toward EQUALITY : EXPLORING A WORLD OF DIFFERENCE : GETTING MORE INFORMATION

Those who want to learn more about ethnic, racial and religious diversity can choose from among a wide variety of resources--public libraries, museums, universities and ethnic community centers. Here is a starting point.

SOURCE BOOKS

GENERAL

Allport, Gordon W., The Nature of Prejudice. (New York: Doubleday, 1958; reprint ed., Reading, Mass.: Addison-Wesley, 1979)

Anti-Defamation League of B’nai B’rith, A World of Difference: A Prejudice Reduction Program. Teacher/Student Study Guide. (Greater Southern California Region, Suite 814, 6505 Wilshire Blvd., Los Angeles, CA 90048-4987. (213) 655-8205)

Briggs, Dorothy, Your Child’s Self-Esteem: The Key to His Life. (Garden City, N.Y.: Doubleday, 1970)

David M. Kennedy Center for International Studies, Brigham Young University. Culturgram. Briefings to aid understanding of, feeling for and communication with other people. (Publication Services, 280 HRCB, Provo, Utah 84602 (801) 378-6528)

California Institute of Public Affairs, Ethnic Groups in California: A Guide to Organizations and Resources, 1988 edition. (P.O. Box 10, Claremont, 91711. (714) 624-5212)

Clark, Kenneth B., Prejudice and Your child. (Boston: Beacon Press, 1963)

Holgerson, Karen M., ed. The American Experience. (Belmont, Calif.: Star Publishing, 1988.)

ASIAN-PACIFIC ISLANDERS

Chinn, Thomas W., ed., A History of the Chinese in California. (Chinese Historical Society of America, 1969)

Daniels, Roger, The Politics of Prejudice: The Anti-Japanese Movement in California and the Struggle for Japanese Exclusion. (Atheneum, 1968)

Fujimoto, Isao, et al., Asians in America: A Selected Annotated Bibliography. (Asian American Studies Division, University of California, Davis, rev. ed., 1983)

Girdner, Audrie, and Anne Loftis, The Great Betrayal: The Evacuation of the Japanese-Americans During World War II. (Macmillan, 1969.)

Henkin, Alan B., and Liem Thanh Nguyen, Between Two Cultures: The Vietnamese in America. (R&E; Research Associates, 1981)

Macadangdang, Fortunato U., A Selective Bibliography of Filipino Experiences in America. (San Jose State University, 1973)

Ronyoung, Kim (Gloria Hahn), Clay Walls. (Permanent Press, 1987) A novel dealing with the Korean immigrant experience in the United States, set in Los Angeles.

Shu, Ramsey Leung-hay, and Adele Salamasina Satele, The Samoan Community in Southern California: Conditions and Needs. (Asian-American Mental Health Research Center, Chicago, 1977)

BLACKS

Anderson, E. Frederick, The Development of Leadership and Organization Building in the Black Community of Los Angeles from 1900 through World War II. Century Twenty-One Publishing (Saratoga), 1980.

Comer, James P., and Alvin F. Poussaint, Black Childcare: How to Bring Up a Healthy Black Child in America: A Guide to Emotional and Psychological Development. (New York: Simon and Schuster, 1975)

Harrison-Ross, Phyllis and Barbara Wyden, The Black Child: A Parent’s Guide. (New York: Wyden, 1973)

Porter, Judith, Black Child, White Child: The Development of Racial Attitudes. (Cambridge, Mass.: Harvard University Press, 1971.)

Williams, Juan, Eyes on the Prize: America’s Civil Rights Years, 1954-1965. (New York: Viking, 1987.)

LATINOS

Del Castillo, Richard, The Los Angeles Barrio, 1850-1890: A Social History. (University of California Press, 1980)

Garcia, F. Chris, Political Socialization of Chicano Children: A Comparative Study with Anglos in California Schools. (Praeger, 1973)

McWilliams, Carey, The Mexicans in America: A Students’ Guide to Localized History. (New York: Teachers College Press, 1968)

AMERICAN INDIANS

Cook, Sherburne F., The Conflict Between the California Indians and White Civilization. (University of California Press, 1943. 4 vols. One-volume edition issued by UC Press in 1976.)

Heizer, Robert Fleming, The California Indians: A Source Book. (University of California Press, 2nd Ed., 1971)

CENTERS

African Arts Connection

1311 N. Orange Drive, Los Angeles, 90028

(213) 461-2963

Afro-American Culture Center

2560 W. 54th St., Los Angeles 90043

(213) 299-6124

American-Arab Anti-Discrimination Committee

P.O. Box 27699, Los Angeles 90027

(213) 466-2838

American Indian Resource Center

Huntington Park Library

6518 Miles Ave., Huntington Park 90255

(213) 583-1461

Anti-Defamation League of B’nai B’rith

6505 Wilshire Blvd., Suite 814

Los Angeles, CA 90048-4987

(213) 655-8205

Armenian Educational Foundation

600 W. Broadway, Glendale 91206

(818) 242-4154

Asian Pacific Resource Center

Montebello Library

1550 W. Beverly Blvd.

Montebello 90640

(213) 722-6551

Black Resource Center

A. C. Bilbrew County Library

150 E. El Segundo Blvd., Los Angeles 90061

(213) 538-3350

Chicano Resources Center

East Los Angeles Library

4801 East 3rd St., Los Angeles

(213) 264-0155

Chinatown Service Center

600 N. Broadway, Los Angeles 90012

(213) 680-9955

Chinese Cultural Center

970 N. Broadway, Suite 103, Los Angeles 90012

(213) 489-3827

Filipino American Community of Los Angeles Inc.

1740 W. Temple St., Los Angeles 90026

(213) 483-1597

Gardena Valley Japanese Cultural Institute

16215 S. Gramercy Place, Gardena 90247

(213) 770-2878

Hispanic Urban Center

1201 East 1st St., Los Angeles 90040

(213) 264-4494

Indochinese Information and Referral Outreach

916 S. Alvarado St., Los Angeles 90006

Islamic Center of Southern California

434 S. Vermont Ave., Los Angeles 90020

(213) 384-5783

Los Angeles County Office of Education, Multicultural Education Curriculum and Instructional Programs,9300 E. Imperial Highway, Downey 90242-2890. (213) 922-6323.

Japanese-American Cultural & Comm. Center,

244 S. San Pedro Street, Los Angeles

(213) 628-2725

Jewish Federation Council

6505 Wilshire Blvd., Los Angeles 90048

(213) 852-1234

Korean Resources Center

2530 S. Crenshaw Blvd., Los Angeles 90016

(213) 735-5448

Los Angeles Urban League, Western Office

3450 Mt. Vernon Drive, Los Angeles 90008

(213) 299-9660

Mexican American Legal Defense and Educational Fund

634 S. Spring St., Los Angeles 90014

(213) 629-2512

NAACP, 2907 W. Vernon Ave.,

Los Angeles 90008

(213) 296-2630

Office of Samoan Affairs

950 Dovlen Place, Suite C, Carson 90746

(213) 538-0555

Simon Wiesenthal Center for Holocaust Studies

9760 W. Pico Blvd., Los Angeles 90035

(213) 553-9036

Southern Christian Leadership Conference-West

4182 S. Western Ave., Los Angeles 90062

(213) 295-8582

Thai Community Service Center

863 1/2 N. Western Ave., Los Angeles 90029

United Neighborhoods Organization

3763 East 4th St., Los Angeles 90063

(213) 266-0577

Vietnamese Assn.

1400 West 9th St.

Los Angeles 90015

Voice of India (umbrella organization of 14 Indian groups.)

4914 S. Crenshaw Blvd., Los Angeles 90043

MUSEUMS

California Afro-American Museum, Ed. Dept.

600 State Drive, Exposition Park, Los Angeles 90037

(213) 744-7432

Museum of African American Art

4005 Crenshaw Blvd., Los Angeles 90008

(213) 294-7071

Pacific Asia Museum

46 N. Los Robles Ave., Pasadena 91101

(818) 449-2742

Southwest Museum

234 Museum Drive, Los Angeles 90042

(213) 221-2163

ORANGE COUNTY

Amigos of Chicano Literature Guild

Dept. of Spanish & Portuguese

UC Irvine

Irvine 92717

(714) 856-5702

Anti-Defamation League of B’nai B’rith

2700 N. Main St., Suite 500

Santa Ana 92701

(714) 973-4733

Assn. of Mexican-American Educators

P.O. Box 744

Anaheim 92805

Black Business Alliance of Orange County

P.O. Box 2121

Orange 92669

(714) 550-1272

Bowers Museum Cultural Council Programs

2002 N. Main St.

Santa Ana 92706

(714) 972-1900

Cambodian American Community Inc.

300 S. Standard Ave., Santa Ana 92701

(714) 835-3471

Chicano Resource Center

University Library, CSU Fullerton

800 N. State College Blvd.

Fullerton 92634

(714) 773-2537

Hermandad Mexicano Nacional

119 W. 5th St.

Santa Ana 92701

(714) 541-0250

Hispanic Committee of the Arts

115 E. Santa Ana Blvd.

Santa Ana 92701

Historical & Cultural Foundation of Orange County

18400 Von Karmen, Suite 280

Irvine 92715

(714) 250-1957

Jewish Federation of Orange County

1385 Warner Ave., Suite A,

Tustin 92680

(714) 259-0655

Korean-American Assn. of Orange County

9884 Garden Grove Blvd.,

Garden Grove 92643

(714) 530-8413

Lao Family Community Inc.

1140 S. Bristol St.

Santa Ana 92704

(714) 556-9520

League of United Latin American Citizens

P.O. Box 1126

Santa Ana 90680

(714) 751-9636 or 630-3835

Los Amigos of Orange County

522 E. Central Park Avenue

Anaheim 92802

(714) 776-4622

NAACP

2515 W. McFadden

Santa Ana 92704

(714) 543-3637

Orange County Indian Center, Inc.

12755 Brookhurst St.

Garden Grove 92641

(714) 530-0221

SAN DIEGO COUNTY

American Friends Service Committee

2130 Broadway, San Diego 92102

(619) 233-4114

Anti-Defamation League of B’nai B’rith

7850 Mission Center Ct., Suite 207

San Diego 92108

(619) 293-3770

Chicano Federation

610 22nd St., San Diego 92102

(619) 236-1228

Heartland Human Relations Assn.

7435 University Avenue, Suite 202,

La Mesa 9204

(619) 460-2744

House of Pacific Relations and Hall of Nations

Balboa Park, San Diego 92101

(619) 234-0739

Indochinese Mutual Assistance Assn.

5511 El Cajon Blvd., San Diego 92115

(619) 583-9811

Jewish Community Relations Council

of the United Jewish Federation

4797 Mercury St., San Diego 92111

(619) 571-3444

Union of Pan-Asian Communities

1031 25th St., San Diego 92102

(619) 232-6454

Urban League of San Diego

4261 Market St., San Diego 92102

(619) 263-3115

Vietnamese Alliance

6970 Linda Vista Road, San Diego 92111

(619) 571-3703