Constituting the republic : who counted as what? -- Trail of tears : Indian removal from east to west -- Nat's rebellion : the war over slavery begins -- War with Mexico : borders, Manifest Destiny, and race -- The Civil War : slavery and emancipation in black and white -- After slavery : reconstruction and segregation -- Geronimo : ending the Indian wars -- Yellow peril : anti-Asian animus from exclusion to internment -- From nadir to new Negro : segregation, migration, and the New Deal -- "To secure these rights" : from desegregation to long, hot summers -- Wounded Knee again : the new Indian revival, from reservations to casinos -- Affirmative action and "reverse discrimination" backlash -- Race on trial : O.J. Simpson and the state of race relations in the 1990s -- At the border again : new immigrants and old worries -- From Teheran to Baghdad : facing race with Arabs and Muslims.