African American Studies

Article Indexes

Black Studies On Disc (in library only)
(1989+) Information on materials by and about African Americans, Africa and peoples of African ancestry. Includes catalog of the Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture and citations from the Index to Black periodicals.

 

Ethnic NewsWatch
(1960+) Full-text of ethnic, minority and native press newspapers, magazines and journals. Provides a broad diversity of perspectives and viewpoints. Represents the diversity of the American population in ways that are not seen in the mainstream media.

 

International Index to Black Periodicals Full Text
(1910+) Covers cultural, economic, historical, religious, social, & political issues of relevant to the Black Studies discipline. Includes citations from scholarly and popular journals, newspapers and newsletters from the U.S., Africa & the Caribbean.

 

Social Sciences Full Text
(1983+) Covers concepts, theories, and methodologies in all areas of the social sciences. Subjects covered include anthropology, criminology, economics, law, geography, policy studies, psychology, sociology, social work, and urban studies.

 

Dictionaries & Encyclopedias

The Oxford companion to African American literature.   New York: Oxford University Press, 1997.
PS153.N5 O96 1997 HAYDEN REF

Afro-American Encyclopedia. 10 vols. North Miami: Educational Book Publishers, 1974.
E 185 .A28 HAYDEN REF
Specialized encyclopedia on African Americans. Includes long and short entries.

Baskin, Wade, and Richard N. Runes. Dictionary of Black Culture. New York: Philosophical Library, 1973.
E 185.96 .B33 HAYDEN REF
Dictionary of people, places, and things in African American history and culture. Has short entries without bibliographies.

Hine, Darlene Clark, ed.  Black women in America: an historical encyclopedia.  Brooklyn, N.Y.: Carlson Pub., 1993.
E185.86 .B542 1993 HAYDEN REF

Lowery, Charles D., ed.  Encyclopedia of African-American civil rights: from emancipation to the present.  New York: Greenwood Press, c1992. 
E185.61 .E54 HAYDEN REF

Low, W. Augustus, and Virgil A. Clift, eds. Encyclopedia of Black America. New York: McGraw-Hill, 1981.
E 185 .E55 HAYDEN REF
Has long and short entries with bibliographies. Entries are divided into three types: articles, biographies, and cross-references.

Miller, Randall M., and John David Smith, eds. Dictionary of Afro-American Slavery. New York: Greenwood, 1988.
E 441 .D53 1988 HAYDEN REF
A comprehensive reference work on slavery in the United States. Entries have bibliographies. A good place for the beginning researcher.

Salzman, Jack, ed. Encyclopedia of African-American culture and history.  New York: Macmillan Library Reference, c1996.
E185 .E54 1996 HAYDEN REF

Woll, Allen L.  Dictionary of the Black theatre: Broadway, off-Broadway, and selected Harlem theatre.  Westport, Conn.: Greenwood Press, c1983.
PN2270 .A35 W64 1983 HAYDEN REF

Guides & Handbooks

Black Resource Guide. Washington, D.C.: R. Benjamin Johnson. Annual. 1984- . (Latest edition in Reference).
E 185.5 .B56x 1990-91 HAYDEN REF
Annual directory of African American organizations, companies, and other associations in the United States.

Facts About Blacks. Los Angeles: Jeffries and Associates, 1986.
E 185 .F3 (1986) HAYDEN REF
Good statistical source for population, employment, income, and poverty figures. Also covers other subject areas.

Andrews, William L., Foster, Frances Smith, Harris, Trudier, eds.  The concise Oxford companion to African American literature.  Oxford ; New York : Oxford University Press, 2001.
PS153.N5 C59 2001 HAYDEN REF

Andrews, William L.  The literature of the American South : a Norton anthology.  New York : W.W. Norton, c1998.
HAYDEN STACKS PS551 .L58 1998

Davidson, Cathy N., Wagner-Martin, Linda, eds.  The Oxford companion to women's writing in the United States.  New York : Oxford University Press, 1995.
PS147 .O94 1995 HAYDEN REF

Horton, Carrell Peterson, and Jessie Carney Smith, comps. and eds. Statistical Record of Black America. Detroit: Gale Research, 1993.
E 185.86 .S735x HAYDEN REF
Statistical almanac covering various aspects including vital statistics, education, sports, the family, income, and population figures.

Margolies, Edward.  Afro-American fiction, 1853-1976: a guide to information sources.  Detroit: Gale Research Co., c1979.  PS374 .N4 M3x HAYDEN STACKS

McFate, Katherine, ed. Metropolitan Area Fact Book: A Statistical Portrait of Blacks and Whites in Urban America. Washington, D.C.: Joint Center for Political Studies, 1988.
E 185.86 .M48 1988 HAYDEN REF
Basic statistics on the demographic, economic and social conditions of African Americans in 48 metropolitan areas.

Estell, Kenneth, ed. Reference Library of Black America. 5 vols. Detroit: Gale Research, 1994.
E185 .R435x HAYDEN REF
Examines the African Americans' role in the settlement, growth, and history of the United States.

Newman, Debra L.  Black history: a guide to civilian records in the National Archives.  Washington, D.C.: National Archives Trust Fund Board, General Services Administration, 1984.
E185 .N576x 1984 HAYDEN DOC REF

Peavy, Charles D.  Afro-American literature and culture since World War II: a guide to information sources.  Detroit: Gale Research Co., c1979.
PS153 .N5 P34 HAYDEN STACKS

Ploski, Harry A., amd James Williams, comps. and eds. Negro Almanac: A Reference Work on the African American. 5th ed. Detroit: Gale Research, 1989.
E 185 .N385 1989 HAYDEN REF
Covers chronology, civil rights, legal status, population, family, education, sports, fine arts, women, and other subjects.

Rhodes, Bertha N. Afro-American Guide to Museums and Galleries, National Historic Sites, Afro-American History and Culture Commissions, Genealogical Societies, and Sightseeing Tours in the United States. Privately published, 1982.
E 185.53 .R48x HAYDEN REF

Rodgers, Marie E.,  The Harlem Renaissance : an annotated reference guide for student research.  Englewood, Colo. : Libraries Unlimited, 1998.
NX512.3.A35 R63x 1998 HAYDEN STACKS 

Smythe, Mabel M., ed. Black American Reference Book. Englewood Cliffs, NJ: Prentice-Hall, 1976.
E 185 .D25 1976 HAYDEN REF
Short articles with notes and bibliographies on the African American experience in the United States.

Stevenson, Rosemary M., comp. Index to Afro-American Reference Resources. New York: Greenwood, 1988.
E 185 .S828x 1988 HAYDEN REF
An index of books and chapters in books on the Black experience in America. The introduction has a bibliographic essay. The list of cited works is found in the front of the book. There are author and title indexes.

Valade, Roger M.  The essential Black literature guide.  Detroit, Mich:  Visible Ink Press, 1995.
PN841 .V35x 1995 HAYDEN REF

 Bibliographies

Black literature criticism: excerpts from criticism of the most significant works of Black authors over the past 200 years.  Detroit: Gale Research, c1992.
PS153.N5 B556 1992 V.1 & 2 1992 HAYDEN REF

Dictionary Catalog of the Schomburg Collection of Negro Literature and History, the New York Public Library. Boston: G.K. Hall, 1962, First Supplement, 1967, Second Supplement, 1972.
E 185 .N562x  HAYDEN REF
The Schomburg Collection includes books by authors of African descent, regardless of subject matter or language. Subject strengths include art, biography, folklore, geography, history (Africa and the Americans), literature and languages, music, religion, and sports. Entries can be located by author, title, or subject, and encompass books and articles. Manuscripts are not included in this catalog.

Index to Black Periodicals. 1950- . Annual. (Under various titles).
AI 3 .O4 HAYDEN REF

The Kaiser index to black resources, 1948-1986: from the Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture of the New York Public Library.  Brooklyn,N.Y. : Carlson Pub., Inc., 1992.
E 185 .K3x V.1-5 HAYDEN REF

Arata, Esther Spring.  Black American playwrights, 1800 to the present: a bibliography.   Metuchen, N.J. : Scarecrow Press, 1976.
PS 153 .N5 P34 HAYDEN STACKS 

___________. More Black American playwrights: a bibliography.   Metuchen, N.J.: Scarecrow Press, 1978.
PS 153 .N5 A17x HAYDEN REF

Bassett, John Earl.  Harlem in review: critical reactions to Black American writers, 1917-1939. Selinsgrove: Susquehanna University Press ; London ; Cranbury, NJ : Associated University Presses, c1992.
PS 153 .N5 B37x 1992 HAYDEN REF

Chapman, Dorothy Hilton.  Index to poetry by Black American women.  New York: Greenwood Press, 1986. 
PS 153 .N5 C42x 1986 HAYDEN REF

Davis, Nathaniel, comp. and ed. Afro-American Reference:An Annotated Bibliography of Selected Resources. Westport, CT: Greenwood, 1985.
E 185 .D37x 1985 HAYDEN REF
The focus of this bibliography is on the African American experience in the United States, and covers a full range of subjects. Items included are bibliographies, guides, indexes, dictionaries, almanacs, and directories.

Dawahare, Anthony.  Nationalism, Marxism, and African American literature between the wars : a new Pandora's box.  Jackson [Miss.] : University Press of Mississippi, c2003.
PS153.N5 D34 2003 HAYDEN STACKS

Fairbanks, Carol.  Black American fiction: a bibliography.  Metuchen, N.J.: Scarecrow Press, 1978.
PS 153 .N5 F3 HAYDEN REF

Glikin, Ronda.  Black American women in literature: a bibliography, 1976-1987.  Jefferson, N.C.: McFarland & Co., 1989.
PS 153 .N5 G58x 1989 HAYDEN STACKS

Gray, John, comp. Blacks in Film and Television: A Pan-African Bibliography of Films, Filmakers, and Performers. New York: Greenwood, 1990.
PN 1993.5 .A35 G73x 1990 HAYDEN REF
A bibliography of African and African American films, directors, producers, and actors.

Hatch, James Vernon.  Black playwrights, 1823-1977: an annotated bibliography of  plays.   New York: Bowker, 1977.
PS 338 .N4 H3x HAYDEN REF

Henritze, Barbara K.  Bibliographic checklist of African American newspapers. Baltimore, MD: Genealogical Pub. Co., c1995.
PN4882.5 .H46x 1995 HAYDEN REF

Jordan, Casper LeRoy.  A bibliographical guide to African-American women writers.  Westport, Conn.: Greenwood Press, 1993.
PS 153 .N5 J67x 1993 HAYDEN REF

Kallenbach, Jessamine S.  Index to Black American literary anthologies.    Compiled under the direction of Jessamine S. Kallenbach ; sponsored by the Center of Educational Resources, Eastern Michigan University.  Boston: G. K. Hall, c1979.
PS 153 .N5 K34x HAYDEN REF

Kinnamon, Keneth.  A Richard Wright bibliography: fifty years of criticism and commentary, 1933-1982.   New York: Greenwood Press, c1988.
PS 3545 .R815 Z99k 1988 HAYDEN STACKS

Marsh-Lockett, Carol P.  Black women playwrights : visions on the American stage.  New York : Garland Pub., 1999.
PS338.N4 B57 1999 HAYDEN STACKS

Newby, James Edward.   Black authors: a selected annotated bibliography.  New York: Garland, 1991.
E 185 .N574x HAYDEN REF

Michael, Colette Verger.  Negritude: an annotated bibliography.  West Cornwall, CT: Locust Hill Press, 1988.
PN 56 .N36 M53x HAYDEN STACKS

Murray, Paul T.  The civil rights movement: references and resources.  New York: G.K. Hall; Toronto: Maxwell Macmillan Canada; New York: Maxwell Macmillan International, c1993.
E185.61 .M8x HAYDEN REF

Newman, Richard, comp. Black Access: A Bibliography of Afro-American Bibliographies. Westport, CT: Greenwood,1984.
E 185 .N577x HAYDEN REF
Entries are arranged alphabetically by author or title. Has a chronological index and a subject index.

Pettis, Joyce Owens.  African American poets : lives, works, and sources.  Westport, Conn. ; London : Greenwood Press, 2002.
PS153.N5 P48 2002 HAYDEN STACKS

Rustavo, S.T., ed.  Black American culture and society: an annotated bibliography.  New York : Nova Science Publishers, 1994.
Z1361 .N39 B498 1994 HAYDEN STACKS

Smith, Dwight L., ed. Afro-American History: A Bibliography. Santa Barbara, CA: ABC-CLIO, 1974-1981.
E 185 .S59x v.1 HAYDEN REF
A bibliography of journal articles in African American history. Each entry is annotated. The index at the end has author, biographical, geographical, and subject entries.

Spradling, Mary Mace, ed. In Black and White. 2 vols. 3rd ed. Detroit: Gale Research, 1980.
E 185.96 .S655x HAYDEN REF

Werner, Craig Hansen.  Black American women novelists: an annotated bibliography.  Pasadena, Calif.: Salem Press, c1989.
PS 153 .N5 W46x 1989 HAYDEN STACKS

Wesley, Dorothy Porter.  North American Negro poets, a bibliographical checklist of their writings, 1760-1944.  Hattiesburg, Miss., The Book farm, 1945.
Z1361.N39 P6 HAYDEN STACKS

Biographies

Biography and Genealogy Master Index
Indexes current reference sources & the retrospective works that cover individuals, both living & deceased, worldwide. Covers biographical dictionaries; who's whos; subject encyclopedias with biographical entries; literary criticism; & other sources.

African American writers.   New York: C. Scribner's Sons, 2001.
PS 153 .N5 A344 V.1 & 2 2001 HAYDEN REF

Afro-American fiction writers after 1955.   Dictionary of Literary Biography.  Detroit, Mich.: Gale Research Co., 1984.  
PN 451 .D5x V.33 HAYDEN REF

Afro-American poets since 1955.  Dictionary of Literary Biography.  Detroit, Mich.: Gale Research Co., c1985.
PN 451 .D53 V.41 HAYDEN REF

Afro-American writers after 1955 : dramatists and prose writers.  Dictionary of Literary Biography.  Detroit, MI : Gale Research, c1985.
PN 451 .D5x V.38 HAYDEN REF

Afro-American writers before the Harlem renaissance.   Dictionary of Literary Biography.  Detroit, Mich.: Gale, c1986.  
PN 451 .D5x V.50 HAYDEN REF

Afro-American writers from the Harlem Renaissance to 1940.  Dictionary of Literary Biography.
Detroit, Mich.: Gale Research Co., c1987.  
PN 451 .D5x V.51 HAYDEN REF

Afro-American writers, 1940-1955.   Dictionary of Literary Biography.  Detroit, Mich.: Gale, c1988.
PN 451 .D5x V.76 HAYDEN REF

Black biography, 1790-1950: a cumulative index.  Editors, Randall K. Burkett, Nancy Hall Burkett, Henry Louis Gates, Jr.  Alexandria: Chadwyck-Healey, 1991.
E185.96 .B532x 1991 HAYDEN REF

Black writers: a selection of sketches from Contemporary author; contains more than four hundred entries on twentieth-century black writers, all updated or originally written for this volume.  Detroit, Mi.: Gale Research Inc., c1989.
E 185.96 .B545 1994 HAYDEN REF

Contemporary Black biography.  Detroit: Gale Research Inc., c1992-.
CT 120 .C65x HAYDEN REF

Notable Black American women.  Edited by Jessie Carney Smith.  Deroit: Gale Research, c1992-.
E 185.96 .N68 1992 V.1 & 2 HAYDEN REF

Brignano, Russell C. Black Americans in Autobiography. Rev. and exp. ed. Durham, NC: Duke University Press, 1984.
E 185.96 .B83x HAYDEN REF
An annotated bibliography of autobiographies and autobiographical books written since the Civil War.

Davis, Marianna W., ed. Contributions of Black Women to America. 2 vols. Columbia, SC: Kenday, 1982.
E 185.86 .C585 1982 HAYDEN REF
Vol. 1 covers the arts, media, business, law, and sports. Vol. 2 examines civil rights, politics, education, medicine, and science. Each part contains a table of contents, an introductory essay, notes, a bibliography, and an index.

D'Emilio, John. Civil Rights Struggle: Leaders in Profile. New York: Facts on File, 1979.
E 185.96 .D38 HAYDEN REF
A biographical dictionary of African American leaders. Has a chronology, a bibliography, and an index.

Foster, Mamie Marie Booth.  Southern Black creative writers, 1829-1953: biobibliographies.  New York: Greenwood Press, 1988.
PS 153 .N5 F67 1988 HAYDEN STACKS

Hedgepeth, Chester.  Twentieth-century African-American writers and artists.  Chicago: American Library Association, 1991.
NX 512.3 .A35 H43 1991 HAYDEN REF

Logan, Rayford W., and Michael R. Winston, eds.  Dictionary of American Negro Biography. New York: W.W. Norton, 1982.
E 185.96 .L6 1982 HAYDEN REF
A comprehensive biographical dictionary of African Americans. Each entry has a bibliography, and is signed by the contributer.

Nelson, Emmanuel S.  African American authors, 1745-1945 : a bio-bibliographical critical sourcebook.  Westport, Conn. ; London : Greenwood Press, 2000.
PS153.N5 A32 2000 HAYDEN REF

Nelson, Emmanuel S.  African American authors, 1745-1945 : a bio-bibliographical critical sourcebook.  Westport, Conn. ; London : Greenwood Press, 2000.
PS153.N5 A32 2000 HAYDEN REF

Page, James A.   Selected Black American, African, and Caribbean authors: a bio-bibliography.    Littleton, Colo.: Libraries Unlimited, 1985. 
PS 153 .N5 S44x 1985 HAYDEN REF

Robinson, Wilhelmena S. Historical Afro-American Biographies. Rev. ed. International Library of Afro-American Life and History. Cornwells Heights, PA: Publishers Agency, 1976.
E 185.96 .R56 1976 HAYDEN REF
Biographical sketches of African Americans from the 14th-20th centuries. International in scope, the book also has a subject index and a bibliography.

Roses, Lorraine Elena.  The Harlem Renaissance and beyond: Literary biographies of 100 Black women writers, 1900-1945.  Boston, Mass.: G.K. Hall, 1989.
PS153.N5 R65 1990 HAYDEN REF

Rush, Theressa Gunnels.  Black American writers past and present: a biographical and bibliographical dictionary.  Metuchen, N.J.: Scarecrow Press, 1975.
Z1229.N39 R87 V.1 & 2 HAYDEN REF

Who's Who Among Black Americans. Detroit: Gale Research. Annual. 1975/1976- . (Latest edition in Reference)
E 185.96 .W52 HAYDEN REF
Biographical dictionary of more than 17,000 men and women of African American heritage. Has an obituaries section, a geographical index, and an occupational index.