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Minorities in Arizona: Historical Topics and Related Resources

Divided Black and Brown Communities

Divided Black and Brown Communities

Labor 

  • American dreams derailed : Japanese railroad and mine communities of the interior West by Andrew Benjamin Russell
  • Traqueros : Mexican railroad workers in the United States, 1870 to 1930 by Jeffrey Marcos Garcilazo
  • Working on the railroad, walking in beauty : Navajos, Hózhq, and track work by Jay Youngdahl

Transportation

  • A chapter in early Arizona transportation history : the Arizona Narrow Gauge Railroad Company by Howard Archibald Hubbard
  • Arizona history : the Okemah community by William E. Burt
  • Arizona journeys: how transportation shaped the Grand Canyon state by Mark E. Pry
  • History of transit in the Valley of the Sun : a history of public transportation in Phoenix, Arizona, 1887-1989 by Jerry W. Abbitt
  • Relocation trauma in the Phoenix urban area and improper exercise of eminent domain for evicting citizens from their homes : an account of the relocation experiences of the relocates and their neighbors with the Arizona Highway Department by Gerard F. Judd
  • Rural public transportation demonstration project for the Navajo Nation by Navajo Tribe of AZ, NM & UT
  • Rural public transportation projects on Indian reservations: a report on 11 demonstrations: final report by John Crain
  • The problems of transportation: people & products by Arizona Town Hall
     

Redlining & Restrictive Covenants

Redlining & Restrictive Covenants

  • A nacsent federalism : federal urban relations, public housing, Phoenix, Arizona, and San Diego, California, 1933-1949 by Bruce I. Zachary
  • Don't look at me different: voices from the projects, Tucson, Arizona, 1943-2000 = No me veas diferente: voces de los proyectos, Tucson, Arizona, 1943-2000 by Aracely Carranza
  • Equality of opportunity in housing, East Maricopa County, Arizona by East Maricopa League of Women Voters
  • Minorities in the Sunbelt by Franklin J. James
  • No place to go: effects of compulsory relocation on Navajos by Thayer Scudder
  • Spanish surname recent migrant families : life cycle, family, socioeconomics, and housing status by Tristan John Alexander
  • The Matthew Henson community : Phoenix's African American public housing project.. by Jean A. Reynolds