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Oxford African American Studies Center
ABC-CLIO
American History (Infobase)
American National Biography - for information about people
Britannica School - general reference
Image Quest (Britannica) - images
Gale Virtual Reference Library (GVRL) - has American Decade books as well as many other background sources

ABC-CLIO databases , sample video Rosa Parks
Oxford African American Studies Center - sample article "Colored Troops"
Oxford African American Studies Center - sample article for "River Jordan" significance - see "Hidden Messages" section
Oxford Music (includes Groves) - sample article - "Funk"

Shaw, Arnold. The World of Soul. New York: Cowles Book Co, 1970. Book.
Howard, John Tasker, 1890. A short History of Music in America. New York: Crowell, c1957. Book.
Kranz, Rachel. Biographical dictionary of African Americans. New York: Facts on File, c1999. Book.
Africana [5 volume set] Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2005. Book.
L. Mpho Mabunda. African American almanac. Detroit: Gale, c1997. Book.
Jack Salzman, David Lionel Smith, Cornel West. Encyclopedia of African-American culture and history. [5 volume set] New York: Macmillan Library Reference, c1996. Book.
This fabulous century, 1960-1970. Silver Burdett, 1969. Book.
American decades primary sources 1960-1969. Detroit: Gale, c2004. Book. and Ebook
American decades 1960-1969.. Detroit: UXL, c2003. Book. and Ebook
Marty, Myron A. Daily life in the United States, 1960-1990. Series in Greenwood Press "Daily life through history" series.. Westport, Conn: Greenwood Press, 1997. Book.
Duden, Jane. 1960s. Series in Timelines (New York, N.Y.). New York: Crestwood House, c1989. Book.
Maga, Timothy P. The 1960s. Series in Facts on File library of American history. New York, NY: Facts On File, Inc, c2003. Book.
Peter Stine. The sixties. Detroit, MI: Wayne State University Press, c1995. Book.
Turbulent years. Series in Our American century.. Alexandria, VA: Time-Life Books, 1998. Book.

PBS http://www.pbs.org/opb/thesixties/

Library of Congress - American Memory Project - great for images

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The Lyric of the African-American Spiritual: The Meaning behind the Words

Marvin V. Curtis

The Choral Journal

Vol. 37, No. 1 (AUGUST 1996), pp. 15-19 - see page 16 Published by: American Choral Directors Association Stable URL: http://www.jstor.org/stable/23550831

Negro Folk Expression: Spirituals, Seculars, Ballads and Work Songs

Sterling Brown

Phylon (1940-1956)

Vol. 14, No. 1 (1st Qtr., 1953), pp. 45-61 see pages 47 and 54 Published by: Clark Atlanta University Stable URL: http://www.jstor.org/stable/272425

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