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Along the road to Soweto : a racial history of South Africa / by K.C. Tessendor 968 TES
The End of Apartheid in South Africa. Eades, Lindsay Michie. 968.06 EAD
Kaffir boy : the true story of a Black youth's coming of age in Apartheid South Africa / Mark Mathabane B MAT
South Africa, coming of age under Apartheid / Jason Laurâe and Ettagale Laurâe by Jason Laurâe 968 LAU
South Africa : troubled land / by Elaine Pascoe. 968 PAS
The syringa tree : a novel / Pamela Gien F GIE
Chain of fire / Beverley Naidoo ; illustrations by Eric Velasquez F NAI
Somehow tenderness survives : stories of southern Africa / selected by Hazel Rochman F ROC
Too late the phalarope Paton, Alan F PAT
Waiting for the rain : a novel of South Africa / Sheila Gordon F GOR
Fighting years : Black resistance and the struggle for a new South Africa / Steven Mufson. 968 MUF
Major political events in South Africa, 1948-1990 / Eileen Riley 968.05 RIL
Nelson Mandela / by Benjamin Pogrund. B MAN
Nelson Mandela / Leora Maltz, book editor. B MAN
Nelson Mandela : the man and the movement / Mary Benson ; foreword by Desmond M. Tutu. B MAN
Nelson Mandela : "no easy walk to freedom" : a biography / by Barry Denenberg B MAN
South Africa : a country study / Federal Research Division ; edited by Rita M. Byrnes 968 SOU
South Africa : nation in transition / by Peter Kizilos. 305.8 KIZ
The struggle : a history of the African National Congress / Heidi Holland. 324.268 HOL
Waiting : the Whites of South Africa / Vincent Crapanzano. 305.8 Cra
Reference
Twentieth-century America : a primary source collection from the Associated Press / by the writers and
photographers of the Associated Press. REF 973.921 TWE
Encyclopedia of sociology / Edgar F. Borgatta, editor-in-chief, Marie L. Borgatta REF 301.03 ENC
Databases
Ask the library staff for passwords so you can use the databases from home.
INFOTRAC ONE FILE
ELIBRARY (pictures)
HISTORY STUDY CENTER (pictures)
WEB FEET SUBJECT GUIDES (web sites) COLUMBIA ENCYCLOPEDIA
HUTCHINSON ENCYCLOPEDIA
ENCYCLOPEDIA.COM
INFORMATION PLEASE ALMANAC
Internet
http://www-cs-students.stanford.edu/~cale/cs201/apartheid.hist.html
a project created by students for a course at Stanford University
http://www.africanaencyclopedia.com/apartheid/apartheid.html created by University professors
http://www.mrdowling.com/610-apartheid.html written by a middle school history teacher
http://www.infoplease.com/ce6/history/A0804329.html
from Information Please
http://www.un.org/av/photo/subjects/apartheid.htm
United Nations web page—includes pictures
http://africanhistory.about.com/library/bl/blsalaws.htm
Information from About.com
http://africanhistory.about.com/library/bl/blSAApartheidFAQ.htm
Also from About.com
http://www.anc.org.za/ancdocs/history/
documents from the ANC includes speeches by Nelson Mandela
http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/pages/frontline/shows/mandela/
PBS website on Nelson Mandela
http://encarta.msn.com/encyclopedia_761561373/Apartheid.html
Encarta Encyclopedia
https://www.cia.gov/cia/publications/factbook/geos/sf.html
South Africa CIA world Factbook
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/africa/country_profiles/1071886.stm
South Africa BBC News
http://www.geology.ucdavis.edu/~cowen/~GEL115/115CH15diamonds.html
South African mines—Geology Dept. U. of California
http://www.info.gov.za/aboutsa/history.htm
South African government site—includes information on history, mines etc.
http://www.answers.com/topic/african-national-congress
Nationalist Party from Answers.com
http://www.fordham.edu/halsall/mod/1948apartheid1.html
The National Party's Colour Policy, 1948 from Modern History Sourcebook—
a collection of public domain and copy-permitted texts for introductory level classes in modern European and World
history.
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/africa/country_profiles/1069402.stm
Time line South Africa BBC News
http://bensguide.gpo.gov/3-5/documents/gettysburg/about.html
Gettysburg Address and commentary from the Superintendent of Documents
http://www.bartleby.com/124/pres32.html
Second Inaugural Address
http://www.yale.edu/lawweb/avalon/presiden/inaug/lincoln2.htm
discussion of the address from the Yale Law school Avalon Project
Audio-Visual
Nelson Mandela and his struggle to end apartheid / South Africa : a land apart / VID 968 MAN
South Africa: After apartheid [videorecording]. VID 960 SOU
Mandela and de Klerk. VID 968 MAN
Nelson Mandela and his struggle to end apartheid / South Africa : a land apart / Global geography
VID 968 MAN
South Africa, Desmond Tutu, Mandela. VID 960 SOU
Speak of Me As I Am: The Story of Paul Robeson : Alan Paton: A Profile VID B ROB