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Affirmative Action and U.S. Society: Reference Books

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Reference Books

Finding Other Sources 

This is only a selective list of the sources found in the reference section of the H-L Library. There are many more that cover African-American biography, history, statistics, and other subjects

Browse the following call numbers in the reference section for other resources:
   African American History: E185
   African Studies and History: DT
   Personnel and employment: HF5549--
   Constitutional Law: KF4546-4560

 

Affirmative Action : An Encyclopedia
Westport: Greenwood Press, 2004
Main Ref HF5549.5.A34 A426 2004

Encyclopedia of African-American Culture and History : the Black Experience in the Americas
Detroit: MacMillan, 2006
Main Ref E185 .E54 2006

Encyclopedia of American civil rights and liberties
Westport: Greenwood Press, 2006
Main Ref KF4748 .E53 2006

The Greenwood Encyclopedia of African American Civil Rights
Westport, Conn. : Greenwood Press, 2003
Main Ref E185.61 .E54 2003 v. 1-2

Historical Dictionary of the Civil Rights Movement
Lanham: Scarecrow, 1997
Main Ref E185.61 .L84 1997

Human Rights in the United States: A Dictionary and Documents
Main Ref KF4747.5 .C37 2000

Oxford African American Studies Center
A large collection of reference resources published by Oxford University Press.

Credo Reference
A large collection of reference resources.