Frontline: Assault on Gay America: Interviews
This site contains interviews that provide background about the oppression felt by gay Americans, and so offers a useful supplement to the selection from Arnie Kantrowitz’s Under the Rainbow: Growing Up Gay included in this section of The Conscious Reader.
W. E. B. Du Bois on the Net
This site provides a wide variety of links for further research on W. E. B. Du Bois, whose “On Being Crazy” is included in this section of The Conscious Reader.
The Mississippi Writers Page: Richard Wright
This University of Mississippi English Department site provides biographical information and useful links and a bibliography for further research on Richard Wright, whose “The Ethics of Living Jim Crow” is included in this section of The Conscious Reader.
The King Center
This site associated with the Martin Luther King Center in Atlanta, Georgia, provides important background information on the civil rights leader, his impact on African American rights, and resources for further study. It provides a useful context for better understanding King’s “I Have a Dream” speech, which is included in this section of The Conscious Reader.
The Martin Luther King, Jr., Papers Project at Stanford University
Since Martin Luther King’s influence was largely a result of his powerful oratorical skills, listening to his speeches is crucial to fully understanding their impact. After reading his “I Have a Dream” in this section of The Conscious Reader, you might consider listening to the audio version of that and other speeches available from this site.
Native Web: Resources for Indigenous Cultures Around the World
This site provides useful resources for further study of the struggle for Native American rights addressed in the speeches by Chief Joseph and Chief Seattle and in Ray Bradbury’s story, “Perhaps We Are Going Away” included in this section. The site also places the issue within the wider context of the challenges faced by indigenous people worldwide.
UNESCO: Declaration on Race and Racial Prejudice
This declaration, “adopted and proclaimed by the General Conference of the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization at its twentieth session, on 27 November 1978, ” might be usefully compared with the other declarations of civil rights that are included in this section of The Conscious Reader.
DignityUSA National AIDS Project
DignityUSA’s National AIDS Project works with national AIDS organizations in an effort to bring a gay, lesbian, bisexual, and transgendered Catholic perspective to their work and to increase the dignity of those who are living with AIDS. This site can help you to better understand the issues raised in Reynolds Price’s poem “Tom, Dying of AIDS, ” included in this section of The Conscious Reader.
The Complete Newspeak Dictionary
This extensive site explores the implications of Orwell’s concept of “newspeak” on our public conversations and includes a forum on the topic.
