Research Guides : African-American
Studies
This guide lists basic English language reference sources both
print and electronic on African-American Studies available in
North Carolina Central University libraries.
Bibliographies are used to answer a wide variety of questions
and to further research by identifying sources on various subjects
and/or types. They are lists of works arranged on the basis of
authorship, subject, place of publication, or the time (year,
month, etc.) of publication. They are usually arranged alphabetically,
but sometimes a system of subject classification is used. Some
bibliographies are annotated, meaning that each entry includes
a brief description of the cited work. Bibliographies can also
be complete or selective.
Abajian, James T. Blacks and Their Contributions to the American
West: A Bibliography and Union List of Library Holdings Through
1970. Boston: G.K.Hall, 1974.
[Shepard Ref. Z1361 .N39]
Black-Jewish Relations in the United States, 1752-1984: A
Selected Bibliography Westport, Conn.: Greenwood, 1984.
[Shepard Ref. Z1361 .N39 H47]
Bridnano, Russell C. Black Americans in Autobiography: An
Annotated Bibliography of Autobiographies and Autobiographical
Books Written Since the Civil War. Durham, N.C.: Duke University
Press, 1984.
[Shepard Ref. Z1361 .N39 B67]
Davis, Lenwood G. A Bibliographical Guide to Black Studies
Programs in the United States: An Annotated Bibliography.
Westport, Conn.: Greenwood, 1985.
[Shepard Ref. Z1361 .N39 D353]
Davis, Lenwood G. The Black Family in the United States;
A Revised, Updated, Selectively Annotated Bibliography. New
York: Greenwood, 1986.
[Ref. Z1361 .N39 D355]
Meyers, Hector F. Black Child Development in America, 1927-1977:
An Annotated Bibliography. Westport, Conn.: Greenwood, 1979.
[Shepard and Law Ref. Z1361 .N39 M94]
Miller, Elizabeth W. The Negro in America: A Bibliography.
Cambridge: Harvard University Press, 1970.
[Shepard and Law Ref. Z1361 .N39 M5]
Newman, Richard. Black Access: A Bibliography of Afro-American
Bibliographies. Westport, Conn.: Greenwood, 1984.
[SLIS Ref. 016.01693 N5546]
Obudho, Constance E. Black-White Racial Attitudes: An Annotated
Bibliography. Westport, Conn.: Greenwood, 1976.
[Ref. Z1361 .N39028]
Obudho, Robert A. Afro-American Demography and Urban Issues:
A Bibliography. Westport, Conn.: Greenwood, 1985.
[Ref. Z1361 .N39029]
Smith, John David. Black Slavery in the Americas: An Interdisciplinary
Bibliography, 1865-1980. Westport, Conn.: Greenwood, 1982.
[Ref. Z7164 .S6 S63]
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Biographical sources, in general, provide information on the
lives and/or achievements of individuals. They are works which
both address specific fields or subjects and tend to concentrate
on the professional achievements, personal life, and background
of those prominent figures of the field or subject.
Estell, Kenneth. African American: A Portrait of a People.
Detroit: Visible Ink Press, 1994.
[Ref. E185.96 .E87]
Franklin, V.P. Living Our Stories, Telling Our Truths: Autobiography
and the Making of the African-American Intellectual Tradition.
New York: Oxford University Press.
[Ref. E185.96 .F74]
Hawkins, Walter L. African American Biographies 2: Profiles
of 332 Current Men and Women. Jefferson, N.C.: McFarland,
1994.
[Law Ref. E185.96 .H38]
Ingham, John N. African-American Business Leaders: A Biographical
Dictionary. Westport, Conn.: Greenwood Press, 1994.
[Ref. HG102.5 .A2152]
Kessler, James H. Distinguished African American Scientists
of the 20th Century. Phoenix, Ariz.: Oryx Press, 1996.
[Ref. Q141 .D535]
LaBlanc, Michael L. Contemporary Black Biography: Profiles
from the International Black Community. Detroit: Gale Research
Inc., 1992.
[Ref. E185.96 .C66]
Page, James A., and Jae Min Roh.Selected Black American,
African, and Caribbean Authors: A Bio-Bibliography. Littleton,
Colo.: Libraries, 1985.
[SLIS Ref. 016.8109 P132s]
Porter, David. African-American Sports Greats: A Biographical
Dictionary. Westport, Conn.: Greenwood Press, 1995.
[Ref. GV697 .A1 F37]
Potter, Joan. African American First: Famous Little-Known
and Unsung Triumph of Blacks in America. Elizabeth Town,
N.Y.: Pinto Press, 1994.
[Ref. E185.96 .P67]
Salem, Dorothy. African American Women: A Biographical Dictionary.
New York, N.Y.: Garland, 1993.
[Shepard and Law Ref. E185.96 .A45]
Salley, Columbus. The Black 100: A Ranking of the Most Influential
African-Americans, Past and Present. Secauscus, N.J.: Carol
Pub., 1994.
[Ref. E185.96 .S225]
Sammons, Vivian Ovelton. Blacks in Science and Medicine.
New York, N.Y.: Hemisphere Publishing, 1990.
[Ref. Q141 .B58 and SLIS Ref. 509.22 .B631]
Smith, Jessie Carney. Notable Black American Women: Book
II. Detroit: Gale Research, 1996.
[SLIS Ref. 920.72 N899 and Law Ref. E185.96 .N68]
Smith, Valerie, Lea Baechler, and A. Walton Litz (eds.).
African American Writers. New York, N.Y.: Collier Books,
1993.
[Ref. PS153 .N5 A344]
Southern, Eileen. Biographical Dictionary of Afro-American
and African Musicians. Westport, Conn.: Greenwood Press,
1982.
[Ref. ML105 .S67]
Who's Who Among African Americans. New York, N.Y.: Gale
Research,1996/1997.
[Shepard Ref. and Law Ref. E185.96 .W527]
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Christian, Charles M., and Bennett J. Sari. Black Saga:
The African American Experience. Boston, Mass.: Houghton
Mifflin, 1995.
[Ref. E185 .C519]
Cowan, Tom and Jack Macguire. Timelines of African-American
History: 500 Years of Black Achievement. New York, N.Y.:
Perigee Books/Berkley Pub. Group, 1994.
[Ref. E185 .C85]
Diggs, Ellen Irene. Black Chronology: From 4000 B.C. to
the Abolition of the Slave Trade. Boston, Mass.: G.K. Hall,
1983.
[Ref. E185 .D5]
Harley, Sharon. The Timetables of African-American History:
A Chronology of the Most Important People and Events in African-American
History. New York, N.Y.: Simon & Schuster, 1995.
[Ref. E185 .H295]
Hornsby, Alton. Chronology of African-American History:
Significant Events and People from 1619 to the Present. Detroit:
Gale, 1991.
[Shepard and Law Ref. E185 .H64]
Sloan, Irving J. The American Negro: A Chronology and Fact
Book. Dobbs Ferry, N.Y.: Oceana Publications, 1968.
[Ref. E185 .S57]
Smith, Jessie Carney, Casper L. Jordan, and Robert L. Johns.
Black Firsts: 2,000 Years of Extraordinary Achievement.
Detroit: Gale Research, 1994.
[Ref. E185 .B574]
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Dictionaries define words for the user, provide their correct
spellings and often explain usage. Some dictionaries even provide
the history and origins of the words defined. Specialized dictionaries
addressing a specific subject may provide only brief definitions
of the usage of the related terms, or they may provide longer
definitions that are on the order of a short entry in an encyclopedia.
They may also provide biographical entries on selected members
of the community. The dictionaries listed below vary in scope
from the general to those that are quite specific and address
only a narrow, particular area of study and research within the
field of African-American Studies.
Baskin, Wade. Dictionary of Black Culture. New York
: Philosophical Library, 1973.
[Ref. E185.96 .B33]
Estell, Kenneth. The African-American Almanac. Detroit:
Gale Research, 1994.
[Shepard and Law Ref. E185 .A2515]
Miller, Randall M., and John D. Smith. Dictionary of Afro-American
Slavery. New York: Greenwood Press, 1988.
[Ref. E441 .D53]
Nunez, Benjamin. Dictionary of Afro-Latin American Civilization.
Westport, Conn.: Greenwood Press, 1980.
[Ref. F1408.3 .N86]
Phillips, Claude S. The African Political Dictionary.
Santa Barbara, Calif.: ABC-Clio Information Services, 1984.
[Ref. DT30.5 .P47]
Ploski, Harry A., and James Williams. The Negro Almanac:
A Reference Work on the African-American. Detroit : Gale,
1989.
[Ref. E185 .P55]
Smitherman-Donaldson, Geneva. Black Talk: Words and Phrases
From the Hood to the Amen Corner. Boston, Mass.: Houghton
Mifflin, 1994.
[Ref. PE3102 .N4 S65 ]
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Directories are organized lists of persons or organizations.
They provide mailing addresses for the members of the fields and/organizations
addressed by the directory, as well as the addresses and functions
of the organizations and institutions themselves, and the goods
or services provided by them. The directory can be used to check
the names and spellings of individuals and organizations, or to
obtain telephone numbers and credentials. Some directories even
contain very brief biographical information on the individuals
listed. Yearbooks present facts and statistics for a single year,
usually a chronology of the year, biographies of news makers,
obituaries, sports news, current statistical data and articles
about the events of the year.
Black American Colleges & Universities. Detroit: Gale
Research, 1994.
[Ref. LC2781 .H54]
Black Americans Information Directory 1994-95. Detroit:
Gale Research, 1993.
[Shepard and Law Ref. E185.5 .B513]
Crayton, Tabatha. The African-American Address Book.
New York: Berkeley Publishing Group, 1995.
[Ref. E185 .C877]
Curtis, Nancy C. Black Heritage Sites: An African American
Odyssey and Finder's Guide. Chicago: American Library Association,
1996.
[SLIS Ref. 973.0496073 C979b]
Directory of African American Religious Bodies: A Compendium
by the Howard University School of Divinity. Washington,
D.C.: Howard University Press, 1995.
[SLIS Ref. BR563 .N4 D57]
Hill, Levirn. Black American Colleges &: Universities: Profiles
of Two-Year, Four-Year &: Professional Schools. Detroit:
Gale Research, 1994.
[Shepard and Law Ref. LC2781 .H54]
Kennard, Toni Hodge. The Handbook of Historically Black
Colleges & Universities: Comprehensive Profiles and Photos of
Black Colleges and Universities. Wilmington, Del.: Jireh
& Associates, 1995.
[Ref. LC2781 .K45]
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Encyclopedias provide a good starting point for beginning research
assignments. Encyclopedias are often broad, general sources of
basic information on a variety of subjects, but they can also
be highly specialized and aimed at specific fields of interest.
They may even be so specialized that they address only a specific
area within a field. A few of the encyclopedias listed below have
biographical entries as well.
Afro-American Encyclopedia. North Miami, Fla. Educational
Books Publishers, 1974.
[Ref. E185 .A28]
Encyclopedia of Black America. New York: McGraw-Hill,
1981.
[Shepard Ref. E185 .E55 and SLIS Ref. 973.0496073]
Estell, Kenneth. Reference Library of Black America.
Detroit : Gale Research, 1994.
[Ref. E185 .R435]
Hine, Darlene C., E. Brown, and R. Terborg-Pen. Black Women
in America: An Historical Encyclopedia. Brooklyn, N.Y.: Carlson
Publication, 1993.
[Ref. E185.86 .B542]
Lowery, Charles D., and John F. Marszalek. Encyclopedia of
African-American Civil Rights: From Emancipation to the Present.
New York: Greenwood Press, 1992.
[Ref. E185.61 .E54]
Murphy, Larry, G. Melton, and G. Ward. Encyclopedia of African
American Religions. New York: Garland Publishing, 1993.
[Ref. BR563 .N4 E53]
Williams, Michael W. The African American Encyclopedia.
New York: Marshall Cavendish Corp., 1993.
[Ref. E185 .A253]
World Encyclopedia of Black Peoples (6 vols.). St.
Clair Shores, Mich.: Scholarly Press, 1975.
[Ref. GN645 .W64]
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Guides may contain information about places, regions, and/or
subjects. Often they are guides to literature, including reference
literature of one kind or another. Some guides are basic and cover
a large range of reference literature while others are much narrower
in scope.
Chase, Henry. In Their Footsteps: The American Visions Guide
to African-American Heritage Sites. New York : H. Holt, 1994.
[Ref. E159 .C45]
Diggs, Anita Doreen. The African American Resource Guide.
Baricade Books, 1994.
[Ref. E185 .D45]
Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture. Bibliographic
Guide to Black Studies. Boston: G.K. Hall, 1975.
[Ref. Z1361 .N39 S373a]
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Handbooks are often similar to encyclopedias in that they provide
a wide range of information on various subjects. Some of the works
below are very specialized and deal with highly specific areas
of African-American Studies, others are more general and probably
more helpful to the student seeking basic information.
Battle, Stafford L. The African American Resource Guide to
the Internet and Online Services. New York: McGraw-hill,
1996.
[Ref. E185 .B33]
Brown, William Wells. Clotelle, or, the Colored Heroine.
Champaign, Ill.: Project Gutenberg, 1995.
[Ref. E185 .A8]
Cantor, George. Historic Landmarks of Black America.
Detroit: Gale Research, 1991.
[Ref. E185.53 .A1 C3b]
Jones, Reginald L. Handbook of Tests and Measurements for
Black Populations. Hampton, Va.: Cobb & Henry Publishers,
1996.
[Ref. BF176 .H37]
Josey, E.J., and Ann Allen Shockley. Handbook of Black Librarianship.
Littleton, Colo.: Libraries Unlimited, 1997.
Ref. Z711.9 .H35]
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Indexes provide the original sources of works and their authors
and are usually arranged by alphabetized subject classification.
The citations are bibliographic in nature. Pure indexes will present
no descriptive information pertaining to the works cited. Abstracts,
in comparison, are indexes which present brief summaries of the
works referred to by their citations.
Index to Black Periodicals. Boston, Mass.: G.K. Hall
& Co., 1995.
[Ref. A13 .O44]
Stevenson, Rosemary. Index to Afro-American Reference Resources.
New York: Greenwood, 1988.
[Ref. Z1361 .N39 S77]
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Major, Clarence. Juba to Jive: A Dictionary of African-American
Slang. New York: Penguin Books, 1994.
[Shepard Ref. PE3727 .N4 M34]
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Howard University Libraries. Moorland Foundation. Dictionary
Catalog of the Jesse E. Moorland Collection of Negro Life and
History. Howard University Library, Washington, D.C.; Boston:
G.K. Hall, 1970.
[Ref. Z1361 .N39 H82]
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Maps are drawings representing the earth's surface or part of
it, usually showing countries, cities, rivers, seas, lakes, and
mountains. Atlases are books of plates or tables illustrating
any subject. Gazetteers are lists of geographical names or physical
features or both, either appended to atlases or published separately.
Ashanti, Molefi. Historical and Cultural Atlas of African
Americans. New York: Macmillian, 1991.
[Shepard Ref. E185 .A8]
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Manuscripts are books or papers written by hand or with a typewriter.
Archives are places where public records or historical documents
are kept.
Plunkett, Michael. Afro-American Sources in Virginia: A
Guide to Manuscripts. Charlottesville: University Press
of Virginia, 1990.
[Ref. E185.93 V8]
Printed & Manuscript African-Americana: Documenting the Black
Experience in Americas. New York: Swann Galleries, 1996.
[Ref. E185.53 .A1 P75]
Sinnette, Elinor Des Verney, and others. Black Bibliophiles
and Collectors: Preservers of Black History. Washington,
D.C.: Howard University Press, 1990.
[Ref. Z688 .A55 B53]
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| Newspaper |
Place of Publication |
| Atlanta
Daily World |
Atlanta, GA |
| Call |
Kansas City, MO |
| Carolina Peacemaker |
Greensboro, NC |
| Carolinian |
Raleigh, NC |
| Chicago Defender |
Chicago, IL |
| Greensboro News & Record |
Greensboro, NC |
| New Journal and
Guide |
Norfolk, VA |
| New York Amsterdam News |
New York, NY |
| Washington Afro-American |
Washington, DC |
| Washington Tribune |
Washington, DC |
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Daniel, Walter C. Black Journals of the United States.
Westport, CT: Greenwood Press, 1982.
[SLIS Ref. 051 D184b]
Guide to Scholarly Journals in Black Studies. Chicago:
Center for Afro-American Studies and Research, 1981.
[Ref. Z1361 .N39 G83]
The Newspapers and Periodicals by and about Black People:
Southeastern Library Holdings. North Carolina Central University,
School of Library Science, African-American Materials Project.
Boston: G.K., 1978.
[Ref. Z1361 .N39 N67]
[SLIS Ref. 016.30145196 N864n]
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PERIODICALS (SELECTED)
Below are the basic periodicals that address a wide range of
concerns and topics in the area of African-American Studies.
| Title |
Holdings |
Frequency |
| American Visions |
vol.1 (1986)- |
bi-monthly |
| African American Review |
vol. 26 (1992)- |
quarterly |
| Black Enterprise |
vol. 1 (1970)- |
monthly |
| Black Collegian |
vol.1, (1971)- |
2/yr. |
| Black Diaspora |
vol. 17 - |
7/yr. |
| Black Issues in Higher Education (Virginia) |
vol.1 no.1 |
quarterly |
| CA |
(1916)- |
quarterly |
| Callaloo |
no.1 (1976)- |
quarterly |
| Challenge |
vol.1 (1964)- |
bi-monthly |
| CLA Journal |
vol. 1 (1957) - |
quarterly |
| Crisis |
vol. 1 (1910) - |
monthly |
| Ebony |
vol. 1 (1945) - |
monthly |
| Emerge |
vol. 1 (1989) - |
10/yr. |
| Essence |
vol.1 (1970) - |
monthly |
| Journal of Black Studies |
vol 22 |
bi-monthly |
| The Journal of Blacks in Higher Education |
vol. 1 |
quarterly |
| Journal of Negro Education |
vol. 1 (1932) |
quarterly |
| Journal of Negro History |
(Spring 1960) |
quarterly |
| Phylon |
(Spring 1960) |
quarterly |
| Western Journal of Black Studies |
|
quarterly |
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Quotations are sayings attributed to a person. These statements
could have been quoted from a book or speech.
Dinwiddle-Boyd, Elza. In Our Own Words: A Treasury of Quotations
from the African-American Community. New York: Avon Books,
1996.
[Ref. PN6081.3 I5]
Jewell, Terri L. The Black Woman's Gumbo Ya-Ya: Quotations
by Black Women. Freedom, Calif.: Crossing Press, 1993.
[Ref. E185.86 .B5415]
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Statistical sources offer numerical and quantitative facts about
peoples, the weather, business conditions, etc. Statistics are
collected and classified systematically.
Garwood, Alfred N. Black Americans: A Statistical Sourcebook.
Boulder, Colo.: Westview Press, 1995.
[Ref. E185 .B52]
Smith, Jessie Carney and Carrell Horton. Historical Statistics
of Black America. New York: Gale Research, 1995.
[Shepard and Law Ref. E185 .B52]
Smith, Jessie Carney. Statistical Record of Black America.
Detroit: Gale Research, 1995, 1997.
[Shepard and Law Ref. E185.6 .S7]
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American Black Women in the Arts and Social Sciences: A
Bibliographic Survey. Metuchen, N.J.: Scarecrow Press, 1973.
[Ref. Z1361 .N39 W56]
Sims, Janet L. The Progress of Afro-American Women: A Selected
Bibliography and Resource Guide. Westport, Conn.: Greenwood,
1980.
[Ref. Z1361 .N39 R53]
Williams, Ora. American Black Women in the Arts and Social
Sciences. 3rd Edition. Metuchen, N.J.: Scarecrow, 1994.
[Ref. Z1361 .N39 W56]
Yellin, Jean F. and Cynthia Bond D. The Pen is Ours: A Listing
of Writings By and About African-American Women Before 1910 with
Secondary Bibliography to the Present. New York: Oxford University
Press, 1991.
[Ref. Z1229 .N39 Y44]
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INTERNET RESOURCES
The following websites offer information and additional links
to locating online information about African-Americans.
African American Census Data & Culture. This site contains
selected tables and graphs reflecting the latest available census
data and information regarding the African American population
of the United States.
[http://www.thuban.com/census/index.html]
[http://www.census.gov:80/population/www/socdemo/race/black.html]
The African American Mosaic. This site is a Library
of Congress Resource Guide for the study of Black history.
[http://lcweb.loc.gov/exhibits/african/intro.html]
African Studies World Wide Web Server. This gives access
to virtually every aspect of the African American.
[http://www.sas.upenn.edu/African_Studies/AS.html]
Black Cultural Web Site. This is an experimental Black
cultural studies site, set up because of a lack of resources on
the Internet..It address questions of ethnicity, race, and gender
among the members of the African diaspora.
[http://www.tiac.net/users/thaslett]
Encyclopedia Smithsonian: African American History and Culture.
This contains selected links to sites hosted by Smithsonian Institution
museums and organizations, including online interivews, bibliographies
and exhibits.
[http://www.si.edu/resource/faq/nmah/afroam.htm]
Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture. This
is the site for the research center of the NY Public library.
Many exhibits and collections are featured.
[http://www.nypl.org/research/sc/sc.html]
This guide was compiled by Juanita Midgette, April 1997, with
updates by Tracy Bell and and coding by Rebecca
Olson, Research Help Librarian.
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