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Encyclopedia of African American History, 1619-1895 by Paul Finkelman (Editor)
ISBN: 9780195167771
Publication Date: 2006
The definitive encyclopedia covering all aspects of African American history to 1895
Encyclopedia of African American History, 1896 to the Present by Paul Finkelman (Editor)
ISBN: 9780195167795
Publication Date: 2009
The definitive encyclopedia covering the history of African Americans from 1896 to the present
Encyclopedia of African American Culture and History
Call Number: REF 973.0496073 En1 2006
ISBN: 0028658167
Publication Date: 2005
Africana by Henry Louis Gates; Kwame Anthony Appiah
Call Number: REF 909.0496 Af8 1999
ISBN: 0465000711
Publication Date: 1999
African American Eras: Contemporary Times
ISBN: 9781414435916
Publication Date: 2010
African American Eras: Segregation to Civil Rights by Meggin Condino (Editor)
ISBN: 9781414435961
Publication Date: 2010
Encyclopedia of African American Society by Gerald D. Jaynes (Editor)
Call Number: REF 305.896072003 En1
ISBN: 0761927646
Publication Date: 2005

African American National Biography by Henry Louis Gates, Jr.; Evelyn Brooks Higginbotham
Call Number: REF 920.0092 Af8 2008
ISBN: 9780195160192
Publication Date: 2008
Notable Black American Women
Call Number: REF 920.7208996073 N84
ISBN: 0810347490
Publication Date: 1991
Distinguished African American Political and Governmental Leaders by James Haskins
Call Number: REF 973.0496073 H27
ISBN: 1573561266
Publication Date: 1999

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