Patriotism in black and white.(3 books on patriotism and race)(Book Review)

Jefferson's Pillow: The Founding Fathers and the Dilemma of Black Patriotism By Roger Wilkins. Beacon Press, 176 pages, $14.00

Patriot Fires: Forging a New American Nationalism in the Civil War North By Melinda Lawson. University Press of Kansas, 272 pages, $29.95

The New White Nationalism in America: Its Challenge to Integration By Carol M. Swain. Cambridge University Press, 416 pages, $30.00

SINCE SEPTEMBER 11, PATRIOTISM has been on permanent exhibit in the United States. But what exactly is our patriotism about? The dominant public form celebrates America's ideals ...