Scrawled Shortcuts through the Research Maze
Historical Statistics of Black America
In 1943, 12 African American students enrolled at Drew, one of the few predominantly white institutions that enrolled African American students in that year. Learn more about African Americans in education, and other topics:
Reference Section 973 04960021 H673h
Encyclopedia of African American Christian Heritage
On April 4, 1967, Martin Luther King's sermon at Riverside Church in Manhattan opposing the Vietnam War sent ripples through the community of civil rights leaders. Read more:
Cornell Room 200.8996073 M167e
African-American Biographical Database
Looking for less-famous African-American figures? Search by name, profession, and/or religion to link to biographical sketches.
African-American Biographical Database in the Library Databases list .
African-American Newspapers of the 19th Century
Want to know what life was really like for ‘free blacks' in the 1800s? Browse or search these primary sources---news publications by and for African-Americans.
See African American Newspapers in the library Databases list.
U.S. Census, Facts for Features, African-American History Month
Fascinating statistics covering African-Americans in the United States.
http://www.census.gov/Press-Release/www/releases/archives/facts_for_features_special_editions/006088.html
Historical Census Browser
The US Census has collected racial data (and data about slavery) since its first Census. Find out more at the Univ. of Virginia : http://fisher.lib.virginia.edu/collections/stats/histcensus/index.html
Ethnic NewsWatch
Read scholarship, opinion, and news written BY African Americans rather than ABOUT them.
Try Ethnic NewsWatch from the library databases list. Searches can be set to find only African American/Caribbean/African sources and to find general or scholarly resources.