Background Information
For definitions and background information, try searching an online reference collection.
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Provides access to hundreds of in-depth subject encyclopedias and handbooks, plus 700+ highly-regarded publication titles
- The Black PastAn online reference resource created and maintained by scholars of African American studies.
Books
- Books and e-books on Black historyRecent books and e-books available online and in the Learning Commons with a current P number.
Primary sources
- Black history: general historyA short index of online primary source collections on general Black history.
- Slavery in the United StatesA short list of online resources and books containing primary documents on the history of slavery.
- The Civil Rights Movement in the United StatesA small collection of online collections of primary documents on the Civil Rights Movement of the 1960s.