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BLACK HISTORY

Selected Resources

Kathy Jones, Cubie Joor, Larissa James                                                              January 1994

This is a list of selected resources only and there are many others available in the Library. Please e-mail the Reference Department or call 460-7025 for help.

African-American Almanac. Ask at Ref. Desk. E 185 .P55 1994 (Continues Negro Almanac.)
African American Contributions to Science & Engineering. Gov. Doc. NAS 1.2:AF4
American Addition: History of a Black Community. Bookstacks E 185.93 .02 J3 1979
Before the Mayflower: A History of Black America. Bookstacks E 185 .B4 1984
Biographical Dictionary of Afro-American & African Musicians. Ref. ML 105 .S67 1982
Black American Reference Book. Ref. E 185 .D25 1976
Black American Women Novelists. Ref. Z 1229 .N39 W47 1989
Black Elected Officials. 1985. Ref. E 185.615 .B53
Black History & the Historical Profession, 1915-80. Bookstacks E 184.65 M45 1986
Black History: A Guide to Civilian Records in the National... Archives Ref. E 185 .H35 1984
Black Leaders of the Nineteenth Century. Ref. E 185.96 .B535 1988
Black Leadership in America, 1895-1968. Bookstacks E 185.61 .W59 1985
Black Music in America: A History Through Its People. Bookstacks ML 3556 .H33 1987
Black Women in America: An Historical Encyclopedia. Ref. E 185.86 .B542 1993 v. 1-2
Black Women in United States History. Bookstacks E 185.86 .B543 1990 v. 1-16
Blacks in American Films & Television: An Encyclopedia. Ref. PN 1995.9 .N4 B58 1988
Blacks in Science and Medicine. Ref. Q 141 .B58 1989
Chronology of African-American History: Significant Events & People from 1619 to the Present.  Ref. E 185 .H64 1991
Dictionary of Afro-American Slavery. Ref. E 441 .D53 1988
Dictionary of Black Culture. Ref. E 185.96 .B33
Encyclopedia of African-American Civil Rights. Ref. E 185.61 .E54 1992
Encyclopedia of Black America. Ref. E 185 .E55
Encyclopedia of Southern Culture. Ref. F 209 .E53 1989
Eyes on the Prize Civil Rights Reader... Ref. E 185.61 .E95 1991
Hard Road to Glory: A History of the African American Athlete. Ref. GV 583 .A74 1993
Historic Landmarks of Black America. Ref. E 185.53 .A1 C36 1991
Historical & Cultural Atlas of African Americas. Bookstacks E 185 .A8 1991
Historical Statistics of Black America. 2 vols. Ref. E 185 .H5543 1995
In Black & White: Afro-Americans in Print; A Guide to Africans & Americans Who Have Made Contributions to the United States of America. Ref. Z 1361 .N39 S653 1976
Index to Afro-American Reference Resources. Ref. Z 1361 .N39 S77 1988
Index to Black American Writers in Collective Biographies. Ref. Z 1229 .N39 C35 1983
Notable Black American Women. Ref. E 185.96 .N68 1992
Research in Black History: A Guide to Resources in the Birmingham Public Library.
Ref. Z 1361 .N39 B49 1987
Statistical Record of Black America. Ref. E 185.6 .S72 (1st ed. 1990)
Twentieth-Century African-American Writers and Artists. Ref. NX 512.3 .A35 H43 1990
Wisdom of Martin Luther King, Jr. Ref. E 185.97 .K5 A25 1993
Who's What & Where: A Directory & Reference Book on America's Minority Journalists.
Ref. PN 4871 .J58 1988
Who's Who Among Black Americans. Ref. E 185.96 .W52

FOR ADDITIONAL RESOURCES:

Search categories by KEYWORD or SUBJECT:
 
s=afro-americans--history k=(black? or afr? american) and history
s=afro-american women k=(african or afro) american
k=black studies k=(black or afro american) and literature
k=afro-american and biography k=civil rights and history
k=civil rights and alabama k=slave? and history
k=black? and white k=(black? or afro-american) and (church? or religion)
k=(black? or afro-american) and (military or soldier?)

Search for individual names:
 
s=king, martin luther a=king, martin luther
s=hurston, zora neale a=hurston, zora neale
s=parks, rosa a=parks, rosa
s=hughes, langston a=hughes, langston
s=wright, richard a=wright, richard
s=parks, gordon a=parks, gordon
s=haley, alex a=haley, alex
s=baldwin, james a=baldwin, james
s=x, malcolm a=x, malcolm
s=davis, angela a=davis, angela
s=garvey, marcus s=dubois, w
s=carver, george w s=washington, booker
s=shabazz, el hajj malik

[E-mail] To make comments, suggestions, or get more information, call (334)460-7025 or email Cubie Joor.
email Kathy Jones.
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