The Eighties in America - Salem Press (2009)

List of Entries by Category

African Americans
Affirmative action
Africa and the United States
African Americans
Atlanta child murders
Basquiat, Jean-Michel
Beloved
Brawley, Tawana
Break dancing
Central Park jogger case
Color Purple, The
Cosby Show, The
Crack epidemic
Do the Right Thing
Gangs
Griffith-Joyner, Florence
Hawkins, Yusef
Hip-hop and rap
Holmes, Larry
Horton, William
Houston, Whitney
Howard Beach incident
Jackson, Bo
Jackson, Jesse
Jackson, Michael
Jazz
Johnson, Magic

Kincaid, Jamaica

Leonard, Sugar Ray

Lewis, Carl

Martin Luther King Day

Miami Riot of 1980

MOVE

Mr. T

Multiculturalism in education

Murphy, Eddie

Nation of Yahweh

Naylor, Gloria

Prince

Public Enemy

Racial discrimination

Rice, Jerry

Richie, Lionel

Run-D.M.C.

Taylor, Lawrence

Thomas, Isiah

Turner, Tina

Tyson, Mike

Washington, Harold

Welfare

Williams, Vanessa L.

Wilson, August

Winfrey, Oprah

World music

Art & Architecture

Architecture

Art movements

Basquiat, Jean-Michel

Deconstructivist architecture

Gehry, Frank

Gentrification

Neoexpressionism in painting

Pei, I. M.

Performance art

Photography

Rock and Roll Hall of Fame

Schnabel, Julian

SkyDome

Vietnam Veterans Memorial

Xanadu Houses

Asian Americans

Air India Flight 182 bombing

Asian Americans

Boat people

Hwang, David Henry

Immigration to Canada

Immigration to the United States

Japan and North America

Joy Luck Club, The

Martial arts

Subject Headings Used in List

African Americans.............. 1169
Art & Architecture.............. 1169
Asian Americans............... 1169
Business.................... 1170
Canada.................... 1170
Court Cases & the Law............ 1170
Crime & Punishment............. 1170
Disasters.................... 1171
Economics.................. 1171
Education................... 1171
Environmental Issues............. 1171
Film...................... 1171
Health & Medicine.............. 1172
International Relations............ 1172
Journalism.................. 1172
Latinos.................... 1172
Legislation.................. 1172

Literature................... 1173

Military & War................ 1173

Music..................... 1173

Native Americans.............. 1173

People..................... 1173

Politics & Government............ 1175

Popular Culture............... 1175

Religion & Spirituality............ 1176

Science & Technology............ 1176

Sexuality.................... 1176

Social Issues.................. 1176

Sports..................... 1177

Television................... 1177

Terrorism................... 1178

Theater & Dance............... 1178

Transportation................ 1178

Women’s Issues................ 1178