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HIS 112 - Tracing the African American Experience

Start your African American Studies research here! This guide features resources relevant to research in African American history and culture, race and identity, and the African diaspora.

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History - Desegregation and Civil Rights
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Books

E 185.97 .K5 H273 2003

Civil Rights & Race

The Civil Rights Movement has been described as the single most sustained and most important movement in United States history.

Civil Rights Digital Library
Includes primary sources and other materials from museums, archives, libraries, and others. Developed by libraries in Georgia.
Civil Rights Legislation (Legal Information Institute)
Includes US Code Title 42, Chapter 21- Civil Rights, organized by 9 subchapters. The Legal Information Institute is based at Cornell University.
Civil Rights in Mississipi Digital Archive
From the University of Southern Mississippi.

Government Sites

Ed.Gov Civil Rights Data Collection
Civil Rights is a historical phenomenon but an ongoing issue in the United States.
Library of Congress: American Memory
Library of Congress Civil Rights Resource Guide
National Museum of African American History and Culture