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Oxford African American Studies Center--A collection of encyclopedias and other authoritative reference sources published by Oxford University Press.

African American Newspapers, 1827-1998--More than 270 African American newspapers published in the 19th and 20th centuries.

JSTOR--A collection of scholarly full-text journals.

Other Indexes & Databases

Other Primary Sources

Tom Brokaw Reports: Affirmative Action Hour (Video)

"Can institutional policies—or racial quotas, as some affirmative action opponents call them—remedy the historical mistreatment of African Americans without impinging on the prospects of white citizens? ... Tom Brokaw’s report guides viewers through the 2003 public debate over the University of Michigan’s undergraduate and law school admissions policies, with the constitutional implications and the effect both cases had on American race relations forming the central focus of the program"--Films on Demand

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