Bibliography - The Road to California - A Journey to Freedom

References:

• Beasley, Delilah. (1919). Negro Trail Blazers of California. Reprint, New York, Negro Universities Press, 1969.
• Dobard, Raymond G. & Tobin, J. (1999). Hidden in Plain View. New York, Anchor Books.
• Katz, William Loren. (1995) Black Women of the Old West. New York, Alhentium Books.
• Oakland Museum of California. (1998). Myth and Reality: The California Gold Rush and Its Legacy - Grade 5. (pp. 68-85). Oakland, Oakland Museum.
• Schlissel, Lillian. (1995). Black Frontiers - a History of African-American Heroes in the Old West. New York, Aladdin Paperbacks.
• Women in the Gold Rush. http://claim.goldrush.com/~joann/. Site visited January 16, 2001.

Graphics:

• Traditional African quilt: African-American Quilting Traditions - http://xroads.virginia.edu/~UG97/quilt/atrads.html
• Road to California quilt: Library of Congress - http://memory.loc.gov/cgi-bin/query/r?ammem/qlt:@field(DOCID+@lit(br087)
• Harriet Powers quilt: African-American Quilting Traditions - http://xroads.virginia.edu/~UG97/quilt/atrads.html
• On the Road to California image: Library of Congress - http://lcweb2.loc.gov/cgi-bin/query/r?ammem/hawp:@field(NUMBER+@band(codhawp+10021874)

Quotes:

• Frederick Douglas quote: Harcourt Brace Social Studies. (2000) Early United States.(p.476). Orlando, Harcourt Brace Publishing.
• Sojourner Truth quote: Harcourt Brace Social Studies. (2000) Early United States. (p.457). Orlando, Harcourt Brace Publishing.
• Biddy Mason quote: Robinson, Deidre. (1998). Open Hands, Open Heart, The Story of Biddy Mason. (pp. 42-43). Gardena, Sly Fox Publishing Company.

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