Yvonne Pappenheim Library on Racism: Library Collections

Adult Collection

Our specialized library holds resources that have grown over many years. All of the library's materials deal with issues of race, racism, multiculturalism, and diversity.

Currently, our library contains about 2,000 books available for loan; 200 video and audio tapes available for on-site viewing; 130 topical files, including essays, articles, and news clippings; and nearly 200 filed reports from state advisory committees to the U.S. Civil Rights Commission. There is also a rapidly expanding collection of books for children.

Research subjects include the following topics:

• Abolition Movement
• Affirmative Action
• African-American History
• Anti-Semitism
• Apartheid
• Asian Americans
• Biographies
Boston African American History
• Churches and Race
• Civil Rights Movement
• Class and Race
• Death Penalty
• Hate Groups
• Health Care
• Institutional Racism
• Law and Race
• Multicultural Education
• Native Americans
• Photojournalism
• Slavery
• White Racism

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