A text-&-picture study of eight of the most colorful of our minorities which together make the majority of our people. Foreword The Unaccepted 1 Pacific races Legally undesirable heroes: the Filipino in America 77,000 innocent bystanders: The uprooted Japanese-Americans From yellow peril to citizenship: The Americanization of Chinatown 2 Mexicans Okies in sombreros: migrant Mexican crop-workers Lost generation: the Pachucos of Los Angeles 3 Oldest Americans Least-known Americans: rebirth of the American Indian Forgotten villagers: The Hispanos of New Mexico 4 Negroes Faces of Jim Crow: pariahs of the American caste system Black wave: the Negro migration northward Trapdoor in the ceiling: A record of Negro achievement 5 Culture & creed Crucifix & fiery cross: the Catholic Church in the United States Eternal scapegoat: When does a Jew become an American? Spiral of social change