AFRAM 272 History of the South Since the Civil War: Background Resources

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Black Studies Center This link opens in a new window
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Scholarly and general interest sources and historical newspapers and other primary sources on the Black experience from ancient past to present day.
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Video collection includes documentaries, newsreels, interviews and archival footage
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Collection of classic and contemporary ethnographic documentaries

Primary Sources: African American
A research guide to primary and secondary sources for African American history.

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African American Experience This link opens in a new window
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Reference content, primary documents, and media illustrating the history and culture of the African American community
Black Thought and Culture This link opens in a new window
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Non-fiction published works of leading African Americans. Includes interviews, journal articles, speeches, essays, pamphlets, letters and other fugitive material.

Encyclopedia of American Cultural & Intellectual History
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Surveys the richly layered dimensions of American life in a format that clarifies the many issues, ideas, movements and places that constitute the American experience.
Encyclopedia of World Cultures
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This reference source provides historical, social, political, economic, linguistic, religious, and other information on virtually every existing culture. The electronic version is [UW restricted].

Encyclopedia of Black studies
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Provides analysis of the economic, political, sociological, historical, literary, and philosophical issues related to Americans of African descent.
Gale eBooks
Special encyclopedias, handbooks, and other background sources covering all subjects.
Oxford African American Studies Center
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Comprehensive collection of scholarship focused on the lives and events which have shaped African American and African history and culture.

Oxford Reference Online This link opens in a new window
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More than 70 dictionaries and encyclopedias covering all subjects
Pop Culture Universe This link opens in a new window
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Collection of encyclopedias, primary sources and other works depicting popular culture of the 20th century
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