Immigration and Multiculturalism: Essential Primary Sources (Social Issues Primary Sources Collection)

Cover......Page 1
Table of Contents......Page 3
Advisors and Contributors......Page 12
Acknowledgements......Page 14
About the Set......Page 19
Introduction......Page 20
About the Entry......Page 21
Using Primary Sources......Page 26
Chronology......Page 28
1 Immigration and Migration Prior to 1845......Page 41
Immigration and Migration Prior to 1845......Page 42
Plan of a Slave Ship’s Hold By: Anonymous......Page 43
The John Harrower Diary,1773–1776 By: John Harrower......Page 45
The Arrival of Prisoners at Botany Bay Penal Colony By: Anonymous......Page 49
Act of March 26, 1790 By: U.S. Congress......Page 52
Alien Act of 1798 By: The Fifth Congress of the United States......Page 54
Alien Enemy Act By: John Adams......Page 58
Explanations and Sample Contracts for German-Speaking Emigrants Wishingto Purchase Land in America By: Anonymous......Page 60
Steerage Act By: U.S. Congress......Page 62
The Hollingworth Family Letters, 1827–1830 By: Joseph Hollingworth......Page 64
Freedom from Indenture or Prison in Australia By: Anonymous......Page 67
2 Immigration from 1845-1870......Page 71
Immigration from 1845–1870......Page 72
‘‘Poor Pat Must Emigrate’’ By: Anonymous......Page 73
‘‘Mise Eire’’ By: Eavan Boland......Page 76
The Longford Letter By: Alexander Somerville......Page 77
North Bank of Waitera By: Anonymous......Page 80
Liberia By: Anonymous......Page 83
The Know-Nothing and American Crusader By: Anonymous......Page 85
The Home of the Colored Race By: Anonymous......Page 89
The Integration of Aborigines in Van Diemen’s Land By: W. Tweedie......Page 91
‘‘No Irish Need Apply’’ By: Kathleen O’Neil......Page 93
California ‘‘Anti-Coolie’’ Act of 1862 By: State of California......Page 95
Uncle Sam’s Thanksgiving Dinner By: Thomas Nast......Page 98
Departure of a Colony of Emigrants at Train Station By: Anonymous......Page 101
Naturalization Act of 1870 By: United States Congress......Page 103
3 Immigration from 1870-1905......Page 105
Immigration from 1870–1905......Page 107
The Emigrants’ Dangers By: Harper’s Weekly......Page 108
Arrival of Mennonite Emigrants By: Anonymous......Page 110
Italian Life in New York By: Charlotte Adams......Page 112
Chinese Exclusion Act 1882 By: United States Congress......Page 114
Rosa Cavalleri: From Northern Italy to Chicago,1884–1926 By: Marie Hall Ets......Page 118
Is It Right for a Chinaman to Jeopard a White Man’s Dinner? By: T. Walter......Page 122
Invitation to the Inauguration of the Statue of Liberty by the President By: Anonymous......Page 125
The New Colossus By: Emma Lazarus......Page 128
The Mixed Crowd By: Jacob A. Riis......Page 130
From Russia to the Lower East Side in the 1890s By: Rose Gollup Cohen......Page 134
The Chinese Exclusion Bill By: Anonymous......Page 138
Shall Immigration be Suspended? By: W. E. Chandler......Page 141
The Census and Immigration By: Henry C. Lodge......Page 144
Immigration and Naturalization By: H. Sidney Everett......Page 148
The Assassination of McKinley at the Pan-American Exposition In Buffalo By: T. Dart Walker......Page 149
The English Lesson By: Anzia Yezierska......Page 152
4 Immigration from1905-1945......Page 155
Immigration from 1905–1945......Page 157
The Exclusion of AsiaticImmigrants in Australia By: Philip S. Eldershaw......Page 158
The Melting Pot By: Israel Zangwill......Page 161
Good Metal in Our Melting Pot, Says Miss Wald By: Edward Marshall......Page 164
Your Duty—Buy United States Government Bonds By: U.S. Treasury......Page 167
Come Unto Me, Ye Opprest! By: James Pinckney Alley......Page 169
Processing Immigrant Arrivals at Ellis Island By: Anonymous......Page 171
The Materials of the New Race By: Margaret Sanger......Page 173
What I Owe to America By: Edward Bok......Page 177
Emigrant Woman Saying Goodbye By: Keystone View Company......Page 179
High Lights on the Chinese Exclusion and Expulsion By: Oliver P. Stidger......Page 182
Germany’s Anti-Jewish Campaign By: Sidney B. Fay......Page 185
Angel Island By: Anonymous......Page 188
Puerto Rican or Negro? Growing Up in East Harlem during WW II By: Piri Thomas......Page 190
Message from President of United States Favoring Repeal of the Chinese Exclusion Law By: Franklin Delano Roosevelt......Page 195
New Jewish Immigrants Await Processing in Haifa, Palestine By: Anonymous......Page 198
5 Immigration from 1945 to the Present......Page 201
Immigration from 1945 to the Present......Page 204
Universal Declaration ofHuman Rights, Articles 13–15 By: United Nations......Page 205
Oyama v. California California’s Alien Land Law By: Frederick Vinson......Page 207
Report on Testing of Children of Migratory Agricultural Workers in the Waupun Area By: Governor’s Commission on Human Rights, Wisconsin......Page 212
Naturalization Oath of Allegiance to the United States By: U.S. Congress......Page 215
Enoch Powell on theImmigration Crisis By: Enoch Powell......Page 217
The Most Memorable Times of Our Lives, 1968–1975 By: Rey Huerta......Page 222
Israel’s Responsibility for and Policy Towards Diaspora Jewry By: Geula Cohen and Yitzhak Rabin......Page 225
Plyler v. Doe United States Supreme Court Strikes Down Texas Legislation That Denied the Use of Public Funds in the Education of the Children of Illegal Aliens By: William J. Brennan, Jr.......Page 228
Mexican Immigrants Crossing the Rio Grande By: Danny Lehman......Page 232
Amnesty: Who is Eligible By: Anonymous......Page 234
Counting the Uncountable Immigrant and Migrant, Documented and Undocumented Farm Workers in California By: Victor Garcia......Page 236
Language of Closet Racism: An Illustration By: Paul Gorski......Page 239
Is Teaching ‘La Causa’ Grounds for Firing? By: Anonymous......Page 243
A Small Bengal, NW3 By: Amit Chaudhuri......Page 245
Youth Employment in Agriculture By: Ruth Samardick......Page 248
Constitutional Amendment to Allow Foreign-Born Citizens to be President By: U.S. House of Representatives......Page 250
The El Monte Experience By: Penda D. Hair......Page 252
International Adoptions By: James W. Ziglar......Page 255
U.S. Immigrant Educational Achievement By: Luke J. Larsen, U.S. Census Bureau......Page 259
U.S. Foreign Born by World Region of Birth By: Luke J. Larsen......Page 263
Civic Integration Citizenship after 9/11 By: Eduardo Aguirre......Page 265
Bishops’ Conference Chairmen Support Farm Worker Proposal By: Theodore Cardinal McCarrick and Thomas G.Wenski of the U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops......Page 269
Top Ten Immigration Myths and Facts By: National Immigration Forum......Page 272
What Immigrants and Refugees Need to Know about the New Tennessee Driver’s License and ‘‘Certificate forDriving’’ Law By: Tennessee Immigrant and Refugee Rights Coalition......Page 276
Your Rights and Responsibilities as a Permanent Resident By: United States Citizenship and Immigration Services......Page 278
Discontent over Illegals in Arizona By: Wood, Daniel B.......Page 282
Immigrant Victims of Abuse are Illegally Denied Benefits, Suit Says By: Nina Bernstein......Page 285
15 Years on the Bottom Rung By: Anthony DePalma......Page 288
Injured Soldier Naturalized at Walter Reed by USCIS Director By: U.S. Department of Homeland Security......Page 293
Riots and Rage By: McNicoll, Tracy......Page 295
Australian Prime Minister Worries Over ‘Extremist’ Muslim Immigrants By: Phil Mercer......Page 297
6 Refugees, Asylees, and Displaced Persons......Page 301
Refugees, Asylees, and Displaced Persons......Page 303
Truman Statement onDisplaced Persons By: Harry S. Truman......Page 304
Message from the President of the United States Transmitting His Recommendation that Congress Enact Legislation to Enable Displaced Persons to Enter the United States as Immigrants By: Harry S. Truman......Page 307
Displaced Persons Act of 1948 By: U.S. Congress......Page 311
Camarioca Boat Lift By: Lee Lockwood......Page 316
Escapee in Lorry by Berlin Wall By: Anonymous......Page 318
Ugandan Immigrants Arrive in London By: Anonymous......Page 321
Yitzhak Rabin on the Centrality of Zionism to Israel’s Existence By: Yitzhak Rabin......Page 323
Vietnamese Boat People Arrive at Indonesia’s Anambas Islands By: Jacques Pavlovsky......Page 326
The Nguyen Family: From Vietnam to Chicago, 1975–1986 By: Al Santoli......Page 328
America’s Haitian Influx By: Alistair Cooke......Page 332
Rwandan Refugees in Bukavu By: Jon Jones......Page 335
Elian Gonzalez By: Alan Diaz......Page 338
Proposed Refugee Admission for Fiscal Year 2005 By: U.S. Department of Health and Human Services......Page 340
Point of No Return By: Mirta Ojito......Page 344
Hmong Story Cloths By: Beth Schlanker......Page 347
7 Immigration Reform:The Ongoing Debate......Page 350
Immigration Reform: The Ongoing Debate......Page 352
California Proposition 187 By: State of California......Page 353
Blood on the Border By: Southern Poverty Law Center......Page 357
Amy’s Story By: Anonymous......Page 362
Huddled Masses, Please Stay Away By: Anonymous......Page 366
Immigrants Protest in Favor of Legalization Program in Spain By: Cesar Rangel......Page 369
Illegal Immigrants Are Bolstering Social Security With Billions By: Eduardo Porter......Page 371
Bill on Illegal-Immigrant Aid Draws Fire By: Rachel B. Swarns......Page 375
The Minutemen Border Patrol By: David McNew......Page 378
Tom Tancredo’s Wall The Colorado Congressman Tries to Make America the World’s Biggest Gated Community By: Tom Tancredo......Page 381
House Votes for 698 Miles of Fences on Mexico Border By: Rachel B. Swarns......Page 383
Immigrants’ Lament: Have Degree, No Job By: Miriam Jordan......Page 386
We Want to Stop People from Crossing into America Illegally By: President George W. Bush......Page 388
UK Immigration and the 2005 General Election By: Anonymous......Page 391
Come Hither Illegal Immigration to the United States By: Anonymous......Page 395
Points System Will Favor Skilled Immigrant Workers,Says Clarke By: Richard Ford......Page 399
Holland Launches the Immigrant Quiz By: Nicola Smith......Page 401
An Irish Face on the Cause of Citizenship By: Nina Bernstein and Matthew Sweeney......Page 403
500,000 Pack Streets to Protest Immigration Bills By: Teresa Watanabe and Hector Becerra......Page 407
Real Injustice By: The Washington Post......Page 411
8 Multiculturalism......Page 414
Multiculturalism......Page 416
1933 World’s Fair in Chicago By: Glen C. Sheffer......Page 417
The Immigrant Strain By: Alastair Cooke......Page 418
New February Activities Focus on Black History Importance By: Rollie Atkinson......Page 421
Reagan Signs into Law National Holiday By: Anonymous......Page 424
Canadian Multiculturalism Act By: Government of Canada......Page 427
Bilingual Education: A Critique By: Peter Duignan......Page 431
History of Bilingual Education By: Jeffry W. Myers......Page 434
Attacks on Foreigners and Immigrants in Post-Reunification Germany By: Maryellen Fullerton......Page 437
Resolution of the Board of Education Adopting the Report and Recommendations of the African-American Task Force A Policy Statement and Directing the Superintendent of Schools to Devise a Program to Improve the English Language Acquisition and Application Skills of African-American Students By: Oakland Unified School District Board......Page 440
Jewish Alumnus Sues University of Pennsylvania over ‘Water Buffalo’ Incident By: Robert Leiter......Page 443
Proposition 227 By: Ron Unz......Page 445
Checking the Immigrant Friendliness of Your Schools By: Northwest Regional Education Laboratory......Page 449
President George W. Bush and Secretary Elaine L. Chao Celebrating Asian Pacific American Heritage Month By: Elaine L. Chao and George W. Bush......Page 452
Australian Multiculturalism—The Policy By: Australian Government......Page 455
McClatchy Adds ‘‘Diversity Day’’ as an Annual Holiday By: Anonymous......Page 457
Gratz et al v. Bollinger U.S. Supreme Court Rules on University Affirmative Action Policies By: William H. Rehnquist......Page 459
Civic Leaders call for Calm as Rumours Fly By: Hugh Muir and Riazat Butt......Page 463
Music: The Shakira Dialectic By: Jon Pareles......Page 466
Confederate Will Remain in Name of Vanderbilt Dorm By: Michael Cass......Page 469
A Southern Star Rises in the Low Country By: R.W. Apple, Jr.......Page 471
Dancehall with a Different Accent By: Kelefa Sanneh......Page 474
Berlusconi Warns Against Multiculturalism By: Alessandra Rizzo......Page 477
Why Aren’t Black Business Tycoons Celebrated During Black History Month? By: Jeffrey J. Matthews......Page 478
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