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24 April 2008
Links for Online Information on Diversity
Black History Month
This America.gov Web page highlights the celebration of Black History Month every February and the history and contributions of African Americans in the United States.
Women’s History Month
Every March, Women’s History Month is celebrated in the United States. This America.gov Web page looks at some of the accomplishments and events that moved women’s rights forward.
2008 Statistical Abstract of the United States
U.S. Census Bureau
Diversity Bibliography
Offered by the Poynter Institute, a nonprofit organization "dedicated to teaching and inspiring journalists and media leaders," this bibliography -- updated in early 2005 -- links to online resources, including organizations and reports and a list of books of interest in the field of diversity and the media.
DiversityWeb
A project of the Association of American Colleges and Universities, DiversityWeb is a comprehensive compendium of campus practices and resources about diversity in higher education.
Ethnic and Multicultural History
This site, from The Learning Page, Library of Congress, offers annotated links to approximately 30 resources showcasing the history of ethnic diversity in the United States.
Immigration
From the American Memory, Library of Congress, this feature presentation links educators to primary sources from the Library of Congress' online collections. It provides an introduction to the study of immigration to the United States, focusing on the immigrant groups that arrived in greatest numbers during the 19th and early 20th centuries.
Issue Guide on Immigration
Public Agenda Online, a "nonpartisan, nonprofit public opinion research and citizen education organization" founded in 1975, offers this topical "issue guide" with facts, findings, news articles and various perspectives and public opinion on immigration.
The Living Cities Census Series
This series is a major effort by the Brookings Institution’s Center on Urban and Metropolitan Policy to illustrate how urban and suburban America has changed in the last two decades. Brookings is conducting comparative analyses of the major social, economic and demographic trends for the top 100 U.S. metropolitan areas. Among its publications are The Rise of New Immigrant Gateways, Diversity Spreads Out: Metropolitan Shifts in Hispanic, Asian, and Black Populations Since 2000 and From 'There' to 'Here': Refugee Resettlement in Metropolitan America.
Metropolitan Racial and Ethnic Change -- Census 2000
This Web site, a public service of the Lewis Mumford Center, the State University of New York at Albany and the Ford Foundation, offers information and analyses of how the racial and ethnic composition of metropolitan areas has shifted in the last 10 years and how increasing diversity is experienced at the level of local neighborhoods.
Race and Ethnicity Online
Created by the American Political Science Association's Section on Race, Ethnicity, and Politics, this site focuses on research related to American Indians, African Americans, Latino Americans and Asian Pacific Americans.
