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Africana Studies: Reference Books

Reference Books

Finding Other Sources 

This is only a selective list of the sources found in the reference section of the H-L Library. There are many more that cover African-American biography, history, statistics, and other subjects

Browse the following call numbers in the reference section for other resources:
   African American History: E185
   African Studies and History: DT

 

Oxford African American Studies Center

Africana : The Encyclopedia of The African and African American Experience
Oxford ; New York : Oxford University Press, 2005
Main Ref DT14.A37435 2005, v.1-5.

Black Biography, 1790-1950: A Cumulative Index
Alexandria: Chadwyck-Healey, 1991
Main Ref E185.96.B52 1990 v.1

Encyclopedia of African-American Culture and History
New York : Macmillan Library Reference, c 1996
Main Ref E185.E54 1995 v.1-5

Historical Statistics of Black America
New York: Gale Research, c1995
Main Ref E185 H543 1995 v.1-2

The State of Black America (annual)
[New York] : National Urban League
Library has 1978-, Curr. ed. in REF; older in STACKS
Main Ref E185.5.S7

The Greenwood Encyclopedia of African American Civil Rights
Westport, Conn. : Greenwood Press, 2003
Main Ref E185.61 .E54 2003 v. 1-2

African American History in the Press, 1851-1899
Detroit : Gale, c1996
Main Ref E185.2 .A25 1996 v.1-2 .