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For more information
contact:
rosemaryfischer@clayton.edu

To find general
information about race riots, perform an EXACT SEARCH-Subject
Heading search using GIL@CSU, the online catalog.
This is a suggested list of search terms to get you
started.
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SUGGESTED
SUBJECT HEADINGS FOR SEARCHING THE ONLINE
CATALOG |
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Civil rights |
Race relations |
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Civil rights demonstrations |
Racism |
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Ethnic relations |
Riots United States |
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Minorities |
Trials (Riots) |
Use the
table below to browse the call number ranges for
books on your topic in the Circulating Collection.
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CALL
NUMBER |
TOPIC |
| HV6477 |
CRIMES
AND OFFENSES. |
| HT1523 |
RACES,
including race as a social group and race
relations in general. |
| HV8141 |
CRIMINAL
JUSTICE ADMINISTRATION. BY REGION OR
COUNTRY. |
| E185.61 |
AFRO-AMERICANS. Status and development since
emancipation. |

Civil rights in the United States /
REF E184.A1 C47 2000
The
Greenwood encyclopedia of African American civil
rights: from emancipation to the twenty-first
century /
REF E185.61.E54 2003
Encyclopedia of
murder & violent crime /
REF HV6515.E5323 2003

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Wikipedia: United States Race Riots |
Timeline of race riots in United
States history.
1829: Cincinnati, Ohio to
2001: Cincinnati Riots |
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1898: Wilmington, NC Massacre |
Narrative accounts, photos, and
bibliography. |
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1906: Atlanta Race Riot |
Article with photographs from the
New Georgia Encyclopedia. |
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1919: Chicago Race Riot |
Article from the Encyclopedia
of Chicago. |
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1921: Tulsa Race Riot |
Narrative entry accompanied by
photographs. |
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1943: Detroit Race Riots |
Narrative entry accompanied by
photographs. |
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Greensboro Sit-Ins: Launch of a Civil Rights
Movement |
Timeline of selected events of
the civil rights movement. |
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Civil Rights Demonstrations |
Date specific timeline of
demonstrations divided by state. |
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Voices of Civil Rights |
World's largest archive of
personal accounts of civil rights history. |
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March on Washington |
Narrative accompanied by
thought-provoking photographs documenting this
historical event. |
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Civil Rights Documentation Project |
Project emphasizing civil rights
legislation from 1963-1965 includes primary sources
and a timeline. |
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Civil Rights in Mississippi Digital Archive |
Searchable database of digitized
versions of rare and unique library and archival
resources on race relations in Mississippi.
Includes a collection of oral histories,
photographs, and a selection of manuscript materials
including letters and diaries. |
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Television News Coverage of the Civil Rights Era,
1950-1970 |
Collection of digitized news
segments plus documents and oral histories. |
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We Shall Overcome |
A
national register of historic places of the civil
rights movement. |
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National Civil Rights Museum |
Online exhibits/gallery: Little
Rock, Montgomery Bus Boycott, Student Sit-Ins,
Freedom Rides, and more. |
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The Library of Congress: American Memory |
Explore 16 digital
collections devoted to African American history. |
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American Civil
Liberties Union |
ACLU strives to preserve the
rights guaranteed by the Bill of Rights, the 13th,
14th, 15th, and 19th Amendments. |

Select the DATABASES
A-Z GALILEO
subject tab to
see a complete listing of databases available.
Off campus access requires the
GALILEO password.
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Suggested GALILEO Databases for
Research |
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America: History & Life |
Provided by Clayton State University Library. Comprehensive
bibliography of articles on the history and culture
of the United States and Canada. Off campus
access requires a
user ID (ccsulib) and password. |
| Academic Search
Premier (at EBSCOhost) |
Full-text
articles (from 1990 - ) and citations (from 1984 - ) from popular magazines and academic
journals covering all subjects. |
| Annals of
American History (Encylopaedia Britannica) |
Full-text primary
documents in American history and also includes
multimedia files (pictures, video and audio clips.)
Explore year by year from 1493 to 2002, browse by
author or topic or search by keyword. |
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Facts on File |
Provided by Clayton State University Library. Answers
questions about events, people, issues, facts, and
figures of the last 60+ years. It also delivers
maps, photographs, historic documents, and special
overviews of key issues, newsmakers and events since
1940. Off campus access requires
a
user ID (ccsulib) and password. |
| LexisNexis
Academic |
Full-text legal
news, law reviews, and government publications
(federal & state case law, U.S. Code, Code of
Federal Regulations, Congressional Testimony, etc.) |
JSTOR
JSTOR
Remote (off campus) |
Provided by Clayton State University Library. Multi-disciplinary full-text database providing
scholarly journal articles extending back to the
19th century. Off campus access requires a
user ID and password.
JSTOR Remote Instructions |
| Research Library
(at ProQuest) |
Full-text
articles (from 1991 - ) and citations (from 1986 - ) from popular magazines and academic
journals covering all subjects. |
| Wilson Social
Sciences
Full Text |
Provided by Clayton State University Library. Full-text
articles (from 1995 - ), abstracts (from 1994 - ) and citations
(from 1983 - ) on the social sciences. |
| Wilson OmniFile:
Full Text Mega Edition |
Provided by Clayton State University Library. Full-text
articles and citations on most topics. |
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