User Guide: African American Reference Sources

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Watson Library has a substantial collection of resources on African American topics. The following guide provides an overview of those resources in most subject areas except literature which has a separate User Guide. For additional information, consult a reference librarian.
Art and Film

Blacks in American Films and Television: An Encyclopedia (1988) PN 1995.9 N4 B58 1988 REF

St. James Guide to Black Artists (1997) N 40 S78 1997 REF

Biography

Facts on File Encyclopedia of Black Women in America 11 vols. (1997) E 185.96 F2 1997 REF

Notable Black American Men (1999) E 185.86 N68 1999 REF

Notable Black American Women (1992) E 185.96 N68 1992 REF

Who's Who Among African Americans
(earlier name Who's Who Among Black Americans) E 185.96 W52 REF

Civil Rights

The Civil Rights Movement: Reference and Resources (1993) E 185.61 M93 1993 REF

Encyclopedia of Civil Rights in America (1998) E 185.61 E544 1998 REF

Encyclopedia of African-American Civil Rights:
From Emancipation to the Present (1992) E 185.61 E54 1992 REF

General Resources

African American Almanac (1997) E 185 N385 1997 REF

Black Firsts (1994) E 185 B574 1994B REF

Contemporary Quotations in Black (1997) E 184.6 C665 1997 REF

Juba to Jive: A Dictionary of African-American Slang (1994) PE 3727 N4 M34 1994B REF

Reference Library of Black America 5 vols. (1990) E 185 R44 1990 REF

History

The American Slave A Composite Autobiography
Supplement Series 1 (12 vols) Supplement Series 2 (10 vols) E 444 A45 SUPPL1 OR SUPPL 2 REF

Black Soldiers-Black Sailors-Black Ink: Research Guide
On African-Americans in U.S. Military History 1526-1900 (1994) UB 418 A47 M64 1994 REF

Dictionary of Afro-American Slavery (1988) E 44` D53 1988 REF

Encyclopedia of African-American Culture and History 5 vols. (1996) E 185 E54 1996 REF

Historical Statistics of Black America 2 vols. (1995) E 185 H543 1995 REF

International Library of Afro-American Life and History 10 vols. (1979) E 185 I56 1979 REF

Music

The Blues: From Robert Johnson to Robert Cray (1997) ML 3521 R96 1997 REF

Blue's Who's Who: A Biographical Dictionary of Blue's Singers (1981) ML 102 B6 H3 1981 REF

Science

Distinguished African American Scientists of the Twentieth Century (1996) Q 141 D535 1996 REF

Notable Black American Scientists (1999) Q 141 N726 1999 REF

Statistics

Statistical Record of Black America E 185.5 S583 1990 REF

Locating materials on African-Americans in the catalog will be under the subject heading "Afro-Americans."

For example: Afro-Americans--Biography Afro-Americans--Civil Rights

Afro-Americans--Education Afro-Americans--Music

Blacks in American Films and Television: An Encyclopedia (1988)	PN 1995.9 N4 B58 1988 REF
St. James Guide to Black Artists (1997)	N 40 S78 1997 REF

Facts on File Encyclopedia of Black Women in America 11 vols. (1997)	E 185.96 F2 1997 REF
Notable Black American Men (1999)	E 185.86 N68 1999 REF
Notable Black American Women (1992)	E 185.96 N68 1992 REF
Who's Who Among African Americans (earlier name Who's Who Among Black Americans)	E 185.96 W52 REF

The Civil Rights Movement: Reference and Resources (1993)	E 185.61 M93 1993 REF
Encyclopedia of Civil Rights in America (1998)	E 185.61 E544 1998 REF
Encyclopedia of African-American Civil Rights: From Emancipation to the Present (1992)	E 185.61 E54 1992 REF

African American Almanac (1997)	E 185 N385 1997 REF
Black Firsts (1994)	E 185 B574 1994B REF
Contemporary Quotations in Black (1997)	E 184.6 C665 1997 REF
Juba to Jive: A Dictionary of African-American Slang (1994)	PE 3727 N4 M34 1994B REF
Reference Library of Black America 5 vols. (1990)	E 185 R44 1990 REF

The American Slave A Composite Autobiography Supplement Series 1 (12 vols) Supplement Series 2 (10 vols)	E 444 A45 SUPPL1 OR SUPPL 2 REF
Black Soldiers-Black Sailors-Black Ink: Research Guide On African-Americans in U.S. Military History 1526-1900 (1994)	UB 418 A47 M64 1994 REF
Dictionary of Afro-American Slavery (1988)	E 44` D53 1988 REF
Encyclopedia of African-American Culture and History 5 vols. (1996)	E 185 E54 1996 REF
Historical Statistics of Black America 2 vols. (1995)	E 185 H543 1995 REF
International Library of Afro-American Life and History 10 vols. (1979)	E 185 I56 1979 REF

The Blues: From Robert Johnson to Robert Cray (1997)	ML 3521 R96 1997 REF
Blue's Who's Who: A Biographical Dictionary of Blue's Singers (1981)	ML 102 B6 H3 1981 REF

Distinguished African American Scientists of the Twentieth Century (1996)	Q 141 D535 1996 REF
Notable Black American Scientists (1999)	Q 141 N726 1999 REF

For example:	Afro-Americans--Biography Afro-Americans--Civil Rights
	Afro-Americans--Education Afro-Americans--Music