Getting Started with Finding People in the Archives
- It's easier to start from the present and work your way backward.
- Gather as much information from your folks who are still here to tell stories as you are able to track down. Take note of names, relationships, locations, and dates.
African & African American Resources
Black Women in America by
A comprehensive history of Black women in America
Call Number: REF305.896En19ja v1-2ISBN: 9780195156775Publication Date: 2005-05-19
Contemporary Black Biography by
Provides informative biographical profiles of the important and influential persons of African American and/or black heritage. Covers persons of various nationalities in a wide variety of fields, including architecture, art, business, dance, education, fashion, film, industry, journalism, law, literature, medicine, music, politics and government, publishing, religion, science and technology, social issues, sports, television, theater, and others.
Call Number: REF920.009296 C767 v1-73ISBN: 9781414411156Publication Date: 2007-01-01
Africana: The Encyclopedia of the African & African American Experience by Call Number: REF. 960.03 Af83ap v.1-5ISBN: 0195170555Publication Date: 2005
Countries, Peoples and Cultures: Eastern and Southern Africa by Call Number: REF REF. 306 C832shISBN: 161925798XPublication Date: 2015-09-01- Countries, Peoples and Cultures: Middle East and North Africa by Call Number: REF REF. 306 C832shISBN: 161925798XPublication Date: 2015-09-01
- Countries, Peoples and Cultures: Western and Central Africa by Call Number: REF REF. 306 C832shISBN: 161925798XPublication Date: 2015-09-01
Encyclopedia of African History by Call Number: REF 960.03 En19shISBN: 1579582451Publication Date: 2004-11-22
African American History by Call Number: 973.0496 G798ma v. 1-3ISBN: 9781682171523Publication Date: 2017-02-28This resource provides comprehensive coverage of the many events that define the framework of African American history, including social, cultural, and political movements, and the struggles to gain freedom, equality and civil rights. Just as the history of African Americans has been dominated by struggles for freedom and equal rights, articles in Great Events from History: African American History emphasize key events in the study of slavery, the abolitionist movement, civil rights, discrimination, voting rights, and Supreme Court decisions. Other events focus on arts and entertainment, Black Nationalism, crime and punishment, economic issues, education, military history, politics & government, religion, riots and civil disturbances and women's issues.
Defining Documents in American History: Civil Rights (1954-2015) by ISBN: 9781619258563Publication Date: 2015-12-01Detailed, thought-provoking analysis of: Controversies and actions at the Dawn of the Civil Rights Movement Legal Challenges to Segregation The Civil Rights Act and Its Consequences Organizations and Leaders in the Movement Gay Rights, Criminal Justice, and the Movement for Social Justice.
Milestone documents in African American history : exploring the essential primary sourcesCall Number: REF. 973.0496 M598fi v.1-4ISBN: 9781935306054
- Aluka Struggles for Freedom Southern Africa This link opens in a new windowIs a rich collection of more than 27,000 objects and 190,000 pages of documents and images.
- Aluka World Heritage Sites - Africa This link opens in a new windowA versatile collection of more than 86,000 objects of visual, contextual, and spatial documentation of African heritage and rock art sites.
