Publications

	Whoever You Are/Quienquiera Que Seas by Mem Fox. A bilingual board book. It teaches that children around the world have different ways of life, but inside their hearts are very much alike. Available here
	The Fair Housing Five and the Haunted House by the Greater New Orleans Fair Housing Action Center. Illustrations by Sharika Mahdi-Neville. Join Samaria and her friends as they take creative action against housing discrimination in their community. Available here
	We’re Different, We’re the Same By Bobbi Jane Kates, In this book, the Sesame Street characters show how people (and monsters) are all physically similar but unique at the same time. Available here
	Difference the Rainbow Zebra by Craig Mello, An African tale of diversity that teaches children that different can be beautiful. Available here
	All of the Colors of the Earth by Sheila Hamanaka This beautifully illustrated book celebrates ethnic diversity by looking at the many colors of children that grace the planet. Available here
	Diversity compiled by Dan Zadra and Kristel Wills, A book of quotes on the subject from some of the world’s greatest minds. Available here
	Sharing America’s Neighborhoods: The Prospects For Stable Racial Integration by Ingrid Gould Ellen, This book presents a fresh and encouraging report on the state of racial integration in America's neighborhoods. It shows that while the majority are indeed racially segregated, a substantial and growing number are integrated, and remain so for years. Still, many integrated neighborhoods do unravel quickly, and the second part of the book explores the root causes. The final chapter offers a good case for modest government intervention to promote the stability of racially integrated neighborhoods and some guidelines for policymakers to follow in crafting effective policies. Available here
	The Other Side by Jacqueline Woodson, 2001, Penguin Group. Clover has always wondered why a fence separates the black side of town from the white side. But this summer when Annie, a white girl from the other side, begins to sit on the fence, Clover grows more curious about the reason why the fence is there and about the daring girl who sits on it, rain or shine. And one day, feeling very brave, Clover approaches Annie. After all, why should a fence stand in the way of friendship? Beautifully rendered in Earl B. Lewis's striking, lifelike watercolor illustrations, Jacqueline Woodson gives us a moving, lyrical narrative told in the hopeful voice of a child confused about the fence someone else has built in her yard and the racial tension that divides her world. Available here
	The Difference: How the Power of Diversity Creates Better Groups, Firms, Schools, and Societies by Scott E. Page, 2007, Princeton University Press. About how we think in groups and about how our collective wisdom exceeds the sum of its parts. Available here
	We are the Titans: A Profile of Diversity at One American High School ed. by Taki Sidley. This high quality book documents in eighty-seven duo-toned portraits and accompanying text the wide diversity of community that exists at T.C. Williams High School. It is a powerful document of the changing demographics in American High Schools today and of the changing demographics of American society in general, and it is our hope that it will continue to spark debate about the value that this diversity brings to our schools and to our society. Available here
	Steps Toward an Inclusive Community from the Joint Center for Political and Economic Studies, 2001. This is a case study of how Clarksburg, a moderately sized community in West Virginia, responded to a KKK rally by conducting a counter-rally, the Get Real Rally, which in turn led to the Clarksburg Unity Project. Available here
	Better Together: Restoring the American Community by Robert D. Putnam and Lewis M. Feldstein, 2003, Simon & Schuster. About some of the diverse locations and compelling ways in which civic renewal is taking place today as well as stories about people who are building communities to solve specific problems. Available here
	Beyond Segregation: Multiracial and Multiethnic Neighborhoods in the United States by Michael T. Maly, 2005, Temple University Press. A tour of some of America's best known multiethnic neighborhoods: Uptown in Chicago, Jackson Heights (Queens), and San Antonio-Fruitvale in Oakland. Readers will learn the history of the neighborhoods and develop an understanding of the people that reside in them, the reasons they stay, and the work it takes to maintain each neighborhood as an affordable, integrated place to live. Available here
	Segregation: The Rising Costs for America, ed. by James H. Carr and Nandinee K. Kutty, 2008, Routledge. Documents how discriminatory practices in housing markets throughout most of the past century, and that continue today, have produced extreme levels of residential segregation that result in significant disparities in access to good jobs, quality education, homeownership attainment and asset accumulation between minority and non-minority households. Also demonstrates how these problems are increasingly important to the nation’s long-term economic vitality and global competitiveness. Available here
	Privileged Places: Race, Residence, and the Structure of Opportunity by Gregory D. Squires and Charis E. Kubrin, 2006, Lynne Rienner Publishers, Inc. In the United States today, quality of life depends heavily on where one lives—but high levels of racial segregation in residential communities make it frustratingly difficult to disentangle the effects of place from those of race. Gregory Squires and Charis Kubrin tackle these issues head-on, exploring how inequities resulting from the intersection of race and place, coupled with the effects of public policy, permeate and shape structures of opportunity in the United States. Available here
	American Apartheid: Segregation and the Making of the Underclass by Nancy Denton and Douglas Massey, 1998, Harvard University Press. A seminal work on segregation in America and its role as the root cause of many problems faced today by African Americans. Available here
	Crossing the Class and Color Lines by Leonard S. Rubinowitz and James E. Rosenbaum, 2000, The University of Chicago Press. The story of the Gautreaux Assisted Housing Program, from the initial struggles and discomfort of the relocated families to their eventual successes in employment and education. Available here
	Waiting for Gautreaux: A Story of Segregation, Housing, and the Black Ghetto by Alexander Polikoff, 2006, Northwestern University Press. The story of the case of Gautreaux v. Chicago Housing Authority and HUD, which resulted in a program designed to end the concentration and racialization of poverty through public housing. Available here