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African-Americans in the West and Southwest

For students and faculty in the SMU-in-Taos program, this list of books in the Fort Library
provides a starting point for research on the contributions of African-Americans to the
Southwest and West.  Use PONI to determine the call numbers for these titles and to find
other books on your topic.   Journals are shelved alphabetically, by title.

African Americans on the Western Frontier (1998)
Black Cowboy: The Life and Legend of George McJunkin(who discovered
       the Folsom Man),
(Folsom, 1992)
The Black West: A Documentary and Pictorial History of the African American
Role in the Westward Expansion of the United States (Katz, 1996).
Bridges: New Mexican Black Women, 1900-1950(Mock, 1985).
In Search of the Racial Frontier: African Americans in the American West,
     1528-1990 (Taylor, Quintard; 1998)
"The Ku Klux Klan in Arizona, 1921-1925," (Abbey, Sue Wilson), Journal of
     Arizona History, 14:1 (Spring 1973)
The Negro Cowboys (Durham and Jones, 1983, c1965).
New Mexico's Buffalo Soldiers, 1866-1900(Billington, M., 1991)
Racial Trends and Comparisons in New Mexico During the Late 20th Century
"Through the Prism of Race: The Meaning of African-American History in the
     West (Taylor, Quintard), in A New Significance: Re-envisioning the History of the
     American West (Milner, ed., 1996)
 
 

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