LibGuides: Black History Month: Books & eBooks

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The Library's Books are shelved according to the Library of Congress' classification system.

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**LC Black History Call Numbers**
DT 14	Africa--Civilization--African American Influences
DT 16.5	African Diaspora
E 185	African Americas--History
E 185.96 .A1	Civil Rights Workers--Southern States
GF 1 - GF 900	Human Ecology
GT 4803 .A2	American Americas--Social Life and Customs
HD 8081 .A65	African Americans--Employment
HM 881 - HM 883	Social Movements
HM 1001 - HM 1281	Social Psychology
HN 79 .A13	Sociology, Rural--Southern States
HQ 536	Immigrant Families--United States--Social Conditions
HT 867	Slavery--History
JC 571 - JC 628	Basic Rights
K 3236 - K 3268	Civil Rights--Law and Legislation
KF 4757 .Z95	African Americans--Legal Status, Laws, etc.
LB 2376.3 .A33	Blacks--Education, Higher--United States
ML 3556	Music--African American Influences
PS 153 .N5 H24	Harlem Renaissance, 1920-1940
PS 3551 .N464	African American Authors--Biography

Reading LC Call Numbers

QR 46

.I53

2004

QR - describes the broad subject or Main Class and subclass. Within class Q for Science, for example, QR represents the subclass Microbiology
46 is the classification number, which defines the subject matter more finely. QR 46 represents broad based or general concepts related to Microbiology
.I53 - is the cutter number and usually describes the author's last name or title of work though it may also represent further subject subdivision or geographic area. Sometimes there are double Cutters. Read in alphabetical order, then the number as a decimal.
2004 - date of publication: read in chronological order