Includes "a timeline of important events, brief biographies of famous African-Americans, articles on Events and Institutions and Eras in Black History...

Preceded by three introductory essays and a chronology of major events in black religious history from 1618 to 1991, this A-Z encyclopedia includes three types of entries: 773 biographical sketches of African American religious leaders, ranging from a paragraph to several pages 341 entries on African American denominations and religious organizations (including white churches with significant black memberships and educational institutions) Topical articles on important aspects of African American religious life (e...

Covers "all aspects of the African-American experience from 1619 to the present day...

Contains articles on the "anthropological, sociological, historical, economic, and scientific theories of race and racism in the modem era...

Contains nearly 600 entries, touching on subject areas such as "governmental leadership, health care, religion, aging, the media, and public policy in general...

Contains more than 500 entries on the people, places, and events of the African Diaspora, spanning five continents and five centuries...

Large collection of hundreds of online encyclopedias, dictionaries, biographical compilations, and other reference tools...

Microfiche collection of more than 55,000 newspaper clippings regarding African-American history, divided into more than 560 subject volumes and covering the full range of African-American life from 1900 to 1925...

An index to African-American periodicals of general and scholarly interest from approximately 34 journals from 1984 to the present, arranged under Library of Congress subject headings...

A web site focusing on African American culture and news...

Full text access to some of the essential reference works in Literature, published by the Oxford University Press...

This site is a gathers historical information concerning Martin Luther King, Jr...

Kate Mason is the Subject Librarian for African American Studies...

"Profiles contemporary and historic figures whose accomplishments will inspire students of every heritage...

Primary source materials on the history of African-Americans from the 18th to the 20th centuries...

A collection of online biographical sources, dictionaries, and encyclopedias on world religions...

Search page for several dozen online encyclopedias and dictionaries, in the areas of political science and religion: Politics and International Relations Resource and Religion Resource...

A collection of periodical and newspaper clippings, although it also includes typescripts, broadsides, pamphlets, programs, book reviews, menus and ephemera of all kinds from the Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture of the New York Public Library...

Contains essays that deal with "the effects of slavery in such areas as work, family, community, culture and leisure, health and medicine, and religion...

Contains more than 300 scholarly entries, along with a chronology and contextual essays...

Large, well-organized collection of links on African, African American, and African Diaspora history and culture...

Records the Bureau have been microfilmed by the US National Archives...

"Provides biographical and career details on notable African American individuals, including leaders from sports, the arts, business, religion and other fields...

Provides information about African American/Black Studies programs at Providence College, as well as links to other institutions with Black Studies programs...