Each year the Friends of the Johns Hopkins Libraries generously designate 20 percent of member contributions to fund the purchase of special collections materials. This year, 12 items were purchased, and selected titles are now on display in the central corridor on M-Level. More...
Provides historical and current information on African American history, society, and culture in 28 topical chapters (e.g., African American Firsts, Politics, Family & Health). It also includes a chronology, a chapter of important primary documents, directories of organizations and businesses, a bibliography of recently-published works, annotated lists of crucial court cases, a filmography, hundreds of brief biographies, and more than 650 photographs, illustrations, maps, and statistical charts located within the most appropriate text.
Offers biographical portraits of more than 17,400 men and women -- from all eras and walks of life -- whose lives have shaped the nation. Published in 24 print volumes in 1999 (MSEL GEN REF CT213.A68 1999).
The Biographical Encyclopedia of Jazz Friedheim Library Reference Collection ML102.J2 F42 1999
To browse available books on the history of jazz use theAlphabetical Searchoption and set the search box toSubjects -- Library of Congress. Here are some examples:
Essay and General Literature Index cites essays and articles contained in collections of essays and miscellaneous works published in the United States, Great Britain, and Canada. More than 300 volumes are indexed annually. Additionally, more than 20 annuals and serial publications are indexed. Titles covered are in the Humanities and Social Sciences disciplines.
Find Articles about Bebop in Journals, Magazines, and Newspapers
With jazz, blues, gospel, and other forms of African American musical expression represented, African American Song brings 50,000 tracks of music to the ears of library patrons and music scholars. It’s the first online resource to document the history of African American music in the form of an online music listening service. Users search using a powerful interface, identify the music and performances they want to hear, and click to listen through speakers or headphones.
The Black Power Movement. Part 1: Amiri Baraka from Black Arts to Black Radicalism Libraries Service Center Film No. 3751 (Request at MSEL Audio Visual Center on A-level.)
A collection of rare works of poetry, organizational documents, rare print publications, and a small amount of personal correspondence from Baraka's involvement in the black arts movement in the mid-1960s through the early 1980s.
Includes two modules, Primary Sources in African American History and Primary Sources in U.S. Presidential History. Both modules include autobiographies, contemporary accounts, photographs, images, government documents, as well as related secondary materials.
