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Journals
- African American ReviewPublishes essays on African American literature, art and culture. Contains interviews, fiction and poems.
- Black History BulletinA peer-reviewed publication written toprovide those who instruct our youth with innovative materials, which teach Black history and conform to national history standards.
- Journal of African American HistoryArticles, documents, and notes and comments on all aspects of negro history published by the Association for the Study of Negro Life and History Inc.
- Journal of African American StudiesServes as a multidisciplinary forum for social scientists engaged in the analysis of the struggles and triumps of black males. Challenges stereotypes and identifies strategies and policies that can counter the problems black men face.
- Journal of Black StudiesThe Journal of Black Studies explores the most vital issues facing African American and Black populations.
Databases
- African American Experience This link opens in a new window
The African American Experience is an authoritative research tool for African American history and culture, providing information from contributors who are experts in the field,. This vast and accessible database covers history, biographies, literature, arts, music, popular culture, folklore, business, slavery, the struggle for civil rights, politics, sports, education, science, and other themes. Contains primary documents, including slave narratives, speeches, court cases, quotations, advertisements, statistics, and other documentation from 1492 to the present.
- African American Studies Center This link opens in a new window
The Oxford African American Studies Center is the most comprehensive collection of scholarship available online to focus on the lives and events which have shaped African American and African history and culture. The center ncludes articles from Oxford University Press reference sources, primary sources, images, maps, charts & tables, multimedia, timelines, and biographies. - Black Studies in Video This link opens in a new window
Black Studies in Video brings together seminal documentaries, powerful interviews, and previously unavailable archival footage surveying the black experience. At completion, the collection will contain 500 hours of film covering African American history, politics, art and culture, family structure, gender relationships, and social and economic issues. - Black Thought & Culture This link opens in a new windowContains 1,297 sources with 1,098 authors, covering the non-fiction published works of leading African Americans. Particular care has been taken to index this material so that it can be searched more thoroughly than ever before. Where possible the complete published non-fiction works are included, as well as interviews, journal articles, speeches, essays, pamplets, letters and other fugitive material
- CARLI Digital Collections This link opens in a new window
CARLI Digital Collections is a growing image and special collections research resource. By combining digital collections from a number of CARLI member institutions into a seamless environment, researchers are guaranteed richer search results on a variety of topics. - HistoryMakers This link opens in a new windowThe nation's largest African American Video Oral History Collection. Includes over 93,139 stories from oral history interviews with 1,789 historically significant African Americans.
