How not to be insane when accused of racism (a guide for white people) This post pretty much says what I think about the topic. There are also a lot of comments that provide discussion of the issue.

Multi-Issue Ethnic Studies & Ethnic Politics Sites

Voice of the Shuttle An educational links page on minority/ethnic studies. Lots of links on lots of topics.
Saxakali is a "people of color" portal with international orientations. Has link sites on reparations, education, health, immigration, land rights, workers rights, women, prisons.
Race, Racism and the Law considers race, racism and racial distinctions in the law; It examines the role of the law in promoting and/or alleviating racism. The site includes statutes, cases, excerpts of law review articles, annotated bibliographies and a wide variety of other documents related to race and racism. Key topics include criminal justice, Hawaii, Japanese internment, Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo, Africans in America, immigration, English, definitions of race & racism, historical cases of slavery, Jim Crow, case for reparations to blacks (in "justice"). More.
Is Race Real? The Social Science Research Council has posted about a dozen good essays discussing and debating the biological and social meanings of race.
Understanding Race. A project of the American Anthropological Association with accessible interactive materials.
Leadership Conference on Civil Rights A coalition organization. Their "coalition" page provides links to a large number of religious, ethnic, civil rights and labor organizations.
Voice of the Shuttle Minority Studies Page Lots of links to groups and issues.
PBS Site for "Race: The Power of an Illusion" This site has interactive material, including a very difficult quiz asking you to categorize faces by race.
Ethnic Newswatch. Great full-text data base from the ethnic press. You need to be at the Univ. of Wisconsin (including WiscWorld) for access.
Minorities at Risk Project Follows minorities around the world.
Memorial Library Handouts on Research in Ethnic Studies
DiversityInc.com is a site targeted to business "diversity" initiatives. "Hot topics" section includes affirmative action, reparations, etc. You are asked to register for free at the site, but promised that the registration information will nto be sold to third parties.
Mid-Atlantic Equity Consortium Site emphasizes educational equity by race & gender. Includes a lot of statistics as well as reports and other kinds of resources.
Americans.net A gateway site which comes up with American flags and war information, but if you page down, lists a large number of affiliated sites, including sites dedicated to the major ethnic groups in the US, along with sites dedicated to various topics in US history and culture.
World Languages data base at UCLA Profiles of world languages, including maps, dialects, etc.
White Privilege study resources. List maintained at Greenfield Community College which includes links to anti-racist organizations and a few significant articles.
Euroamerican.Org is a multiracial anti-racist site focusing on European American - White culture. "Beyond guilt." Site is still in development, includes lots of articles, letters, quotations and suggested activities.
"Seeing Segregation OnLine" instructions on how to use the Census Bureau's American Factfinder to draw maps of segregation.

African American / Black

Urban League of Greater Madison
Black Native American Association. For persons of mixed African and Native American ancestry. Long list of links to with an emphasis on genealogical sites, as well as sites specifically about Black Indians.
Progressive National Baptist Convention. A predominantly black denomination. Broke away from the National Baptist Convention over more aggressive support for civil rights.
Congress of National Black Churches a coalition of 8 historically black denominations.
Nation of Islam In Milwaukee
NAACP (National Association for the Advancement of Colored People) was founded in 1919. Web site is more focused on the structure of the organization & its programs than on providing information about issues. Has links to many other organizations for various ethnic groups. Also links to NAACP branches, some of which have information on specific issues.
- "The Long Shadow of Jim Crow: Voter Intimidation and Suppression in America Today" 2004.
- Texas branch NAACP has a strong hate crimes page.
- The NAACP Legal Defense Fund is a separate organization from the NAACP. The Los Angeles office of the NAACP LDF web site publicizes its activities with a lot of multimedia resoources. Key issues involve policing in LA; also has information on who voted for anti-immigrant Prop. 209.
Swagga.com The Afrocentric Experience is a portal site with a great deal of information on African, Afro-Caribbean and African American history, politics, issues, personalities, literature, music, culture.
Black Voices a black gateway site. Includes news and discussion sections.
The MarcusGarveyBBS is a discussion/forum site philosophically committed to Garvey's ideals.
UNIA-ACL (United Negro Improvement Association - African Communities League) web site, claims to be the continuity of the UNIA founded by Garvey. Site includes statement of principles, etc. The current president is Marcus Garvey's son.
Ethiopia Africa Black International Congress This is a Rastafarian religious web site which seems oriented to its own members, has little outreach but a great deal of imagery and text.
Jim Crow PBS documentary currently broadcasting has web site with a large abount of information
John Browns Holy War a PBS video and informational web siate
University of Michigan Political Science resources has a good page of African American studies resources
Univ. of Louisville "civil rights" documents Includes affirmative action, racial profiling, other topics.
http://www.aawc.com/aawc0.html African American gateway site. MANY AfAm history links, links to AfAm organizations, etc.. "Topics of Concern" include KKK site on AOL and Ebonics (Black/English) -- both with many discussion articles.
The Black Press A PBS film. The web page contains a great deal of information about the history and importance of the black press in the US. California Newsreel the producer of this and many other educational videos about the African American experience.
www.seattle-times.com/mlk a site devoted to Martin Luther King, Jr. Speeches, audio & video clips, etc.
UW Afro-American Studies Program
TransAfrica Forum public policy for the African diaspora (group headed by Randall Robinson)
Nation of Islam (Black Muslim) official site
Articles about the differences between Nation of Islam and Orthodox Muslims, including Warith Deen Mohammed, the son of Elijah Mohammed who led the Nation of Islam when Malcolm X was preaching. This page links to a "differences" page and a page about "what is Islam" by WDM.
- Ministry of W. Deen Mohammed
Popular black magazines (these are the magazine sites, which do not give full text of articles but do include some discussions, etc.): Ebony, Jet , Essence (for black women)
Africana.com an African-American portal with articles and features on a wide variety of topics. Includes articles on many historical topics.
Blackpeopleloveus.com A satirical site that has a point.
AfricanAmericans.com an extensive site with a great deal of general and historical information.
Jim Crow Museum of Racist Memorabilia. This site, maintained by Ferris State University in Michigan, contains hundreds of images of the different stereotypes of Black people and of images of segregation along with several dozen essays on the history of racism and discrimination in the US, including essays on the origins of "Jim Crow."
BrotherMalcolm.Net a site devoted to Malcolm X.
Tulsa Riot of 1921 Whites in Tulsa attacked and burned the entire Black area of Tulsa to the ground. This site documents the riot in detail, including the background and then describing exactly what happened; it includes a large number of photographs of the White mobs gathering and the buildings burning. The organization's main site is devoted to getting reparations for the survivors; it includes interviews with survivors, copies of the official report on the incident, and more.
Deaths in the 1992 LA Riot. My summary of the deaths in the Los Angeles riot
- Original report that is the source of this summary (also copied in my summary)
- Larger web site with many other articles about this riot
Kwanzaa.
- The "official" Kwanzaa site maintained by Maulana Karenga, the man who invented of Kwanzaa in 1966 as an African American cultural celebration. The site includes a lot of information including FAQs, detailed explanations of origins and meanings, etc.
- TIKE : a commercial site that has a good short summary of the history & manner of celebration of Kwanzaa
eBlack Studies An archive of classic articles in Black Studies and the Black movement

American Indian / Native American

Information on the Indian Trust lands lawsuit about the billions of dollars owed to American Indians for Indian Trust lands that have been mismanaged by the US government
Native Languages of the Americas. This extensive and well-organized site is promoting American languages. It contains links to cultural information about many groups, as well as containing extensive language information about many indigenous American languages.
Black Native American Association. For persons of mixed African and Native American ancestry. Long list of links to with an emphasis on genealogical sites, as well as sites specifically about Black Indians.
Leonard Peltier case: 1) FBI page on Peltier case. 2) FBI statement in 2009 opposing Peltier's release on parole 3) a pro-Leonard Peltier site that includes links to Incident at Oglala, a film about the case. 4) another pro-Peltier site (these appear to be dueling sites) 5) The Wikipedia entry 6) Another overview with lots of information, news articles, links.
A compilation of Native American resources. The person who compiled them died in 1997 so the site is not current, but is being maintained on a server because many people used it.
"The People's Path" a Native American site. Cherokee emphasis but lots of links, kept current.
National Congress of American Indians. Special sections on issues such as mascots, education, environment, etc. Emphasis on legal documents.
Virtual Library, Native American Resources. Lots of links, includes activist sites, but little annotation.
Native American Rights Fund. Information on various legal challenges.
Office of American Indian Trust. NOTE: This site has disappeared from the Department of Interior web site, probably due to the lawsuit. It used to include maps of American Indian reservations. And lots of links.
Department of Interior Indian Trust page This seems to be a temporary defensive site explaining how they are improving.
Harvard Project on American Indian Development. Major research result is importance of true tribal autonomy and appropriate governing structures. Sites lists main conclusions and publications which can be ordered; little information is available on-line.
Index of Native American Internet Resources -- hundreds of links
Native American & Canadian First Nation Maps Lots of GIS maps, an incredible collection by Paula Giese.
Wisconsin Tribes Map with links to tribal & organization pages by Paula Giese.
Navajo-Hopi Land Conflict A detailed history by Paula Giese with maps and links to the groups on various sides of the issue. Aruges that most sources have failed to represent the Hopi side, and that white business interests are playing a key role.
Bureau of Indian Affairs BIA pages are down due to Cobell Litigation. This URL still includes links to organizations and lists of tribes.
Native American Nations. Links to information by and about individual tribes.
American Indian Movement
- Text of 1972 position paper for Trail of Broken Treaties (calls for new treaties)
National Congress of American Indians Founded in 1944, it is still active.
Great Lakes Indian Fish and Wildlife Commission Chippewa/Ojibwa/Anishinaabeg self-regulation of hunting and fishing after treaty rights victories. Site includes history of the tribes and treaties. Also organized links to other fish & game and treat rights sites.
Summary of anti-Indian and pro-Indian movements on a pro-Indian site
American Indian Heritage Foundation Includes tribal directory, extensive collection of literature, and library of resources on American Indians and the environment.
Economic Infrastructure of American Indian Reservations and Trust Areas This document seems to have disappeared from the Economic Development Administration web site.
BIA's list of Frequently Asked Questions about American Indians (e.g.do they pay taxes? do they have to live on reservations?)
- FAQs on American Indians from the Bureau of Indian Affairs. Because this is no longer available on the BIA web site, I am posting a local copy of it here.
American Indian Studies Program at UW The AISP maintains a resouce center near their offices in Ingraham Hall that includes videos, types, music, slides, periodicals, and books.
Citizens Equal Rights Alliance an organization AGAINST treaty rights
Honor Our Neighbors Origins and Rights (HONOR) a human-rights coalition focused on American Indian issues. Some cool pictures but not a lot on the site otherwise; lists publications which can be ordered.
Transform Columbus Day organizing site calls for end to celebration of Columbus Day.
Native American links compiled at Ogalala Lakota College, a tribal college.
Native American Rights Fund Supports various legal projects, including tribalizing education. Web site lists a large number of ongoing issues in a wide variety of areas.
FirstPeoples.Org Web site devoted to "indigeneous peoples" issues around the world, with specific sections on the US and Canada, as well as international comparisons. Strong emphasis on land rights.
The Mascot Issue, anti-mascot site maintained by Linda Mitten at nativeculture.com with a good collection of articles and links.
Lakota Sioux, Pine Ridge Reservation
- Official web site of the Lakota Oglala Sioux Tribe
- Statement against appropriating Lakota spirituality with lots of comments in response.
- Lakota na Dakota Wowapi Oti Kin (Lakota Dakota Information Home Page) Maintained by two university professors, a gateway site for information on the Lakota & Dakota peoples (Distinct but related Siouxian tribes).
- Friends of Pine Ridge Reservation This web site coordinates donations to organizations that serve the Pine Ridge reservation.
Dickshovel.com Despite the odd-sounding name, this site has an incredible number of links to a wide variety of current issues for Native Americans, and also includes short histories of several dozen of the larger tribes.
Teacheroz a links site last updated in 2008 with an extensive list of primary historical documents and an emphasis on historical topics, art, and specific tribes.
Univeristy of Washington Libraries Native American History site Links to vetted history sites with an emphasis on tribal and regional histories.
American Indian Site maintained by Prof Troy Johnson of the American Indian Studies program at California State University Long Beach. The site is listed as a Brittanica reference site and a selection of the Internet Scout Project. Includes history links, tribal links, American Indian Colleges, and links to sites about specific issues.
Course site for 2006 course at Evergreen State College on Anti-Indian Movements taught by Kristina Ackley and Zoltan Gorssman. Site includes excellent lecture notes and other materials on Native American sovereignty and anti-sovereignty movements.
Blue Corn Comics page on media images with lots of images and articles about Native American portrayals in the media. The web site's main purpose is to advertise a comic book called Peace Party featuring Native Americans. It also contains extensive links and discussions and images of Native people, including a "stereotype of the month" contest.
Wisconsin American Indian Tribes (official tribal sites)
- Menominee
- Great Lakes Inter-Tribal Council Organization of Native American tribes in Wisconsin, Minnesota, Michigan
- Red Cliff Band, Lake Superior Chippewa
- Bad River Band, Lake Superior Chippewa (This site is for their casino, but gives a history of the tribe)
- Wisconsin's government-to-government site for Native American tribes in the state. Includes information about each tribe via links to either tribe sites or Great Lakes Inter-Tribal Council site.
- Ho-Chunk Nation
- Oneida Nation
- Forest County Potawatomi
- Sokaogan (Mole Lake) Chippewa Community
- Lac du Flambeau Band of Lake Superior Chippewa Indians
Other specific tribal sites
- Cherokee official site
- Navajo official site

Latina/o - Hispanic

Azteca.net is an internet service provider, web design firm. Has extensive list of links to Spanish-language newspapers.
http://www.latino.com/ A Latino portal site. Mostly commercial, art, etc., but also news and commentary.
http://www.webdemexico.com.mx/ A Mexican site about Mexico. In Spanish.
Chicano Studies Program at UW
MEChA at Wisconsin
Community Action on Latin America A local organization concerned with justice in Latin America. Links page is organized around countries.
Mexico Connect is a broad site covering many dimensions of Mexico. Principally oriented toward encouraging tourism, but includes significant overviews of history, news, discussion of issues, cultural links. In English.
- History timeline puts Mexican history in context of Europe & Asia
HispanoMundo an extensive site with lots of information and links to other sites. Oriented toward general information.
Los Angeles. Philip J. Ethington History Department, University of Southern California A fascinating visual site showing population growth, images of the city and much more..
- Animated Maps showing Los Angeles population change.
"Zoot Suit Riots." A PBS site with detailed accounts of the riots, copies of newspaper coverage, images of the clothing, music, social life, politics of the time. In Los Angeles in 1943: for 10 days Anglo sailors hunted and beat Mexican Americans wearing "zoot suits" (a style of the time); brawling ensued as Mexican Americans fought back.
National Council of La Raza is the largest national Hispanic civil rights and advocacy organization in the United States, founded in 1968. To achieve its mission, NCLR conducts applied research, policy analysis, and advocacy, providing a Latino perspective in five key areas – assets/investments, civil rights/immigration, education, employment and economic status, and health. NCLR serves all Hispanic subgroups in all regions of the country and has operations in Atlanta, Chicago, Los Angeles, New York, Phoenix, Sacramento, San Antonio, and San Juan, Puerto Rico.

Asian & Pacific Island American

Hmong web site at UWSP, has a lot of Hmong culture & politics links.
HmongStudies.Org is an excellent educational site with a wide variety of information about Hmong. Includes direct links to Census information about Hmong. Also includesCensus & some other information about Cambodians, Laotians,Vietnamese.
Hmongnet.org is a comprehensive links site about Hmong
Cambodians a general article by Tuong Hung Nguyen, Ph.D. at Boston University
giving an overviewof Cambodian history and issues about Cambodians, especially students, in the US
Asian Pacific American news; free sign-up for weekly email news.
Asian Pacific American Council at UW List of other Asian groups on campus.
Khmer Students Association Invitation to dinner, and a few links to other Khmer sites.
UCLA Asian American Studies Center. Good links, including Asian population estimates. Policy debates.
Two Korean newspaper sites: 1) http://www.joins.com/ in Korean and http://english.joins.com/ in English; and 2) http://www.donga.com/ in Korean and http://english.donga.com/ in English
Asian American Legal Defense Fund
http://www.hindustan.net/ a discussion network for Indians.
Asian American Studies in the Big 10
Asian American Studies at UW
Asian American videos at UW Asian American Studies office
Smithsonian Institution list of suggested links (especially history)
Hmong tragedy Page giving detailed history, information, commentary; long list of Hmong links.
Federated States of Micronesia official web page of former US trust territories whose citizens have rights of unrestricted travel, immigration to US.
- Micronesia Information
Japanese-American Interment educational site
About Japanese relocation: an individual's pretty balanced summary of facts about the relocation.
AsianWeek a newspaper site for Asian Americans
Asian-Nation a general site devoted to educating the public about Asian Americans. Has many topical sections.
Hawaiian Ethnic Groups This site was put together by a school group and gives a brief introduction to Hawaii's different ethnic groups.

Other Ethnic/Identity Groups & Issues

American Arab Anti-Discrimination Committee
100 Questions & Answers about Arab Americans
Anti-Defamation League. Jewish advocacy. Emphasis on civil rights, hate groups, Israel, Farrakhan and Nation of Islam, religious freedom.
White racist groups: 1) http://www.stormfront.org/ 2) http://www.resist.com/
Human Rights Campaign, for gay and lesbian rights.
John Hagedorn's web site on gangs and gang research. He is a professor of Criminal Justice at the University of Illinois at Chicago and author of several books and many articles.
The Algebra Project, founded by Robert Moses. Teaching algebra to low-income minority youth. There is a video/audio/text description of the program from the North Central Regional Educational Library.
United Muslim Americans Association A political organization based in Chicago.
Article raising critical issues about foreign adoptions This links to and references articles that are critical of US parents adopting children from overseas.

Religion

National Council of Churches list of member denominations provides links for those that have them.
UW Prof. Cohen's web page has scholarly links on religion in the US
Divining America is an academic site devoted to providing information on religion in America for use by teachers. Includes both historical and current sections; covers both Christianity and other religions. Includes several sections on Black churches, sections on Jewish and Muslim experiences, and on Mormons, Catholics, and Protestants.
Progressive National Baptist Convention. A predominantly black denomination. Broke away from the National Baptist Convention over more aggressive support for civil rights.
Congress of National Black Churches a coalition of 8 historically black denominations.
The Interfaith Alliance is a non-partisan, faith-based organization with supporters from over 50 faith traditions, including Muslims, Catholics, Protestants and Jews, dedicated to promoting the positive role of religion as a healing and constructive force in politics and in public life.
religioustolerance.org a web site devoted to describing religions and covering religious points of view, including both sides of controversial issues. Descriptions of religious groups and issues, with many links to other sources, as well as bibliographic references.
Beliefnet a multi-faith (e.g. Christian, Buddhist, Hindu, Jewish, Muslim, Earth-based, etc.) commercial site emphasizing personal practice & belief, with some links to informational sources & controversial discussions.
United American Muslim Association Turkish ethnicity.
United Muslim Americans Association A political organization based in Chicago.
Muslim Student Association of USC A complex page with many resources.
Muslim American Society is an outgrowth of various Muslim associations. Includes links to other Muslim organizations. It publishes the American Muslim magazine.
Islamic Assembly of North America
The Islam Page is oriented to explaining Islam to non-Muslim potential converts. Includes translations of the Koran/Quran in many languages. Religious focus, much information.
Ministry of W. Deen Mohammed
Muttaqun on line is a multi-ethnic Muslim site which emphasizes religion and personal relations.
Islam Guide has a basic Q&A format about beliefs
Islamicity is general site with news, culture, etc. for Muslims in US; includes many opinion articles with open discusison.
Orthodox Christian Information Center is an outreach site explaining and promoting Orthodox Christianity. Lots of articles and links.
Adherents.com is a compilation of statistics about membership in US religious organizations.
Judaism 101 is an award-winning site written from an Orthodox point of view (but with short summaries of other viewpoings) that answers common questions about Judaism, as well as more advanced topics.

Economic Issues

Center for Social Inclusion focuses on "structural racism," the factors that lead people of color to do worse economically. It publishes fact sheets and reports, for example showing that the 2008-9 economic recession is hurting people of color more than Whites. New York based.

Affirmative Action

Univ. of Rhode Island Affirmative Action source page, has summaries of justifications, arguments.
A research page for Affirmative Action. Extensive collection of primary documents. Was put together in the mid-1990s; less extensive on more current material.
American Association of University Professors. A number of different reports and documents about affirmative action.
Pro-Affirmative Action article by Asian-American Studies Prof. Gabriel Chin, plus lots of links.
Article by an English professor against AA. (link goes to a list of his publications)
National Association of Social Workers AA statement
A law review article on AA
Americans Against Discrimination and Preferences
Affirmative Action & Divesity Initiatives at UW
- Chancellor Wiley's Statement on Affirmative Action at UW
- Wiley's data analysis criticizing critics of UW policies
- Plan 2008 Includes both plan and lots of statistical data in appendices
- Plan 2008 another positing of the same material

Reparations

National Coalition of Blacks for Reparations in America
Reparations Links on Saxakali.com a "people of color" portal.
African Reparations Movement (UK) calls for reparations to Africa and the African disaspora; FAQs about reparations concepts, details on specific countries, issues.
Caucasions United for Reparations and Emancipation (CURE) Includes discussions of prisons, discussion of United Nations Human Rights policies which call for reparations.
Reparations information at swagga.com includes an essay on the legal basis for reparations and text of the 1999 bill in Congress calling for study of reparations.
Africare, a British site on African reparations.
African Reparations Movement a UK site.(No longer being maintained after the death of the founder.) International perspective.
"The Self Determination Committee" Urging AfAms to refuse to pay taxes and file for reparations for slavery; soliciting payment to tell AfAms how to "expatriate" themselves and be freed from the obligations of citizenship (including taxes).
Saxakali is a "people of color" portal with international orientations. Has link sites on reparations, education, health, immigration, land rights, workers rights, women, prisons.
Randall Robinson's page. Selling his book, The Debt, but also legal arguments and information about the movement
Anti-reparations article on "Stand to Reason" page devoted to creating "confident, courageous, yet winsome and attractive ambassadors for Christ capable of restoring credibility to the Christian world view." Interestingly, this site has quite a few articles suggesting that good Christians are against black political action, although most of the site's emphasis is on the more usual moral and social issues.
Washington Post columnist quotes a wide variety of short statements for and against reparations.
Human Rights Watch page on race and racism, which includes reparations among other issues.
Bibliography on reparations compiled by a librarian at Purdue University.

Language/ Culture Issues (including bilingualism)

One Nation. Organization which sponsored prop 227 in California and seeks to ban bilingual education elsewhere.
Language Policy Web-Site maintained by a person who researches and writes in the area; against Unz and proposition 227. Lists his own books and articles; articles can be downloaded.
California Association for Bilingual Education. Resources for educators. Also 'news' and 'legislative updates' on current issues.
California Department of Education. Includes statistics, laws.
National Education Association. "Issues" section includes bilingual education, school safety, vouchers, school control issues.

Hate Groups & Hate Crimes

Southern Poverty Law Center is a nonprofit organization that combats hate, intolerance and discrimination through education and litigation. Its programs include the Intelligence Project (hate groups), Teaching Tolerance, and Tolerance.org.
Tolerance.org A project of the Southern Poverty Law Center, a web site on practicing& teaching tolerance. current links on terrorism & targeting of Arabs.
Anti-Defamation League. Jewish advocacy. Emphasis on civil rights, hate groups, Israel, Farrakhan and Nation of Islam, religious freedom.
White racist groups: 1) http://www.stormfront.org/ 2) http://www.resist.com/
FBI hate crimes report
ACLU (American Civil Liberties Union) works on free speech, religious freedom. Has position on hate crimes legislation & other issues.

Immigration

http://www.immigration.about.com/ a massive commercial site with a great deal of information, and links to about.com's related sites.
Dual citizenship. Court cases have said that people cannot be forced to give up dual citizenship, although naturalization still requires an oath renouncing other citizenship. The law changed in the 1960s-1980s with court decisions.
Historical summary of immigration law from an on-line textbook. It leaves out some of the racial issues, but includes quota information.
The Los Angeles office of the NAACP LDF has information on who voted for anti-immigrant Prop. 209
Center for Immigration Studies A think-tank which appears to be generally negative toward immigration
US Immigration service
Migration Information Source is a web site devoted to providing international information about migration and refugee flows around the world. Its specific section on the US http://www.migrationinformation.org/USfocus/ has a great deal of information about migrants in the United States. It's parent organization is Migration Policy Institute which has a generally pro-migration stance and an international view as well as a strong US focus
- Substantial information on programs and policies to aid integration of immigrants, including language & literature, education, employment.

Hawaii

Hawaii section of Race, Racism and the Law site includes US apology for Hawaii which gives a detailed history of what happened.
A school site with information about Hawaii's various ethnic groups

Local Groups

Urban League of Greater Madison
Call for Peace and Youth Solution
UW student organizations web page list There are many ethnic student groups. Web pages are mostly local, but some have links to other sites.
Asian Pacific American Council at UW List of other Asian groups on campus.
Khmer Students Association Invitation to dinner, and a few links to other Khmer sites.
Nation of Islam In Milwaukee
The Madison Times The paper that's more than black and white.
UW's Plan for Diversity
Wisconsin Policy Research Institute There is no index to their many reports and articles which speak to public policy issues in Wisconsin, focusing on education, welfare and social services, criminal justice, taxes and spending, and economic development; also conducts a Wisconsin poll. There are also quite a few casino articles.

Multi-Issue Activist & Policy Groups

Alliance for Democracy Alliance for Democracy. Includes activist links.
Yes! A Journal of Positive Futures The Positive Future Network's goal is to enhance the power of people working to create a more just, sustainable, and compassionate future by increasing their public visibility, their sense of interconnection, and their access to visions, tools, stories and techniques for change.
Heartland Institute Conservative think tank with lots of on-line articles giving conservative opinions about a wide variety of issues.
American Enterprise Institute Conservative think tank with lots of on-line articles giving conservative opinions about a wide variety of issues.
speakout.com a commercial site which centralizes news stories and links for "activists" of all stripes; hot links to send email on a wide variety of topics, hot "surveys" on a variety of topics. Includes links to activist organizations. There is a "race relations" section which is featuring racial profiling, as well as "war on drugs" and many others. Seems to be a fairly superficial focus on hot topics. May provide the popular "buzz" on issues.
Befearless/Grassroots a commercial site with links to grassroots organizations, including civil rights organizations
The Mission of IGC is to advance the work of progressive organizations and individuals for peace, justice, economic opportunity, human rights, democracy and environmental sustainability through strategic use of online technologies. Branches to PeaceNet, EcoNet, WomensNet, AntiRacismnNet. News, activist links; ability to sign up for mailing lists. A "gateway" site that lets you search for documents on member sites by topic. Includes civil rights, immigration, etc.

General On-Line Research Resources

Guide to Library Resources in Ethnic Studies (prepared for Sociology 220) RTF file or PDF file
UW Madison Journal Search Data Bases (the library has been reorganizing its web page, and some of these links may not work. If so, go to the library's "journals" page that lists data bases, and look for the specific one) Note that you need to be recognized as a UW user to access most of these sites
- Journal Data Base Page
- Proquest
- Academic Search
- Sociological Abstracts
- EthnicNewsWatch (good source for information on publications catering to African American, Hispanic, Asian American, American Indian, and Jewish audiences)
- Social Science Index
- Citation Index and Impact Studies
- Nexis/Lexis
- Electronic Journal List
- MADCAT library catalogue for books
Social Science Information Gateway
Social Sciences Virtual Library
Yahoo Social Science
Reference Librarians can answer some questions by email
About.com sociology site
Internet Public Library , On-line reference sources (extensive) + links to newspapers, including international newspapers
CNN news service site has archived stories about past issues and some links to relevant external sites.
PBS has extensive on-line information supporting its television documentaries.
Congressional web sites: House Senate can be searched for speeches, testimony, bills on various topics.
Policy.com maintained by VoxCap properties as an objective policy forum, organizing articles by topic. Detailed list of policy-oriented organizations appearing to span the political spectrum. Topical pages combine articles with links to relevant organizations. A very complex and detailed site. Looks like a good research resource.
about.com select news/issues gets you to a list that covers a wide variety of relevant issues.
Statistical Resources Web Page This page created at the University of Michigan links you to an extraordinarily wide range of statistical data bases.
Scout Report Signpost An index of good quality web sites, compiled by librarians.
Harper's Weekly is developing a complex web site of 19th century materials based on its magazine from that time. Contemporaneous coverage of racial and election issues from the time. Parts are available free. They are attempting to sell access to other parts to educational institutions. Includes political cartoons from the time as well as anti-slavery articles, and opinions at the time about reconstruction, etc.
historychannel a commercial site mostly advertising their own shows, but detailed "exhibits" contain links to encyclopedia entries and relevant web sites. A search on keywords will bring up short summaries.
politics.com a popular site, includes links to organizations for elections and issues
stateline.org is devoted to state political news
United Nations site
http://www.officer.com/ is a directory of law enforcement-related sites, including criminal justice.
Federation of American Scientists, links on intelligence (espionage), weapons policy & arms control.
Federal statistical sites gateway with indices by topic, agency, etc.
World Sites Atlas Maps on Line.
BBC
Teacher Oz A collection of links to public domain sources on history. Maps etc.
OpenCRS.com is a web site devoted to creating public access to Congressional Research Reports which are public documents that are not generally distributed to the public. These are excellent background briefing sheets on issues relevant to proposed Congressional legislations. The search engine on the site is not good; if you are looking for documents on a specific topic, it will work better to use a search engine such as google with boolean search capacities and restrict the domain to opencrs.com.

Educational Resources.

Mississippi Historical Society (many specific articles)
History of Civil Rights in Mississippi (audio & video clips plus historical narratives; University of Southern Mississippi and others)
New Jersey African American History Guide

International Resources

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