BIS 256: Introduction to African American Studies (Berger): Books

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Sample Library of Congress Subject Headings

• Wright, Richard,-1908-1960-Political and social views
• African Americans - Political conditions
• African Americans - Social conditions
• Asian Americans - Political conditions
• Asian Americans - Social conditions
• Chicanos - Political conditions
• Chicanos - Social conditions

Library of Congress Call Numbers (African Americans, Asian Americans/Pacific Islanders, Chicanos)

• Call numbers are both the subject and physical location of items.
• E184-185.98 "Elements in the Population"

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