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African American History
1920s -1950s
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Author
Call Number
ISBN/ISSN Number
On the Shelf at CCBC Libraries
A New Deal for All?
by
Andor Skotnes
Call Number: F189.B19 N476 2013
Death Blow to Jim Crow
by
Erik S. Gellman
Call Number: E185.61 .G278 2012
Publication Date: 2012-02-01
The African American Experience During World War II
by
Neil A. Wynn
Call Number: D810.N4 W89 2010
To Ask for an Equal Chance
by
Cheryl Lynn Greenberg
Call Number: E185.6 .G79 2009
Websites
The Harlem Renaissance: What Was It, and Why Does It Matter?
From Humanities Texas, February 2015
A New African American Identity: The Harlem Renaissance
From National Museum of African American History and Culture
Why African-American Soldiers Saw World War II as a Two-Front Battle
Smithsonian, August 24, 2017
Databases
Oxford African American Studies Center
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Articles and scholarly essays, historical newspaper articles, primary sources, and timelines you can use for African American topics.
U.S. History in Context
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Articles, essays, and primary sources on the history of the United States.
ProQuest Central
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Articles on any subject. This is a good place to start.
Gale eBooks
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Background information on all topics to start your research.
Online From CCBC Libraries
The African American Experience During World War II
by
Neil A. Wynn
Publication Date: 2010
Measuring the Harlem Renaissance
by
Michael Soto
ISBN: 9781625342508
Publication Date: 2016
Harlem Renaissance
Publication Date: 2000
Tuskegee Airmen
by
Barry M. Stentiford
ISBN: 0313386846
Publication Date: 2011
Primary Sources
New Deal and World War II (1933 - 1945)
from Proquest
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