African American History

African American History Subject Guide

Books:

Africana:  the encyclopedia of the African and African American Experience
http://iii.camden.lib.nj.us/record=b1570556~S27

African-American atlas:  Black history and culture – an illustrated reference
http://iii.camden.lib.nj.us/record=b1164553~S27

Contemporary Black biography
http://iii.camden.lib.nj.us/record=b1086661~S27

Encyclopedia of African-American culture and history
http://iii.camden.lib.nj.us/record=b1127978~S27

Encyclopedia of African American politics
http://iii.camden.lib.nj.us/record=b1454962~S27

Slavery in America:  from Colonial Times to the Civil War
http://iii.camden.lib.nj.us/record=b1454962~S27

Timetables of African-American history: a chronology of the most important people and events in African-American history
http://iii.camden.lib.nj.us/record=b1107501~S27

Databases:

African-American History Online from Facts on File
Browse timelines and events, and view images and video. 

American Civil War Reference library
Covers the events and people of the Civil War period, including biographical profiles and primary source materials. 

Daily Life Online
Details the daily realities of historical people, ranging from ancient to modern times. 

Encyclopedia of World Biography
Presents comprehensive biographies of a variety of world figures.  

History Reference Center
Articles and information from a wide range of resources.   

Magazines/Journals:

Black History Bulletin
http://iii.camden.lib.nj.us/record=b1732494~S27

Black Enterprise
http://iii.camden.lib.nj.us/record=b1278799~S27

Also available through the library Ebscohost database

Websites:

The African-American Mosaic Exhibition (Library of Congress)
http://www.loc.gov/exhibits/african/intro.html
From the American Memory Project at the Library of Congress, this site contains materials on African American colonization, abolition, migration, and participation in the Work Projects Administration (WPA). 

African American Odyssey:  A Quest for Full Citizenship
http://memory.loc.gov/ammem/aaohtml/
Explores African American’s quest for equality from the early national period through the twentieth century. 

The Faces of Science:  African Americans in the Sciences
https://webfiles.uci.edu/mcbrown/display/faces.html
This is the place to find profiles of past and present African American men and women scientist.

African American World – Timeline PBS
http://www.pbs.org/wnet/aaworld/timeline/civil_01.html
A timeline of African American history. 

Buffalo Soldiers & Indian Wars
http://www.buffalosoldier.net/
From the Library of Congress, this site recounts the history of the Buffalo Soldiers, including text, photos, and video. 

Dred Scott Case Collection
http://library.wustl.edu/vlib/dredscott/
A collection of digitized documents from the landmark law suit filed by Dred Scott and his wife Harriet in 1846 that ended with the Supreme Court decision declaring the Scott’s remain slaves.

Slaves and the Courts, 1740-1860
http://memory.loc.gov/ammem/sthtml/sthome.html
This site has over a hundred items documenting legal cases about the experiences of African and African American slaves in the American colonies and the United States.