ERA 9: Postwar United States (1945 to early 1970's)
Growing Up Colored, by Henry Louis Gates, Jr.
Guiding Questions
Did the Civil Rights Movement of the 1960s effectively change the nation?
What effect does growing up as a minority have on the individual?
Is it possible to ignore racial differences?
Question Focus Example for Task 24: Institutional racism is worse than overt racism.
Henry Louis Gates, Jr.
Teacher-to-Teacher
Although this article and the supporting documents specifically address race issues from the black perspective, the same issues and concerns apply to other minority groups, and thus the collection can be used with all cultural groups.
Literature Connection: A Raisin in the Sun by Lorraine Hanesberry, Lift Every Voice and Sing (poem/song) by James Weldon Johnson, Their Eyes Were Watching God by Zora Neale Hurston, The Bluest Eye by Toni Morrison