AFRICAN AMERICAN STUDIES
Reference books
1001 things everyone should know about African American history E 185 .S798 1996
African American history E 185 .A25355 2006
The African American years Ready Reference E 185 .S797 2003
Black literature criticism: excerpts from criticism of the most significant works of Black authors over the past 200 years Ready reference PS 153 .N5 B556 1992
Black women in America: an historical encyclopedia Ready Reference E 185.86 .B542 1993
Civil rights chronicle: the African-American struggle for freedom E 185.615 .C29 1997 (electronic resource NetLibrary)
Encyclopedia of African-American culture and history Ready reference E 185 .E54 2006
Encyclopedia of African American Civil Rights Ready Reference E 185.61 .E54 2003
Encyclopedia of African-American heritage E 185 .A455 1997 (electronic resource NetLibrary)
Facts on File encyclopedia of Black women in American Reference E 185.96 .F2 1996
Reference Library of Black America Ready Reference E 185 .R44 1997
Galileo databases
Academic Search Complete (at EBSCOhost)
African American Biographical Database
African American Poetry: 1760-1900
MasterFILE Premier (at EBSCOhost)
Research Library (at ProQuest)
Internet resources
African American Album. Images of African-American life before 1950 in Charlotte and Mecklenburg County, North Carolina. Site is maintained by the Public Library of Charlotte and Mecklenburg County.
African American Genealogy. A comprehensive list of links and other information on African American genealogy compiled by Cyndi Howell, a professional genealogist with one of the net's largest sites on genealogy.
African American Mosaic. This Library of Congress site includes photographs and historic documents on the study of "black history and culture."
African American Odyssey. Part of the Library of Congress' American Memory site, it includes items from their African-American Pamphlet Collection, 1824-1909 and an exhibit illustrating their "vast African American collection."
African-American Portraits by Carl Van Vechten, 1932-1964. This online exhibit sponsored by Brandeis University includes numerous photograph images of African American writers and performers by writer and photographer Carl Van Vechten.
African American Web Connection. Includes links to information about African American authors, churches, businesses, history and other areas.
African-American Women. Developed by Duke University, this site features scanned images of manuscript pages and full text of the writings of African-American women.
Africana.com. A web site that includes news, chat rooms, content from Microsoft's Encarta Africana encyclopedia, and a directory of web sites.
American Slave Narratives. Site includes text and audio clips from 13 former slaves who were interviewed in the 1930s under a project of the Works Progress Administration.
Born in the Wake of Freedom: John Mitchell, Jr. and the Richmond Planet
Library of Virginia online exhibit focuses on the Richmond Planet , the dominant
African American newspaper of Richmond from 1883-1938, and its editor, John
Mitchell, Jr.
Celebrating Black History on the Web. This site maintained by the University of Colorado includes numerous resources focusing on African-Americans and includes links to sites that have almanacs, biographies, demographic information, and exhibits.
Harlem, 1900-1940: An African American Community. Online exhibit of the New York Public Library.
Recent Acquisitions in African-American History and Literature at the University of Virginia -- An online exhibit from 1996.
Repositories of Primary Sources. A listing of over 4100 websites describing holdings of manuscripts, archives, rare books, historical photographs, and other primary sources for the research scholar is maintained by the University of Idaho.
Souvenir Views: Negro Enterprise & Residences, Richmond, Va. Text and images of this rare and important work documenting Richmond's African American community. The book was originally published in 1907. The site is part of the Library of Congress' American Memory Collection.
Without Sanctuary: Photographs and Postcards of Lynching in America: Photographs and postcards distributed as souvenirs at mob lynching. The victims depicted are from various backgrounds and come several states.