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African American Literature: Home

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Oxford English Dictionary (OED Online)
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Drama/Theatre

Streaming Video

Encyclopedias/Anthologies

*The Norton Anthology of African American Literature
Publication Date: 2004
print book; Jupiter campus
*request accompanying CDs at circulation desk
Contemporary African American Literature
Publication Date: 2013
e-book
Encyclopedia of African American Women Writers
Publication Date: 2007
e-book

Books in the Catalog

African American Literature
Publication Date: 2004
print book; Jupiter campus
Masterpieces of African-American Literature
Publication Date: 1992
print book; Boca Raton campus (request via UBorrow)
Scarring the Black Body
Publication Date: 2002
e-book

Databases (Articles)

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