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Jim Crow Laws
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Examines the foundations of U.S. government and political system
Investigates the people, events, and stories of our nation's evolution
Facts on File African American History and Culture
Features thousands of cross-referenced entries, covering the entire spectrum of African-American history over the past 500 years
Facts on File American History Online
Spans more than 500 years of political, military, social, and cultural history to cover the American experience.
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The 1950's (Separate but Equal Chapter)
The African Americans (1930-1949, Civil Rights Era chapters)
Working in America (African Americans seek Equality in the Workplace)
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Chicago Historical Society: Encyclopedia of Chicago
PBS: The Rise & Fall of Jim Crow
Smithsonian Institute American History: Segregated America
Gender Roles & the 1950's
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ABC-CLIO Daily Life through History
Examines the life of various cultures from prehistory to modern era.
Facts on File American History Online
Spans more than 500 years of political, military, social, and cultural history to cover the American experience.
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A New Deal for Women: 1950's & Work and the 1950's Woman
A New Deal for Women: The Non-White Experience
Housing & Segregation
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Facts on File American History Online
Spans more than 500 years of political, military, social, and cultural history to cover the American experience.
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Population Trends & Migration: 1950-1969
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Chicago Historical Society: Encyclopedia of Chicago
Housing Discrimination in America was perfected in Chicago
NPR: A Forgotten History of How the US Government Segregated America
Smithsonian: The Racial Segregation of America
Great Migration
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Investigates the people, events, and stories of our nation's evolution
Facts on File African American History and Culture
Features thousands of cross-referenced entries, covering the entire spectrum of African-American history over the past 500 years
Facts on File American History Online
Spans more than 500 years of political, military, social, and cultural history to cover the American experience.
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Migration, Industrialization, & the City
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Smithsonian Magazine: The Long-Lasting Legacy of the Great Migration
Lorraine Hansberry
Facts on File American History Online
Spans more than 500 years of political, military, social, and cultural history to cover the American experience.
Multidisciplinary collection of more than 600,000 biographical entries — on more than 528,000 individuals — spanning world history and geography
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African American Writers: Lorraine Hansberry
A Raisin in the Sun
Enables simultaneous searching of Gale Literature Resource Center and Literature Criticism Online
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Encyclopedia of American Drama
Encyclopedia of Feminist Literature
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