information
| African American Studies and Post-Colonialism | ||||||
| Annotation for "Dear World," by Paula Gunn Allen | ||||||
| Native American Authors Internet Public Library | ||||||
| Index of Native American Electronic Resources on the Internet | ||||||
| Zook, Jim. "A Homeric Life: A Comprehensive Biography of W.E.B. Du Bois." (review of W. E. B. Du Bois: Biography of a Race" from The Chronicle of Higher Education) | ||||||
| Mc Ginnis, C. Leigh, Jr. The Lyrics of Prince Rogers Nelson | ||||||
| Katznelson, Ira. Du Bois for the 1990s (review of When Work Disappears: The World of the New Urban Poor, by William Julius Wilson) | ||||||
| A collection of stories and commentaries on race and contemporary theatre:
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Current Affairs
| "Understaffed Cal-OSHA gives fatalities short shrift," Orange County Register, October 17, 2001. |
| "Prison's hidden cost: Inmates can take home AIDS risk," Akron Beacon Journal. March 17, 2002 |
| "School Discipline: An Uneven Hand" Seattle Post Intelligencer. March 15, 2002 |
| "Life as a Blackman" Game Website. |
| Wise, Tim. "Breaking the Cycle of White Dependence: A Call for Majority Self-Sufficiency," The Black World Today, May 22, 2001 |
| Berkowitz, Bill. Prospecting Among the Poor: Welfare Privatization. Applied Research Center. Released May 8, 2001 |
| Helmore, Edward. "All We Need to Tell the Poor is: Come on, Fellas, Now, Shape Up," The Observer, April 22, 2001 |
| Black Discontent: The Final Report of the 1993-94 National Black Politics Study |
| Giving New Meaning to "Race" Remarks by the Hon. Louis Farrakhan to the Congressional Black Caucus |
| Black Radical Congress News Mail Archives |
| "The Roots of Racial Profiling" Reason Magazine |
| Chait, Jonathan. "Robert Johnson, W.'s Favorite Race-Baiter," The New Republic, August, 27, 2001 |
Relevant Theoretical Materials from Other Disciplines
| Hinman, Laurence. "The Place of Race, Culture and Ethnicity in Moral Theory," Department of Philosophy, University of California at San Diego |
| Hill Collins, Patricia, "The Sexual Politics of Black Womanhood," From Black Feminist Thought |
| Aristotle's Rhetoric: Index to Book One |
| Somerville, Siobhan B. Queering the Color Line: Race and the Invention of Homosexuality in American Culture |
| Sturm, Susan and Lani Guinier. "THE FUTURE OF AFFIRMATIVE ACTION: RECLAIMING THE INNOVATIVE IDEAL," Reprinted from CALIFORNIA LAW REVIEW Volume 84, Number 4, July 1996 From the RaceTalks Initiatives website. |
Organizations, Conferences and Proceedings
| American Ethnic Rhetorics. Pennsylvania State University. July 8-10, 2001 |
| African Literature Association |