HIST 3270A: The Civil Rights Movement
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Reference Material
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African Americans and Criminal Justice: An EncyclopediaMain Level, Reference: R 364.089 Af83A
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Encyclopedia of African American Culture and HistoryMain Level, Reference: R 973.0496073 En19E2 [5 volume set]
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Greenwood Encyclopedia of African American Civil Rights: From Emancipation to the Twenty-First CenturyMain Level, Reference: R 323.1 G856G [2 volume set]
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Jim Crow: A Historical Encyclopedia of the American MosaicMain Level, Reference: R 305.896073 J564J
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The Malcolm X EncyclopediaMain Level, Reference: R 320.54 M292M
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New Encyclopedia of Southern CultureSee Volume 20: Social Class and Volume 24: Race
*Also available in print in the Reference area of the library
