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The author introduces the concept of race as only one component in an individual's or nation's "story.

Briefly introduces the origins, history, actions, and impact of the Ku Klux Klan, a hate group that targets a wide range of ethnic, religious, and cultural groups in the United States.

In 1968 Chicago, fourteen-year-old Sam Childs is caught in a conflict between his father's nonviolent approach to seeking civil rights for African-Americans and his older brother, who has joined the Black Panther Party.

A history of the Ku Klux Klan founded in 1866 by six young men in Pulaski, Tennessee.

The foundation of the civil rights movement.

Political commentator Carl Rowan discusses why he believes racial tensions in America are approaching the breaking point, lambasting people in the media, government, and academic circles who fan the flames of racism, and calling for people of all races to work for peace.

Explores the beliefs and activities of the Ku Klux Klan, the American Nazi Party, and such late twentieth-century white supremacist extremist groups as the Christian Identity movement.

Traces the African-American struggle, from slavery to the present, to overcome racism and racist laws thereby becoming constitutionally and legally equal to other American citizens.

Contains twelve essays by supporters and opponents of the white supremacy movement, including an interview with a former neo-Nazi.

Collects more than twenty stories in which African-American teens address identity and racism in the United States, and includes a related short fiction story.

Describes the history of photographs taken of seven South Carolina slaves in 1850 for a study by naturalist Louis Agassiz to provide evidence that Africans were biologically inferior, describing the men and women in the photographs, and examines the scientific theories used to support Agassiz's theory.

Chronicles America's troubling relationship with race through four interrelated stories: the transformation of a once-racist Birmingham school system; a Kansas City neighborhood's fight against housing discrimination; the curious racial divide of the Madison Avenue ad world; and a Louisiana Catholic parish's forty-year effort to build an integrated church.

Explores the origins and development of racist hate groups in the United States, such as the Ku Klux Klan and the skinheads.

Examines the historical roots of modern American hate crimes; groups such as the Ku Klux Klan, Identity Christians, and the Order; hate speech in the media; and ways to prevent prejudiced sentiments from spreading.

Presents three narrative essay writing exercises, nine example essays that express different viewpoints on racism, and a final writing challenge, and provides supporting research material.