Introduction. The four deaths of Henry Williams : constructing racial narratives in the Pacific Northwest / Robert Bauman -- The ties that bind : Native Peoples in the mid-Columbia / Thomas E. Marceau -- "What is an American?" The Yamauchi family, race and citizenship in World War II Tri-Cities / Robert Bauman -- African-American migration to Hanford during World War II / Robert Franklin -- "To better my condition:" African-American women in the Tri-Cities, 1940-1970 / Laura Arata -- The Birmingham of Washington : African-American civil rights efforts in the Tri-Cities / Robert Franklin and Robert Bauman -- Latinos and the continuing significance of race in the Tri-Cities / Robert Bauman and Robert Franklin -- Oral histories / Ellenor Moore, Wally Webster
Summary
"Four scholars draw from oral histories to focus on experiences of non-white groups such as the Wanapum, Chinese immigrants, interned Japanese Americans, and African American migrant workers, whose lives were deeply impacted by the Hanford Site. Each group resisted segregation and discrimination, and in the process, challenged the region's dominant racial norms"-- Provided by publisher
