The Harvard Guide to African-American History


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Compiles information and interpretations on the past 500 years of African American history, containing essays on historical research aids, bibliographies, resources for womens' issues, and an accompanying CD-ROM providing bibliographical entries.










Black American Writers


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Dictionary Catalog


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A Guide to Published Library Catalogs


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Dictionary of Afro-American Performers


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A discography with short biographical essays of Afro-American classical composers, vocalists, vocal groups, instrumentalists, and record companies. Also covers operas and musicals, and the spoken word. Archival collections and other resource material held by institutions in the US are noted when known. Good bibliographies. No index. Annotation c. Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com).




Generations Past


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This book "is a selected list of books in the collections of the Library of Congress compiled primarily for researchers of Afro-American lineages. Included in this bibliography are guidebooks, bibliographies, genealogies, collective biographies, United States local histories, directories, and other works pertaining specifically to Afro-Americans. Emphasis is on books that contain information about lesser-known individuals of the nineteenth century and earlier, although Afro-American business and city directories published through 1959 are listed"--Introd.