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This is the guide to
selected basic materials on the African-American experience, located in the
Fordham Libraries or accessible on the Internet.
Note on terms used: Keyword searches for African-American studies may include the following terms: "African-American," Afro-American," "Black," and "Negro," depending upon the publication date of the material.
America:
History and Life
Index to journals on American and Canadian
history since 1991.
Black Studies on Disc (RH Ref W DATA CD 10)
CD-ROM-based searchable index to black periodicals
from 1988-2003.
Ethnic
News Watch
Ethnic NewsWatch is a full-text collection of the
newspapers, magazines, and journals for the ethnic, minority, and native press
since 1991.
Africana: The Encyclopedia of the African and African American Experience. New York: Basic Civitas Books, 1999. (RH LC) Ref DT14.A37455 1999
Asante, Molefi. The African-American Atlas: Black History and Culture--An Illustrated Reference. New York: Macmillan, 1998. (RH LC) Ref + E185.A79 1998
Brown, Lorene. Subject Headings for African-American Materials. Englewood, CO: Libraries Unlimited, 1995. (RH LC) Ref Z695.1.B76 1995
Ciment, James. Atlas of African-American History. New York: Facts on File, 2001. (RH) Ref + E185 .C55 2001
Earle, J. Routledge Atlas of African American History. New York: Routledge, 2000. (RH LC) Ref E185.E125 2000
Higginbotham, E.B. The Harvard Guide to African-American History. Cambridge, MA: Harvard University Press, 2001. (RH LC) Ref E185 .H326 2001
Hornor, L.L. Black Americans: A Statistical Sourcebook. Palo Alto, CA: Information Pub., 2002. (MM) Ref E185.86 .B498 2002
Index to Black Periodicals. Boston, MA: Hall, 1984- (RH LC) Ref + E185.5.I51
Lowery, C.D. The Greenwood Encyclopedia of African American Civil Rights: From Emancipation to the Twenty-First Century (Vols. 1-2). New York: Greenwood Press, 2003. (RH) Ref E185.61 .E54 2003
Miles, J.H. Almanac of African American Heritage: A Book of Lists Featuring People, Places, Times, and Events That Shaped Black Culture. Paramus, NJ: Prentice Hall Press, 2001. (RH) Ref E185 .A448 2001
Mjagkij, N. (Ed.). Organizing Black America: An Encyclopedia of African American Associations. New York: Garland Publishers, 2001. (RH) Ref + E185.5 .O74 2001
Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture. Kaiser Index to Black Resources, 1948-1986 (Vols. 1-5). Brooklyn, NY: Carlson, 1992. (RH) Ref + E185.A1 K34 1992
Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture. New York Public Library African American Desk Reference. New York: Wiley, 1999. (RH LC) Ref. E185.N69 1999
Smith, J.C., Palmisano, J.M. (Eds.). African-American Almanac. Detroit: Gale, 2000. (LC MM) Ref + E185.A252 2000
Smith, J.C. Historical Statistics of Black America (Vols. 1-2). New York: Gale, 1995. (RH LC MM) Ref E185.H558 1995
Smith, R.C. Encyclopedia of African-American Politics. New York: Facts on File, 2003. (RH) Ref + E185 .S58155 2003
Aaseng, Nathan. African-American Athletes. New York: Facts on File, 2003. (RH) Ref GV697 .A196 2003
Bader, Philip. African-American Writers. New York: Facts on File, 2004. (RH) Ref PS153.N5 B214 2004
Carey, Charles W. African-American Political Leaders. New York: Facts on File, 2004. (RH) Ref E185.96 .C18 2004
Cederholm, Theresa. Afro-American Artists: A Bio-Bibliographical Directory. Boston: Trustees of the Boston Public Library, 1973. (RH LC) Ref N6538.N5 C42
Gates, H.L., Higginbotham, E.B. (Eds.). African-American Lives. New York: Oxford University Press, 2004. (RH) Ref + E185.96 .A48 2004
Kessler, J.H. Distinguished African American Scientists of the 20th Century. Phoenix, AZ: Oryx, 1996. (RH) Science Ref Q141.D535 1996
Kranz, Rachel. African-American Business Leaders and Entrepreneurs. New York: Facts on File, 2004. (RH) Ref HC102.5 .A2 K73 2004
Mitchell, Sara. Afro-American Biographies: A Bibliography. Huntington, NY: Nova Science Pub., 2000. (RH) Ref E185.96.A13 2000
Moebs, Thomas. Black Soldiers-Black Sailors-Black Ink: Research Guide on African-Americans in U.S. Military History, 1526-1900. Chesapeake Bay, VA: Moebs Pub. Co., 1994. (RH) Ref UB418.A47 M64 1994
Phelps, S. (Ed.). Who’s Who Among African-Americans. Detroit: Gale Research, 1996. (MM) Ref E185.96.W5 1996
Riggs, T. (Ed.). St. James Guide to Black Artists. Detroit: St. James Press, 1997. (RH LC) Ref + N40.S78 1997
Salley, Columbus. The Black 100: A Ranking of the Most Influential African-Americans, Past, and Present. Secaucus, NJ: Carol Pub. Group, 1999. (RH) Ref E185.96.S225 1999
Sammons, Vivian. Blacks in Science and Medicine. New York: Hemisphere Pub. Corp., 1990. (RH LC) Ref + Q141.B58 1990
Smith, J.C. (Ed.). Notable Black American Women. Detroit: Gale Research, 2003. (RH LC MM) Ref + E185.96 .N68 1997
Andrews, W.L., Foster, F.S., Harris, T. (Eds.). Oxford Companion to African-American Literature. New York: Oxford University Press, 1997. (RH LC MM) Ref PS153.N5 A183 1997
Cowan, Thomas. Timelines of African-American History: 500 Years of Black Achievement. New York: Berkley Pub. Group, 1994. (RH LC) Ref E185.C86 1994
Draper, J.P. (Ed.). Black Literature Criticism: Excerpts from Criticism of the Most Significant Works of Black Authors Over the Past 200 Years (Vols. 1-3). Detroit: Gale Research, 1992. (RH LC MM) Ref + PS153.N5 B556 1992
Estell, Kenneth. African America: Portrait of a People. Detroit: Visible Ink Press, 1994. (LC) Ref E185.96 E87 1994
French, W.P., Fabre, G. Afro-American Poetry and Drama, 1760-1975: A Guide to Information Sources. Detroit: Gale, 1979. (RH LC) Ref PS153.N5 A135
Magill, F.N. (Ed.). Masterpieces of African-American Literature. New York: HarperCollins, 1992. (RH LC) Ref PS153.N5 M315 1992
Smith, V. (Ed.). African-American Writers (2nd ed.) (Vols. 1-2). New York: Scribners, 2001. (RH) Ref + PS153.N5 A344 2001
Thomison, Dennis. Black Artist in America: An Index to Reproductions. Metuchen, NJ: Scarecrow Press, 1991. (RH LC) Ref N6538.N5 T46 1991
Valade, R.M. (Ed.). Schomburg Center Guide to Black Literature from the Eighteenth Century to the Present. Detroit: Gale Research, 1996. (RH LC) Ref PN841.A1 S34 1996
Floyd, S.A., & Reisser, M.J. Black Music in the United States: An Annotated Bibliography of Selected Reference and Research Materials. Millwood, NY: Kraus, 1983. (RH) Ref ML128.B45 F5 1983
Glikin, Ronda. Black American Women in Literature: A Bibliography, 1976 Through 1987. Jefferson, NC: McFarland, 1989. (RH LC) Ref PS153.N5 A17 1989
Henritze, Barbara. Bibliographic Checklist of African American Newspapers. Baltimore, MD: Genealogical Pub. Co., 1995. (RH LC) Ref + PN4882.5 A1 H46 1995
Kagan, Alfred. Reference Guide to Africa: A Bibliography of Sources. Lanham, MD: Scarecrow Press, 2005. (RH) Ref DT4.K15 2005
Richardson, Marilyn. Black Women and Religion: A Bibliography. Boston: G.K. Hall, 1980. (RH) Ref BR563.N4 A12
Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture. Bibliographic Guide to Black Studies. Boston: G.K. Hall, 1975-1997. (RH LC) Ref HT1581.A1 N41
Semmes, Clovis. Roots of Afrocentric Thought: A Reference Guide to Negro Digest/Black World. Westport, CT: Greenwood Press, 1998. (RH) Ref D1.N31 INDEX
Smith, John David. Black Slavery in the Americas: An Interdisciplinary Bibliography, 1865-1980. Westport, CT: Greenwood Press, 1982. (RH) Ref HT1049.A1 S6 1982
Southern, Eileen, & Wright, J. African-American Traditions in Song, Sermon, Tale, and Dance, 1600s-1920: An Annotated Bibliography of Literature, Collections, & Artworks. New York: Greenwood Press, 1990. (LC) Ref + NX512.2.A1 S68 1990
African-American
Mosaic
This is a Library of Congress resource guide for the study
of black history and culture.
Amistad Research Center
of Tulane University
An independent manuscripts library dedicated to preserving
African American and ethnic history and culture.
The Black Collegian Online
National magazine that focuses on career
opportunities for young African Americans.
W.E.B. Du Bois Institute for
African and African American Research of Harvard University
The nation's oldest research center dedicated to the
study of the history, culture, and social institutions of African Americans.
Georgetown University Library's African American Studies Research Guide
Georgetown University Library's list of resources for African-American studies.
Museum of
Afro American History, Boston
A not-for-profit history institution dedicated to
preserving, conserving and accurately interpreting the contributions of African
Americans during the colonial period in New
England.
Our
Shared History: African American Heritage
The National Park Service features links and online tours to provide
information on African American historical places.
University
of California, Santa Barbara's Resources in Black Studies
Includes resources for researchers on people of
African descent in the United States, Africa, the Caribbean, Latin America,
Europe, and Australia.
The Harlem Renaissance
Introduction
The Harlem Renaissance was originally known as the New Negro Movement and was culturally and artistically significant in American history, particularly in Harlem, New York during the early half of the twentieth century.
Research Databases
Those databases that are listed at the top of this African-American Studies' research guide are all excellent tools for researching the Harlem Renaissance, in addition to those found in the General Periodicals Indexes of the databases' section of this library Web site (i.e., Academic Search Premier, Project Muse, ProQuest).
MLA International Bibliography
Because of the large literary movement that took place during this time, the MLA International Bibliography
is a great place to locate information about the notable writers that influenced
the Harlem Renaissance.
General References
Aberjhani, & West, S.L. Encyclopedia of the Harlem Renaissance. New York: Facts on File, Inc., 2003. (RH MM) + PS153.N5 A24 2003
Harris, T. (Ed.). Afro-American Writers from the Harlem Renaissance to 1940. Detroit: Gale, 1987. (RH LC MM) Ref PS2 .D5 V.51
Nelson, E.S. African American Authors, 1745-1945: A Bio-Bibliographical Critical Sourcebook. Westport, CT: Greenwood Press, 2000. (RH LC) Ref PS153.N5 A133 2000
Rasmussen, R.K. (Ed.). The African American Encyclopedia (2nd ed.) (Vols. 1-10). New York: Marshall Cavendish, 2001. (RH LC) Ref E185 .A253 2001 V. 1-10
Roses, L.E., & Randolph, R.E. Harlem Renaissance and Beyond: Literary Biographies of 100 Black Women Writers, 1900-1945. Boston: G.K. Hall, 1990. (RH LC MM) Ref PS153.N5 R65 1990
Rush, T.G., Myers, C.F., & Arata, E.S. Black American Writers Past and Present: A Biographical and Bibliographical Dictionary (Vols. 1-2). Metuchen, NJ: Scarecrow Press, 1975. (RH LC) Ref PS153.N5 A11
Internet Resources
African American Odyssey Exhibition
This online
exhibit has a good overview of the Harlem Renaissance. Since it is published by
a reputable source, such as the Library of Congress, educators and researchers
alike will find this page to be beneficial, particularly the “Probing Further”
section.
Schomburg Center for the Research in Black Culture
One of the most extensive holdings about Black culture, the Schomburg Library
features works of different formats relating to Black people, including rare
books, oral histories, audiovisual materials, graphic art, and much more.
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