Reference Sources for African American History
A selection of reference sources supporting the study of African American history and culture.

Bibliographies and Research Guides

The African American Experience:  An Historiographical and Bibliographical Guide.
Eisenhower Stacks E 184.65 .A37 2001

The African American Experience in Cyberspace : A Resource Guide to the Best Websites on Black Culture and History.
Eisenhower General Reference E185 .M49 2004

The Columbia Guide to African Amerian History Since 1939.
Eisenhower Stacks E195.6 .C715 2006

The Harvard Guide to African-American History.
Eisenhower General Reference E185 .H326 2001

Images of Blacks in American Culture:  A Reference Guide to Information Sources.
Eisenhower General Reference NX652 .A37 I431 1988

Chronologies

Encyclopedias & Almanacs

African Americans at War:  An Encyclopedia.
Eisenhower General Reference U52 .S88 2004 QUARTO

Africana:  The Encyclopedia of the African and African American Experience. (Table of Contents)
Eisenhower General Reference DT14 .A37435 2005 QUARTO

Encyclopedia of African American Business History. 
Eisenhower General Reference HD2344.5 .U6 E53 1999

Encyclopedia of African American History 1619-1895:  From the Colonial Period to the Age of Frederick Douglass. (Table of Contents)
Eisenhower General Reference E 185 .E545 2006 QUARTO

Encyclopedia of African American Military History. (Table of Contents)
Eisenhower General Reference UB418 .A47 W45 2004

Encyclopedia of African-American Religions. 
Eisenhower Stacks BL2462.5 .E53 2001 QUARTO

Encyclopedia of African American Society. (Table of Contents)
Eisenhower General Reference E185 .E546 2005 QUARTO

Encyclopedia of Black Studies.
Eisenhower General Reference E185 .E554 2005 QUARTO

Encyclopedia of Minorities in American Politics.
Eisenhower General Reference E184 .A1 E574 2000 QUARTO

Encyclopedia of the Great Black Migration. (Table of Contents)
Eisenhower General Reference E185.6 .E54 2006

Encyclopedia of the Harlem Renaissance.  (Table of Contents)
Eisenhower General Reference NX512.3 .A35 E53 2004 QUARTO

Greenwood Encyclopedia of African American Folklore. (Table of Contents)
Eisenhower General Reference GR111 .A47 G74 2006

Organizing Black America:  An Encyclopedia of African American Organizations.
Eisenhower General Reference E185.5 .O74 2001 QUARTO

Biographical Compilations

African American Architects:  A Biographical Dictionary, 1865-1945.
Eisenhower General Reference NA736 .A47 2004 Quarto

African American Authors, 1745-1945:  A Bio-bibliographical Critical Sourcebook.
Eisenhower D-level Blue Labels PS153 .N5 A32 2000

African American Writers. 
Eisenhower General Reference PS153 .N5 A344 2000 Quarto

African-American Business Leaders and Entrepreneurs.
Eisenhower General Reference HC102.5 .A2 K73 2004

African American Dramatists:  An A-Z Guide.
Eisenhower General Reference PS338 .N4 A69 2004

African American Political Leaders. 
Eisenhower General Reference E185.96 .C18 2004

African Americans in the Military. 
Eisenhower Stacks U52 .R42 2004

African Americans in the Visual Arts.
Eisenhower Stacks N6538 .N5 086 2003

A Biographical Dictionary of African American Artisits, A-Z.
Eisenhower Stacks N6538 .N5 M3 2001

Profiles of African American Stage Performers and Theatre People, 1816-1960.
Eisenhower D-Level Blue Labels PN2286 .P46 2001

Other

Juba to Jive:  The Dictionary of African-American Slang.
Eisenhower General Reference PE3727 .N4 M34 1994

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