Black History
Reference Sources | Circulating Materials
Electronic Sources | Web Sites
Reference Sources
The Negro in American History (3 volumes) - Call number Ref 973.04/Ne
This three volume set tells the history of Blacks in America from the Black perspective, written in first person accounts of their lives.
New Slavery - Call number Ref 306.362/Bal
The study of slavery in America and throughout the world, both in history and in current events.
Slavery Throughout History, Primary Sources - Call number Ref 306.362/Sla
Encyclopedia of Black America - Call number Ref 973.0496/E56
This volume tells of Black history in encyclopedic form.
The African American Almanac - Call number Ref 305.896/Afr
This study chronicles the African-American in all aspects of life.
Reference Library of Black America (5 volumes) - Call number Ref 305.896/R332
These are the complete reference books of Black history as well as contributions to society.
The Civil Rights Movement (2 volumes) - Call number Ref 305.896/Civ
This reference concerns the study of the fight for equality.
Black Firsts - Call number Ref 973.0496/Bla
This volume explains Black contributions to numerous fields of endeavor.
Slavery Throughout History, Biographies - Call number Ref 306.362/Syl
This volume gives brief biographies of those who dealt with slavery, both Blacks and Whites.
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Circulating Materials
Black Inventors - Call number 926 Aas(YA)
Black Profiles in Courage - Call number 973.0092/Abd
Remembering Slavery - Call number 306.362/Rem
Blacks in Blue and Gray - Call number 973.741/BL
Created Equal - Call number 509.22/B864c
American Patriots - Call number 973.0496/Buc
The Ku Klux Klan - Call number 322.42/Coo
African Americans, Opposing Viewpoints - Call number 973.0496/Afr(YA)
Federal Writer's Project. Ohio Slave Narratives - Call number 306.362/Ohi
Beyond the River - Call number 973.7115/Hag
Pictorial History of Black Americans - Call number 973.0496/H893p
Africans in America - Call number 306.362/Joh
The Black Panther Party (Reconsidered) - Call number 322.42/Bla
The Harlem Renaissance - Call number 973.0496/Kal(YA)
Life of an African Slave Ship - Call number 306.362/Kle(YA)
Amistad - Call number 306.362/Kro
To Be A Slave - Call number 306.362/L642t(YA)
Fighters Against American Slavery - Call number 306.362/Lil(YA)
The History of Slavery - Call number 306.362/Mac(YA)
Who's Who in African-American History - Call number 973.0496/Who
The Trouble They Seen - Call number 973.0496/Tro
Voices of Triumph, Perseverance - Call number 973.0496/Afr(YA)
Voices of Triumph, Leadership - Call number 973.0496/A258a
Playing the Race Card - Call number 305.896/Wil
The Origins of American Slavery - Call number 306.362/Woo
Biographies
Angelou, Maya. The Heart of a Woman. New York: Random House, 1981.
Call number Bio ANGE.ma
Adair, Gene. George Washington Carver. New York: Chelsea House, 1989.
Call number Bio CARV.ge
Bundles, A'Lelia Perry. Madam C. J. Walker. Philadelphia: Chelsea House, 1991.
Call number Bio WALK.cj
Dryden, Charles W. Memoirs of a Tuskegee Airman. Tuscaloosa: University of Alabama Press, 1997.
Call number Bio DRYD.ch
Evers-Williams, Myrlie. Watch Me Fly. Boston: Little, Brown & Co., 1999.
Call number Bio EVER.my
Flanagan, Alice K. Colin Powell. Chicago: Ferguson Publishing, 2001.
Call number Bio POWE.co
Gaines, Patrice. Laughing in the Dark. New York: Crown Publishers, 1994.
Call number Bio GAIN.pa
Robinson, Rachel. Jackie Robinson. New York: Harry N. Abrams, 1996.
Call number Bio ROBI.ja
Schroeder, Alan. Booker T. Washington. New York: Chelsea House, 1992.
Call number Bio WASH.bo
Shirley, David. Alex Haley, Author. New York: Chelsea House, 1994.
Call number Bio HALE.al
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Electronic Resources
Grolier Multimedia Encyclopedia
Click BROWSE, then HISTORY -- United States. Choose ETHNIC GROUPS and CULTURES and click on AFRICAN AMERICAN.
To access this database with a library card, click HERE.
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Selected Web Sites
The AFRICAN AMERICAN MOSAIC: A Library of Congress Resource Guide for the Study of Black History and Culture
This website offers sources on the colonization, abolition, and migration of Black Americans throughout history. It is based on the Library of Congress exhibition from January 2003.
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