African American Studies
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Databases and Journal Indexes
http://library.bradley.edu/indexes/african_american_studies.shtml
Web Links
African American Great Migration
African American Mosaic (Library of Congress)
African American World (PBS & NPR)
Atlantic Slave Trade and Slave Life in the Americas: A Visual Record
Avalon Project at Yale Law School: Documents on Slavery
Church in the Southern Black Community, 1780-1925
Faces of Science: African Americans in the Sciences
Floyd Ingram's Resources Center
In Those Days: African American Life Near the Savannah River
North Star: A Journal of African American Religious History
Our Shared History: African American Heritage
Portrait of Black Chicago (National Archives)
Schomberg Center for Research in Black Culture
Shifting Patterns of Black Migration 1965 - 2000
Smithsonian Institution - African American History and Culture
Print & Electronic Reference Books
Bibliographies
African-American Experience in Cyberspace: A Resource Guide to the Best Web Sites on Black Culture and History REF E185 .M49 2004 An easy-to-use directory to the very best websites that deal with the African- American Experience
Current Bibliography on African Affairs REF Z3505 .A37 Each issue contains current citations and annotations about African affairs. Entries are either listed under a general heading or a particular geographic region. Several book reviews are included in each issue.
Sacred Fire: the QBR 100 Essential Black Books REF Z1361 .N39 S22 1999 Former editor of Black Elegance has compiled a list of the "100 most important books in black history."
Biographical Information
African-American Lives REF E185.96 .A446 2004 By Henry Louis Gates, contains biographies of 611 African-Americans over more than four centuries.
Black Firsts REF E185 .B574 2003 A collection of "significant firsts" achieved by blacks. Entries range from "firsts" in science and medicine to education, sports and entertainment.
Black Women in America REF E185.86 .B542 2005 Organized as an encyclopedia, this three volume set contains 804 biographical entries about black women and applicable organizations.
Contemporary Black Biography REF E185.96 .C66 Provides biographical information on important and influential African- Americans.
Dictionaries, Encyclopedias, and Almanacs
African-American Almanac REF E185.5 .N34 2007 This 10th edition contains broad subject areas covering civil rights, black nationalism, population, religion, literature, music, science and technology, and sports, among others. Also includes a chronology, dating back to 1492.
African-American Encyclopedia REF E185 .A253 2001 This ten-volume set makes use of a three-tiered approach, with short entries of less than a page, signed articles of two or three pages, and five- to seven-page essays that focus on more general topics.
Chronology of African-American History - 2nd Edition REF E185 .H64 1997
Encyclopedia of African-American History, 1619 - 1895 REF E185 .E545 2006 Three volume set contains 1300 alphabetically arranged articles ranging from three paragraphs to longer articles.
Encyclopedia of African-American Politics REF E185 .S58155 2003 This title focuses on more than 450 events, people, organizations, and policies that have affected the political history of African Americans from the Revolutionary War to the present day.
Encyclopedia of African-American Society REF E185 .E546 2005 This two-volume set contains more than 700 alphabetically arranged articles to provide readers with background information on the history and place of African Americans in this country's cultural and economic matrix.
Encyclopedia of Black Studies REF E185 .E554 2005 In addition to serving as a chronicle of black culture and black people, this encyclopedia deals with the emergence and maturity of the intellectual field of "black studies" over the past four decades.
Gale Encyclopedia of Multicultural America REF E184 .A1 G14 2000 Essays on approximately 150 culture groups of the United States.
Greenwood Encyclopedia of African-American Civil Rights: From Emancipation to the Present REF E185.61 .E54 2003 Provides over 800 entries on the most significant people, organizations, events, and court cases of the Civil Rights Movement. A brief bibliographic list is included after each entry.
Reference Library of Black America REF E185 .R44 2000 5-vol. set provides a range of historical and current information on African-American history, society and culture.
Statistics
Black Americans: A Statistical Sourcebook REF E185.5 .B512 2005 Provides statistical information on black americans, including demographics, vital statistics, government, law enforcement, and employment.
Statistical Record of Black America REF E185.5 .S83 Covers the arts, business and economics, crime, education, health and medical care, income, labor and employment, politics, population, and vital statistics.
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--updated by Bryan Clark, baclark@bradley.edu, 3:39, 18 August 2009 (CDT)
