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Encyclopedia of African American history, 1896 to the present : from the age of segregation to the twenty-first century / editor in chief, Paul Finkelman.

Contributor(s): Publication details: New York : Oxford University Press, 2009.Description: 5 v. : ill. ; 29 cmISBN:
  • 9780195167795 (set : alk. paper)
  • 0195167791 (set : alk. paper)
Subject(s): DDC classification:
  • 973/.0496073 22
LOC classification:
  • E185 .E5453 2009
Online resources:
Contents:
v. 1. A-C -- v. 2. D-I -- v. 3. J-N -- v. 4. O-T -- v. 5. U-Y, Chronology, Index
Summary: Focusing on the making of African American society from the 1896 "separate but equal" ruling of Plessy v. Ferguson up to the contemporary period, this encyclopedia traces the transition from the Reconstruction Era to the age of Jim Crow, the Harlem Renaissance, the Great Migration, the Brown ruling that overturned Plessy , the Civil Rights Movement, and the ascendant influence of African-American culture on the American cultural landscape. -- Publisher description.
Holdings
Item type Current library Shelving location Call number Copy number Status Date due Barcode
Reference book Reference book NMC Library Reference E185 .E5453 V.1 (Browse shelf(Opens below)) 1 Not for loan 33039001077113
Reference book Reference book NMC Library Reference E185 .E5453 V.2 (Browse shelf(Opens below)) 1 Not for loan 33039001077121
Reference book Reference book NMC Library Reference E185 .E5453 V.3 (Browse shelf(Opens below)) 1 Not for loan 33039001077139
Reference book Reference book NMC Library Reference E185 .E5453 V.4 (Browse shelf(Opens below)) 1 Not for loan 33039001077147
Reference book Reference book NMC Library Reference E185 .E5453 V.5 (Browse shelf(Opens below)) 1 Not for loan 33039001077154

v. 1. A-C -- v. 2. D-I -- v. 3. J-N -- v. 4. O-T -- v. 5. U-Y, Chronology, Index

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Focusing on the making of African American society from the 1896 "separate but equal" ruling of Plessy v. Ferguson up to the contemporary period, this encyclopedia traces the transition from the Reconstruction Era to the age of Jim Crow, the Harlem Renaissance, the Great Migration, the Brown ruling that overturned Plessy , the Civil Rights Movement, and the ascendant influence of African-American culture on the American cultural landscape. -- Publisher description.

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