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African-american Studies

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For additional assistance, contact the subject librarian for African-american Studies, Dick Grefe.

Oxford African American Studies Center
Contains over 7,500 articles from Oxford University Press publications, some of which are not yet available in printed form, as well as primary source materials, maps, images, and more. In some case...
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African American Experience
Searchable and browseable database of entries on African America life, drawn from encyclopedias and other reference books, monographs, novels and other literary works, collections of interviews, colle...
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Encyclopedia Of African-American Culture And History
The second edition (2006) contains over 2,300 signed articles on the "cultural roots and current condition of the African-American community." An appendix volume contains primary source documents and...
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Article Searching and Databases

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Reference Sources

Africa and the Americas: Culture, Politics, and History: Connect or More Details

African American Experience: Connect or More Details

Black Americans in Congress, 1870-2007: Connect or More Details

Cambridge Companion to the African American Slave Narrative: Connect or More Details

Dictionary of American History: Connect or More Details

Encyclopedia of African Religion: Connect or More Details

Encyclopedia of African-American Culture and History: Connect or More Details

Encyclopedia of Black Studies: Connect or More Details

Encyclopedia of Hip Hop Literature: Connect or More Details

Encyclopedia of Race and Ethnic Studies: Connect or More Details

Encyclopedia of Race and Racism: Connect or More Details

Encyclopedia of Race, Ethnicity and Society: Connect or More Details

Historical Dictionary of African American Cinema: Connect or More Details

Historical Dictionary of African-American Television: Connect or More Details

Oxford African American Studies Center: Connect or More Details

Oxford Companion to Black British History: Connect or More Details

Pan-Africa History: Political Figures from Africa and the Diaspora Since 1787: Connect or More Details

Psychology of Prejudice and Discrimination: Racism in America: Connect or More Details

Race, Racism, and Science: Connect or More Details

Racial and Ethnic Diversity in America: Connect or More Details

Slavery in the United States: Connect or More Details

Who's Who Among African Americans: Connect or More Details

Other Websites

BlackPressUSA.com: Connect or More Details

Civil Rights Digital Library: Connect or More Details

Race and Ethnic Relations: Connect or More Details

Stone Center Guide to the Web: Connect or More Details

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