LibGuides: Black Studies: Society & Culture

Reference Works

African Americans in US Popular Culture by Kevern Verney This volume is an authoritative introduction to the history of African Americans in US popular culture, examining its development from the early nineteenth century to the present.
Call Number: eBook
ISBN: 9780415275279
Publication Date: 2003-09-19
The Oxford Encyclopedia of African Thought by F. Abiola Irele; Biodun Jeyifo From St. Augustine and early Ethiopian philosophers to the anticolonialist movements of Pan Africanism and Negritude, The Oxford Encyclopedia of African Thought offers a comprehensive view of African thought, covering the intellectual tradition on the continent and throughout the diaspora.

African American Communities This link opens in a new window
This online resource showcases a diverse range of primary source material focusing on race relations across social, political, cultural and religious arenas. A vital resource for students, teachers and researchers of African American and American studies.
African American Newspapers 1827-1998 This link opens in a new window
African American Newspapers 1827-1998 provides online access to approximately 270 U.S. newspapers chronicling a century and a half of the African American experience. This unique collection, which includes papers from more than 35 states, features many rare and historically significant 19th-century titles.
Black Drama This link opens in a new window
Black Drama contains approximately 1200 plays by 200 playwrights, together with detailed, fielded information on related productions, theaters, production companies, and more. The database also includes selected playbills, production photographs and other ephemera related to the plays.

Journal of Black Studies
Journal of Black Studies (JBS), peer-reviewed and published bi-monthly, for the last third of a century has been the leading source for dynamic, innovative, and creative research on the Black experience. Poised to remain at the forefront of the recent explosive growth in quality scholarship in the field of Black studies, JBS offers important and intellectually provocative articles exploring key issues facing African Americans.