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Selected Library Resources for Research in Afro-American Studies

Selected Subject Headings
Printed Library Catalogs
Bibliographies
Dictionaries, Handbooks, and Encyclopedias
Art, Music, and Performing Arts
Biography
Black Nationalism
Business
Chronology
Civil Rights
Family
Film
Folklore
The Harlem Renaissance
Health
Labor
Literature
Military
Minority Issues
Newspapers, Magazines, and Publishing
Newspaper and Periodical Indexes
Psychology
Religion
Science and Scientists
Slavery
Sociology
Speech and Communication
Sports
Statistics
Women
Selected News Files and Newspapers (Microforms)
Audio-Visual Materials

Selected Subject Headings

The following Library of Congress subject headings may be useful for checking for appropriate materials in the MNCAT.

afro-american artists
afro-americans-psychology
afro-american families
minorities-psychology
afro-americans-social conditions
afro-americans-race identity
afro-americans-race relations
race discrimination-psychological aspects
afro-american youth
afro-americans-segregation
afro-american women
afro-american men
identity (psychology)
race awareness
self-perception


Printed Library Catalogs

The catalogs of special and unique library collections of materials are very useful in any information search. Pamphlets, chapters of books, in addition to books and periodical articles are often listed in such catalogs. The collections of Howard and Fisk Universities and the Schomburg Center of the New York Public Library hold significant and important materials on African-American history and culture.

Fisk University, Nashville. Library. Dictionary Catalog of the Negro Collection of the Fisk University Library. Boston: G.K. Hall, 1974. 6 vols.
Location: Wilson Reference folio E185 .F57x 1974

Howard University, Washington, D.C. Library. Moorland Foundation. Dictionary Catalog of the Jesse E. Moorland Collection of Negro Life and History. Boston: G.K. Hall, 1970. 9 vols. Supplement 3 vols., 1976.
Location: Wilson Reference folio E185 .H69x 1970

New York (City) Public Library. Schomburg Collection of Negro Literature and History. Dictionary Catalog of the Schomburg Collection of Negro Literature and History. Boston: G.K. Hall, 1962. 9 vols.
Suppl. 1 - 1967 2 vols.
Suppl. 2 - 1972 4 vols.
Suppl. 3 - 1976 1 vol.
Location: Wilson Reference folio E185 .N 391x 1962

Supplemented by Bibliographic Guide to Black Studies. Boston: G.K. Hall 1975--.
Location: Wilson Reference folio E185 .N395x


Bibliographies

Afro-American Nationalism: An Annotated Bibliography of Militant Separatist and Nationalist Literature. Augustina and Charles C. Herod. New York: Garland, 1986.
Location: Wilson Reference E185.625 H47x

Black Access: A Bibliography of Afro-American Bibliographies. Compiled by Richard Newman. Westport, CT: Greenwood Press, c1984.
Location: Wilson Reference E185 .N4x 1984

Black Immigration and Ethnicity in the United States: An Annotated Bibliography. Center for Afroamerican and African Studies, The University of Michigan. Westport, CT: Greenwood Press, 1984.
Location: Wilson Reference E185 .B583x 1985

Black Males in the United States: An Annotated Bibliography from 1967 to 1987. Edited by Brenda J. Evans and James R. Whitfield, Washington, DC: American Psychological Association, 1988.
Location: Wilson Reference quarto E185.86 .E93x 1988

Blacks in America: Bibliographical Essays. Compiled by James M. McPherson, et al. Garden City, NY: Doubleday and Company, 1971.
Location: Wilson Reference E185 .M54x 1970

Davis, Nathaniel. Afro-American Reference: An Annotated Bibliography of Selected Resources. Westport, CT: Greenwood Press, 1985.
Location: Wilson Reference E185 .D256x 1985

The Kaiser Index to Black Resources, 1948-1986: From the Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture of the New York Public Library. Brooklyn: Carlson Publ., 1992. 5 vols.
Location: Wilson Reference E185 .K25x 1992

Miller, Elizabeth W. The Negro in America: A Bibliography. Cambridge, MA: Harvard University Press, 1970.
Location: Wilson Reference E185 .M54x 1970

Smith, Dwight L. Afro-American History: A Bibliography. Santa Barbara, CA: ABC Clio. Vol. 1, 1974; Vol. 2, 1981. Compiled from America: History and Life (Wilson quarto E 171 .A41x)
Location: Wilson Reference quarto E185 .S65x 1974

Stevenson, Rosemary. Index to Afro-American Reference Resources. New York: Greenwood Press, 1988.
Location: Wilson Reference E185 .B185 .S74x 1988

Work, Monroe N. A Bibliography of the Negro in Africa and America. New York: Wilson, 1928. Reprinted: New York: Argosy-Antiquarian Ltd., 1965.
Location: Wilson Reference E185 .W8987x 1965

For additional bibliographies check LUMINA for titles in series: Bibliographies and Indexes in Afro-American and African Studies.


Dictionaries, Handbooks, and Encyclopedias

The African American Almanac. Detroit: Gale Research, 1994
Location: Wilson Reference quarto E185.5 .N34

The African American Encyclopedia. Edited by Michael W. Williams. New York: Marshall Cavendish Corp., 1993. Vols: 1-6.
Location: Wilson Reference E185 .A253 1993

Asante, Molefi K. and Mark T. Mattson The Historical and Cultural Atlas of African Americans. New York: Macmillan, 1991. Also in Wilson Borchert Map Ref folio E185 .A8 1991.
Location: Wilson folio E185 .A8 1991

Black American Reference Book. Edited by Mabel M. Smythe. Englewood Cliffs, NJ: Prentice-Hall, 1976. Sponsored by the Phelps-Stokes Fund. 1st editor J.P. Davis.
Location: Wilson Reference E185 .D25 1976

Black Americans Information Directory: 1994-95, 3rd ed. Edited by Julia C. Furtaw. Detroit: Gale Research, 1994.
Location: Wilson quarto E185.5 .B513 1994/95

The Black Resource Guide. 10th ed. Washington, DC: R.B. Johnson. 1985--.
Location: Wilson Reference E185.5 B568; Latest edition in Wilson Reference

Cantor, George. Historic Landmarks of Black America. Detroit: Gale Research, 1991.
Location: Wilson Reference E185.53 C36 1991

The Ebony Handbook. Editors of Ebony. Chicago: Johnson Publishing, 1974.
Location: Wilson Reference E185 .E22

Encyclopedia of Black America. Edited by W. Augustus Low and Virgil A. Clift. New York: McGraw-Hill Book Co., 1981.
Location: Wilson Reference quarto E185 .E55

The Negro Almanac: A Reference Work on the African-American. Compiled and edited by Harry A. Ploski and James Williams. 5th ed. Detroit: Gale Research, 1989.
Location: Wilson Reference quarto E185 .N385 1989


Art, Music, and Performing Arts

Adamczyk, Alice J. Black Dance: An Annotated Bibliography. New York: Garland, 1989.
Location: Wilson Reference GV1595 .A3x 1989

The Afro-American Cinematic Experience: An Annotated Bibliography and Filmography. Compiled and edited by Marshall Hyatt. Wilmington, DE: Scholarly Resources, Inc., 1983.
Location: Wilson Reference PN1995.9 .N4H9 1983

Bibliography of Black Music. Dominique-Rene de Lerna. Westport, CT: Greenwood Press, 1981-1984. The Greenwood Encyclopedia of Black Music ISSN 0272-0264) CONTENTS: Vol. 1 Reference materials. Vol. 2 Afro-American Idioms. Vol. 3 Geographical Studies. Vol. 4 Theory, education, and related studies.
Location: Music Ref quarto 016.78 D377bi

Black Arts Annual: 1988/89. Edited by Donald Bogle. New York: Garland Publishing, 1990.
Location: Wilson Reference NX512.3 .A35 B58 1988/89

Bogle, Donald. Blacks in American Films and Television: An Encyclopedia. New York: Simon and Schuster, 1989.
Location: Wilson Reference quarto PN1995.9 .N4 B58

Cederholm, Theresa Dickason. Afro-American Artists: A Bio-bibliographical Directory. Boston: Trustees of the Boston Public Library, 1973.
Location: Wilson Reference N6538 .N5C42

Detroit Public Library. Music and Performing Arts Dept. Catalog of the E. Azalia Hackley Memorial Collection of Negro Music, Dance and Drama, Detroit Public Library. Boston: G.K. Hall, 1979.
Location: Wilson Reference folio NX503 .D49x 1979

Gray, John. Black Theatre and Performance: A Pan-African Bibliography. New York: Greenwood Press, 1990.
Location: Wilson Reference PN2969 .G74x 1990

Gray, John. Blacks in Classical Music: A Bibliographical Guide to Composers, Performers and Ensembles. New York: Greenwood Press, 1988.
Location: Music Ref ML128 .B45 G7 1988

Gray, John. Blacks in Film and Television: A Pan-African Bibliography of Films, Filmmakers, and Performers. New York: Greenwood Press, 1990.
Location: Wilson Reference PN1993.5 .A35 G73x 1990

Hedgepeth, Chester. Twentieth Century African American Writers and Artists. Chicago: American Library Association, 1991.
Location: Wilson Reference NX512.3 .A35 H43 1991

Henkes, Robert. The Art of Black American Women. Jefferson, NC: McFarland, 1993.
Location: Wilson N6538 .N5 H45 1993

Hill, George H. and Sylvia Saverson Hill. Blacks on Television. A Selectively Annotated Bibliography. Metuchen, NJ: Scarecrow Press, 1985.
Location: Wilson Reference PN1991.8 .A34 H54x 1985

Hill, George H., et al. Black Women in Television: An Illustrated History and Bibliography. New York: Garland, 1990.
Location: Wilson Reference PN1992.8 .A34 H55 1990

Hyatt, Marshall. The Afro-American Cinematic Experience. Compiled and Edited by Marshall Hyatt. Wilmington, DE: Scholarly Resources, 1983.
Location: Wilson Reference PN1995.9 .N4 H9 1983

Igoe, Lynn Moody. 250 Years of Afro-American Art: An Annotated Bibliography. New York: Bowker, 1981.
Location: Wilson Reference N6538 .N5 I4x 1981

Images of Blacks in American Culture: A Reference Guide to Information Sources. Edited by Jessie Carney Smith. New York: Greenwood Press, 1988.
Location: Wilson Reference NX652 .A37 I43 1988

Klottman, Phyllis Rauch. Frame by Frame: A Black Filmography. Bloomington: Indiana University Press, 1979.
Location: Wilson Reference PN1995.9 .N4 K57

Mapp, Edward. Directory of Blacks in the Performing Arts. 2nd ed. Metuchen, NJ: Scarecrow Press, 1990.
Location: Wilson Reference PN1590 .B53 M3 1990

Murray, James P. To Find an Image: Black Films from Uncle Tom to Super Fly. Indianapolis: Bobbs-Merrill, 1973.
Location: Wilson Reference PN1995.9 .N4 M8

Peterson, Bernard L. A Century of Musicals in Black and White: An Encyclopedia of Musical Stage Works. Westport, CT: Greenwood Press, 1993.
Location: Music Ref ML102 .M88 P37 1993

Powers, Anne. Blacks in American Movies: A Selected Bibliography. Metuchen, NJ: The Scarecrow Press, 1974.
Location: Wilson Reference PN1995.9 .N4 P6x 1974

Southern, Eileen. Biographical Dictionary of Afro-American and African Musicians. Westport, CT: Greenwood Press, 1982.
Location: Wilson Reference ML105 .S67; also in Music Reference

Southern, Eileen and Josephine Wright. African-American Traditions in Song, Sermon, Tale, and Dance, 1600s-1920: An Annotated Bibliography of Literature Collections, and Artworks. New York: Greenwood Press, 1990.
Location: Wilson Reference quarto NX512.3 .A35 S68x 1990

Turner, Patricia. Dictionary of Afro-American Performers 78 rpm and Cylinder Recordings of Opera Choral Music, and Song c1900-1949. New York: Garland Pub., 1990.
Location: Music Ref ML156.2 .T87 1990

Woll, Allen. Dictionary of the Black Theatre: Broadway, Off-Broadway, and Selected Harlem Theatre. Westport, CT: Greenwood Press, 1983.
Location: Wilson Reference PN2270 .A35 W64 1983

Woll, Allen L. and Randall M. Miller. Ethnic and Racial Images in American Film and Television. New York: Garland, 1987.
Location: Wilson Reference PN1995.9 .M56 W6x 1987


Biography

Abajian, James. Blacks in Selected Newspapers, Censuses and Other Sources: An Index to Names and Subjects. Compiled by James de T. Abajian. Boston: G.K. Hall, 1977. Supplement 1985.
Location: Wilson Reference folio E185.96 .A196x 1977 and suppl.

Black Biography, 1790-1950: A Cumulative Index. Edited by Randall K. Burkett, Nancy Hall Burkett, and Henry Louis Gates, Jr. Alexandria: Chadwyck-Healey, 1991. 3 vols.
Location: Wilson Reference quarto E185.96 .B505x 1991

Black Leaders of the Nineteenth Century. Edited by Leon Litwack and August Meier. Urbana: University of Illinois Press, 1988.
Location: Wilson Reference E185.96 .B535 1988

Black Leaders of the Twentieth Century. Edited by John Hope Franklin and August Meier. Urbana: University of Illinois Press, 1982.
Location: Wilson Reference E185.96 .B536 1982

Black Women in America: An Historical Encyclopedia. Edited by Darlene Clark Hine and others. Brooklyn: Carlson Pub., 1993. 2 vols.
Location: Wilson Reference quarto E185.86 .B542 1993

Brignano, Russell Carl. Black Americans in Autobiography: An Annotated Bibliography of Autobiographies and Autobiographical Books Written Since the Civil War. Durham, NC: Duke University Press, rev. 1984.
Location: Wilson Reference E185.96 .B825x 1984

Contemporary Black Biography. Detroit: Gale Research, 1992- . Vol. 1- .
Location: Wilson Reference E185.96 .C66

Foner, Eric. Freedom's Lawmakers: A Directory of Black Officeholders During Reconstruction. New York: Oxford University Press, 1993.
Location: Wilson Reference E185.96 .F64 1993

Hawkins, Walter L. African American Biographies: Profiles of 558 Current Men and Women. Jefferson, NC: McFarland, 1992.
Location: Wilson Reference E185.96 .H38 1992

Johnson, Ben and Masry Bullard-Johnson. Who's What and Where: A Directory and Reference Book on America's Minority Journalists. Columbia, MO: Who's What and Where Pub. Co., 1988.
Location: Journalism Ref PN4882.5 .J63X 1988

Logan, Rayford W. and Michael R. Winston. Dictionary of American Negro Biography. New York: Norton, 1982.
Location: Wilson Reference E185.96 .L6 1982

Notable Black American Women. Edited by Jessie Carney Smith. Detroit: Gale Research, 1992.
Location: Wilson Reference quarto E185.96 N68 1992

Salem, Dorothy. Afrcan American Women: A Biographical Dictionary. New York: Garland, 1993.
Location: Wilson Reference E185.96 .A45 1993

Spradling, Mary Mace. In Black and White: A Guide to Magazine Articles, Newspaper Articles, and Books Concerning More Than 15,000 Black Individuals and Groups. 3rd ed. Detroit: Gale Research Co., 1980. 2 vols.
Location: Wilson Reference quarto E185.96 .S75x; Suppl. 1985 (Wilson Reference quarto E185.96 .S75x 1980 Suppl.)

Who's Who Among Black Americans. 8th ed. 1994/95. Northbrook, IL: W.W.A.B.A. Inc., 1990.
Location: Wilson Reference quarto E185.96 .W52; Latest edition in Wilson Reference


Black Nationalism

Herod, Agustina. Afro-American Nationalism: An Annotated Bibliography of Militant Separatist and Nationalist Literature. New York: Garland, 1986.
Location: Wilson Reference E185.625 .H47x 1986


Business

Hill, George H. Black Business and Economics: A Selected Business Bibliography. New York: Garland, 1985.
Location: Wilson Reference HD2346 .U5 H5x 1985

Ingham, John N. African-American Business Leaders: A Biographical Dictionary. Westport, Conn.: Greenwood Press, 1994.
Location: Wilson Business Ref HC102.5 .A2 I52 1994


Chronology

Hornsby, Alton, Jr. Chronology of African-American History: Significant Events and People from 1619 to the Present. Detroit: Gale Research, 1991.
Location: Wilson Reference E185 .H64 1991


Civil Rights

Encyclopedia of African-American Civil Rights: From Emancipation to the Present. Edited by Charles D. Lowery and John F. Marszalek. New York: Greenwood Press, 1992.
Location: Wilson Reference E185.61 .E54 1992

Grossman, Mark. The ABC-Clio Companion to the Civil Rights Movement. Santa Barbara, CA: ABC-Clio, 1993.
Location: Wilson Reference E185.61 .G895 1993

Murray, Paul T. The Civil Rights Movement: References and Resources. New York: G. K. Hall, 1993.
Location: Wilson Reference E185.61 .M87x 1993


Family

Allen, Walter R., Editor-in-Chief. Black American Families, 1965-1984: A Classified, Selectively Annotated Bibliography. New York: Greenwood Press, 1986.
Location: Wilson Reference E185.86 .B5243x 1986; also Wilson E185.86 .B5243x 1986

Black Adolescence: Current Issues and Annottated Bibliography. The Consortium for Research on Black Adolescence, et al. Boston: G. K. Hall, 1990.
Location: Wilson Reference E185.86 B5235x 1990

The Black Aged in the United States: An Annotated Bibliography. Lenwood G. Davis. Westport, CT: Greenwood Press, 1980.
Location: Wilson Reference HQ1064 .U5 D3x 1980; 1989 edition at St. Paul Campus Central Library (Z1361 .N39 D354 1989)

Black American Health: An Annotated Bibliography. Compiled by Mitchell F. Rice and Woodrow Jones, Jr. New York: Greenwood Press, 1987.
Location: Wilson Reference RA448.5 .N4 R534 1987

Black and White Children in America: Key Facts. Washington, DC: Children's Defence Fund, c1985.
Location: Wilson Reference quarto HV741 .B62x 1985

Davis, Lenwood G. The Black Family in the United States: A Revised, Updated Selectively Annotated Bibliography. New York: Greenwood Press, 1986.
Location: Wilson Reference E185.86 .D355x 1986

Ethnic Genealogy: A Research Guide. Edited by Jessie Carney Smith. Westport, CT: Greenwood Press, 1983.
Location: Wilson Reference CS49 .E83 1983

Indiana University Libraries. The Black Family and the Black Woman: A Bibliography. Compiled by Phyllis R. Klotman with Wilmer H. Baatz. New York: Arno Press, 1978.
Location: Wilson Reference E185.86 .I5x

Myers, Hector F., et al. Black Child Development in America 1927-1977: An Annotated Bibliography. Westport, CT: Greenwood Press, 1979.
Location: Wilson Reference E185.86 .M98x 1979

Young, Tommie M. Afro American Genealogy Sourcebook. New York: Garland, 1987.
Location: Wilson E185.96 .Y6 1987


Film

(See also: Art, Music, and Performing Arts)

The Afro-American Cinematic Experience: An Annotated Bibliography and Filmography. Compiled and edited by Marshall Hyatt. Wilmington, DE: Scholarly Resources, Inc., 1983.
Location: Wilson Reference PN1995.9 .N4H9 1983

Bogle, Donald. Blacks in American Films and Television: An Encyclopedia. New York: Simon and Schuster, 1989.
Location: Wilson Reference quarto PN1995.9 .N4 B58

Hyatt, Marshall. The Afro-American Cinematic Experience. Compiled and Edited by Marshall Hyatt. Wilmington, DE: Scholarly Resources, 1983.
Location: Wilson Reference PN1995.9 .N4 H9 1983

Klottman, Phyllis Rauch. Frame by Frame: A Black Filmography. Bloomington: Indiana University Press, 1979.
Location: Wilson Reference PN1995.9 .N4 K57

Murray, James P. To Find an Image: Black Films from Uncle Tom to Super Fly. Indianapolis: Bobbs-Merrill, 1973.
Location: Wilson Reference PN1995.9 .N4 M8

Powers, Anne. Blacks in American Movies: A Selected Bibliography. Metuchen, NJ: The Scarecrow Press, 1974.
Location: Wilson Reference PN1995.9 .N4 P6x 1974

Woll, Allen L. and Randall M. Miller. Ethnic and Racial Images in American Film and Television. New York: Garland, 1987.
Location: Wilson Reference PN1995.9 .M56 W6x 1987


Folklore

Coughlan, Margaret N. Folklore from Africa to the United States: An Annotated Bibliography. Washington, DC: Library of Congress, 1976.
Location: Wilson Reference GR350 .C6x 1976

Szwed, John F. and Roger D. Abrahams. Afro-American Folk Culture: An Annotated Bibliography of Materials from North, Central and South America and the West Indies. Philadelphia: Institute for the Study of Human Issues, 1978. 2 vols.
Location: Wilson Reference quarto GR103 .S9x 1978


The Harlem Renaissance

Bassett, John Earl. Harlem in Review: Critical Reactions to Black American Writers, 1917-1939. Selinsgrove: Susquehanna University Press, 1992.
Location: Wilson Reference PS153 .N5 B37x 1992

The Harlem Renaissance: A Historical Dictionary for the Era. Edited by Bruce Kellner, Westport, CT: Greenwood Press, 1984.
Location: Wilson Reference NX511 .H37 1984

Harlem Renaissance and Beyond: Literary Biographies of 100 Black Women Writers 1900-1945. Lorraine Elena Roses and Ruth L. Randolph. Boston: G. K. Hall, 1990.
Location: Wilson Reference PS153 .N5 R65 1990

Perry, Margaret. The Harlem Renaissance: An Annotated Bibliography and Commentary. New York: Garland, 1982.
Location: Wilson Reference NX511 .N4 P4x 1982


Health

Rice, Mitchell F. and Woodrow Jones, Jr. Black American Health: An Annotated Bibliography. New York: Greenwood Press, 1987.
Location: Wilson Reference RA448.5 .N5 R53x 1987

Rice, Mitchell F. and Woodrow Jones, Jr. Health of Black Americans from Post Reconstruction to Integration, 1871-1960: An Annotated Bibliography of Contemporary Sources. New York: Greenwood Press, 1990.
Location: Wilson Reference RA448.5 .N4 R52 1990

Labor

Wilson, Joseph. Black Labor in America, 1865-1983: A Selected Annotated Bibliography. New York: Greenwood Press, 1986.
Location: Wilson Reference HD8081 .A65 W54x 1986

Literature

Dictionary of Literary Biography. All edited by Trudier Harris and Thadious M. Davis.
Vol. 33 - Afro-American Fiction Writers After 1955. Detroit: Gale, 1984.
Vol. 38 - Afro-American Writers After 1955: Dramatists and Prose Writers. Detroit: Gale, 1985.
Vol. 41 - Afro-American Poets Since 1955. Detroit: Gale, 1985.
Vol. 50 - Afro-American Writers Before the Harlem Renaissance. Detroit: Gale, 1985.
Vol. 51 - Afro-American Writers from the Harlem Renaissance to 1940. Detroit: Gale, 1987.
Vol. 76 - Afro-American Writers, 1940-1955. Detroit: Gale, 1988.
Location: Wilson Reference quarto PS21 .D55x

Black Literature Criticism: Excerpts from Criticism. Edited by James P. Draper. Detroit: Gale Research, 1992. 3 vols.
Location: Wilson Reference quarto PS153 .N5 B556 1992

African American Writers. Valerie Smith, Consulting Editor. New York: Charles Scribner's Sons, 1991.
Location: Wilson Reference quarto PS153 .N5 A344 1991

Specialized Bibliographies (Literature)

Afro-American Poetry and Drama, 1760-1975: A Guide to Information Sources. Detroit: Gale Research, 1979.
1) Afro-American Poetry, 1760-1975. William P. French, et al.
2) Afro-American Drama, 1850-1975. Genevieve E. Fabre.
Location: Wilson Reference PS153 .N5 A37x 1979

Arata, Esther Spring and Nicholas John Rotoli. Black American Playwrights, 1800 to the Present: A Bibliography. Metuchen, NJ: Scarecrow Press, 1976.
Location: Wilson Reference PS153 .N5 A72x 1976

Arata, Esther Spring, et al. More Black American Playwrights: A Bibliography. Metuchen, NJ: Scarecrow Press, 1978.
Location: Wilson Reference PS153 .N5 A72x 1978

Foster Mamie Marie Booth. Southern Black Creative Writers, 1829-1953: Biobibliographies. New York: Greenwood Press, 1988.
Location: Wilson Reference PS153 .N5 F67x 1988

Hatch, James V. Black Playwrights, 1823-1977: An Annotated Bibliography of Plays. Compiled and edited by James V. Hatch and Omanii Abdullah. New York: Bowker, 1977.
Location: Wilson Reference PS338 .N4 H38x 1977

Houston, Helen Ruth. The Afro-American Novel 1965-1976: A Descriptive Bibliography of Primary and Secondary Material. Troy, NY: Whitston Pub. Co., 1977.
Location: Wilson Reference PS153 .N5 H68x 1977

Jackson, Blyden. A History of Afro-American Literature: The Long Beginning 1746-1895. Baton Rouge: Louisiana State University Press, 1989.
Location: Wilson Reference PS153 .N5 J33 1989

Joyce, Donald F. Blacks in the Humanities, 1750-1984: A Selected Annotated Bibliography. New York: Greenwood Press, 1986.
Location: Wilson Reference E185 .J8 1986

Margolies, Edward and David Bakish. Afro-American Fiction 1853-1976: A Guide to Information Sources. Detroit: Gale Research Co., 1979.
Location: Wilson Reference PS374 .N4 M37x 1979

Modern Black Writers. Compiled and edited by Michael Popkin. A Library of Literary Criticism. New York: Ungar, 1978.
Location: Wilson Reference PN841b .M58

Peterson, Bernard L., Jr. Contemporary Black American Playwrights and Their Plays: A Biographical Directory and Dramatic Index. New York: Greenwood Press, 1988.
Location: Wilson Reference PS153 .N5 P43 1988

Rush, Theressa G. Black American Writers Past and Present: A Biographical and Bibliographical Dictionary. Metuchen, NJ: Scarecrow Press, 1975. 2 vols.
Location: Wilson Reference PS153 .N5 R87x 1975

Sherman, Joan R. Invisible Poets: Afro-Americans of the Nineteenth Century. Urbana: University of Illinois Press, 1989.
Location: Wilson Reference PS153 .N5 S48 1989

Shockley, Ann Allen. Afro-American Women Writers 1946-1988. Boston: G.K. Hall, 1988.
Location: Wilson Reference PS508 .N3 A36 1988

Southgate, Robert L. Black Plots and Black Characters: A Handbook for Afro-American Literature. Syracuse, NY: Gaylord Professional Publications, 1979.
Location: Wilson Reference PS153 .N5 S65

Werner, Craig. Black American Women Novelists: An Annotated Bibliography. Englewood Cliffs, NJ: Salem Press, 1989.
Location: Wilson Reference PS153 .N5 W37x 1989

Yancy, Preston. The Afro-American Short Story: A Comprehensive, Annotated Index with Selected Commentaries. Westport, CT: Greenwood Press, 1986.
Location: Wilson Reference PS153 .N5 Y36 1986


Military

Davis, Lenwood G., et al. Blacks in the American Armed Forces, 1776-1983: A Bibliography. Westport, CT: Greenwood Press, 1985.
Location: Wilson Reference UB418 .A47 D38x 1985


Minority Issues

America's Minorities and the Multicultural Debate. Oliver Trager, ed. New York: Facts on File, 1992.
Location: Wilson Reference quarto E184 .A1 A639 1992

Discrimination and Prejudice: An Annotated Bibliography. Compiled and edited by Halford H. Fairchild, et al. San Diego, CA: Westerfield Enterprises, Inc., 1991.
Location: Wilson Reference quarto E184 .A1 D57x 1991

Racism in the United States: A Comprehensive Classified Bibliography. Complied by Meyer Weinberg. New York: Greenwood Press, 1990.
Location: Wilson Reference E184 .A1 R33x 1990


Newspapers, Magazines, and Publishing

Daniel, Walter C. Black Journals of the United States: Historical Guides to the World's Periodicals and Newspapers. Westport, CT: Greenwood Press, 1982.
Location: Wilson Reference PN4882.5 .D36

Joyce, Donald F. Black Book Publishers in the United States: A Historical Dictionary of the Presses. New York: Greenwood, 1991.
Location: Wilson Reference Z471 .J68 1991

LaBrie, Henry G., III. A Survey of Black Newspapers in America. The author, 1979.
Location: Wilson Reference PN4882.5 .A12 L3x 1979


Newspaper and Periodical Indexes

Ethnic Newswatch. --On CD-ROM. Stamford, CT: Softline Information, Inc, 1991- .
Location: Wilson Reference E184 .A1 E837x

Index to Black Newspapers 1977-. Wooster, OH: Bell and Howell Co.
Location: Wilson Reference quarto AI3 .I46

Index to Periodical Articles By and About Blacks. Cumulated 1950-1959, 1960-1970, 1971- to date. Boston: G.K. Hall.
Location: Wilson Reference E185.5 I15x

Newman, Richard. Black Index: Afro-Americana in Selected Periodicals 1907-1949. New York: Garland Publishing, 1981.
Location: Wilson Reference E185 .N55x 1981


Psychology

See Miller noted above p. 47-59.
See also: Black Males.... Black Females....

Armer, Michael. African Social Psychology: A Review and Annotated Bibliography. New York: Africana, 1975.
Location: Wilson Reference HM25 .A76x 1975


Religion

Gray, John. A`she, Traditional Religion and Healing in Sub-Saharan Africa and the Diaspora: A Classified International Bibliography. New York: Greenwood Press, 1990.
Location: Wilson Reference BL2462.5 G73x 1989

Jones, Charles Edwin. Black Holiness: A Guide to the Study of Black Participation in Wesleyan Perfectionist and Glossaolatic Pentecostal Movements. Metuchen, NJ: The American Theological Library Association and The Scarecrow Press, 1987.
Location: Wilson Reference BR563 .N4 J628x 1987

Richardson, Marilyn. Black Women and Religion: A Bibliography. Boston, MA: G.K. Hall, c1980.
Location: Wilson Reference BR563 .N4 R5x 1980

Williams, Ethel L. and Clifton L. Brown. Afro-American Religious Studies: A Comprehensive Bibliography with Locations in American Libraries. Metuchen, NJ: Scarecrow Press, 1972.
Location: Wilson Reference E185.86 .W487x 1978


Science and Scientists

Brodie, James Michael. Created Equal: The Lives and Ideas of Black American Innovators. New York: W. Morrow, 1993.
Location: Wilson Reference E185.96 .B835 1993

Gubert, Betty Kaplan. Invisible Wings: An Annotated Bibliography on Blacks in Aviation, 1916-1993. Westport, Conn.: Greenwood Press, 1994.
Location: Wilson Reference TL521 .G83x 1994

James, Portia. The Real McCoy: African-American Invention and Innovation 1619-1930. Washington, DC: Published for the Anacostia Museum of the Smithsonian Institution by the Smithsonian Institution Press, 1990.
Location: Wilson T39 .J28 1990

Sanmons, Vivian. Blacks in Science and Medicine. New York: Hemispher Pub. Cord, 1990.
Location: Wilson Reference quarto Q141 .B58 1990

Young, Herman A. and Barbara H. Young. Scientists in the Black Perspective. Sponsored by the Lincoln Foundation, 1974.
Location: Wilson Reference Q147 .Y68


Slavery

The American Slave: A Composite Autobiography. Edited by George P. Rawick. Westport, CT, Greenwood Pub. Co. (1972). 19 v. Suppl. 1 - vols. Suppl. 2 - 10 vols.
Location: Wilson E441 .A58

Miller, Joseph Calder. Slavery and Slaving in World History: A Bibliography, 1900-1991. Millwood, N.Y.: Kraus International Publications, 1993.
Location: Wilson Reference quarto HT861 .M55x 1993

Miller, Joseph C. Slavery: A Worldwide Bibliography 1900-1982. White Plains, NY: Kraus International Publications, 1985.
Location: Wilson Reference HT861 .M55x 1985

Smith, John David. Black Slavery in the Americas: An Interdisciplinary Bibliography. Westport, CT: Greenwood Press, 1982. 2 vols.
Location: Wilson Reference HT1048 .S64x 1982


Sociology

Beginnings: The Social and Affective Development of Black Children. Edited by Margaret Beal Spencer, et al. Hillsdale, NJ: Lawrence Erlbaum Associates, 1985.
Location: Wilson E185.86 .B377 1985

Black Immigration and Ethnicity in the United States: An Annotated Bibliography. Center for AfroAmerican and African Studies, the University of Michigan. Westport, CT: Greenwood Press, 1985.
Location: Wilson Reference E185 .B583x 1985

Hay, Frederick J. African-American Community Studies from North American: A Classified, Annotated Bibliography. New York: Garland, 1991.
Location: Wilson Reference E185.86 .H37x 1991

Momeni, Jamshid. Demography of the Black Population in the United States: An Annotated Bibliography with a Review Essay. Westport, CT: Greenwood Press, 1983.
Location: Wilson Reference E185.86 .M59x 1983

Obudho, R. A. and Jeannine B. Scott. Afro-American Demography and Urban Issues: A Bibliography. Westport, CT: Greenwood Press, 1985.
Location: Wilson Reference E185.87 .029x 1985

U.S. Bureau of the Census. The Social and Economic Status of the Black Population in the United States: An Historical View, 1790-1978. Washington, DC: U.S. Dept. of Commerce, Bureau of the Census, 1979.
Location: Wilson Reference quarto E185.6 .U586x


Speech and Communication

Brasch, Ila Wales and Walter Milton Brasch. A Comprehensive Annotated Bibliography of American Black English. Baton Rouge: Louisiana State University Press, 1974.
Location: Wilson Reference PE3102 .N43 B7x 1974

Glenn, Robert W. Black Rhetoric: A Guide to Afro-American Communication. Metuchen, NJ: Scarecrow Press, 1976.
Location: Wilson Reference E185 .G54x 1976

Holloway, Joseph E. The African Heritage of American English. Bloomington: Indiana University Press, 1993.
Location: Wilson Reference PE3102 .N4 H65 1993

Major, Clarence. Juba to Jive: A Dictionary of African-American Slang. New York: Viking, 1994.
Location: Wilson Reference PE3727 .N4 M34 1994


Sports

Davis, Lenwood G. and Belinda S. Daniels. Black Athletes in the United States: A Bibliography of Books, Articles, Autobiographies and Biographies on Black Professional Athletes in the United States, 1800- 1981. Westport, CT: Greenwood Press, 1981.
Location: Wilson Reference GV697 .A1 D38x 1981

Riley, James A. The Biographical Encyclopedia of the Negro Baseball Leagues. New York: Carroll and Graf Publishers, 1994.
Location: Wilson Reference GV865 .A1 R473 1994


Statistics

Black Americans: A Statistical Sourcebook. 1991 Edition, Edited by Alfred N. Garwood, Boulder: Numbers and Concepts, 1991.
Location: Wilson Reference E185.62 .B5244x 1991

Statistical Record of Black America. Compiled and edited by Carrell Peterson Horton and Jessie Carney Smith. Detroit: Gale Research, 1990.
Location: Wilson Reference quarto E185.86 .S74x 1990

See also The State of Black America, 1976 - to date. Wilson quarto 301.81 N213S


Women

Bibliographies

Black Females in the United States: A Bibliography from 1967 to 1987. Edited by Christine C. I. Hall, Brenda J. Evans, and Stephanie Selice. Washington, DC: American Psychological Association, 1989.
Location: Wilson Reference quarto E185.86 .H35x 1989

Davis, Lenwood G. The Black Woman in American Society. Boston: G.K. Hall, 1975.
Location: Wilson Reference E185.86 .D357x 1975

Nordquist, Joan. The African-American Women, Social and Economic Conditions: A Bibliography. Santa Cruz, Calif.: Reference and Research Services, 1993.
Location: Wilson Reference HN65 .C625x no.32

Sims, Janet L. The Progress of Afro-American Women: A Selected Bibliography and Resource Guide. Westport, CT: Greenwood Press, 1980.
Location: Wilson Reference E185.86 .S55x 1980

Williams, Ora. American Black Women in the Arts and Social Sciences: A Bibliographic Survey. 3rd ed. Metuchen, NJ: Scarecrow Press, 1994.
Location: Wilson Reference E185.86 .W487x 1994

Biography

Black Women in America: An Historical Encyclopedia. Edited by Darlene Clark Hine and others. Brooklyn: Carlson Pub., 1993. 2 vols.
Location: Wilson Reference quarto E185.86 .B542 1993

Notable Black American Women. Edited by Jessie Carney Smith. Detroit: Gale Research, 1992.
Location: Wilson Reference quarto E185.96 N68 1992

Salem, Dorothy. African American Women: A Biographical Dictionary. New York: Garland, 1993.
Location: Wilson Reference E185.96 .A45 1993

Microform

National Association of Colored Women's Clubs (US). Records of the National Association of Colored Women's Clubs 1895-1992. Lillian Serece Williams, consulting editor. Bethesda, MD: University Publications of America, 1993.
Location: Wilson Microfilm 3802 Part 1

Oral History

Black Women Oral History Project. 49 vols. Cambridge, MA: Radcliffe College, 1982.
Location: Rare Books (Special Col.) quarto E185.86 .B53x

Series

Black Women in United States History. Editor, Darlene Clark Hine. Brooklyn, NY: Carlson Pub., 1990. 16 vols.
Location: Wilson E185.89 .B543 1990

Schomburg Library of Nineteenth-Century Black Women Writers. New York: Oxford University Press, 1988.
Location: Call No. varies

Selected News Files and Newspapers (Microforms)

Selected Newspapers

Chicago Defender, 1939- (Current microfilm edition)
Cleveland Gazette, 1883-1892 (Closed Stacks, News Film; Request at Circulation Desk)
Douglass' Monthly (Rochester, NY), 1858-1863 (Microfilm 1890)
Freeman, 1886, 1888-1916 (Closed Stacks, News Film; Request at Circulation Desk)
Miscellaneous Negro Newspapers (Wilson Newspapers Microfilm)
Negro World (New York), 1923-1933. (Closed Stacks, News Film; Request at Circulation Desk)
New York Age, January 6, 1883 - February 1960 (Wilson Newspapers)
New York Amsterdam News, 1962 to date (Current paper subscription)
Pittsburgh Courier, 1911-12, 1923-1930, 1960 - to date (Current microfilm edition)

See also: Ethnic Newswatch CD-ROM

Clipping Files and Other Miscellaneous Files

Afro-American Rare Book Collection. Denver, Information Resources, 1977.
Location: Microfiche Collection 200; FORMAT: Microfiche, 535 sheets.

Carnegie-Myrdal Study: The Negro in America. Research memoranda for use in the preparation of Dr. Gunnar Myrdal's An American Dilemma, New York, 1940. Millwood, NY: Kraus-Thompson Organization, 1973.
Location: Film Collection 2225; FORMAT: Microfilm, 13 reels.

Congress of Racial Equality. The Papers of the Congress of Racial Equality, 1941-1967. Sanford, NC: Microfilming Corporation of America, 1980.
Location: Film Collection 3223; FORMAT: 49 microfilm reels.

FBI File on Paul Robeson. Wilmington, DE: Scholarly Resources, 1987. Microfilm Catalog: Wilson Reference E183.97 .R63 G85x 1987.
Location: Film Collection 3577

A Guide to the Papers of the NAACP. Randolph Boehm, ed. Frederick, Md.: University Publications of American, 1982.
Location: Wilson Reference E185.5 .N276 B64x 1982

Malcolm X: FBI Surveillance File. Wilmington, DE: Scholarly Resources, 1978.
Location: Film Collection 3251; FORMAT: 2 microfilm reels.

Marcus Garvey: FBI Investigation File. Wilmington, DE: Scholarly Resources, 1978.
Location: Film Collection 3250; FORMAT: Microfilm, 1 reel.

The Martin Luther King, Jr., FBI File. Edited by David J. Garrow. Fredericksburg, MD: University Publications of America, 1984-1987. Guides: Govt. Pub. E185.97 .K5 M33x 1984; E185.97 .K5 M332x 1987.
Location: Wilson Gov Pub Microform 24; FORMAT: Microfilm, 1 reel.

Murray, Daniel Alexander Payne, 1852-1925. The Daniel Murray Papers (1881-1955) - 1966. Madison: State Historical Society of Wisconsin, 1982.
Location: Wilson Microfilm 3397; FORMAT: Microfilm, 27 reels.

National Association for the Advancement of Colored People. Papers of the NAACP. Frederick, MD, University Publications of America, 1981-1982.
Location: Film Collection 3225; FORMAT: 48 microfilm reels.

Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture. Schomburg Center Clipping File, 1925-1974. New York: New York Public Library, 1975.
Location: Wilson Reference Microfiche 34; FORMAT: 9,673 microfiches. Index: Wilson Reference folio E185 .S3x 1986

Part 2, 1975-1988
Location: WILS Ref Microfiche 34 A

The Tuskegee Institute News Clipping File. Project director, John W. Kitchens. Tuskegee AL, Division of Behavioral Science Research, Carver Research Foundation, Tuskegee Institute: Sanford, NC, Microfilming Corp. of America, 1976. Guide: Wilson Reference E185 .G84x 1978.
Location: Film Collection 3205; Library has: Reels 1-35, 237-241, 245-249; FORMAT: 252 microfilm reels; 35mm. (University has limited holdings)

Selected Periodicals

African American Review, v. 26-, 1992.
Afro-Americans in New York Life and History, 1980-.
Alexander's Magazine, v. 1-7, 1905-1909 (has index volume)
American Visions, v. 1, 1986-.
Black Academy Review: The Quarterly of the Black World, 1970.
Black American Literature Forum, v. 1, 1977--v. 25, 1991. (Vol. 11/12 on film (FC3144)). Now: African American Review
Black Music Research Journal, 1980-. Music Library
Black Orpheus, v. 1-22, 1957-1967.
Black Perspectives in Music, v. 1-18, 1973-1990. Music Library
Black Scholar: Journal of Black Studies and Research, 1960-.
Black Theatre: A Periodical of the Black Theatre Movement, 1968-.
Black World, 1942-1975. Formerly Negro Digest
CAAS Report, v. 12-, 1989-. CLA Journal, v. 14, 1970-. Publication of The College Language Assoc. Callaloo, 1978-.
Colored American Magazine, 1900-1909. (with Index Vol.). Microfiche 487
Colors, Jan/Feb 1992-.
The Competitor, 1920-21. 3 vols.
Crisis, 1910- (Index Vols. 1910-1960) (NAACP publication)
Crusader, v. 1-6, 1918/19-1922.
Ebony, v. 1-. 1945 Microfilm Edition. Microfilm 2009
Essence, v. 1-. 1970-. Microfilm Edition. Microfilm 2721
Fire, v. 1, no. 1. (Reprint of original edition.)
Freedomways, v. 1-25. 1961-1985.
Half Century Magazine, v. 1-18, 1916-1925. Check MNCAT
Horizon: A Journal of the Color Lines, 1907-1910. Film Collection 3255
International Review of African American Art, v. 6-, 1984-.Jet, v. 35-38, 1968-1970. Microfilm 3199.
Journal of Afro-American Issues, v. 1, 1972-1977.
Journal of Black Psychology, 1974-. Check MNCAT
Journal of Black Studies, 1970-.
Journal of Negro History, 1916-.
Messenger (New York), 1917-1928. Also v. 5-6, 7 (incomplete) and v. 8-10. Film Collection 1871; Check MNCAT
The Moon Illustrated Weekly, (1906) and correspondence and other material related to the Moon. Film Collection 3256
Multicultural Review, v. 1-, 1992-.
National Urban League. The State of Black America, 1976-. Wilson quarto 301.81 N213S
Negro History Bulletin, 1937/38-1975. Microfilm edition. Microfilm 3007
Opportunity, 1923-1949. (Urban League Publication) (Index Vol. 1923-1949)
Phylon: The Atlanta University Review of Race and Culture, 1940-.
Reconstruction, v.1-, 1990-.
Southern Workman, v. 1-68, 1872-1939. Wilson Periodicals Closed Stacks Microfilm 1770
Studies in Black Literature, 1970-.
Transition, v. 51-, 1991-.
Western Journal of Black Studies, v. 1-1977-. Index.

Audio-Visual Materials

Recordings of speeches, poetry, plays, and other prose are in the Learning Resources Center, 153 Norris Hall. The collection includes videos of motion pictures and television programs.

Music Recordings are in the Music Library, 70 Ferguson Hall.


Revised January 1995
Page comments: Karen Beavers,
African Studies and African American Studies
University of Minnesota Libraries

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