Lura Sanborn – Reference Librarian
Encyclopedia of African American History: 1619 -1895 edited by Paul Finkelman, Oxford U. Press, 2006.
Find it in Ohrstrom at: REF 305.896 F49A
Throughout three volumes this set discusses the history of African Americans from the earliest American settlements to the close of the nineteenth century corresponding with the death of Frederick Douglass. Entries focus on historical biography, politics, law, culture, religion, and economics.
Examples include: African Americans and the West, Black Seafarers, Haitian Revolutions, Hair and Beauty Culture, Ida B. Wells-Barnett
Helpful for: Humanities IV, American History, African American Studies, Social History
Encyclopedia of African American History: 1896 to the Present edited by Paul Finkelman, Oxford U. Press, 2009.
Find it in Ohrstrom at: REF 305.896 F49A
In five volumes and 1,250 entries, this set “reflects the trauma, tragedy, hope and accomplishments of black culture and life since 1896” (xxiii). Entries focus on biography, politics, law, art, music, sport, entertainment, religion, and economics.
Examples include: Astronauts, Blaxploitation Films, Sean Combs, Family, Oprah, Railroad Segregation, and United Negro College Fund.
Helpful for: Humanities IV, American History, African American Studies, Social History
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Chronology of American History by John C. Fredriksen, Facts on File, 2008.


Encyclopedia of the United Nations 2nd ed., by Jerry Pubantz and John Allphin Moore, Jr., Facts on File, 2008.

Census Atlas of the United States: Census 2000 Special Reports, U. S. Census Bureau, 2007.
The Facts on File Companion to British Poetry 17th and 18th Centuries edited by Virginia Brackett, Facts on File, 2008.
