The Taino People

Information on the Taino people is interesting and conflicting. Note various points of view in the following sites:

http://www.ontalink.com/native_americans/taino.html
http://www.hartford-hwp.com/archives/41/013.html
http://www.lasculturas.com/aa/aa100900a.php
http://members.tripod.com/~Taino_3/lavoz.htm

The Freedmen's Bureau

Brief history:

http://valley.vcdh.virginia.edu/HIUS403/freedmen/overview.html

Freedmen's schools

http://www.newgeorgiaencyclopedia.org/nge/Article.jsp?id=h-634
http://160.36.208.47/FMPro?-db=tnencyc&-format=tdetail.htm&-lay=web&entryid=F069&-find=
http://www.nathanielturner.com/educationhistorynegro17.htm

Plessy v. Ferguson

http://www.oyez.org/oyez/resource/case/307/
http://usinfo.state.gov/usa/infousa/facts/democrac/33.htm
http://www.lawbuzz.com/can_you/plessy/plessy.htm

Civil Rights Legislation

The following will provide information on and links to a variety of Civil Rights legislation:

http://usinfo.state.gov/usa/infousa/society/legislat.htm
http://www.congresslink.org/print_basics_histmats_civilrights64text.htm
http://www.civilrights.org/issues/enforcement/details.cfm?id=18342

Israel Zangwill and The Melting Pot

http://www.vdare.com/fulford/melting_pot.htm
http://www.pbs.org/fmc/timeline/emeltpot.htm

Cultural Pluralism

"Shaping a Vision for Cultural Pluralism" http://www.religion-online.org/showarticle.asp?title=1090

"A Commitment to Cultural Pluralism" http://kvc.minbuza.nl/uk/archive/commentary/parekh.html