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History: African American: Books & Resources

Libraries Research Guide: African American History
Cover: Stony the Road

Stony the Road

Reconstruction, white supremacy, and the rise of Jim Crow

Searching the library catalog: African American History

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  • Examples of keyword search terms: african american, freedmen, plantation, slavery, slaves and virginia.
  • Examples of Subject search terms: blacks, african american, negroes, negro, harlem.. 
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