This research guide is designed to quickly lead the researcher to the best resources available at Gumberg Library on African American history. It will connect the user to reference work (both print and electronic), to books (both print and ebooks), databases for articles, videos, high quality websites, and selected non-fiction works on African Americans and their collective experiences here in the Americas. We hope you will find it useful.
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Africana: The Encyclopedia of the African and African American Experience
African American Alamnac 11th edition by 
Black Women in America: An Historical Encyclopedia by 
Complete Encyclopedia of African American History
African American National Biography by 
Encyclopedia of African American Culture and History, 2nd Edition by 
Encyclopedia of African American History, 1619-1895 by 
Encyclopedia of African American History, 1896 to the Present by 
Encyclopedia of African American Society by 
The New York Public Library African American Desk Reference
The SAGE Encyclopedia of African Cultural Heritage in North America by This research guide was created by Gabrielle Kolencik, English Department Intern, and Ted Bergfelt, Humanities Librarian, Gumberg Library, March 2019
