Type keywords in the search box to find information in the Oxford African American Studies Center. This source incluldes the full text of the following reference works: Africana, Encyclopedia of African American History, Black Women in America, African American National Biography, and other key works.

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Use these sources as background material for your definition essay about race. They can be helpful starting points for context, concepts, signal figures, origins, and academic disciplines invovled. Titles with call numbers are found in the reference stacks on the main floor, near the Learning Commons.

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