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HelpSubject Guide: History of Race and Racism (History 191)
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Reference Books
- Antisemitism: a historical encyclopedia of prejudice and persecution REF DS146.E8 A58 2005
- Encyclopaedia Judaica REF DS102.8 E49 2007
- Dictionary of Antisemitism REF DS145 M465 2007
- Holocaust and World War II Almanac REF D804.17 H65 2001
- Encyclopedia of African American History 1619-1895 REF E185 E545 20006
- Encyclopedia of African American History 1896 to the present REF E185 E5453 2009
- African American History in the Press 1851-1899 REF E185.2 A25 1996
- Encyclopedia of African American Culture and History REF E185 E54 2006
- Encyclopedia of American race riots REF E184.A1 E573 2007
- Encyclopedia of Race and Racism REF E184.A1 E584 2008
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