Spanish Peaks Library District

Describes the fight by ethnic groups to achieve equality in the United States.

Recounts how Africans were originally brought to North America as slaves and how they eventually flourished in the face of overwhelming prejudice.

Brings to life the experiences and heritage of Japanese immigrants, who left their native home in Japan to settle in North America between the 1880's and 1920's, including those held in internment camps in the United States during World War II.

Discusses the history of Polish immigration to the United States and covers their customs and traditions, and the impact they have had on American culture.

Explores the history of America's territorial expansion, the ways in which it was done, and the term 'manifest destiny' that was popularized by newspaper editor John O'Sullivan in 1845.

Offers a survey of the country's history from colonization to the present that focuses on the plights and achievements of the minority groups who make up its multicultural population.

"The term, "Hispanic," is used to describe an ethnic group comprised of people who were born in or whose parents or ancestors were born in a Spanish speaking nation, no matter their race. Hispanics are also the fastest growing youth population and the youngest ethnic group in the nation"--

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 1944, at the height of World War II, 982 European refugees found a temporary haven at Fort Ontario in Oswego, New York. They were men, women, and children who had spent frightening years one step ahead of Nazi pursuers and death. They spoke nineteen different languages, and, while most of the refugees were Jewish, a number were Catholic, Greek Orthodox, and Protestant Christians. From the time they arrived at the Fort Ontario Emergency Refugee...

"Part contemporary detective story, part World War II historical narrative, No Surrender is theinspiring truestory of Roddie Edmonds, a Knoxville-born enlistee who risked his life during the final days of World War II to save others from murderous Nazis, and the lasting effects his actions had on thousands of lives--then and now. Captured in the Battle of the Bulge, Master Sergeant Roddie Edmonds was the highest-ranking American soldier at Stalag...