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Oxford Bibliographies: African American Studies
Bibliographies on related topics, listing overviews and primary sources.

America: History and Life
U.S. and Canadian history journal articles.

Topic Overviews

Oxford African American Studies Center
Short essays, biographies, and primary sources on Black history and culture. Includes African American National Biography, Black Women in America, and Encyclopedia of African American History among others.

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Oxford Bibliographies: African American Studies
Bibliographies on related topics, listing overviews and primary sources.
The Cambridge Guide to African American History by Raymond Gavins
Location: E185 .G33 2016 and online

Published: 2016

Oxford Encyclopedia of African Thought

Black Thought and Culture
Non-fiction works of leading African Americans, as well as interviews, journal articles, and letters.

State of Black America
Annual publication of the National Urban League

The Ashgate Research Companion to Black Sociology by Earl Wright (Editor); Edward V. Wall
Location: E 185.86.W952 2015

Contemporary topics building on Black or DuBoisian sociology scholarship.

International Encyclopedia of Social and Behavioral Sciences
Essays such as "critical race theory" "race and racism, geography of" or "inequality, social"

Article Databases

Academic Search Complete
Best broad search for this interdisciplinary subject.
SocINDEX with Full Text
More depth on social issues.
America: History and Life
For historical topics
MLA International Bibliography

Modern literature, language, linguistics, and folklore journal articles and books. Citations with links to full text. Publication dates: 1926 to present
JSTOR
In Advanced Search, limit to African American Studies.

Opinion and commentary

Discrimination in the US: Experiences & Views of African Americans
explores the results of a poll conducted with NPR, the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation and the Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health.
Black Perspectives
Commentary on contemporary issues plus scholarly references

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