Reference Sources
Journalism of the South Since 1945

Essays and Chronologies

Civil Rights in the United States.

Macmillan.   REF E 184.A1 C47 2000 (2 volumes)

Dictionary of American History.

Scribner's.   REF E 174.D52 2003 (10 volumes)

Encyclopedia of African-American Civil Rights.

Greenwood Press.   REF HM E 185.61.K54

Encyclopedia of Civil Rights in America.

Sharpe.   REF E 185.61.E544 1998 (3 volumes)

Encyclopedia of Southern Culture.

University of North Carolina Press.   REF F 209.E53 1989

Encyclopedia of the United States in the Twentieth Century.

Macmillan.   REF E 740.7.E53 1995 (4 volumes)

Facts.com.

Facts on File.   Available online.
If you are looking for information on pre-1980 events, change the "Available Databases" option (left column) to "World News Digest (1940 to 1979)."

Biographical Information

Encyclopedia of Twentieth-Century Journalists.

Garland.   REF PN 4871.T34 1986

Literature Resource Center.

Gale Group.   Available online.

Marquis Who's Who.

Marquis.   Available online.

Political Profiles.

Facts on File.   REF E 840.6.P64   [v.1] The Truman years, [v.2] The Eisenhower years, [v.3] The Kennedy years, [v.4] The Johnson years, [v.5] The Nixon/Ford years