Research Guides: African/African American Studies: Overview

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Library Search This link opens in a new window
Simple, one-stop searching for books, articles, films, music, and more
African American Communities This link opens in a new window
Primary sources on race relations across social, political, cultural, & religious arenas
African American Historical Serials Collection This link opens in a new window
Publications from various African American organizations & institutions, 1816-1922
African Diaspora, 1860-present This link opens in a new window
A global (non-U.S.) Black studies collection focusing on people of African descent, featuring primary sources
African American Periodicals, 1825-1995 This link opens in a new window
Wide range of publications by & about African Americans
Black Women Writers This link opens in a new window
A literature collection with sources ranging from 1770-2019
African Writers Series This link opens in a new window
Key texts of modern African literature & non-fictional prose

Oxford Bibliographies: African Studies This link opens in a new window
Overviews and annotated bibliographies on such subjects as African society, politics, and literature.
Oxford Bibliographies: African American Studies This link opens in a new window
Overviews and annotated bibliographies on the arts, religion and culture, the civil rights movement, and more.

African American Studies
Publication Date: 2021
Focuses on the roots of the discipline in the U.S. and UK, reaching back to early brilliant Black intellectuals, and discusses the historical and epistemological development of formal Black Studies, setting these in their socio-political contexts.
Keywords for African American Studies
Publication Date: 2018
Introduces key terms, interdisciplinary research, debates, and histories for African American Studies.
Not Only the Master's Tools
Publication Date: 2006
Essays on African American studies in philosophy, literary theory, educational theory, social and political thought, and postcolonial studies
African Studies: Breakthroughs in Research and Practice
Publication Date: 2020
Examines the politics, culture, language, history, socio-economic development, methodologies, and contemporary experiences of African peoples