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US History: Exploring Demographic Groups in WWII America: Black / African Americans

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CLICK HERE FOR BOOKS ON RESERVE ABOUT AFRICAN AMERICANS IN WWII

  • NOTE: An African American and Latinx History of the United States / Paul Ortiz. E184 .S75 O79 2018 is on the book truck with the books containing information on more than one group.
 
On the book truck, the books are organized in 3 groups:
  • General Black/African American History 
  • Black/African Americans in the Military
  • Black/African American Women
 
eBooks with information on African Americans in the WWII era
NOTE: To cite an ebook, choose Database and then Book.
 
Contains Primary Sources means this source contains Primary Sources.
THESE GENERAL BOOKS ALSO CONTAIN EXCELLENT INFORMATION ON  BLACK/AFRICAN AMERICANS
  • Double Victory: Multicultural History of America in World War II / Ronald Takaki. D769 .T42  2 copies
  • The Homefront: America during World War II / Mark Jonathan Harris, Franklin D. Mitchell, Steven J. Schechter. E806 H64 1984  Contains Primary Sources
  • Major Problems in American History, 1920-1945 / Ed. by Colin Gordon. E784 .M315 2011 Contains Primary Sources
  • Major Problems in the History of American Workers / Ed. by Eileen Boris and Nelson Lichtenstein. HD8066 .M34 2003  Contains Primary Sources
  • Major Problems in the History of World War II / Ed. by Mark Stoler and Melanie S. Gustafson. D743 .M246 2003 Contains Primary Sources
  • People's History of World War II / Ed. by Marc Favreau. D811 .A2 P46 2011  Contains Primary Sources
  • Wartime America: The World War II Home Front / John W. Jeffries. D769 .J44 2018

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