Africana Studies  Tags: black africana african-american  

New Encyclopedia of Africa
Thompson/Gale, 2008 (5. vols. + e-book)

The African American National Biography
Oxford University Press, 2008 (8 vols.)

These books can all be found in the reference area on the first floor of Swem.

General

The Black Handbook: The People, History, and Politics of Africa and the African Diaspora: REF DT20 .B86 1997

Black Women in America: REFE 185.86 .B542 2005 v.1-7

Encyclopedia of African-American Culture and History: REF E 185 .E54 2006 v. 1-6

Encyclopedia of Black Studies: REF E185 .E554 2005

New Encyclopedia of Africa: REF D2 .N48 v.1-5 and e-book

Who's Who Among African Americans: REF E 185.96 .W52

History

Atlas of African-American History: REF E185 .C55 2007

Black Firsts: 4,000 Ground-Breaking and Pioneering Historical Events: REF E 185 .B574 2003

Encyclopedia of African History: REF D20 .E53 v.1-3

Encyclopedia of American Race Riots: REF E184 .A1 E573 2006 v.1 and 2

Encyclopedia of Antislavery and Abolition: REF HT1031 .E53 2007 v.1 and 2

Encyclopedia of Slave Resistance and Rebellion: REF E447 .E53 2007 v.1 and 2

Slavery in the United States: REF E441 .S635 2007 v.1 and 2

Literature, Film, and Art

Encyclopedia of African-American Literature: REF PS153 .N5 E48 2007

Encyclopedia of African American Woman Writers: REF PS153 .N5 E49 2007 v.1 and 2

Encyclopedia of the Harlem Literary Renaissance: REF PS153 .N5 B675 2006

Greenwood Encyclopedia of African American Literature: REF PS 153 .N5 G73 2000 v.1-5

Harlem Renaissance: A Gale Critical Companion: REF PS 153 .N5 H245 3003 v.1-3

Modern Black Writers: REF PN841 .M58 2000

Writing African-American Women: REF PS153 .N5 W756 2006 v.1 and 2

African American Films Through 1959: REF 1995.9 .N4 R54 1998

Historical Dictionary of African American Cinema: REF PN1995.9 .N4 B433 2007

The Black Artist in America: An Index to Reproductions: REF N6538 .N5 T46 1991

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