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Reference Books

These are reference books that may provide information on the various concerns, issues, and topics in Black Studies. There are many more in the Reference Area, just browse in the vicinity of the books listed below.

African - American Atlas: Black History and Culture - An Illustrated Reference: REF E185.A79 1998
African American Political Thought: Ref E185.A2536 2003 (6 Volumes)
The African American Years: Ref E185. S797 2003
Africana: The Encyclopedia of the African & African American Experience: Ref DT 14. A37435 2005 (5 Volumes)
Almanac of African American Heritage: A Book of lists featuring people, places, times, and events that shape Black Culture: Ref E185.A448 2001
Atlas of African American History: Ref E185.C55 2001
Black Americans: A Statistical Sourcebook: Ref E185. B57 2001
Black Literature Criticism: REF PS153.N5B556 4Vols.
Black Demographic Data, 1790 - 1860: A Sourcebook: REF E185.18.C73 1997
Civil Rights Movement: REF E185.61.L519 1998
Encyclopedia of African American Culture and History: Ref E185. E54 1996 (5 Volumes)

Encyclopedia of African American Politics: Ref E185. S58155 2003
Encyclopedia of Black Studies: Ref E185. E554 2005
Encyclopedia of Civil Rights in America: REF E185.61.E544 1998 3Vols.
Historical Statistics of Black America: REF E185.H543 1995 2Vols.
Identities and Issues in Literature: REF PS153.M56I34 1997 3Vols.
Notable Black American Men: REF E185.86.N68 1998
Masterplots II: African American Literature Series 3 Vols.: REF PS152.N5M2645 1994
Pan-African chronology II : A Comprehensive Reference to the Black Quest for Freedom in Africa, the Americas, Europe and Asia, 1865 - 1915: REF E185.2.J46 1998
Racial and Ethinic Diversity: Asians, Blacks, Hispanics, Native Americans, and Whites: REF E184.A1R78 1998

Finding Books

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Indexes/Abstracts

Index to Black Periodicals: Index A13.04 1950-
Index to Periodicals By and About Blacks. 1950 - 1994: Index Area A13.O4
Social Work Abstracts: Print 1994 - 2002, Index Area HV1.S6455; Online: http://maurice.bgsu.edu/record=e1000082
Social Work Research and Abstracts. 1965 to Present: Index Area HV1.A2

Black Studies Web Sites

Black Studies: Historical Text Archive: African American History: http://historicaltextarchive.com/; Sites pertaining to the history of African Americans.
Center for Afroamerican and African Studies: http://www.umich.edu/~iinet/caas/; The Center utilizes multidisciplinary approaches to the comparative study of people of African descent living in Africa and the Americas.
Multicultural Pavilion: Cultural Diversity: Multicultural Resources: http://www.edchange.org/multicultural/index.html; General resources for minority groups and diverse language populations.
The Ohio State University Libraries Black Studies Library Website: http://www.lib.ohio-state.edu/OSU_profile/bslweb/
Civil Rights Museum: http://www.civilrightsmuseum.org/
Congressional Black Caucus: http://www.congressionalblackcaucus.net/
African American Women Health Information: http://www.4women.gov/
African American Health Issues and Information: http://www.healthgap.omhrc.gov/
Against Their Will: North Carolina's Sterilization Program: http://againsttheirwill.journalnow.com/
American Association for Affirmative Action: http://www.affirmativeaction.org/
National Association for the Advancement of Colored People (NAACP): http://www.naacp.org/
National Urban League: http://www.nul.org/
African American Literature Book Club (AALBC): http://aalbc.com/
Association for the Study of African American Life and History: http://www.asalh.com/
Black Quest Power Resource Links: http://blackquest.com/link.htm
Black History Hotlist: http://sln.fi.edu/tfi/hotlists/blackhistory.html
The Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture: http://www.nypl.org/research/sc/sc.html
How Race Is Lived in America: http://nytimes.com/library/national/race/web-guide.html; A series of articles from the New York Times. The series focused on racial issues and identity.
U.S. Census Bureau Minority Links: http://www.census.gov/pubinfo/www/hotlinks.html
The Legacy of Megar Evers: http://www.npr.org/template/story.php?storyId=4700724; Information about the legacy of the 1963 murder of the Mississippi civil rights leader Medgar Evers.
Captive Passage: The Transatlantic Slave Trade and the Making of the Americas: http://www.mariner.org/captivepassage/; Tells the epic maritime story of how enslaved Africans were transported from the coasts of African to American shores.
Freedom Now an Archival project of Tougaloo College and Brown University: http://www.stg.brown.edu/projects/FreedomNow/; A student created web site on the Mississippi Movement.
History of CORE Congress of Racial Equality: http://www.core-online.org/history%20opening.htm
Oh Freedom Over Me: http://americanradioworks.publicradio.org/features/oh_freedom/; This site is a companion to a report from American Radio Works and National Public Radio (NPR) News about the "Freedom Summer of 1964."

Web Sites for Debate Topics

Jim Crow Museum: http://www.ferris.edu/news/jimcrow/index.htm
American Pictures: racism, oppression: http://www.american-pictures.com/english/
Racism, race and the Law: http://www.udayton.edu/~race/
ACLU American Civil Liberties Union: http://www.aclu.org/
New York Times article series: How Race is Lived in America: http://nytimes.com/library/national/race/web-guide.html; mgwrighten/bgsul
Civil Rights Museum: http://www.civilrightsmuseum.org/
National Association for the Advancement of Colored People (NAACP): http://www.naacp.org/
National Urban League: http://www.nul.org/
Southern Poverty Law Center Intelligence Report: http://www.splcenter.org/cgi-bin/goframe.pl?dirnames=/intelligenceproject&pagename=ip4.html
Balch Institute For Ethnic Studies, Philadelphia,PA: http://www.balchinstitute.org/
The Urban Institute, Washington, D.C., USA: http://www.urban.org/
Measuring Racial and Ethnic Discrimination in America: http://www.urban.org/civil/report_card.html
American Coalition for Fathers & Children (ACFC) in the News Articles and Quotes: http://www.acfc.org/
Divorce Reform Page: http://patriot.net/~crouch/anti.html
Childstats: http://www.childstats.gov
The Madness of the American Family: http://www.policyreview.com/sept98/family.html
Children's Defense Fund: http://www.childrensdefense.org
Women's Employment and Care of Children in the United States: http://www.ethno.isr.umich.edu/
Readers' Guide to Adoption-Related Literature: Transracial Adoption: http://members.aol.com/billgage/
Multiethnic Placement Act and Interethnic Placement Provisions: http://www.acf.dhhs.gov/
Administration for Children and Families: http://www.acf.dhhs.gov/
Adoption and the African-American Child: A Guide for Parents: http://naic.acf.hhs.gov/
Barriers to Same Race Placement: http://www.nysccc.org/
Selected Articles on Transracial/Transcultural Adoption: http://www.nysccc.org/
Faculty Attitudes Toward Regulating Speech on College Campuses: http://journals.ohiolink.edu:6873/journals/review_of_higher_education/v020/20.1dey.html
Academic Freedom VS. Civil Rights: http://www.csulb.edu/~crsmith/acadfree.html
War of Words: Speech Codes at Colleges and Universities in the United States: http://www.fac.org/publicat/warwords/warofwrd.htm
Hate Crimes, 1995: http://www.fbi.gov/ucr/hatecm.htm
Uniform Crime Reports: http://www.fbi.gov/ucr/ucr.htm
Death Penalty information Center: http://www.deathpenaltyinfo.org/; A non-profit organization serving the media and the public with analysis and information on issues concerning capital punishment.
Urban Institute: a nonpartisan economic and social research organization: http://www.urban.org/
Policy Review: http://www.policyreview.org/; A preeminent publication for new and serious thinking and writing about the issues of our day published by Hoover Institution of Stanford University.
Focus on The Death Penalty:: Index http://justice.uaa.alaska.edu/death/index.html
Death Penalty Information Center:: http://www.deathpenaltyinfo.org/
Death Penalty Related Web Sites:: http://www.deathpenaltyinfo.org/article.php?did=547&scid=37

Research Aids

These are research aids that will give information, research assistance and links to resources for specific cultural and ethnic diversity groups. Simply use QuickQuest to view the following topical aids:

Black Studies
Cultural Diversity

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